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!!

I am still here, I got really busy, first with Halloween, then Thanksgiving, and then of course Christmas.

At the end of November I injured my foot, I damaged the pad on my heel and the doctor told me I had to stay off of it for 8-10 weeks. I was so frustrated and discouraged. I had just started to get more into a schedule of working out and then I got hurt. I did keep swimming and that helped but when the temperature dropped below -25C, I didn't feel much like getting wet and then having to drive home in a cold van.

Anyways, my foot is healing, not 100% yet, but it is getting there. On the warmer days (anything above -15C), I go to the pool, and soon I will be able to start the treadmill again.

Last week I decided to add green smoothies to my meals, it will boost my veggie intake and all the vitamins I get from the extra veggies. I will keep you updated on how that goes.

I decided to start using the blog again to force me to be accountable for my health choices, that included weighing myself again, which I haven't done since I hurt my foot. So I weighed myself on Monday and I am 339.6lbs. Which means I gained 4 lbs over the holidays, definitely not good but still better than I expected.  So here is to starting again.

Cheers!!