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    aprilflowers
    Canada
    RNY (01/06/12)
    Member Since: 01/02/12
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    Post Date: 2/3/12 3:44 pm
    TGIF!

    I had a Booster Juice today. I had the High Impact Acai with raspberries, cranberries, skim milk and whey protein powder for a total of 25g grams of protein. They don't come in snack size, so i am still sipping on the one I bought at around 1pm today. The shakes come with vanilla frozen yogurt but I asked them to hold it.

    Do you see a problem with having these Booster Juice drinks? Have you tried them?
        
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    CanDoItFour
    Canada
    Member Since: 12/24/10
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    Post Date: 2/3/12 3:58 pm
    I had one about a month ago and asked for extra skim milk instead of the yogurt.  I thought it was nice, but ended up throwing out at least 1/2 after about 4 hrs.  I'm not too sure how long they are "good" for.

    Claire
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    Simona P.
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    RNY (07/27/11)
    Member Since: 07/15/11
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    Post Date: 2/3/12 4:07 pm
    I stopped drinking them after surgery. They're very high in sugar and calories.
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    aprilflowers
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    Post Date: 2/3/12 4:34 pm
    Does the sugar and calories not come from what we would be consuming anyway?
        
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    Simona P.
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    Post Date: 2/3/12 4:51 pm
    Not really. I wouldn't have 300+ calories worth of fruit in 1 day. That's mostly where the sugar comes from, which is healthier than added white sugar but it still equates to more carbs than I'd like in 1 drink.

    I'd always order the Mango Hurricane. It has 396cals and 99g of carbs - 94g of sugar and that's before the protein boost. That'll add another 100 calories.
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    Gabygee
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    Member Since: 01/04/11
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    Post Date: 2/3/12 5:55 pm
    Read the carb count on this LiveStrong website listing the nutritional information for Booster Jiuce.

    I think you'll be aghast, like I was.
    I love those juice shakes!
    But I'd be intaking my whole carb count for the day AND THEN SOME in just one small size Booster juice!

    http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/nutrition-calories/f ood/booster-juice/
            
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    aprilflowers
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    Post Date: 2/4/12 5:48 am
    That's true, I never thought of that! eeeek!
        
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    Diminishing Dawn
    Windsor, Canada
    RNY (07/05/06)
    Member Since: 01/17/05
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    Post Date: 2/4/12 4:10 am
    WWWWWaaaayyyyy too many calories, carbs and sugars.  Do yourself a HUGE favour and skip these "special treats" until you get to goal.  The centres warn us about too many liquid calories and this is exactly what they mean.  While you might see "high protein" being there, you are going to also take in as many calories with these as a big mac in some cases. Seriously.

    You need to make the most of your new tool and protein first, doesn't mean these "shakes" or "smoothies". While they seem like they are protein shakes, they have too much added stuff (especially carbs and calories) that will slow down your weight loss.  Find yourself some kind of alternative like a nice herbal tea that you like or a low carb/calorie shake that you enjoy.

    Dawn

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    ericaFG
    Cambridge, Canada
    VSG (06/10/09)
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    Post Date: 2/4/12 5:09 am
     Agreed wholeheartedly Dawn!!

    I had one of these post surgery. I asked for the on that was the best sugar/fat wise and added protein. They didn't have nut information in the store. I had a two for one coupon so a sleeve friend and I got one. 

    Got home and looked it up and found out it was over 500 calories!! That's all I was eating in a DAY!! I quickly handed over the other half to my son and threw out my coupons!! Lol
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    aprilflowers
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    Post Date: 2/4/12 5:51 am
    THANK GOD I POSTED THIS THREAD!

    I walked away thinking I was doing a GOOD thing by getting a tasty protein shake. At home I make my protein shakes with fruit, skim milk and whey protein so I thought this was just a tastier more convenient way of doing it. I see now how wrong I was. I'm really mad at myself for making such a horrible food choice! I was doing so good too! I went shopping with friends and sat at a table with them while they had poutines, hot dogs and chinese food. I sat there with my water bottle, content and happy. Little did I know I was about to make an equally poor choice! :(
        
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    Diminishing Dawn
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    Post Date: 2/4/12 6:41 am
     You live and learn.  No beating yourself up ---- just move on.   As good strategy is to familiarize yourself with places you go and their nutritional info.   This should be done for sugars and fats as you could dump with some products.  

    Next time ask at the counter for nutritional info if you can before eating ir drinking something you are
    Not familiar with.  Otherwise don't trust anyone :-) typically high calories fat and sugars =. Tasty.  And let's just say the fast food industry does not have our best intentions at heart :-) lol


    Have a good day
    Dawn

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    Mary A.
    Member Since: 07/06/09
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    Post Date: 2/6/12 9:31 am
    never had one but just read the carb count and almost fell out of my chair..holy smokers!!!

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/search

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/booster-juice-cdn- high-impact-acai-protein-shake-7699152

    (look at the sugar in this one)

    http://www.myfitnesspal.com/food/calories/booster-juice-cdn- high-impact-acai-20526034


    don't just concentrate on protein, you need to be looking at carbs and sugars and sugar alcohol content as well....and from my experience if you find a product that doesn't have that informaiton available..I wouldn't touch it~!

    ditch these fast~!!!
    prior to surgery 323lbs....3 years post-op maintaining between 108- 114 lb loss. 
    Mary
    surgery done in Duluth, MN
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