Rachael Bilson was recently spotted making a pit-stop at a local Jamba Juice. This high-end chain of smoothies boasts over 700 locations and operates in over 21 states, the District of Columbia and the Bahamas. They have become one of the nation’s best known smoothie chains, emphasizing the benefits of a healthy lifestyle.

But is Jamba Juice really all that healthy? Did Rachel make a smart snack choice?

I’m not sure what Rachael purchased, but if she walked away with the popular Orange Dream Machine smoothie - she needs to keep on walking to burn off all of those calories. This diet crashing culprit packs 540 calories for one 24-ounce original serving size.

“Based on the Dietary Guidelines for Americans, their recommended diet contains 2000-calories. Therefore, one original smoothie equals one-quarter of a person’s daily calories. - www.soc.hawaii.edu/

In fact, according to wikipedia.com, all of Jamba Juice’s regular smoothies contain more sugar than is recommended by the USDA to consume in one day. However, don’t give up on Jamba Juices just yet. Back in 2004 Jamba Juice introduced, “Jamba Light” smoothies, which contain less sugar and fewer calories and carbohydrates. The Lower-calorie dairy base is made with Splenda, non-fat milk and whey protein. In order to produce a healthier drink, Jamba Juice spent two years at a California research and development lab in attempt to create a low-cal, low sugar smoothie.

“We removed the sherbet/sorbet/non-fat vanilla yogurt (depending on the product) as well as reduced the amount of fruit juice on average by 2/3. Then we added more fruit to keep the same great taste, as well as a proprietary low calorie smoothie base, called the lower calorie dairy base. The four “Enlightened Smoothies” flavors have between 280 to 320 calories.” - www.soc.hawaii.edu/

Post A Comment: What’s your favorite healthy pit-stop?

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Mariah Carey is another celebrity who’s got real curves and is proud of it. Ms. Mariah is 38 years old and makes no secret that she works hard to have the body that she has. Besides Mariah sticking to the “Morsel Diet” which allows her to eat tiny, fork-size portions of whatever she wants, she has another secret to her diet. FitCeleb has previously wrote a post about Mimi’s Morsel Diet to read more about it click here.

What Mariah has to say:

“I have a wonderful trainer whose name is Patricia, she lives in St. Barts, poor girl,” she said. “People say, ‘Only you would fly someone from St. Barts to New York to work out.’ “ 

Carey added:

“We do water aerobics mostly.” People

It’s so rare to see someone in the limelight be honest about who and what they are these days, and accept it. Good for her!

To learn about the benefits of water aerobics click on the link below.

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First Spain had the running of the bulls, now the Netherlands has the running of the stilettos! On March 6th , 150 young women raced down Amsterdam’s most famous fashion street in stiletto heels. All I can say is - ouch! The three year old race, appropriately titled the “Stiletto Run”, holds a grand prize of $15,000. The race has become so popular imitations have cropped up in Germany, Sweden, Poland and Russia. Here’s my favorite part - the race’s motto is “Shopping Is a Sport!”

Contender Fauve Stukje said:

“At the start there was a lot of pushing, you really get elbowed over. I regretted my choice of shoes, which were 4 inches high.” (A little larger than the 3 1/2-inch minimum.) - AOL.Com

Tamara Ruben, 25, claimed first prize in the 380-yard race. When asked how she would spend the money, she said:

“Anything but high heels!” - AOL.Com

Post A Comment: Is anyone out there going to start “training” for next year’s race?

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I thought this was a pretty creative idea!  Check it out!

Take a big slice off sandwich calories.  Instead of using bread to make a sandwich, cut through a head of iceberg lettuce to make 1/2 inch thick slices of 2 calorie “lettuce bread.”  Fill with reduced-fat cheese, lean deli meat, and your favorite mustard.  Saves 120 to 200 calories per sandwich.                    

Source: Firm Up In 3 Weeks by Michele Stanten

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