I was going to the gym a minimum of 3x/week until Easter and was drinking my green smoothies. I was still losing but slower than before. So all in all not too bad. Then Easter happened..........

I was good though I didn't eat any of the easter chocolate at all, but.....

We went to my daughters and she cooked amazing meals for us including desserts for 3 days. It was wonderful!! The food was healthy food but I ate a lot of it!!  I didn't exercise while I was up there because I didn't expect for it too be so cold and for them to still have so much snow and didn't pack accordingly. Also I just wanted to spend the time with my daughter and grandbabies.

I thought no big deal I will just get back to my routine once I get home, but there were other plans in store for me.

An hour after we got home our van died, a friend from church said he would take a look at it for us, but that took time to organize schedules. No big deal.

We live close enough to the stores to walk, so I have been doing that for the last few weeks but the price of produce at the close stores is more than double what I was paying at Costco so the green smoothies are out of the budget for now. So I have switched back to oatmeal in the mornings and usually leftovers for lunch.

With everything going on I have forgotten to weigh in recently. I did weigh in once after Easter and I was up to 327.4. So I gained 1.2lbs from all the yummy food and no exercise. That is OK though as long as I don't give up and keep working towards my goal of better health.

Cheers!

Have been consistently going to the gym on Monday, Wednesdays ,and Fridays. I am really enjoying it too. This week I had to get some new runners because the ones I was wearing had completely worn out and I ended up getting a few blisters. Ouch!

Weight didn't change this week. Hopefully will work past this plateau soon.

Off to make my smoothies for the day.

Cheers!!

Loving being able to go to the gym again!!

I went 3 times last week and plan on continuing that until I can manage every day. My goal is to be able to get 10,000 steps everyday. I am not there yet but when I do go to the gym I get 6,000-8,000 steps. My speed is slower to make sure I don't injure my heel again, but once I can speed up I should be able to get my steps without a problem. Can't wait!!

Still doing the smoothies, and loving them most days, other days I just suffer through them. I have finally convinced myself that food doesn't always have to taste good. It is meant to be fuel for my body, nothing more. Not treats or rewards - SIMPLY FUEL!!!

Weighed in today and the weight hasn't moved yet. So still at 326.2lbs. Hopefully this week will be better.

Today is a good day for smoothies and I am off to finish mine.

Cheers!!

I am finally back at the gym. I can't walk on the treadmill for as long as I was before and I have to go at a bit slower pace to make sure I am not pounding down on my heel. But I can live with that as long as I can start going again. I have been managing 30 minutes a day so far. I had almost forgotten how good it felt to finish a workout.

This wasn't a good weekend for food. My friend's, daughter's birthday was this weekend(that's a mouthful). Anyways because her house is in the middle of a renovation, we had the party here. Not a big deal except, all the food was here too, and I ended up eating way too much.

Needless to say, weigh in wasn't great this week. But I didn't gain so I can't be too upset. I will just have to make better food choices this week.

Cheers!!
 

Not much to report this week.

-Still doing the green smoothies.

-I have started tracking my activity again, so I can work on beating myself everyday.(Just a little bit competitive. LOL)

I weighed in and am down 0.8lbs this week. It is that time of the month so I was actually expecting a gain so am very happy with the loss. So I am now at 326.2lbs.

Off to run errands and drink my smoothie now.

Cheers!!

I haven't gotten started with an exercise routine yet, but this week my foot hasn't hurt at all. YAY!!!

I think I will start slow just to make sure I don't injure it again though. I am actually excited by the prospect of exercising again. Weird?!?!?

I am still doing the green smoothies and still enjoying them. With the results both my mom and I have been getting, I would have to say I love them!!

Mom has been doing the green smoothies with me, so we are getting the exact same ones, because we make them together. She has lost a little bit of weight but we have seen huge results with her medications and blood sugar numbers. Her blood sugar numbers have been staying in the normal range without any medications and last week the doctor cut one of her blood pressure medications in half. Amazing!!

I am not on medications so my results were with weight loss. I weighed in this morning and am now 327!! Down another 7lbs!

I'm off to finish my smoothie.

Cheers!!

I started drinking greens smoothies on February 6th, I make a large batch(about 2 litres!!!!) in the morning and drink it until I am done sometime before dinner. The first couple days I needed more fruit than veggies, but have slowly been cutting back on the fruit, while adding more veggies. The smoothies as of now are about 40% fruit and 60% veggies. I also started with just spinach as the vegetable, simply because it has such a mild taste and the baby spinach almost tastes sweet. I also add some flax seed and hemp seeds for added nutrition.

I was worried that the smoothies wouldn't be filling enough but that has not been a problem at all. When I thought about all that I put int them I realized that I would probably not be able to eat that much during the day. It is at least 10 servings of fruits and vegetables!! Way more than I was getting before.

The only thing I don't like about them so far is the colour.

I have a blue shaker bottle so I have been putting it in there to drink so I can't see the nasty colour anymore.

Besides getting all my fruit and veggies for the day without any problems there are 2 other reasons why green smoothies are awesome that I have found so far:

1. I have so much more energy now!!

2. I am losing weight!!

I weighed in yesterday and discovered that since I started drinking them I have lost 5.6 lbs. That means I am now 334, the lowest I have been in a long time!!!

Time to go and drink some more of my smoothie.

Cheers!!