Mixing it Up

March #SOL16 Day 30

 

I finally found a way to eat my fruits and vegetables.  I drink them!

I haven’t always been so healthy.  I am working against a life time of bad eating habits. When I was young, from about the age of 7 through 12, I loved to swim.  I worked up such an appetite from a full day of swimming, I would come home and eat a whole bag of Doritos and M & M’s.  I devoured anything I could get my hands on….none of it was healthy.

Those habits weren’t a total disaster for me back then because I was so active.  Fast forward to adulthood, and I just can’t consume all those calories anymore.  Something had to give.  Yet, it still took me some time to figure it all out.  I continued to be a junkfoodaholic, maybe just not so blatant as to ingest an entire bag of carbs and sugar and  other crap in one sitting. Then finally…..

I discovered the Nutribullet.  I found that I could put oranges, bananas, spinach and pineapple together in this wondrous machine and voila!  A creamy, frothy drink that tasted good and filled me up. Not only did I immediately drop some pounds, but I haven’t gotten a cold or the flu since the day I received my blender in the mail (from my beloved QVC) two years ago.

Now I have fun experimenting with different homegrown recipes.  I’ve tried organic carrots – leafy stems and all – along with cucumbers, apples, kiwi and grapes.  Mixing it up is what keeps it interesting and tasty.  I look forward to going to the grocery store and exploring the produce aisles.  Coming from this junkfoodaholic that is quite the statement!