14 Day Green Smoothie Challenge

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14 Day Green Smoothie Challenge

In my quest to go from carnivore to vegetarian, I started the 14 day green smoothie challenge, which I have mentioned previously on this site. My hope is to go from 14 day trial run to an every day habit with the green smoothies. Today marks the start of week 2, and I wanted to give an update as to how it is going so far.

I started this whole thing after researching the best ways to go from hardcore meat eater to vegetarian. The conclusion that I came to was that it’s not going to be as easy as I had hoped. I have never been all that keen on vegetables to begin with. Since I was little I’ve been a very picky eater and my family stuck to the meat and potatoes routine for every meal pretty much.

The only way I am going to pull this off is if I go the baby steps route. I am going to change one little thing at a time until I am completely meat free (then it’s on to trying to become a vegan).

So the first step in my journey to vegetarian was the 14 day green smoothie challenge!

The idea here is to have at least 1 green smoothie a day for 14 days and see how you feel. You don’t have to change anything else about your diet and you don’t even have to replace a meal with it.

I decided to go ahead and replace my most beloved morning bowl of cereal with a delicious fruit and vegetable smoothie. I’ll be honest with you here, I was terrified! I thought it was going to taste like a salad blended in water.

SHOCK ALERT: IT WAS GOOD!

They are actually quite tasty! I have been rotating two smoothies every day for a week and have loved every second of it. They have kept me surprisingly full until my mid morning snack and I have seen a distinct increase in energy. I hate to say I was a skeptic at the beginning but I’m definitely a believer now.

The recipes I have been rotating look like this.

Banana Smoothie

2 cups water

3 bananas

3 or 4 Romaine lettuce leaves

Berry Smoothie

2 cups water

1 cup raspberries

1 cup blueberries

1 apple

3 handfuls of baby spinach

I will continue to update you on how this is going for me. So far the only difference I have noticed is the increase in energy and some basic detox type affects. I will be trying a new recipe at the end of this week that I’ll share as well.  It’s amazing when you know that eating the way you do makes you feel terrible and changing a few things will make you feel great, yet you don’t do it.  Its so simple!  Why haven’t we changed this pattern before?  I love this quote from Jim Rohn:

“An apple a day keeps the doctor away.  What if it’s true?!?”

I hope some people out there will give this a shot and let me know how it works for them! Let me know what you think in the comments section here!tzjq5w6e8u

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