How's This for a Recovery Drink?

[Natural Beauty]

And here I thought I was going to see something wise and wonderful....bleh.

2 cents...coconut water??? has anyone tried that for electrolytes rather than the usual?

[RockyRaquel]

Over 2000 calories??? I just about died when I pulled that up...If you have a craving for something sweet, I always love TCBY! The white chocolate mouse soft serve is amazing and it is yogurt!! A great treat!

http://www.tcby.com/external/uploads...n%20041008.pdf

[jesvetmed]

DH and I stopped at Cold Stone Creamery tonight (bad idea night before weigh-in, huh!?)

So they have "healthy choice" smoothies. I asked to look at the calorie counts. He gave me a table, and I couldn't find one under 1000 calories, and many were over 2000 calories! I think this was for the largest size, but still!

I didn't have the heart to ask about what I'd already started eating. I was so depressed... I finished it all.

[deeaimond]

I think it's the size of the things...

When I was in the US and saw the size of a large dairy queen, I almost fainted.. Its like.. family size for one person... The small there is like the medium here.

Thats one of the reasons why I think that the downsizing of stuff going on in the US is actually a good thing. It's not the food itself thats bad for you. It's the size. These things are supposed to be TREATS.. so they should be small.

people need to reminded what portions are. I read somewhere how much portions have changed. In the past fries came in a small bag, and now they come in a sack. Same thing with popcorn at the cinema.. the stuff comes in a bucket! A bucket is something to hold water to wash stuff in.. not food. Too much food people.. too much.

[Veronica]

We went to the movies last week, a rare occurrence for us. It was a 9:40 AM show. We didn't get any snacks. I'd just eaten breakfast!

We went to see Wall-E. We were flabbergasted by how many people came out of the show with their huge tubs of popcorn still chomping away. Hello people! Do you want to be carted around in a chair because you're too flippin' fat to walk! Weren't you paying attention?

And how many Wall-E toys will be in the landfill in ten years?

V.

[Jolt]

people need to reminded what portions are. I read somewhere how much portions have changed. In the past fries came in a small bag, and now they come in a sack. Same thing with popcorn at the cinema.. the stuff comes in a bucket! A bucket is something to hold water to wash stuff in.. not food. Too much food people.. too much.

Definitely! I think that's a big part of the problem--nobody knows what a reasonable serving size is anymore. Plus all the trans fats and other fake garbage in the food--not only are people just eating too much, but a lot of it is total junk. Speaking of fast food and portion sizes, ever seen "Super Size Me"? Talk about disgusting...

[SadieKate]

I'm still trying to figure out how this thread started by calling this a "recovery" drink? Who said it was?

[OakLeaf]

I think it was a snark on the fact that some people tout chocolate milk as a recovery drink. Dairy and sugar.

[Blueberry]

I'm still trying to figure out how this thread started by calling this a "recovery" drink? Who said it was?

I thought it was tongue in cheek....but I've been known to misinterpret thing online

CA

[maillotpois]

Oh - wow. I just had a flashback to that amazing place on the side of the road on the way to bend where we had the great shakes..... Hmm. Some post Death Ride recovery fuelling may be in order.

[michelem]

I'm still trying to figure out how this thread started by calling this a "recovery" drink? Who said it was?

Ummmm . . . the title, "How's this for a recovery drink?" was supposed to be sarcastic. Guess it didn't work.

[Blueberry]

So they have "healthy choice" smoothies. I asked to look at the calorie counts. He gave me a table, and I couldn't find one under 1000 calories, and many were over 2000 calories! I think this was for the largest size, but still!

I didn't have the heart to ask about what I'd already started eating. I was so depressed... I finished it all.

Erm - actually the medium size of most ice creams at Cold Stone is in the 500ish range. Larges are in the 700 ish range. So...maybe not as bad as you think. At least for a very occasional treat. The smoothies there are just HUGE - that might have something to do with the calorie counts!

However, though I love their stuff, I'm concerned about hormones in milk products. They say it's too expensive to require that their mixes come from cows not treated (they sent me a long email to that effect), so I'll be getting ice cream elsewhere now...