I have a question...is it possible to make this smoothie the night before and refrigerate/freeze it? Would this decrease the nutritional value of the smoothie? Would it decrease the nutritional value if one blended/juiced vegetables instead of fruit? What do you think?

Also, has anyone caught the (Dr. Oz) 4 smoothie/juice recipes in the Feb. 2011 issue of First? I have the magazine and wondering if anyone would like them to post here.

Hi everyone, I just started the smoothie. I use the V8 fruit juice and its really not that bad! Now my question is when i make this smoothie its alot more then a glass full, do you finish all of it or just drink the tall glass? I hope this works for me. Im not happy with my weight and i just need a little jump start! I started eating a grapefruit in the morning also. Trying to eat more babay carrots as a snack. So i hope this first week i will see a diffrence! Is there anyone new satrting tis also?

I would say snack on nuts and cheese...carrots will get boring after awhile and they will make you hungrier. I've like using cucumbers, and zucchini.
I'll have to try it with the V8 juice - great idea! I suppose you could split it in half and stick the other half in the fridge but I don't know if it will last. Good luck!

great. I will try that . ilove cucumbers. Have you been doing this faithfully, everyday? Have you been going to the bathroom on a regular. I think i have to drink a little more water. I cant wait to see some of the belly fat go down!!!! I hope we can do this together and have a buddy system!

I've been drinking since it first came out. Love it! Really has trimmed down my "belly". I use skim milk instead of the 1 cup of juice. (The juice doesn't agreee with me). I also take a fish oil pill instead of putting it in the drink. I use either vanilla or chocolate flavored Soy protein (Less cholestrol) with a touch of cinnamon and last, I use frozen fruit. It's really pretty tasty!!!!

Has anyone tried the "green" smoothie that was in the latest First or Woman's World magazine.

Love that Dr. Oz !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi there
I just started the Dr Oz's belly fat-blasting diet ...one of my friends that is on it says that instead of breaking open the cod liver oil pills in the smoothie he just takes the caplets orally ..this is what I started doing ..no fish taste and smoothie tastes great :0)

you can buy fish oil that isn't fishy! it really is good for you.

the most important parts of a smoothie are banana and spinach. after that add any fruits you like.
I use 1 whole banana
2 handfuls raw spinach
1/2 cup or so frozen blueberries
1/2 cup or so frozen strawberries

add a bit of cinnamon or anything you desire for added flavor.
I have also added fresh pineapple. yummy!

This sounds delicious. I will try this. Thanks for posting.

(minor tangent) When I was a kid my mom made me take 1 tablespoon of fish oil every day for years... I always hated it and still do. Just thinking about it gives me chills. -shiver-

There are upsides and downsides to being an adult.. but I'll gratefully accept no longer having to drink fish oil as one of them


Fish oil is so much more than the sum of it's parts.. the smell, the mouth feel, the subsequent fishy burps... Sorry I'm having a little PTSD flashback over here.

Could you post the green smoothie recipe? If not, that's OK, but if you can, thank you!