This usually isn't a problem because my snobbery combined with our tight budget makes getting ice cream a once a month ordeal if I'm lucky. Well... when hubby is deployed, we have extra money and with me being pregnant... I was getting ice cream just about every week, as long as my weight was still in the "ideal" range for pregnancy. Now that my weight isn't ideal, I really shouldn't be getting ice cream.
I've been trying to replace it with other frozen treats like popsicles, or frozen go-gurts, or freezie pops. It helps, but its just not the same.
So I found something that is NOT even close to the same or even attempting to be, but that is just as much of a guilty pleasure! Its Green Goodness from Bolthouse. Its basically a smoothie on steroids. Listen to the ingredients. This is AMAZING!
1/2 Pineapple
3 Apples
1 Mango
1 Banana
1 Kiwi
Spirullina
Chlorella
Green tea
Broccoli
Spinach
Barley greens
Wheat grass
Blue green algae
Echinacea...
Why does all of that make me excited? Because I feel so bad when Im drinking it, but its SOO good for you. I think this is going to be my baby weight secret weapon. You may be wondering why I feel so bad for drinking something that is not nearly as bad as ice cream. Well, its a snob thing.
See, I feel a certain amount of spoiled when I eat ice cream that is the best of the best. natural. Limited ingredients. Like ice cream is supposed to be. I feel kind of rich and pampered eating something so perfect.
Green Goodness gives me that same feeling. I have always considered it "special". My friend in high school first introduced my to bolthouse farms when her mom bought a bottle of chai tea and left it in the fridge. She snuck some, and offered me a taste. It was wonderful! I guess it was just one of those things that stuck with me. So when I went grocery shopping saturday morning (the best time to go if you live by base because everyone is sleeping in or hung over from last night) an outspoken guy at the cash register was telling the checkout lady all about his hangover and how this stuff works on it like THAT *waves hands around frantically* lol. I think he was still a bit drunk. I didn't catch the name, but I recognized the bottle immediately and I saw that the smoothie was green. So next time I went shopping I picked some up, figuring that any day now Im going to be able to drink. After 9 months of no alcohol at all and a 21st birthday that was never celebrated, I figured I'm gonna need a good hangover remedy.
It's just a plus that it tastes so good and feels a little bit naughty. Hopefully I can kick my ice cream addiction and stick with the good stuff..... at least for a while.
Haggen Daz, I will miss you, but I think we should take a break until baby weight is gone. You will always be in my heart. I'll see you in a few months.
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