{"id":16489,"date":"2014-08-10T05:30:55","date_gmt":"2014-08-10T12:30:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/?p=16489"},"modified":"2020-04-14T09:41:04","modified_gmt":"2020-04-14T16:41:04","slug":"weekend-warrior-pina-colada-smoothie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/shescookin.com\/weekend-warrior-pina-colada-smoothie\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Warrior Pina Colada Smoothie"},"content":{"rendered":"
<\/a><\/p>\n It’s the weekend, you want to get some exercise in AND spend time with your family, hang with friends, indulge a little, and have a good time – whatever that means to you. Life is a balancing act, or to quote one of my friends – a vicious cycle of detox and retox! Compared to many, a food writer’s life is disproportionately weighted heavier on the food and drink side of the pie, which makes the exercise slice even more important. There are people that view food solely as a source of fuel – I’ve never been one of those people. After a particularly grueling, mat Pilates workout I created this smoothie to make me feel like it was all worthwhile.<\/p>\n For the past four years most of my waking hours have revolved around food: planning, creating, cooking, eating, and writing about it, and recently I had to face the fact that I have gained 10 pounds sometime since moving to the beach two years ago. How is that possible?! I even feel like I walk more now that the sun, sand, and surf are nearly at my doorstep. Covering restaurants doesn’t help, even though I’m selective and try to keep it to one event a week, the fact is that as you get older, your metabolism slows down. Sheesh, enough of that already.<\/p>\n