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I don't know what to say.  I've been eating my salad and my smoothies. I've lost 3 pounds.  I happy just wished it would show, but we didn't put all the weight on at once, so it will take awhile to take off. I know this, but it would be nice to actually see a little less of me...lol.

So. I see my blog is being seen all over the world, I just wish you the readers would leave me a note or comment.  Drop me a line at destinystv@gmail.com, let me know what you think.  What recipes you like, how much weight have lost or just say hi.

I would love to hear from you.  :)

Love & Light

Destiny

Digital Scales?

What do I look for? Any ideas? I want something reliable. Email me or comment he with what type you have and approx. how much it cost you.  Something else is cheaper better then the more expensive or does it really matter. Please give me feed back.

Still under the weather

I truly hate being sick, I'm like a big baby. And at the time being I don't have anyone to take care of me. Soon to be divorced, and he's not any help, never has. 

I managed to eat a salad today, couldn't bring myself to make a smoothie and then have to wash everything...lol.  I am feeling a wee bit better thou. 

I have to say along with the antibiotics and flaxseed that I have been put into my smoothies, oh a few kiwis I believe it has helped my immune system. 

I hope to be myself tomorrow, but time will tell.  

Lots of love and support!

Sickie here

I'm a sick puppy.  Just drinking the smoothies no salad for me. I've been in bed running a slight fever.  Talk to you later.

Love to all

Good Evening my Smoothie Friends

Well today is Thursday,  tomorrow is Friday yay!  Anyhoo, I had a great day. I'm feeling more energetic, but at my age I still take a small nap, go figure.  lol

This morning I finished my smoothie I made last night.  For lunch I really didn't Ethan anything, I know that's bad. :( but I had a wonderful smoothie for dinner, like I've been doing is making a 6 cup smoothie so I don't wake up baby next door! 

2 cups lettuce

2 pears

2 small oranges (seeds removed or seedless)

1 banana

2 1/2 cups almond milk

Blend lettuce and 1/2 cup almond milk until smooth, then add everything else including almond milk.

Omg I loved this...almost drank 2 glasses.  lol 

Night everyone, until tomorrow!

Back on track...yay

Ok I'm starting to update you, on a regular basis.

This morning I had the left overs from last night. I had a smoothie in he morning and a salad for lunch and a smoothie for dinner. I make a huge pitcher of smoothies so I could have one in he morning.  I have a new neighbor next door and they have a baby, so I figure I'll make a big batch that way I don't wake the baby up in the morning. 

This is for people that want a smoothie on the go.

3c almond milk

1c spinach 

2c turnip greens

1 banana

2 kiwis

2c blueberries

Make sure blend the leafy greens first with 2cups of the almond milk. Then add the blueberries, banana and then the kiwis with the rest of the milk. This should make 6cups, I make 6 so if I get hungry or wanting something sweet I have it to drink and some left over for the next morning.

Once again if you want to share a recipe contact me at destinystv@gmail.com.

Hey Looking for Recipes

Do you have a recipe you want to share? Email me at destinystv@gmail.com and I'll try it and share on here (allergic to pineapple), I post it and your name.

Thanks,

Karen better known as Destiny.

Update

I went to the doctors this morning and did my three month blood draw will see in a couple of weeks the results.

I weighed myself lost 1pound, which is good because they say to lose a pound a week. I have noticed that my pants are getting a little looser.  They say, I think, that you will notice inches before you really see any pounds. So I'm doing something right...yay!

I did however have a small hamburger because I was going to pass out.  It was a fasting blood draw and I had a salad the night before and stopped eating at 8pm.  So a small hamburger at 11:30am for brunch wasn't so bad.

I had a huge salad for dinner, this time I added pecans with balsamic vinegar and oil. Tomorrow I will have a breakfast smoothie. A salad for lunch and a smoothie for dinner. Just to shake things up...lol.  

I hope everyone else is doing theirs, and enjoying the new year. New year, new outlook on life and hopefully a new body too boot!

Time for bed 12:37am, had a long day. 

Sorry I've been MIA

I've had some real life stuff go down...but rest a sured I've still been doing my green smoothies and salad for dinner. I promise I will be back to blogging everyday, starting Tuesday.  I will be going to the doctors for my three month blood draw And I will be weighing myself.  This will be interesting, I've been doing this for little over a week so I should see a few pounds gone. My before weight was 213, my goal is at least 120 or 125.  

The other morning I woke up feeling strange, woozy, light headed etc. I took my blood sugar and it was 64, I didn't have enough time to make me a smoothie so I ate a banana, which brought it up to 91. Tonight after I ate my salad I realized I forgot to test my blood (which I have to do three times a day). I was surprised that it was 154.  My eating healthier is helping my other health issues, BONUS!

So I'm heading to bed I have a lot to do tomorrow, still have the Christmas tree up. 

So as Sean Patrick Flanery says "Shine until Tomorrow"

 

Green Smoothies Day 6

I got up this morning feeling a bit energized, but I have to admit about noon I took a nap.  I didn't do a smoothie this afternoon but did for breakfast. For dinner I had my usual salad with shrimp and avocado, but this time I added flaxseed powder to it. It was a good addition. 

Like I said yesterday, I have not nor will I weigh myself. I think I'm doing well.  I Do have to make an appointment with the doctor, I'm a diabetic and have thyroid issues. I want to help these to issues with the smoothies. I've read the coconut oil helps the thyroid and that the flaxseed helps Type II diabetics. Every three months I get my blood drawn to keep me healthy.  So will see what happens.

Breakfast smoothie:

2c spinach

1 banana

1 medium orange

1c fresh strawberries 

2c almond milk 

1 tbsp of flaxseed powder.

No lunch 

Dinner - a huge salad with 4oz of shrimp and half a avocado and topped off with flaxseed powder. 

Love to all 

Green Smoothies Day 5

Well today I kinda took a different look today...I took a little break today. Okay spent most of the day in the bathroom know TMI (too much information). Seriously, it's a total cleanse. 

I did eat a salad w/shrimp, and for dessert I made a regular smoothie. 

Dessert smoothie:

2 bananas

3c frozen strawberries (no sugar added) 

2c v-fusion strawberry and banana 100% juice.

2c almond milk

It made 6c of smoothies

But it's going on a week...ya'll I can't believe it. It has always been hard to stick to a diet, but knowing that everyday I'm drinking something I made.  That is awesome and it taste good too! 

I haven't weighed myself for two reasons, 1) don't own a scale! and 2) if I look at the scale and don't see it move will make me want to just quit. Quote "it took years to put on, so don't expect it to come off over night!" I figure if I can continue on and actually see a difference then I know it's working.  Can't do a whole lot of exercising due to my arthritis, however I walk the stairs once a day. I so what I can.

Love you all and thanks www.simplegreensmoothies.com for helping me with the idea and motivation to do this.  In the words of Sean Patrick Flanery..."Shine Until Tomorrow"!  

Green Smoothies Day 4

Wow day 4...I've made it! 

Sleep through breakfast but woke up to making a smoothie for lunch. 

2c mixed berries

2c spinach

1 banana

3c almond milk (it was just too thick with 2cups.

Dinner: salad with shrimp and diced avocado

. 

Green Smoothie Day 3

Hey made it to day 3, yay! My son loved it too! We had an awesome smoothie. We went to Walmart and got a ton of fruits and veggies. I bought v infusion with strawberries and bananas, juice. 

2c mixed berries

2c spinach

2c lettuce

3c v infusion strawberries & bananas

OMG talk about yummy.  Totally surprised that you can't taste the leafy greens.  It was so damn good!  We followed with a salad topped with shrimp and diced avocado.  Yum!!

If you have any favorite recipes you want to share email me at destinystv@gmail.com

Night all

Green Smoothies Day 2

Missed breakfast, we both sleep through it.  Went to bed way too late.

So, for lunch we had:

2c lettuce

2 bananas

1c blueberries

Tbsp almond butter

1 pear

2c almond milk

Yummy!! 

Last night I had a salad with diced up avocado. Loved it! Son wimped out and ate Mac & Cheese.  What can you expect from a teenager.  Crossing my fingers he eats salad with me.

Green Smoothies Day 1

This morning my son and I had:

2c spinach 

2c Kale

1 banana

2c frozen strawberries

1 orange

2c coconut unsweetened milk 

We made sure to blend the leafy greens first, with a little bit of coconut milk.

For lunch, my son wanted to make the smoothies.  I said go for it, my son is 14. He put:

1c Lettuce 

1c Spinach

1tbp almond butter (I made fresh this morning)

1 avocado 

1c strawberries 

1 pear

2c apple juice 

It was delicious, not bad for his first time. I figure I will have a salad for dinner, with a diced avocado. Hopefully he will have the same.

This has been a very good day so far! 

Smoothie Item List

Today I went to the store and bought the stuff needed to start this off 👍

My son agreed to do this with me. He helped me pick out the ingredients.  I think he's more into it then me. Everything was on sale, yay! 

Kale .99 each

Lettuce .99 a head

Romaine .99 each

Avocados .77 each

Oranges .88 a pound 

These are items found at Fry's/Kroger

I can't wait until this weekend...I will be making some almond butter tomorrow, plus I bought some flax seeds. 

Frozen strawberries

Frozen blueberries

Bananas

Oranges

Pears

I will posting my own recipes here as well to let you know what I think.

Well some good news and some bad news

Like all diets, some are successful and some are absolute failures. I've been trying, but with all the damn holidays going at once it has been rough. 

So, like every new year I have the same the resolution, to lose weight.  For Christmas I was asked what I wanted. After thinking about my issue of weight loss I said I want either a Ninja Blender or a Bullet. My mother got me a Ninja, I'm looking forward to using it.  So I will be doing a 30 day Green Smoothies Challenge.  I will be posting recipes and maybe pictures. So if you would like to join me that would be great, I would love to hear from you and see what you do with it.

All the recipes I'm going to be using are from simplegreensmoothies, if you would like to join in their 30 day challenge you can go to their website www.simplegreensmoothies.com, you follow them on Facebook, Instagram, twitter, as well as Pinterest! I will post links on this page. (I'm in no way affiliated with them and I'm not getting paid by them.)  I just think that we all need some help and it their here too help.

I'm going to be working on this blog and making a page on Facebook and maybe an Instagram for this project.  I'm hoping that you all will help encourage me and I can do the same to all of you. 

Here's to a fantastic New Years, here's to 2014.