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!!