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Smoothies

Watched the food documentary "Fat, Sick, and Nearly Dead" this week. It's the story of a man who was severely overweight and had many health issues, who turned it all around as he started making and eating homemade fruit and vegetable juice smoothies. I was so inspired, I immediately went and made myself a fabulous fruit and walnut smoothie for breakfast. After guzzling it down, I felt totally great! I even sent a tweet to the guy in the movie and told him about it.

 Since I began my mostly veggie diet a few years ago, I've had times when it's easier to do, and times when it isn't. Some days I still don't get as many veggies as I should. And even with focusing on the veggies, I haven't always done the same with fruit. So since I felt so good that morning, I thought that doing some smoothies might be the way to go. I went throughout my work day, having a very healthy lunch and dinner - with lots of veggies. I even went without an afternoon sudafed, or any diet pepsi. And I had myself thinking that I could do this, and all I wanted was clean food from now on, and no junk. 

 So I woke up yesterday morning, ready to do it all again. After a good workout and some chores around the house, I made another great smoothie for breakfast. I still felt great. But as I went about my day, the smoothie wore off after only a few hours, and by then I was in full-on headache mode. I tried snacking a bit, and drinking some water. But that didn't help. I ended up having a not quite as healthy lunch, a sudafed, and even more diet pepsi than I usually do. And I'm up a couple of extra pounds this morning. Sigh...




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