This was my breakfast this morning:
Green grapes, cantaloupe, spinach, mango, ice. About 350 cals worth. (I filled that glass twice with smoothie, I always make a lot!)
Lunch was several bananas – I had a bunch of them to either eat or freeze today or they’d get overripe. I also had some organic cheese cracker snacks. (Oops). Altogether 418 calories. The bananas I have are pretty small and I weighed them to get the correct calorie amount.
Dinner was one of Amy’s organic veggie soups, plus two more bananas. 264 calories.
My intake wasn’t very diverse today, so I had a mineral supplement, which has all of the minerals, plus iodine, zinc and calcium in it. I also drank lots and lots of water to dilute the sodium from the soup and crackers.
So I’ve only had 1032 calories today (too low, definitely) but today was a very relaxed (and somewhat lazy) day anyway. I was dying to get out for a walk but it was SO disgustingly hot and humid – mid nineties.
OK, I tried… and the truth is, I just don’t like kale. I had it again in a smoothie this morning and it was just… yucky. It overpowers the fruit in the smoothie, oddly enough.
So I’m just going to stick with other greens like chard (which may actually be slightly more nutritious than kale), spinach, dandelion greens, etc.
I made a smoothie this morning with the following ingredients:
- 167 grams frozen strawberries
- 149 grams mango
- 227 grams cantaloupe
- 208 grams oranges
- 94 grams kale
- a few ice cubes
Total calories: 372.
I got a nice burst of energy about 20 minutes after finishing the smoothie.
But definitely no more kale. It’s such a rough and scratchy vegetable, I don’t see how it can be good for our digestive systems anyway?
I made my sister, niece and I a smoothie yesterday evening before we left to get the puppy. Since they aren’t keen on greens, I made it with: a banana, pineapple chunks, strawberries and a few slices of orange. They really liked it. That was my dinner (along with a few sunflower seeds).
I have a ton of tomatoes I need to use in a soup or something today. More on that later!
I am drinking the most delicious smoothie right now! It’s really cold and refreshing.
Here are the ingredients:
- 484 grams cantaloupe
- 203 grams red grapes
- 89 grams rainbow chard
- 275 grams of frozen banana
- Several ice cubes
Calories: 566
Fiber: 14.8
Protein: 10.1
Fat: 2.3
Not bad, given the fact that there are about 6-9 servings of fruits/greens in there!
I had to throw in extra ice in order to thicken the smoothie. (I always seem to overdo it with the fresh ingredients as opposed to the frozen ingredients). The end result is an ice-cold smoothie that tastes mostly like cantaloupe. Very refreshing and delicious.
One thing I forgot to mention in this morning’s post is that yesterday and last night I was in “heavy elimination” mode all day. I’m sure most of you know what that mean… my body was getting rid of stuff inside that I clearly didn’t need. (And we’ll leave it at that!)
I accidentally scared the mouse into running into my room last night. I came walking out of my computer room and saw him in front of my bookcases. He saw me and made a run for it around the corner into my room… Grrrrreeaattt. Today I’m feeling a lot better so I’ll definitely be hitting the hardware store.
OK this morning’s smoothie is one of the best I’ve had yet… and this time I weighed everything and kept track of calories.
Ingredients:
- 230 grams of pineapple (110)
- 190 grams of mango (124)
- 2 small bananas (180)
- 3 leaves of rainbow chard (27)
- 238 grams of frozen peach slices (93)
Calories: 534 (A little high, but it was all I had for breakfast and I am absolutely stuffed!)
Fiber: 17.8
Fat: 2.3
Protein: 9.2
Nutrition (click for full size):
All in all, not bad…
I’m following the advice of someone who left a comment the other day and having my starches earlier in the day. Meaning, for lunch I’ll probably have a baked potato and maybe some more fruit (or some nuts and seeds). Then dinner will be another (lower calorie) smoothie.
Photos:
Yum!
I saw the mouse AGAIN last night. Literally as soon as I turned off my kitchen light and went into my bedroom, prepared to go to bed, it came out of hiding. I had my sister on the phone and I went back to the kitchen to refill my water glass less than 2 minutes later and it was on the back of my counter AGAIN. However, I think I figured out what it was after – the sesame seeds. I had a small jar of roasted sesame seeds on my spice rack thingie and it was sniffing around by it. So, I tossed them out, took out the garbage and wiped the sink and counter down (again) with a bleach cleaner.
In the middle of the night I heard something crashing in the apartment, but when I got up this morning I didn’t find anything knocked over.
Anyway, I just went out onto my balcony to watch the sun come up (my new favorite morning pastime). It’s already hot and disgusting out there! No chance of being able to take a power walk today….
I see why so many people rave about the Vita-mix… seriously, it made an amazing smoothie! Perfect smooth and creamy consistency and I didn’t have to add any water! In my old blender, I absolutely had to have lots of water or juice or it wouldn’t blend at all. I am sure that this is one of the reasons I had trouble digesting the green smoothies I used to make. (Well, that and the fact that the smoothies weren’t blended properly.)
Here’s a couple of photos of the first smoothie I made:
OK, it might not look appetizing – it’s brownish green, but it’s delicious, I assure you. 
Ingredients:
- frozen strawberries (180 grams)
- 1 banana
- pineapple (160 grams)
- 2 kale leaves
- blueberries (50 grams)
Now for the bad news… I have another mouse. Yep. Not happy about that.
This morning I decided to share with you all both what I ate/drank plus the nutritional content…
Cantaloupe:
Veggie juice:
Nutrition: (click to enlarge)
Not bad for one meal! Not pictured was the brazil nut that I ate, which added to the selenium count.
By the way, the juice wasn’t very tasty but I didn’t mind, as my taste buds have changed immensely over the past 2 months. I love the bitter taste of pure vegetable juice now, even if it technically doesn’t taste “good”. Hard to explain. Some people get grossed out when they hear the combos of juice I make, but to me it’s damn good. This morning’s juice was made with rainbow chard, kale, romaine lettuce, 1 red bell pepper, 1 cucumber and 1 carrot.
I’ve been going to Whole Foods the past couple of days and getting a smoothie – their blender is top-notch and blends fruits and veggies together perfectly! The combo I got yesterday was: bananas, strawberries, orange juice, mango, spinach and celery. The (super cute) guy who made it for me sampled the bit of smoothie that was left behind and he really liked it, which surprised him. It was absolutely divine-tasting to me!
Anyway, I got an hour of solid walking in yesterday – first 30 minutes in the morning when it was just starting to rain, so I was speed-walking to the point of almost running. Then in the afternoon when my sister, niece and I took a walk.
My body was definitely trying to get rid of something last night/this morning… I woke up with a coated tongue and really bad breath! (TMI, I know). Both classic signs of night/morning detox. I ate really cleanly yesterday so who knows what I was detoxing. (Probably just my body going back into “cleansing” mode again). But I feel great today and plan to take another walk if it doesn’t start raining.
My back seems just about back to normal… it healed pretty quickly, probably due to all the fresh food I eat.
I still haven’t gotten onto the scale, but I am already seeing new changes in my body – probably from the exercise. I will probably get on tomorrow morning, but I am so looking forward to seeing a number in the 150’s that I don’t want to get on and get disappointed!
I forgot to mention in my post below that I’ve taken to buying a wide variety of veggies to juice – stuff I’ve never juiced before, and it’s all really amazing! I now juice: kale, chard, spinach, carrots, celery, cucumbers, red bell peppers, dandelion greens, asparagus, cilantro, tomatoes and cabbage. Plus all of the usual fruits. I’ve been trying various recipes found in my raw juicing books and on the internet. Cabbage juice actually tastes fantastic, by the way.
I’ve also started to use the juicing pulp because I feel guilty throwing away veggie goodness, so what I did yesterday and will again today is use the pulp mixed up for my lunch or dinner salad. It’s already all shredded and mixed up, so I throw it into a bowl, spritz a tiny bit of olive oil on and a dash of sea salt, maybe add some seeds, and there you go! An interesting salad. I know I can also throw it into a blender or food processor and make soups and smoothies from it, which I also plan to do at some point.
This morning I had a ‘liver-cleansing’ veggie juice, made with the following:
4 carrots
1/2 cucumber
handful of dandelion greens
1/2 lemon
(I added in a couple of orange slices to sweeten it up a bit more). It was delicious!
I have discovered my absolute favorite veggie juice recipe ever and have decided to share it with you all:
- 6 medium carrots
- 4 large celery stalks
- 2 Roma tomatoes
- 2 smallish Granny Smith green apples
- A few bunches of spinach (couple of handfuls)
These ingredients make about 21-24 ounces of juice. If you want a smaller serving, like 10-12 ounces, halve all ingredients.
I’m not sure what it is about this particular mixture, but it is SO good that it’s unbelievably divine. It’s a combination of hearty flavors – carrots and apples for sweetness, tomatoes for richness, and celery for saltiness. (The spinach taste doesn’t seem to come through, as very little juice is produced from it).
I figured I would post the various juice concoctions that I come up with. This one is really good so long as the orange is a sweet one. (I used a pink navel today and it wasn’t as sweet as the regular orange-colored navels).
Ingredients:
4 carrots
4 large celery stalks (use 3 for a sweeter juice)
5 cubes of pineapple
1 medium/large orange (use a sweet orange for best results)
2 cups mixed baby greens
(Yeah, I need a measuring cup!)
Mmmm.
