Saturday, May 9th

I did pretty good this week - not perfect, but better, which is kinda my goal these days. I have to say my biggest tool right now is my Vita-Mix. I know it may sound a little crazy, but I made a delicious smoothie this morning that included frozen green beans, peas, spinach, carrots, celery and asparagus along with frozen mangos, apples, blueberries, oranges, kiwi and some vanilla protein powder and cranberry juice and a little yogurt. It was absolutely delicious. I made a whole picher full and it made 3 full water bottles full that I have been "drinking" throughoutmy days. It helps keep me feeling full and satisfied so I don't binge eat (much) and I am definately getting my servings of fruit and vegetables in for the day. The beauty of the Vita-Mix is that you can throw the fruits and veggies in there uncooked and with almost no prep (have to peel the oranges and seed the apples (the seeds have some toxin in them I guess), but everything else you throw in skin and all and the mixer can handle it and liquefy it with very little effort. Most mixers can't do that - or at least the ones we have used in the past. I don't think there is a comparison. Anyway -that is my tip of the week. Didn't work out as much as I would have liked this week - so that is still on my goal list for the week. Hope everyone else is doing well.