green breakfast smoothie

so im always looking for new weight loss ideas where i can watch what im eating without really watching what im eating, does that make sense? i dont like feeling deprieved at all so dieting is always really hard for me and i opt to work out alot instead (and as im getting older, im realizing that its not as easy for me to lose any extra lbs as it use to be... i still have 10 pregnancy pounds to lose and my daughter is 1 1/2 years old lol) anyways, i came across this breakfast smoothie and i thought that i would give it a try. (just replace breakfast with one of these?! thats something that i can do!) and after reading all the benefits of having a green smoothie a day, i was sold...

"Great for weight loss, digestive health, supporting the immune system, and as a healthy and filling snack. After a couple of weeks you’ll have that ‘Glow’ – glowing skin, hair, nails, even eyes get brighter! Who doesn’t want that?!"

and after doing this for the last week and a half, i can say that this definitely keeps me satisfied until lunch... i am actually thinking about starting to have one for breakfast AND lunch and then just eating dinner to see if that helps with losing the remaining lbs)

i really dont like the taste of spinach, so i was pleasantly surprised by the fact that you cant taste it in this at all! the only thing that you have to worry about with these is that the calories in the fruit does add up! and really, you can add any fruits that you like/have on hand. frozen fruits work extremely well for this. ive added frozen peaches and mangos and all are amazing!

side note: my daughter LOVES these. every morning when she sees me making one she begs me until i give her some, which i happily do because its the only green that she will eat (my son also really enjoyed them until he asked me what was in it and i said spinach... wuh wuuuhh lol dont know where my head was on that one)

green breakfast smoothie
from http://lindawagner.net/blog/2011/03/green-smoothie-for-weight-loss/

(this makes ALOT of smoothie, this is just one of the approx. 3 cups that it actually makes)

This recipe is super simple. All you need is a blender and the following ingredients:
1 banana
5 strawberries
1/2 cup canned or fresh pineapple
a couple handfuls of spinach
a couple blueberries
ice
water

put all ingredients into blender and puree until it reaches desired consistency.