Day 30 of My Green Smoothie Experiment!

Fruits and Veggies make colorful and nutritious "green" smoothies.

And the results are in! Today, I stepped on the scale and have lost a total of 10 1/2 pounds! Okay, so those are just pounds. I don't put a lot of stock in what the scale says, it can go up and down from one day to the next. A couple of days ago I was a bit lighter. A friend had told me to be … [Read more...]

She Dances As If No One Was Watching – Tribute to My Mom

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I'm one of those people who loves great quotes. I will pick up quote books and be inspired by them. This is one of my favorites: You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching, Love like you'll never be hurt, Sing like there's nobody listening, And live like it's heaven on … [Read more...]

Week 3 of the Green Smoothie Experiment

More veggies less fruit - 1 Pair, 1 cucumber, bunch of carrots, bunch of tomatoes, baby field greens. I added lots more greens after I blended a bit.

I don't think I would have thought I could go more than 21 days drinking a green smoothie every single morning, but I sure have and can't imagine not having this vital wake up drink. I've never been a morning coffee drinker, but I was a morning coke drinker. I often referred to it as my "morning … [Read more...]

Step by Step Green Smoothies

All this goodness for breakfast!

Step by Step Guide to Making A Green Smoothie First, decide what you want to put in the smoothie. You can follow a recipe, or wing it. You can get recipes all over the internet. Look at some of my other posts under the category "green smoothie experiment" for suggested resources. I kind of wing … [Read more...]

FAQ’s About Green Smoothies

Terri Camp answers your Green Smoothie Questions

I'm getting a lot of people on Facebook asking me about Green Smoothies. Somehow they've missed that I've posted nearly daily answering most of their questions in the category, "Green Smoothie Experiement" so I thought I would answer some of the most frequent questions here. Q. Why did you … [Read more...]

Love stepping on the scale – smoothie day weigh in

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Woo hoo! I've lost another couple of pounds (that makes almost ten in the three weeks). I also did measurements tonight and I've lost another 3 1/2 inches. This time in different places. I'm most definitely feeling so much better too. Yesterday when I got dressed, I looked in the mirror and for … [Read more...]

Yummy dessert like Green Smoothie

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I simply had to redeem myself from yesterdays smoothie and that I did. This time I went a little more complicated. I added a tsp of cinnamon, about 8 jumbo cashews, a whole apple (quartered), a frozen banana, a bunch of spinach, a Tbl of flax seed, and some water. This was almost like a dessert … [Read more...]

30 Day Green Smoothie Experiment – yuck

Today I said, "yuck" for the first time upon tasting my green (really brownish purple) drink. Again, I sort of followed a recipe. I had some rainbow chard in the fridge that I got from the co-op and decided to use it. The recipe called for two cups of pitted sweet cherries. Well, I didn't have … [Read more...]

Day 7 of the Green Smoothie Experiment

I have two words for today Radiant and Choices I was standing in the kitchen talking with Tina when she suddenly said, "Mom, you look radiant." I pooh pooh'd her, telling her it's probably the extra sun I got. She said, "No, I really think you're radiant, and it doesn't have anything to do with … [Read more...]

Green Smoothie Week 1 – More results

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After adding up all the numbers, I had a total inch loss of 8 1/2 INCHES in six days. I had forgotten to measure when I started so did measurements on the 19th. Today is the 25th.  The most noticable was 2 inches around the chest. Wow! Can't believe it! My boyfriend had given me a hug tonight … [Read more...]