Simple Green Smoothies

A little over a month ago I was searching for a way to jump start healthy eating.  You see, for several months while I was trying to start a new business and commuting for Oakland, CA to Hollister, CA with a baby in-tow.  I fell off the healthy eating train pretty hard.  I was eating whatever I could, whenever I could and that meant A LOT of fast food.  Enter simplegreensmoothies.com 

I love this site because they are not asking you to do a "cleanse" where all you eat for X number of days is lemon juice and paprika.  (eeew!)   Simplegreensmoothies.com is loaded with green smoothie recipes. And if you choose to you can participate in one of their 30 day green smoothie challenges.  For 30 days you replace 1 meal with a green smoothie.  What is a green smoothie?  Take about a cup of leafy greens (spinach is my favorite because of it's mild flavor), add about a cup of fluid (e.g. water, almond milk or juice) and add frozen fruit. Blend well until smooth.  If you sign up for the 30 day smoothie challenge they will send you weekly shopping lists and tons of smoothie recipes all for FREE!  I really want to try the chocolate covered cherry green smoothie next.

I know this sort of thing isn't for everyone.  For me it was a simple way to get me back on the healthy eating train.  AND the residual results have been positive.  I lost all my pregnancy weight (I have a 17 month old baby boy) and have noticed that I have an easier time keeping my energy up all day long.  (I eat my green smoothies for breakfast.)  My son also loves them.  The moment he hears the blender in the morning he comes scooting over on his butt (yeah, he doesn't crawl... he scoots) and pretty much demands that I give him his morning smoothie.  See photo.

If you are interested in an easy way to jump start some new healthy eating habits, you might want to check out the Simple Green Smoothies site.

Keep Moving,

Amy Redmond Waran
Flying Colors Dance & Fitness
Hollister, CA

www.flyingcolorsdance.com