My system is telling me that it's that time again to do a cleanse/detox/flushing of my system. I've been feeling a mixture of bleh and whackadoodle for the past couple weeks. I was chocking that up to the training/jogging but I think it's more.
For the next two weeks (we are have completed day three) we are doing a modified juicing that I prefer to call smoothie-ing... Doesn't quite roll off the tongue as well, does it? How about smoothing? Yea, we are smoothing... In a way that is exactly it.
We are replacing daytime meals and snacks with whole fruit smoothies. This way we get ALL the goodness of the fruits, veggies and greens. On an off the wall side note, unlike in elementary school, in the smoothie world yellow and blue do not make green. I was putting together a green smoothie mix and decided, "Hey, why not throw in some blueberries..." Yea, it came out purple... Because that's what blueberries do.
Today's smoothie was a delicious tropical concoction with mango, kale, spinach, arugula, swiss chard (all of these greens were "baby"), pineapple, kiwi, banana and I think a few strawberries. I just used a water base and added some vanilla protein powder. My not so "green" one from yesterday was all the baby greens (I got a big bag of the mix at Costco) with kiwi, cucumber, pineapple and the damn blueberries.
We have been having light snacks of apples or carrots and a little hummus just to help curb the hanger or as I like to call it hungry rage.
Speaking of hummus, this weekend when I went to make some I found that I only had one can of chickpeas and my recipe calls for two and I didn't want to halve the recipe (I actually have it already calculated but I know that I want a full batch). So, I substituted a can of great northern beans in for the second can of chickpeas. It gave the hummus an even creamier texture than I could have imagined. So good.
It was hard to slither out of bed this morning. We had an amazing and productive yet somewhat relaxing weekend. We took Friday off and busted our asses while the wee one was at "school" to get her room and the hall bath painted. They were the last two rooms and it was an amazing accomplishment to get them done. We also hung the new mirror in the powder room ($10 at IKEA) and just tidied up overall. We then tried out this nice little bar and grill near us and we were glad we did. Great food and they are family friendly so bye-bye Denny's! (We are still getting our bearings in town and that was the only "safe" family restaurant we knew of that could guarantee food the tornado would eat.)
Saturday we went to Cabela's and bought a nice family sized tent to replace the 2 person tent we ditched when we moved in November. After that we went to Dutch Bros. and coffeed it up including a Carmelizer for my bestie on her big three-oh birthday. Now this may not sound super special but this Carmelizer had to make it 60+ miles surrounded by ice in a cooler to get to said birthday girl along with twenty goofy balloons. It would have been thirty but twenty is the limit in the back of Jude (our Ford Fiesta hatchback). The smile on her face and the hugs made it all worth it! Then once we got back closer to home we went to Portland Running Company and spent some time getting analyzed and trying on different shoes. The analysis is essentially they evaluate your stride and movement in different types of shoes. After four or five pairs we each found the One. Mine are Asics (a stray from my normal Nikes) and Collin got a pair of New Balance (he's vacillates between Asics and Nikes normally). If you are inclined to running and haven't taken the time to do this at your local running store you are missing out. I have taken the new shoes out on a couple jogs now and I am in heaven. They feel like they were tailored to my feet and I probably never would have found them on my own.
Sunday I (we) hit the burnt out stage from going, going, going the past two days. I dragged myself out of bed for a short run and subsequently got a mild chill from it. We went for a two mile walk as a family. We went to the store and we went to visit Collin's grandma. The tiny one was a bit startled to see Grams in bed, normally she is sitting in her wheel chair. Grams was tired and still fighting off a bug so we didn't stay too long. Afterwards we went home and I prepped the next two weeks of smoothie packets and then sort of fizzled out. I was chilled and tired and just not feeling too great. I dozed in and out on the couch for a couple hours. Collin tried to convince me to go upstairs, but I wasn't having it. After I was semi-recharged we made one more outing to the store and then settled in for the evening to relax and cuddle.
Yesterday was the great end to the long weekend. I got to see my bestie and her whole clan and then Collin and I found out that we could buy the demon cat's stuff at PetSmart for the same price as Petco (I honestly don't know where my preference came from). It's way closer than any of the Petco locations so it works.
And now I am running out of steam to type this. The first day back at work after any length of time off is like the transition stage of labor; you're in agony and you just aren't sure you can make it through.
I think I am going to snack on some greek yogurt and cherries or some carrots and hummus... Either way it's time for the nightly detox tea! (Yogi brand makes their's in a K-cup!)
**** I did not proof read any of this... Not enough focus.****
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