This experiment into fresh eating with the green smoothie program has provided me with more than health benefits. It has given me that one extra tool I needed to get back to a place where I think about what I am putting into my body and why I am putting it there. The green smoothie program has also provided me with much more inspiration going forward.
Tips from the Green Smoothie Program
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1. Focus on the positive. I am a firm believer in positive thinking, but they take it to a new level. When it comes to making changes, look at what you CAN do and avoid thinking about what you are NOT going to do. Replace the things that you want out of your life with the things you want IN your life.
2. Avoid being too strict. The harder a program in to fit into your life then the more likely you are to abandon those choices. The green smoothie program presented by the Green Smoothie Queens is designed to help you choose better and is not set up to be a regimen that must be followed to the letter.
3. Listen to your body. It takes time for the body to be able to tell you when it is satisfied. Eating slower makes it possible for the stomach to catch up with the mouth. Take a moment to enjoy each bite and take a moment between bites. Your body will be able to tell you what it wants and what it needs.
4. Dare to try it. I would have never in my wildest dreams have tried a smoothie that included celery, tomatoes, carrots and ginger. Although I ended up eating like a soup, I confess that it was the flavors that I really enjoyed. I have found that I like some things that I would have missed out on completely had I not dared to try them during this first week.
I feel better, and people are starting to tell me already that I look better. The scales tell me that I have lost five pounds since I first stepped on them on the morning of the 16th. Considering that the only real change I have made has been in my consumption I am taking that five pounds and dancing around the room.
Share your best tips for making the changes in your life that will turn your health, mind or body around?
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