Okay, so in the inaugural post of 2013, this blog that I read, Modern Parents Messy Kids, suggested the 30-Day Green Smoothie Challenge as a lovely idea for a New Year's resolution, and I signed up. Working at healthcare organization, the coworkers around me are for the most part incredibly healthy and exercise regularly. I've been hearing a lot about green smoothies lately from them, from my daughter's organic lifestyle homesteading school, and even from friends. I thought I would give it a whirl. This is Day 1 for me, though I think it's technically supposed to be Day 2 of the challenge. (I guess they took January 1 off the challenge because who wants to drink a smoothie when you're hungover, right?)
Last night, in preparation, I went to the Farmer's Market and bought two bags of organic spinach leaves, eight bananas, and then bought a huge bag of mixed frozen fruit at the grocery store. The Beginner's Luck recipe actually calls for frozen mango, which I couldn't find, and pineapple, which I hate, so I substituted the frozen mixed fruit (which contains mango, peaches strawberries, pineapple, and grapes) for both the pineapple and mango. The recipe makes enough for two smoothies, so I poured half in a cup with a lid and straw, and poured the rest into a water bottle, which I put in the fridge at the office. I must say that the smoothie is quite tasty! We shall see if it gives me more energy as claimed. Right now I've just finished my smoothie and am having a cup of Green Tea Kombucha, and I am sorely missing my coffee.
Oh, well. Here's to healthy living!
Update: After having my smoothie at 8am, I was hungry by about 9:45am. I drank some water, which helped, had my lunch smoothie around 1pm, and it was a larger portion than the one I had for breakfast. It's now nearly 4:30pm, and I'm doing okay... Going to get more water though!
