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After speaking with friends Rob Kelly and John Palmer last night at Jason Bernd’s house, I got motivated to write this blog post on my favorite smoothies from Smoothie King.  See, I’ve been going to Smoothie King for years (I’d say at least 10 years and possibly 15 years) ever since they got them in my hometown of Jackson, Miss.  But a couple of years ago, I took a renewed interest in Smoothie King here in Charlotte to help me diet, lose weight and eat healthier.  In high school and college, I had smoothies after workouts and more as supplements for weight gain for an athlete trying to increase muscle mass.  Now, in my early 30s, I had to get smoothies as meal replacements.  To that end, I quickly discovered my favorites and have become a creature of habit where I generally have 4-5 smoothies per week from Smoothie King (as they have proliferated all over the city and even are in many airports).  

In my early 20s, my favorite was Power Punch Plus and I ordered it nearly exclusively.  I thought it was delicious.  But I rarely order the Power Punch Plus any more.

Now, my absolute favorite is the Yogurt D-Lite.  I typically get it with strawberries as my fruit. Oftentimes, I’ll get it with an extra fruit and select banana.  Strawberry banana Yogurt D-Lite is really tough to beat. I will almost always order it without turbinado and ask for Splenda instead (”make it a skinny”).  So, either Strawberry Yogurt D-Lite or Strawberry banana Yogurt D-Lite are my two favorite smoothies.  Occasionally, I will add Blueberries, but that (the topic of blueberries at Smoothie King) is another topic altogether that I will address in a future blog post here at iPosit.

If you want to lose weight, I think smoothies are an excellent way to replace a meal with a healthy alternative. But try to stick with the smaller 20 oz. smoothies and avoid the temptation to upsize to a 32 oz or a large 40 oz.

Two other types that I would like to mention are:

Blueberry Heaven - two years ago I frequently ordered this one and thought that it was pretty tasty.

Strawberry Hulk - ok, this is not the healthiest smoothie on the menu, but its so good.  Its like a treat in and of itself.  I think it has to do with its ingredients of Breyer’s Butter Pecan Ice Cream. I’m actually not sure if they still use Breyer’s brand ice cream for the Hulk, but they used to. This one will really fill you up and its higher in calories, but in moderation it makes for a nice treat every now and then.

Strawberry X-Treme - I honestly do not get this one often, but I think I had it in a DFW airport as a meal replacement a few months ago and thought it was pretty decent.  

I’m sure that there are many delicious smoothies.  Do you have a favorite?  If so, I’d love to hear what it is. I go with Yogurt D-Lite at least 88% of the time.  I feel that they’re too expensive to risk it on something that I’m not sure if I’ll like or not, and I know that I love my Strawberry Yogurt D-Lites.