Let it go...
So once upon a time, I was able to eat no sugar at all, and I was fine.
{ See health~crazie here.... }
I mean, the diet recommended a 2 week cleanse, but I was able to go for about 2 1/2 months (yah not exactly the most healthiest of choices BUT it did prove to me that I could do it) before I moved forward with phase two. So, ever since then, my thought process has always been: ahh, i'll just do that again, you know, whenever I want to. However it hasn't been so easy to do. I mean, first of all, at that time I was participating in the sugar free lifestyle with a few co-workers who I spent most of the day with, so it became part of our culture. It's not so difficult to do something when it's part of group-think {that's right, there's some of my psychology minor classes coming back in full swing}. Whereas, today, there's no sense of accountability since I'm at home with the boys, well except for Colin but he couldn't care less what I ate, as long as it's not chocolate because then he has to have some.
So I'm going to watch my intake. Starting today. And you all can hold me accountable. Seriously.
Today's lunch: "Green" Monster Smoothie delight =)
I used to have these all the time, about 2 years ago. I just love smoothies and in this case, adding my fav veggies {spinach} to it was just an added bonus. So today I made it again and it was delicious and even Colin got into it and devoured about half of mine after he had already ate his own lunch! But how could I complain? Oh all those wonderful vitamins he was adding.... { A, C, K, iron, fiber, folate, magnesium, potassium, protein, calcium...just to name a few }
So here's my recipe (there are a million out there) that I have found to provide just the right amount of sweetness. (Also, I add berries which you don't need, but if you add them, it will change the color to be more purplish hue rather than green).
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| my pinkish-purplish 'green' smoothie |
Green Monster Smoothie
Ingredients:
- 1 small frozen ripe banana, peeled and coarsely chopped
- 1/2 cup frozen berries
- 1 cup baby spinach
- 1 tbsp Peanut Butter (I used Skippy's Natural)
- 1 cup vanilla Greek Yogurt (I used Chobani)
- 1/4 cup milk
{make it a skinny and feel free to substitute the milk with almond milk and use fat-free greek yogurt instead}
Instructions:
Throw all ingredients into a blender and blend until smooth. {If you don't use any frozen fruit, you will need to add ice}.
Try it out and enjoy! =)
Note: You can throw anything you want in there really, so you should experiment. You can use kale, or add flax seed, chocolate; try other fruits, some even throw in protein powder or a little coffee for a morning pow-wow. Again, there are TONS of recipes online, but I think this is a good place to start.
