Learn to love your blender and your juicer. If you don't have a juicer, Black & Decker makes an affordable one for under $25. You can find it at Wal-Mart or Target, etc.
We keep the weight off by making healthy shakes, smoothies and juice mixes from fresh ingredients. I absolutely love carrots and apples juiced together and for breakfast today I had a smoothie made from frozen melon chunks, banana, skim milk (I also use soy milk), vanilla and a packet of Splenda. Scraps from our juicer go to the chickens, or you can throw them into your compost pile, too.
There are many cookbooks out there on juicing and smoothies, and of course you can find recipes on the web. It's an easy way to get a lot of nutrition & fiber into you without getting a lot of calories into you, too! :)
Great point(s). Personally, I just use a hand blender to mix up protein shakes.....:).
Another little hint on those, by the way: Don't mix up a large batch of protein shake and then drink from it during the week. Protein should always be mixed up 'fresh' or it can lose its potency.