My Green Smoothie!!!

What the HECK are you drinking?!

(singing) The best part of waking up, is a  Green Smoothie in my cup!

People look at me crazy when I drink my Green Smoothie!!! They ask “what the heck is that?!” Is it good?! Yes it is!! It’s extremely yummy but more than anything, it’s so healthy for you!

 Here’s the ingredients:

A handful of organic spinach

1 Fuji apple

1 Asian Pear (both peeled & cored)

1/2 cup of ice

1 Banana

1 half of a avocado

3 Stalks of celery

1 cup of cold filtered water

1/2 of the juice of a fresh lemon

Fun tip: Be sure to cut the fruit & veggies up SUPER small and blend low to high! If not, it will be a weird texture!

Yes, I even got my “southern” husband to drink these daily!! 🙂

Ok, you are probably asking WHY do I need to drink this thing & skip breakfast? Yes, I said skip breakfast. Your food is STILL trying to digest from yesterday and then you wake up and eat this huge breakfast that slows down your digestion system even more! By blending all of these fruits and veggies, you “predigest” them, so your body doesn’t need to work as hard to break down the food & waste precious energy & enzymes. By blending these fruits you STILL get all of the Fiber (vs. juicing) and this helps strengthen your bowel movements.  So, by drinking this smoothie, you will have MORE energy, you’ll still feel full (until at least noon) And if you aren’t–you can always eat some fresh fruit, and you are preparing your body to easily digest the REST of your food so you won’t be sitting at your desk sluggish by 1pm! I noticed a difference in my skin, I wasn’t as “bloaty” after I ate and I am toning in those “hard to reach areas”

So WHY do I love eating healthy & studying my body?! Well, my body is the temple of the Holy Spirit (1 Corinthians 6:19–20) and I want to honor God with my body. I aint honoring Him if I go to McDonald’s everyday. I won’t have ANY energy, I won’t be able to focus because my body is trying so hard to break down all this garbage. I sure won’t have energy to get up and read my bible as I stuff my face with eggs & bacon every morning. I want to go back to sleep! Your BODY is not your own, it belongs to Christ so treat it well, work out, eat healthy, take care of your body so you aren’t all sick and tired at 35. If you are sick due to your weight or eating unhealthy it is a DISTRACTION. When something becomes the major focus of life and it isn’t God, it is sin. So to constantly obsess about exercise, diet, and weight loss means we’ve allowed our bodies to become the center of our lives. If you are struggling in this area, ask God for wisdom (James 1:4), Join a weight loss group, talk to a friend about it! I am praying for you! Let’s all get healthy together!

Yay for healthy eating!! Whoo hooo!