Good morning everyone and happy Wednesday!

Sleep morning for me since I had class last night... My TOM arrived yesterday and it looks like it is going to be a monster this month... BLAH!

I am so happy to see everyone posting and sharing their thoughts! It helps us all!

Has anyone heard of "Green Smoothies"? I have been having them for my breakfast and my midmorning snack. They are a great way to get in fruit and veggies and they are very filling and energizing. This is what I put in this mornings smoothie, it comes out to be about 2 - 16oz servings:

1 large handful of fresh baby spinach
2 med. banana's
1/2 cup fresh mango
1 cup grapes
1 cup frozen blueberries (no sugar added)
1/2 cup water

You need to have a blender that has an ice crusher feature on it or a really good work horse of a blender like a vita mixer or Cuisinart. I have neither but my blender has an ice crusher feature so I use it.

Start with the spinach and water and get that blending, when it is all blended down start adding the fruit and blend until "smoothie" consistency, I put it in a large bottle and take it to work with me, I have half for my breakfast and put the rest in the fridge until my morning snack.

According to recipe builder the WHOLE thing is 8 pts so it would be 4 points a serving.

If you add the blueberries it takes the "green" out of it... LOL.

Well ladies I need to run but will check back later on.
Princess

Hi TUrtles,
Princess, I never heard of a green smoothie, but it sure looks interesting! Now that I'm doing Flex I may just try it.

INVU--glad to see you back here. Keep on posting because I find something good always comes from that.

All goes well here. I went to my WW mtg., but skipped the WI. I haven't done that in ages, but I had a temp. weight spike and didn't want to see it recorded at the meeting. Since then I've been fine and I'll make this work for me. My dd took me to the opera (we live near NYC) last night and it was glorious. I can't imagine the dedication that it takes for these singers to practice their craft and sound so majestic. I was blown away. That's all for now.

:grouphug: and :goodvibes: to us all. We can all do this. :cp:
Judy

Hi Every one. I am getting back on WW starting today. Hopefully it will go well. I have to find a focus and stick with it. I am so tired of being and feeling the way i am. I weighed myself today since I am starting today and i weighed 208! So here it goes.

refocusing (is that a word??)
 

Hi guys..................I just wanted to share with all of you, that for the longest time, I was basically just hanging on by my toenails, losing a little here and there, staying the same, even a few small gains.............but generally going down so I was okay with that..........well last week when I committed to starting over, and doing everything, the tracking, the weighing and measuring............well it all paid off, I lost 5 lbs this week and it felt awesome!!!!I have had a bad weekend healthwise, almost blacked out during church so have pretty much just laid low........and not done all those things, but didn't go crazy with food at all, pretty much just ate what I usually ate, so we will see............I actually have to weigh in again tomorrow for the "biggest loser" thing we are doing at work. Talk to you soon..........

Hello Turtles hope everyone is good
Cherry You can do this :dust:
exercisebimbo Way to go :carrot:
Princess hows things I made a green smoothie this morning :yes:was good
Itryharder how you doing
As for me I did not weigh in last week so I did it today :goodscale down 2.3kgs
Have a great day :D :cheer:

Well i had a good day yesterday. I ate all 26 points and did not go over. I also did 1 mile Walk Away the Pounds.:carrot: I hope i will do as well today.

INVU- thanks for the will power dust i definately need it.:hug:

exercisebimbo- That weightloss is great.:D Keep up the hard work.:carrot:

Thanks for the fairy dust and good wishes. We are doing great! I'm going to start the next thread, so look for the turtles at #188
Judy