mango peach smoothie

Today is Day 16 of the Green Smoothie Detox.

I am supposed to drink green smoothies for every meal for 7 days.

Last week I didn't follow the menu plan very well.

Several of my smoothies were disgusting not the best.

It's hard not to eat the dinner you are making for your family when the meal you are supposed to be eating makes your stomach turn.

Needless to say, I ate several meals with my family, including a Pei Wei salad with chicken on it Saturday night.  Oh and pizza Friday night, cookies and lots of cookie dough on Thursday, on and on and on.

I should have at least taken the chicken off, and I did pick most of it off, but boy did it taste good.

The lettuce wraps I scarfed down tasted even better.

I even shared a candy bar with Mr. Blue while we watched a movie.

Ten days ago I said I had not completely fallen out of the wagon, this week I got pretty beat up trying to get back IN the wagon.

I was bound and determined to finish this detox off strong and to shrug off my bad habits for ONE WEEK!

Yesterday the smoothies sounded pretty good, much better than what I had been drinking, so I had some hope.

(I looked ahead and they all look pretty good this week.  Yeah!)

I asked Mr. Blue to pick up some bananas on his way home Saturday night and said, "Will you please get me some that ARE NOT green?  They need to be ripe."

What did he bring home?

GREEN BANANAS!!!

So I had to improvise a bit.

I have to say improvisation can be a great thing, and yesterday was no exception.

So here you go, another scrumptious green smoothie.

(By the way, you should really be letting me know if you like them or not!)

I will be strong this week.

So far, so good.

Mango Peach Smoothie

2 (ripe) bananas

1 mango

1 cup frozen peaches, or 1 fresh peach

1 cup mixed berries

3-4 handfuls (don't be a sissy about your handfuls!) spinach

1 cup water

Blend and enjoy.

PS - do you like my new blender cup???  Mr. Blue gave it to me for Mother's Day.  I love, love, love it!!!  I think I have used it 35 times since Mother's Day.

For more green smoothie goodness click here.

orange berry smoothie

Detox Day 14.  I have been struggling this past week with my willpower and last night I lost.  I ate pizza.  I blame it partly on having gross smoothies for breakfast and lunch yesterday.  My breakfast smoothie turned to cement before I could drink and lunch just didn't taste right.  I was determined to have a good smoothie this morning.  I don't crave anything when I actually have a good smoothie and I am rarely hungry.

So here's what I came up with.

Orange Berry Smoothie
{printable recipe}

1 1/2 cups orange juice
3-4 cups spinach
3 strawberries
1 ripe banana
1 cup mixed berries

Blend and enjoy.

More Green Smoothie Goodness click HERE.

detox - day 6

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Day 6 of the detox.
Up until today, I have been pretty much okay with everything (except for celery - I allowed myself to absolutely refuse one item) in the menu plan.
This morning, however, DANDELION GREENS just didn't sound that appealing.
I really hate dandelions.
If you want to know why, come take a look at my backyard.

I bought a bunch earlier in the week (thinking, I shouldn't have sprayed the ones growing in my backyard.  They would have been free!), so I figured I better eat them before they went bad and into the blender they went with some fruit.

The first sip, not so bad.

The second, not so bad.

The third, I was done.

I kept drinking and I finished it.

Blech!!

I had to brush my teeth right after.

Lunch was really appetizing too.

Have you ever had a smoothie with a whole head of Boston lettuce (the big live head, not the itty bitty head) in it?

I have, but only because I made this smoothie last week.

Somehow it wasn't as bad last week.

Might have something to do with NOT having dandelion greens in my smoothie for breakfast before drinking the lettuce smoothie last week.

Hmm.

I don't know.

Let's just say I was glad I "had" to go to dinner tonight to celebrate my brother-in-law's graduation.

Gave me a reason to eat something delicious.

Before you think I completely fell off the detox wagon, lemme tell you I was really good, and I could have fallen way, way, way off the wagon.

I ate a really yummy blood orange salad.

I ate Mr. Blue's asparagus off his plate.

I tasted the desserts.

There you have it.

Only 15 more days to go.

Gross smoothies and all, I really do feel great.

No, but for real I do.

Why are green smoothies good for you?  Click here.

detox

Back in January my sister and I decided to do a detox.  Um, that lasted about a day.

Fast forward to the end of February.  My pants started to get tighter.

Fast forward to the end of March.  My pants were even tighter.

Fast forward to April.  My pants were seriously getting tight, but I refused to go and buy more.  Number one, I don't have the cashola to run out and buy new pants.  Number two, I have pants in my closet waiting to be worn (and shorts too when the weather decides to warm up!)  I was starting to muffin top
over my pants.  It was uncomfortable to wear my pants at all.  I would wear them about 8 times before washing them and then when I did wash them I would hang them up to dry.  When I put them on I would spritz them with water, then hop/squat around the bathroom to try and get the buggers to loosen up already!

I decided it was time to try the detox again.

I did a prep week last week.  It went pretty well, up until the weekend when I indulged in my kids Easter candy, ate popcorn at the movie, and had an ice cream cone with Mr. Blue.  (I won't mention all the other "cheaters" I ate throughout the week.)

So here I am, 4 days into my green smoothie detox and I feel great.  I'm supposed to drink 1-3 green smoothies day.  I thought I would die, but I am loving it.  The recipes have been fantastic and they have tasted so fresh.  Okay, I admit, a few of them have been a bit like drinking the sludge off the bottom of a lake, but those are the exception, not the rule.  Also, I REFUSE to put celery in anything.  Just not going to do it.  I am getting totally off track right now.  Back to the point.  I am loving this detox.  I haven't been hungry and I really haven't craved anything.  (Although I did really want to sneak a Wheat Thin this evening.  I didn't.)  I have had tons of energy.  I've been running for the past few weeks and I keep shaving seconds off my times.  It's exciting.  I feel great in the morning.  And the best part is, I can button up my pants again.

I won't pass on any of the recipes that are in the actual detox, but I'll pass on some of the ones I've made up soon.