Vee's out!

Banana Breakfast!

Just finished eating the most delicious breakfast ever.

- 1 banana that had been put in the freezer last night

- 1 strawberry

- handful of almonds

(We doubled this to make enough for both of us.)

It tasted great, and it's so easy to make! I shoulda taken a picture.. maybe next time.

Vee's 1st Smoothie Day!

Hey y'all,

My first day of this new diet was definitely challenging. I think I chose a poor day to begin this difficult diet! I had class / work from 9:30am until 8:00pm, and was not home all day to make smoothies for meals. I started my morning with a banana, and decided I was going to wing it in terms of food for the rest of the day (stupid). For lunch I bought an Odwalla Superfood Smoothie, and a cup of carrots & celery. That was about 8 buck$. So not worth it, but I was starvin, and didn't have time to go home to make a smoothie.

Around 5:30-6:00pm I started to get a bad headache and my stomach was empty. I was TA'ing a class so I couldn't leave to get food, and my headache kept getting worse. I never really get headaches, so I knew it was because I hadn't really eaten much during the day. I decided to eat my emergency granola bar I had been keeping in my backpack, so, I cheated in this diet already! but after about two bites I immediately felt better.

Once I got out of class, Ben picked me up and I felt very negative about this whole diet. However, after we got home Ben made some delicious hummus that we ate with the gluten-free rice crackers, and I definitely felt better after getting some more food in my stomach. Ben also made a smoothie soup for dinner, and I snacked on some banana and strawberry for dessert. I may also have eaten a small amount of Easter chocolate.. ;)

I'm no good with diets, but I think I'm going to plan my day out a little better for tomorrow so I won't have to go through harsh hunger pains again!

Ben's First Smoothie day!

Hey guys and squirrels,

I made a smoothie this morning and a smoothie "soup" this evening.

This morning:

-2 leaves of kale

-1 carrot

-2 strawberries

-handful of almonds

-dash of lemon juice

This evening:

-1 leaf of kale

-1 carrot

-1/2 cup of fire roasted tomatos

-handful of walnuts

-1/3 sweet potato

-dash of ginger

-dash of ground black pepper

-dash of garlic powder

This morning I was running short on time so my smoothie was a bit chunky. I had to chew through most of it, however it was not unbearable.

This evening's soup smoothie was actually not as bad as I thought it was going to be. It tasted much better than it smelled.

Also, for a pre-dinner snack, I made hummus with tahini and chick peas and a clove of garlic. I dipped gluten-free onion garlic rice crackers in it and it was delicious!

Overall, a pretty-okay first full day of our new diet.

C U SOON.

First trial smoothie!

Ben just made a little tester dessert smoothie so we could use up a mango that was getting a little soft. It was delish! Very pulpy but I like that.

Here are the ingredients; enough for 2 smoothies:

- 1 mango

- 1 kiwi

- 2 leaves of kale

- 2 strawberries

- a little water

Excuse the poor quality photo (and the word "beer" written on our table..). Just wanted to get a photo of our first smoothie!

Starting Smoothie Diet Tomorrow

Hi everyone!

I am starting a smoothie-only diet tomorrow, Wednesday April 11th. My boyfriend and I bought a bunch of fruits & veggies for our new diet that will last .. maybe 2 weeks? We'll see how long we can last! We are restricting ourselves to raw food only in our smoothies, with the occasional gluten-free rice cracker as a snack, and quinoa.

I'm interested to see how long the food we bought will last. A few days? A week? Here's what we bought in our first fruit & veg haul (that cost us roughly $35.. with a discount!), along with what we had already in our fridge:

- 1 mango

- 6 bananas

- 2 lemons

- 4 pears

- 1 package of strawberries

- 2 kiwis

- 3 avocados

- 1 bunch of carrots

- 1 cucumber

- 1 bunch of kale

- 1 package of frozen spinach

- 1 small bag of almonds

- 1 small bag of walnuts

- 1 small bag of sunflower seeds

- 1 medium bag of quinoa

For our final "real" meal tonight, we had 3-cheese tortellini with 2 strips of bacon each. Yum!

I'm really excited to start this new diet!