How I got in the best Ameri Shape of my life?: Amerishape Parachute Smoothie Recipe

Dear friends:

No matter how good a prodcut tastes originally, anything can get old if you eat it day in and day out. Use some of the recipes below to spruce up your shakes & snacks, making them a treat instead of a burden. Recipes vary depending on your caloric needs and training goals. www.amerishape.com

I think you will love these shakes.

Sincerely:
Anita Gross, RDP

(Ameri Shape Protein Shake) www.amerishape.com
Chocolate Peanut Butter Blaster
12 oz. water
4 ice cubes
1 tablespoon heavy whipping cream
1 tablespoon natural peanut butter
2 scoops Ameri Shape chocolate protein powder

Mocha Mocha Shake www.amerishape.com
6 oz. water
4 ice cubes
2 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
.6 oz.. coffee*
2 scoops Ameri Shape chocolate protein powder
*You may use 12 oz. coffee and no water for an extra pre-workout or morning kick!

Frozen Chocolate Banana Cream www.amerishape.com
(Ameri Shape Protein Shake)
12 oz. Water
4 to 5 ice cubes
1 banana
1 tablespoon heavy cream
2 scoops Ameri Shape chocolate protein powder

German Chocolate Cake Crunch: www.amerishape.com
(Ameri Shape Protein Shake)
12 oz. water
4 ice cubes
1 tablespoon heavy cream
1 tablespoon cream of coconut
2 scoops Ameri Shape chocolate protein powder
2 TBS almonds

Tangerine Splash : www.amerishape.com
(Maximum Fat Loss or Ameri Shape Protein Shake)
12 oz. Tangerine Diet Rite
4 Ice Cubes
1 to 2 tablespoons heavy cream
1 to 3 scoops Ameri Shape vanilla protein powder

A &W Root Beer Float: www.amerishape.com
(Maximum Fat Loss or Ameri Shape Protein Shake)
1 can Diet A&W Root Beer
1 to 2 tablespoons Heavy Cream
4 ice cubes
1 to 3 scoops Ameri Shape vanilla protein powder

Pineapple Blast: www.amerishape.com
(Ameri Shape Protein Shake Fat Burning and off Season)
4 ice cubes
12 oz. water
2 scoops Ameri Shape vanilla protein powder
1/2 cup pineapple chunks

Ameri Shape Pina Colada Breeze: www.amerishape.com
12 oz. water
4 ice cubes
3 scoops Ameri Shape vanilla protein powder
1/3 cup Pineapple chunks
2 tsp. Coconut extract
Ameri Shape Vanilla or Chocolate Blast:www.amerishape.com
1 scoop Ameri Shape chocolate or vanilla protein powder
3 to 4 tablespoons heavy whipping cream
*mix together in a bowl until ingredients reach consistency of cake icing. May be refrigerated or frozen.

Chocolate Strawberries Wave: www.amerishape.com
1 to 2 scoops of Ameri Shape chocolate protein powder
6 to 8 ounces of water
4 to 6 ice cubes
8 strawberries
Mix in a blender on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a tall glass. Enjoy!

Chocolate Banana Wave: www.amerishape.com
1 to 2 scoops of Ameri Shape chocolate protein powder
6 to 8 ounces of water
4 to 6 ice cubes
1 banana
Mix in a blender on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a tall glass. Enjoy!

Chocolate Strawberry Blast : www.amerishape.com
1 to 2 scoops of Ameri Shape chocolate protein powder
6 to 8 ounces of water
4 to 6 ice cubes
8 strawberries
Mix in a blender on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a tall glass. Enjoy!

Vanilla Banana Creamy : www.amerishape.com
1 to 2 scoops of Ameri Shape vanilla protein powder
6 to 8 ounces of water or whole (or 2%) milk
6 ice cubes
1 banana
Mix in a blender on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a tall glass. Enjoy!

Rasberry Chocolate Thick : www.amerishape.com
1 to 2 scoops of Ameri Shape chocolate protein powder
6 to 8 ounces of whole (or 2%) milk
6 ice cubes
8 rasberries
Mix in a blender on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a tall glass. Drink or eat with a spoon!

Orange Dreamsicle : www.amerishape.com
1 to 2 scoops of Ameri Shape vanilla protein powder
6 to 8 ounces of water
4 to 6 ice cubes
1 to 2 peeled oranges
Mix in a blender on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a tall glass. Enjoy!

Blueberry Blaster : www.amerishape.com
1 to 2 scoops of Ameri Shape vanilla protein powder
6 to 8 ounces of water
4 to 6 ice cubes
20-30 blueberries
Mix in a blender on medium for 1 minute. Pour into a tall glass. Enjoy!

Mocha Surprise : www.amerishape.com
Save some leftover coffee and add about 1/2 cup to your next Ameri Shape chocolate shake. Adds 0 calories but lots of taste.

Linda Mitchell lost 107 lbs. —shrinking from a size 22 to a 6 —
Before: 230 lbs.After: 123 lbs.

Program used: amerishape

I was once an exhausted working mom, unable to scale a single flight of stairs without panting. My knees, hips and feet constantly ached.
Linda, who lives in Atlanta GA., began burying her feelings in food when she was pregnant with her first child, Margaret, now 15.
She continued overeating through the subsequent pregnancy and birth of her son, in 1993, climbing up to a weight of 230 lbs. — a tremendous burden for her 5-foot-3 frame.
But when she was choked awake one February night by acid reflux — a digestive malady common to overweight people — Linda realized that her eating habits could well be to blame for her physical ailments. She thought of her colleague Penny . Penny, 13 years older than Linda, had doggedly dieted and exercised off 50 lbs. Linda thought: If she can do it, so can I.

Slimming Down (Without Starving)
The next morning, Linda went to Evans Elementary, where she worked as an aide in the computer lab, and devoured all the candy contraband she kept in her classroom closet. Finally free of temptation, she logged on to amerishape.com , an Internet service that helps dieters track their food and exercise, and troubleshoot problems with fellow dieters on message boards. She signed up on March 3, 2003, vowing, “I will never allow myself to feel like I’m suffering,” even though she allowed herself a mere 1,200 calories a day.
Each day, Linda budgeted in small portions of her favorite foods — peanut butter and full-fat cheese — so as not to feel deprived. And still the flab flew off at a rate of 4 lbs. — sometimes even 6 — per week.
But the new-and-improved Linda refused every cupcake and cookie offered to her at school, recounts her newly retired friend Penny, who worked as a librarian at the school.

Getting Honest, Getting Thin
After Linda hit a diet plateau, she took stock of every piece of food she had been putting into her mouth. She had to admit that the beloved peanut butter she allowed herself each day had grown significantly from a level tablespoon. “I was logging 100 calories of peanut butter, but I was eating 300,” she admits. “Once I got honest with myself, I started losing weight again.”
She also got moving to boost her calorie burn. “You know how you tell your kids to go upstairs and get the laundry? I quit doing that and went and got it myself,” she says. Margaret and Andrew were thrilled.
Finally, on March 28, Linda hit 123 lbs. She felt like a new woman. Adios, acid reflux; hello, sweet uninterrupted sleep. Goodbye, elasticized “fat-old-lady pants.” Hello, hipster capris. Even her feet, so long obscured by her belly, had shrunk — from a size 8 to a size 7.
It felt terrific, she says, to slip into a slinky, size-6 evening dress to attend the wedding of her stepson in September, and it felt even better when her husband, David, 52, a truck-repair foreman, announced, “You look very beautiful.”
And then there’s the payoff in pride and health. “I’m taking tae kwon do,” she says. “It just amazes me that I can keep up with my kids.” Weight loss is the ultimate act of self-love, continues Linda, because “you’re not doing it for anyone but yourself. You feel so good, mentally and physically, when you accomplish what you set out to do.”

3 Secrets to a Better Body:
• Know thyself. Linda knows she is hungriest early in the day. If she whips up a fattening dinner for her family, she makes a light dinner for herself and packs up her portion of the hearty family meal to eat for lunch the next day. That way, she consumes her calories when she is hungriest and will appreciate them most.
• Get a pedometer. Wearing this constant reminder helped Linda work up to logging 20,000 steps a day. (That’s 10 miles!)
• Build in pleasure. “I wanted to feel I could eat anything I want, and I do,” says Linda. Every few weeks, she forgoes her nutritious dinner to enjoy a piece of turtle torte or some other luxurious treat instead. source: amerishape.com