Well, as I mentioned in my last post, I purchased the Nutribullet on Tuesday. I am excited and anxious to see what the benefits and results are. Aside from wanting to lose weight, I just want to feel healthy. As someone who has been anemic (low iron) her whole life, I go through spurts where I can stay up all night and have so much energy for days and days, then crash and feel absolutely drained. I spend those days doing nothing but re-energizing for the next wave of all nighters. I would like to be able to have a normal and consistent level of high energy all the time.
Yesterday, I started with a Toxic Cleanse. This consists of 2 handfuls of spinach, 1 cored apple, 1 cored pear, 1 banana and 1 cup of pineapple with water. I didn't have room for everything so I left out the pineapple and substituted apple juice for the water. I washed and cut everything the night before and filled the large cup that came with my unit. I screwed on the lid and set it in the refrigerator so all I have to do is grab and mix in the morning.
In the morning, I waited about an hour after I woke up, I grabbed the cup from the fridge, replaced the lid with the blade unit and extracted away. This was the end product. Since this made 2 cups, I drank one for breakfast and had the other for lunch. It tasted like banana with the consistency of a smoothie. No trace of the spinach except for the green color. It was sweet and I actually couldn't wait until lunch for the next one. I snacked in between the drinks, (blueberry fruit bar and string cheese) then ate a single portion of pasta with chicken and spinach in alfredo sauce. I didn't do well with my water intake yesterday but today is a new day right?
This morning, I walked for an hour and a half, then came home and drank day two of my toxic cleanse. I used the same recipe as above but only used 1/2 apple, 1/2 pear then added 1 cup canned crushed pineapple. I used canned because that's all I had and it tastes fine but I think fresh pineapple would make it so much better. I'll have one for lunch then eat an early dinner.
What surprised me was the fact that the smoothie actually filled me up. For anyone who is thinking of juicing but doesn't want to deal with the hassle or cost of a large juicer, this is the perfect solution. What I like is that you keep all the skin and pulp of the fruits and veggies so you don't lose any vitamins.
I will continue this for a week and then post any progress I make or notice.
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