What blender should I buy?
I need to buy a blender. What is a good one for possibly daily use and making awesome juices and stuff? I hear a lot about the Vitamix, but that is quite some price tag! Is it worth it? What does everyone else have?
HW 309 ~ SW 267 ~ GW 149 ~ Early pre-op: -28; 1 wk pre-diet: -14; M1: -21, M2: -15; M3: -16
I would love to have a Vitamix!! I have a lt of friends that have them and love them, but that was out of our price range right now! We bought a Nutribullet last week and so far so good. I have a few friends that have them as well. Hubby and I make 4 protein shakes a day between the two of us and it crushes ice pretty well too.
I have a little personal GNC blender for my shakes and an immersion blender to make my soups and other stuff. I havent been willing to buy the vitamix lol.
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HW 420/ SW 335 /CW 200 
85 lbs lost pre-op / 135 post op
~~~~Alison~~~~~
I bought a Ninja at Bed Bath and Beyond before I started this journey. It's a pain to clean. I bought some little shaker cups at GNC for my protein shakes because I didn't want to clean the blender 4 times a day during my pre-op. I was also able to work around having to puree things so I really didn't use the blender all that much. It's a great blender and will do just about anything.
800 calories and less than 20 net carbs is the shizzle
I have a Vitamix and love it. I've never found anything else that blends ice as smooth as it does. Want to throw in some spinach to your shake? It will pulverize it and you won't have any little bits. Maybe you can find one on Craigslist that's in your price range.
Jane
Starting weight: 320 Goal weight: 145 Surgery Weight: 298 Current weight: 215 Check out my blog at www.thebariatricvegan.com
Weight loss month 1-22 2-13 3-12 4-16 5-4 6-0 7-7 8-6
Vitamix! Love it - -BUT, I got mine refurbished on vitamix.com, so it was less expensive, and still has a seven year warranty. Also, Bed Bath and Beyond carry them, and apparently you can use their 20% off coupons on a Vitamix (a friend of mine did that), so that's a good chunk of change.
If you have the $$ and want to make sure this things lasts FOREVER, if you buy it at Williams Sonoma, they extend the guarentee for life (yours, that is).
Overall, the Vitamix is pretty amazing. And it has the added "bonus" of serving as an alarm clock to anyone who might be sleeping within a three block radius! OK, maybe that is a slight exaggeration, but it's pretty loud, especially on a granite countertop!
Starting weight: 260; Surgery Weight: 250; Month 1: -15.6; Month 2: -11.8; Month 3: -11.4; Month 4: -7.4 Month 5: -8.6; Month 6: -3; Month 7 -3.8; Month 8 -7; Month 9: stall; Month 10: -4.4; Month 11: - 2.6; Month 12:-3.4
