End of the green smoothie challenge

Yay! I not only stuck with it but I finished the 30-day green smoothie challenge!!!  Some of the changes I have noticed are: my face looks slimmer, my stomach is getting smaller and I am actually craving raw vegetables.  Last week I went on a sugar binge.  I made and ate chocolate cake, rice krispie treats and biscoff cookies with nutella.  I noticed after 3 days of eating all that sugar, I started to feel real sluggish again and I had this pain in my stomach.  I also gained 1.6 pounds :(

Now I know I really have to pay special attention to what and how much I eat.  I can still have sugar but not to the excess.  I'm still drinking my green smoothies daily and eating more vegetables and fish.  I have really changed my water intake.  I still drink a lot of water.

I am not going to post the smoothies online anymore but I will post my progress.  Here are the last of my smoothies from the challenge:





Day 23 - Spinach, mango, banana, kiwi, strawberries, pineapple juice and agave nectar

Day 24 - spinach, avocado, pineapple, mango, banana, green tea and flaxseeds

Day 25 - Spinach, flaxseeds, peaches, mixed berries, apples, banana, ginger and green tea

Day 26 - Spinach, apple, mango, mixed berries, coconut oil, green tea and almond milk

Day 27 (my husband made this one) - Spinach, kale, mint, strawberries, kiwi, pineapple, mango and almond milk

Day 28 - Kale, spinach, coconut oil, coconut water, flaxseeds, strawberries, mango, banana and pineapple

Day 29  (on the go) - Spinach, kale, strawberries, apples, pineapple, mango, banana, cherries, avocado, flaxseeds, coconut oil, coconut water and orange juice

Day 30 - Spinach, baby kale, peaches, plum, cherries, pineapple, mango, banana, avocado, flaxseeds, coconut water and coconut oil.

Green Smoothie Challenge - Week 3

I've completed week 3 of the 30 day green smoothie challenge!  I was supposed to add chai seeds, cacao powder, and chard to my smoothies this  week.  As you can tell from below, I didn't.  I went to purchase these ingredients and was shocked by how expensive they were.  I found the chai seeds at Trader Joe's for $4.99, I should have gotten them then but I though I could find them cheaper somewhere else.  WRONG!!!  I didn't see the cacao powder at Trader Joe's but MOMs and Wegmans had it for $15.99.  I've never had it before so I did not want to spend that type of money and then find out I didn't like it.  As far as the chard, I left it off my restock list and completely forgot about it.

This week (week 4) I plan on experimenting more with my smoothies. 

Day 15 - Spinach, kale, pineapple, mango, banana, strawberries, flaxseeds, coconut oil and almond milk

Day 16 - Spinach, coconut water, kiwi, strawberries, mango, banana, avocado and agave nectar

                Lunch - Spinach, coconut milk, 1/2 orange, pineapple, blueberries and bananas

Day 17 - (no picture) Spinach, kale, avocado, pineapple, orange, mango, banana, coconut water and coconut oil

            Lunch - Spinach, almond butter, peaches, strawberries, mango, pineapple, banana and almond milk.

 

Day 18 - Spinach, mixed berries, green apple, peaches, banana, flaxseeds and pomegranate juice

         Dinner - Spinach, pineapple, mango, peaches, kale, avocado, banana, coconut oil and coconut milk

Day 19 - Kale, kiwi, mango, pineapple, coconut water and coconut oil

Day 20 - Spinach, kale, 1/2 orange, pineapple, green apple, mixed berries, strawberries, flaxseeds, coconut oil and orange juice.  Don't let the color of this smoothie fool you, it has a great taste.

Green Smoothie Challenge - week 1

I started the green smoothie challenge last Tuesday. I am not looking to lose weight, just belly fat and to be healthy.

The first day I replaced lunch with a green smoothie. The second day I replaced breakfast and lunch with a green smoothie. I ate a little over half of my dinner that night, which is not normal. On the third day I only replaced breakfast. I was going down to my mother's job later that day. She works a few doors down from the Honey Baked Ham store, I just had to have their Tuscan pesto turkey melt sandwich for lunch. I couldn't finish the whole sandwich, I was so full from just eating half! I gave the other half to my son.



Day 1 - 1 cup of spinach, 1 cup of mixed berries, 1 cup of almond milk, 1/2 banana and agave nectar:

Day 2 - 2 handfuls of spinach, 1/2 an orange, 1 banana, 1 apple, 5 strawberries, 1 cup of vanilla Greek yogurt and 1 tablespoon of flax seeds (makes 2 servings) :

Day 3 - a handful of spinach, 1 cup of mixed berries, 1/2 banana, 2 tablespoons of flax seeds, 1/2 cup of vanilla Greek yogurt and 1/2 cup of pomegranate juice:

Day 4 - 2 handfuls of spinach, 1/2 cup of pineapple, 1/2 apple, 1/2 banana, 1/2 an orange, 5 strawberries, 2 tablespoons of flax seeds, 1 cup of vanilla Greek yogurt and 1/2 cup of almond milk:

Day 5 - handful of spinach, 1 tablespoon of coconut oil, 1/2 cup of almond milk, 1 tablespoon of flaxseeds, pineapple, mango, strawberries, and banana

Day 6 - handful of spinach, 1 tablespoon of coconut oil, 1/2 cup of almond milk, tablespoon of flaxseeds, pineapple, mango, strawberries and banana (same as day 5)

Day 7 - handful of spinach, blackberries, 1/4 orange, greek blueberry yogurt, 1/2 cup coconut water and a tablespoon of flaxseeds

For week two,  I plan on adding kale and coconut water to my smoothies and replacing breakfast and lunch for a least 3 of the days.