It's easy being Green.

I've been waiting anxiously today for the arrival of my smoothie blender and Vitamineral Greens.  As soon as they arrived, I tore open the box like an excited child on Christmas morning.  I washed the blender and set in to make myself my first Green smoothie.

I apparently only have apples.  I have oranges, but I've read that citrus can clash with the Greens.  So, I just made an apple smoothie. 

1 1/2 Granny Smith Apples

1 heaping Tablespoon of ground Flax

1 tsp Vitamineral Greens

about 1/2 cup of apple juice (organic, 100% juice)

a few handfuls of ice

It's alright.  I'm not going to lie and say that it's wonderful and I've never tasted something so great.  It's really pretty decent, though, and the problems I have with my smoothie have nothing to do with the taste - it's the texture.  I don't think the flax broke down in the blender, so it's kinda gritty in there.  I know it's the flax, for sure.  Plus, I think I still have a few remnants of apple skins, so maybe I need to blend it longer next time.  As far as the Greens, I don't taste them.  I've heard the taste described as what it's like to lick the bottom of a dirty fish bowl.  While I'm fairly certain that eating it on it's own does taste that horrific, it doesn't taste like much of anything at all in my smoothie.

I will say this.  I was starving before I made the smoothie, because I didn't have anything really great to eat before it got here.  So, I was really, really hungry and this thing has almost filled me up and I'm not even halfway through with it.  I don't think that I'll have any problem replacing lunch and breakfast with one of these, especially after I get some more fruits and veggies to experiment with.

Also, on the weight end of things, I am down to 202.5, as of this morning.  I didn't expect to have lost weight after Thanksgiving (and, the caloric splurge), but I guess it's good to have Thanksgiving with friends who don't try to make every dish a lesson in heart attacks.  Most of what I ate yesterday was delicious, but not terribly unhealthy.  There wasn't a pound of butter and cream in the potatoes, the sweet potatoes weren't covered with sugar and marshmallows.  There was dessert, but let's not talk about that.

I'm feeling good, I know that I'm showing the weight that I'm losing, and my confidence is higher.  Every once in a while, I'll imagine my body in excellent shape - well muscled, lean, powerful...and, it makes me grin from ear to ear.  It's nice to be excited about something that isn't left to chance.

I CAN be stronger.

I CAN be healthy.

I CAN be positive.

I can be happy. :)