I talk a lot about our emotional, and our spiritual care, and oops, I had it on my “to do” list to blog about tarot, but I am so enamored of the smoothie I just made that I had to blog about it. So today, I’m talking smoothies.
One of the self-care things we can do, and we should do, is to take care of our bodies. That means all those things we were taught in school: exercise, nutrition, rest. But some of us just don’t operate on the three-meals-a-day plan. I get up, have my coffee, get to work, and it’s only after about three or four hours that my body thinks about food. I believe in honoring my body, so I wait until I’m awake and ready for food before eating. Unless I know I’m going out of town or having a busy day, then I’ll force myself to eat right away. But otherwise, it’s me, my coffee, and a few hours later, my smoothie.
Why smoothies?
I can drink them at the computer. My favorite recipe contains the following:
1/2 c. of soy milk or organic milk
1/2 c. of plain yogurt or kefir
1 banana
5-6 frozen strawberries, or a dozen frozen blueberries/other berries
2-3 baby spinach leaves
I mix this in a personal Avon blender I liberated from my mom’s house (no, she actually was going to put it in the Goodwill box when I made a big squee and started jumping up and down, because it was perfect for my smoothies, LOL!). Pour it in a big plastic glass I got on a vacation, and viola! Instant brunch.
I will add things to the smoothie, too. I’ve been known to add Omega-3 oils, or protein powder, or even ground flax seeds. But the basic recipe–milk, yogurt/kefir, banana, berries–doesn’t change. Actually, the spinach was a recent addition thanks to my good friend Kimberly at Blogging With Gypsy.
This will keep me going for a few more hours, and then it’ll be close to dinner time, and I can cook our big meal of the day. And, I can feel my body being hit with all those nutrients and going “thank you!”
I think tomorrow I’ll split a kiwi between me and the parrot and add that to my smoothie too!
It’s been a while since I’ve been sick. So imagine my surprise when I filled the plastic cup full of the dose of Robitussin DM (generic) and prepared myself for the bitter awful medicine taste. When I downed the ruby liquid, it tasted…syrupy! Sweet! Almost too sweet and I immediately turned the bottle over to find out what the heck I just took. High Fructose Corn Syrup, that’s what. Second ingredient in. I’m sure it was added to make the product taste better, to make people more willing to take the medicine. However, I realized I felt cheated. I expected my medicine to taste horrible, and the worst it tasted, the better I figured it worked.
I suppose it is kind of funny that it’s taken me this long to finally understand the basis of nutrition. After all, I’ve been on and off of Weight Watchers for years. You’d think I would finally figure out, especially after all the Schoolhouse Rock and elementary school teachings that food is fuel, right?
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