Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Wed, Mar 31, 2010

07:00- overslept, drank 20oz of water

used 16 oz of green smoothie from yesterday to start smoothie for today...

09:00-2.5qts
add to 160z above
1 tsp of frozen ginger
1/2 cup of frozen pineapple
3oz of frozen blueberries
2 bananas
1 cup of ice
1 stalk w/ leaf of chard
2 handfuls of spinach
5 sprigs of cilantro
3 stalks of curly kale w/ leaves
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Tue,Mar 30, 2010

06:30-2qts
started w/ 16oz of green smoothie from yesterday.

3 bartlett pears
5 sprigs of cilantro
2 rainbow chard
1 cup of ice
1 cup of water
5 leaves of romaine heart

16:00-PB&J
a few akonds

20:30-1 pt left
freshened up the remaining 1 pt by adding:
3 stalks & leaving of kale
2 bananas
1 cup of ice

strong but satisfying....
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Monday, March 29, 2010

Monday, March 29, 2010

I made 2 qts of green smoothie this morning.

08:00 - 2 qts
3 cups of water
1 cup of ice
3 rainbow chard stalks w/leaves
1 handful of spinach
10 leaves of romaine hearts lettuce
a couple tsp of cinnamon
5 sprigs of parsley
1 cup of frozen pineapple
1 tbsp of flax seed meal

Only drank 1qt today....

Cravings are almost non-existent and NO headaches from not "eating" a lot of food.
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Sunday, March 28, 2010

Recipes from March 17-26, 2010







2 qts:
half pineapple
16 oz water
1.5 cups of ice
2 bananas
1 orange
handful of parsley
2 leaves of red chard


DAY 2: Today I had 2 qts of green smoothie...

2 qts:
half pineapple
16 oz water
1.5 cups of ice
2 bananas
3 leaves of red chard
2 celery stalks w/ leaves


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--Fannypack aka Dave

Last edited by davida on Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:06 pm, edited 2 times in total.


Re: Fannypack's 10-day green smoothie challenge - Day 2

March 18, 2010: DAY 2: Today I had 2 qts of green smoothie...

2 qts:
half pinaeapple
16 oz water
1.5 cups of ice
2 bananas
2 cups of spinach
2 leaves of red chard
a little redleaf lettuce


_________________
--Fannypack aka Dave

Last edited by davida on Fri Mar 19, 2010 2:06 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Re: Fannypack's 10-day green smoothie challenge - Day 3

March 19, 2010: DAY 3: Today I took 2 qts of green smoothie to work

2 qts:
1 cup of blueberries (6oz)
12 oz water
1.5 cups of ice
2 bananas
handful of parsley
2 leaves of red chard
2 celery stalks w/ leaves

1.5 qts tonite:
1 cup of frozen pineapple
3 handfuls of spinach
4 romaine lettuce leaves
2 bananas
1 cup of ice
12 0z of water


_________________
--Fannypack aka Dave

Re: Fannypack's 10-day green smoothie challenge

March 20, 2010: Saturday - DAY 4:

2 qts:
1.5 cup of blueberries (9oz)
8 oz water
1 cup of dandelion tea
1.5 cups of ice
3 bananas
2 stalks of kale
2 stalks of red/purple kale

17:30 - I feel full but "hungry" aka not satisfied????? Just finished 2 qts from above ,going to make more smoothie.... as I watch NCAA games....

21:00 - made 7 pints of the following:
1/2 cup of pineapple
a little frozen ginger (boy is this strong, I use food processor to cut up & the freeze it)
2 small bananas
1 large mango
3 romaine lettuce leaves
2 big handfuls of spinach
1 cup of ice

this is really a smooth smoothie, :mrgreen: goes down easily

was craving pizza, :? but drinking the above now,will finish in morning


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--Fannypack aka Dave

Last edited by davida on Sat Mar 20, 2010 9:35 pm, edited 3 times in total.


Re: Fannypack's 10-day green smoothie challenge

March 21, 2010: Sunday - DAY 5:

16 oz of green smoothie prepared last nite, boy does that ginger have a strong presence, smell & taste.

09:20 -going for a run / walk.
walked 2+ miles

added to the smoothie from last nite (16oz wasleft):
.5 cup of frozedn pineapple
1 pear
10 blueberries
1 cup of ice

um um good!!!


_________________
--Fannypack aka Dave

Last edited by davida on Sun Mar 21, 2010 11:28 am, edited 3 times in total.


Re: Fannypack's 10-day green smoothie challenge

March 22, 2010: Monday - DAY 6:

07:00 - made 2.5 qts. of the following:
1 cup of frozen pineapple
1 cup of frozen mango
3 romaine lettuce leaves
3 big handfuls of spinach
1 handful of parsley
1 cup of ice
24 oz of water

Boy does this taste gooooooooooood. It was hard to blend because the frozen pineapple & frozen mango was really thick.

13:00 - I am really craving sweets....and almost finished all my green smoothie here at work...

16:00- finished my 2.5 qts of greenies today..

17:00 - At Extreme Pizza in Richmond for 2 large slices w/ pepperoni and the pre-game "party" for the VCU vs College of Charleston basketball game.

home by 21:30 to make some more green delights... gotta use my kale & chard, trying to get my calcium & destroy those cravings...

1 cup of frozen pineapple
3 bananas
1 cup of ice
2 rainbow chard leaves
1 stalk of red/purple kale
1 stalk of kale
1 handful of spinach
16 oz of water
1 tbsp. of cinnamon


_________________
--Fannypack aka Dave

Last edited by davida on Mon Mar 22, 2010 11:14 pm, edited 6 times in total.

Re: Fannypack's 10-day green smoothie challenge

March 23, 2010: Tuesday - DAY 7:

simple update:
finished smoothie made last nite by 8am...
it was so smooth and tasty, the cinnamon hit the spot...

20:30-had 4 bananas starting to brown so that is the starting point for this smoothie:

3.5 qts:
4 bananas
1 stalk of kale
1 stalk of red/purple kale
2 ribs of celery
handful of red-edged lettuce
handful of spinach
1 cup of frozen pineapple
2 pears
approx 4 cups of water
1 cup of ice

had to rotate in & out using jars because my blender only holds 2 qts, i.e., poured some into 1-qt jars as I added more & then ended up using 3 1-qt. jars as I added each jar of ingredients back to blender until I had 3.5 qts. of green smoothie in the 3 1-qt jars & my 20 oz. coffee cup...

um um good....


_________________
--Fannypack aka Dave

Last edited by davida on Tue Mar 23, 2010 9:16 pm, edited 2 times in total.

Re: Fannypack's 10-day green smoothie challenge

March 24, 2010: Wednesday - DAY 8:

06:00 - started drinking green smoothie from last nite

09:00 - 10 miniature chocolate chip cookies

13:00 - lunch - 1.5 cups of pasta (shells)

15:30 - have drank the last 2 qts. from last nite


_________________
--Fannypack aka Dave

Last edited by davida on Wed Mar 24, 2010 3:38 pm, edited 2 times in total.



Re: Fannypack's 10-day green smoothie challenge

March 25, 2010: Thursday - DAY 9:

no work today

14:00 - have only drank 1 cup of water at this point in the day,no food

14:30 - making 1 gallon of green smoothie for the remainder of the day.

1 gallon:

    4 small bananas
    4 large pears
    4 stalks of red/purple kale (stalks & leaves)
    3 cups of spinach
    2 ribs of celery with leaves
    10 leaves of red-edged lettuce
    3 cups of ice
    24 oz of water


19:30 -finished the smoothie... cut some grass today; going to make more green smoothie
21:30 - no more smoothie, water instead....


_________________
--Fannypack aka Dave

Last edited by davida on Thu Mar 25, 2010 9:36 pm, edited 7 times in total.

Re: Fannypack's 10-day green smoothie challenge

March 26, 2010: Friday - DAY 10:

06:00 - up and going; 40 oz of water by 8am

2 qts:
3 bananas
3 cups of water
1 cup of ice
20 sprigs of curly parsley
1 large handful of spinach
1 cup of pineapple
10 leaves of red-edged lettuce
1 rib of celery w/ leaves

16:00 -Subway foot long Spicy Italian
1 pt of Ben & Jerrys Phish Food

I am not experiencing as many cravings that I have had in the past ... most times if I just drink some water the craving will pass,,,

Also I don't seem to get the "hunger" headaches that I gotten in the past when I am not eating the SAD


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Sunday,March 28, 2010 - green smoothie recipe

I made 2 qts of green smoothie this morning. I used 16 oz of left over smoothie from yesterday to start which had bananas, pineapple, parsley,spinach, kale,water, ice & cinnamon.

Today's mix (2 qts):
16 oz of yesterday's mix to start
8 oz of water
2 small handfuls of spinach
a couple tsp of cinnamon
1/2 cup of pineapple
1 stalk w/leaves of kale
5 leaves of Romaine hearts
10 sprigs of cilantro
2 stalks w/ leaves of swiss chard
1 tbsp of flax seed meal
1 cup of ice

This is a rather strong recipe but I have been drinking green smoothies similar to the above but with much more fruit (bananas, oranges, blueberries, peaches,etc) for the 9 days, 2 qts up to1 gallon a day...

12:00 noon - made 2 qts more
1/2 cup of pineapple
1 frozen mango
2 tsp of cinnamon
5 sprigs of parsley
3 small golden delicious apples
1 handful of spinach
1 leaf of chard
1.5 cups of ice
16 oz of water

16:00-PB&J was gooooood...
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