Here's my favorite green smoothie/juice! It doesn't taste very "green", which is the best part.
1 cup baby spinach (or 1/2 to 3/4 cup of baby kale, I like doing half and half.)
1 cup frozen peaches
3 ice cubes
1 and 1/2 cup orange juice
a splash of plain kefir
1 to 3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
Put it all in the blender and you have a green smoothie!
Hey everyone, my mom was nice enough to get me a few clothing items from Kohls for taking my graduation pictures next month.
I know it's a little late but I've been pretty busy lately! Oh well, here is my July empties!
Unsweetened carob chips- These were okay with trail mix. Since I'm (kind of ) on a sugar detox I wanted something without sugar but these actually kind of have a salty taste. If anyone knows how I can get some unsweetened CHOCOLATE (cacao) chips please let me know.
Repurchase? Maybe.
Sunsweet Prunes- I love me some prunes! They are great for a sweet treat without added sugar! (and amazing with almond milk)
Repurchase? Always.
Futurebiotics Enzymes- These are good for gut health.
Repurchase? I already have.
Natures Bounty
Melatonin- Good for if you need help sleeping.
Repurchase-If I needed it, which I haven't.
Rainwater Botanicals Troubled Skin Serum- I love this stuff! It helps with my acne some and smells amazing and feels silky on your face.
Repurchase? Heck yes I would, and I plan on it!
Rainwater Botanicals Pimple Potion- A lovely spot treatment that is GENTLE! I really liked this.
Repurchase? Yes I would.
Maybelline Color Tattoo (bad to the bronze)- A nice cream eyeshadow for oily eyes.
Repurchase? No (not natural)
ELF Mineral Eye Primer- A fairly nice primer.
Repurchase? I would if I can't find a more natural one better.
Almay eyeshadows for brown eyes-
Repurchase? No, not natural and nothing special.
2 soap samples (from a farmers market)-
Full size? Probably not, but nice to try
Burts Bees super shiny conditioner- Just a normal conditioner, nothing special.
Repurchase? Probably not.
Yes to Cucumbers "moisturizer" with SPF 30- This is NOT a moistueizer. It's thick and white, drying and pasty.
Repurchase? NO!
Pacifica blood orange soap- A very nice soap that smells very tropical and citrus-y. I loved it.
Repurchase? Probably.
Alba Pina Colada body
Here's #1
Here i will be writing my sugar intake. By that I mean any kind of sugar that isn't fruit. If I didn't have fruit I would be lost. Since I am trying to heal my gut from gluten damage.
Monay-
Cup of hot ginger tea with a small spoon of honey
Tuesday-
A few chocolate chips in my trial mix,
Hot tea with coconut sugar,
Speghetti (and 2 other GF pasta's) with sauces that probably had a little sugar
Wednesday-
Chinese rice noodles (that might have some sugar in it but I don't know)
Thursday-
4 GF pancakes with fruit topping (with honey) (I didn't have 4 all at one time haha)
Sweet potato with brown sugar (I didn't know it had sugar till AFTER I ate it :P)
Friday- I didn't have any sugar at ALL today!! :)
Saturday-....I honestly did terrible today. I had some chocolate pudding with chocolate chips and whipped cream (non paleo-fied) and I had right much of it. As well as some 60% cacao chips and almond butter. Seriously, I am gonna try to be very strict next month. I PROMISE
Sunday- A few chocolate chips (the same as yesterday) and a cup of tea with a little honey.
Monday-
2 cups hot tea with honey, chocolate icecream with marshmallows.
Tuesday- 3 cups hot tea with honey. almond butter, choc. chips.
Wednesday-
1 GF pancake with choc. chips and fruit sauce (made with honey). 1 small spoonful almond butter, a few choc. chips.
Okay so altogether I think I only went 1 day without ANY sugar. So my stomach had still been hurting and I've been constantly getting more and more acne. So next month once again, NO sugar but fruit. I will probably have a few cheat days but I'm gonna try to have more days without sugar than with. I can do this! :)
I love this shake! It's great for just making and running out the door, or if you need a sweet treat.
2 or 3 frozen bananas (it's important that they are frozen so they have the right texture)
3 ice cubes
about 1 cup (maybe 1 and 1/2 cups) almond milk
1 to 3 teaspoons coco powder (depending on how chocolatey you like it)
If you saw my last Gut Healing post , then you know I'm having a Mini Sugar Detox. And this "diary" will be a place for me to write my sugar intakes and how I feel that day. Mainly so I can keep up with it and see how bad sugar makes me feel when I do have it so maybe I'll learn to stay away from it :P
(I'm not starting this on Monday since I just thought it of.)
By the way my rule is to have NO sugar accept fruit.
Wednesday-
Breakfast- Smoothie with pineapple, peach, plain kefir, and almond milk (unsweetened)
Lunch- Omlet with carrots, peas, and shrimp
Snacks- a banana with peanut butter (with sugar), raisins, coconut, and (unsweetened) carob chips.
Another smoothie with blueberry, pineapple, ice and coconut milk (with sugar).
2 small mug fulls of cereal- koala crisps, and Vans cinnamon haven with coconut milk (all with sugar in them)
A small plate of gluten free spaghetti with beef and tomato sauce (I think the sauce had some sugar as well..)
Dinner- Smoothie with pineapple, banana, ice, orange juice and unsweetened almond milk. (that was a light dinner since I was snacking so much so late.)
How I feel-
BAD! My stomach is cramping with pain off and on. And my acne is more red and itchy.
So what I shouldn't have had was- peanut butter, cereal, and milks with sugar. It may not seam like much but for me, it's too much for my body to handle.
Thursday-
Breakfast- Cooked apples, blueberries and raisins, eggs with shrimp, banana chocolate shake.
Lunch- Salad with crandberries, cucumber, red wine dressing and salmon.
Snack- Banana with (unsweetened) almond butter, and an apple larabar.
Dinner- Soup with carrot, chicken, and celery. And some (GF) spaghetti with tomato sauce and beef.
Dessert- Prunes and (unsweetened) raspberry banana kefir.
Oh and the only 'sugar' I had was one square of 60% cacao chocolate. (and that was only because my mom bought it for me :)
How I feel-
Not as bad as yesterday at all but I am still having some gut pain. Plus I didn't have enough water today and my acne is still very red and irritated but not as itchy today.
I don't think I had any sugar on Friday.
Saturday- I don't remember most of what I ate but the only sugar I had was a mugful of koala crisps.
Sunday- I had a cup of hot ginger tea with a SMALL spoon of honey.
What is this? A haul? I know I know, I never do hauls, but I needed some stuff so here we are!
My mom ordered a few vitamins with me things so I'll go ahead and show you those as well since I take them too. This will also be a first impression of everything.
We got the Nutrition Now PB 8 Pro-biotics and the FutureBiotics Vegetarian Enzyme Conplex. These are both great and I can tell a difference when I take them at least once a day.
Devita Solar Protective Moisturizer SPF 30- I have been hearing so much great things about this moisturizer so I was looking for a SPF without being thick and white and this sounded perfect! And so far I think it is! It's smooth and it doesn't leave a white cast at all. I've only used it a few times but I already like it very much.
Devita Moisturizer
Redmond Earthpaste- This is a natural toothpaste. And I mean NATURAL! The ingredients are amazing! This doesn't foam but I'm okay with that, It leaves my teeth feeling clean. I'd say freshness is a 3.5 out of 5.
Cinnamon Earthpaste
Acure Organics Shampoo with Moroccan Argan Stem Cell + Argan Oil- I was also hearing a lot of good stuff about Acure and I needed a new shampoo.
I actually didn't even see that this was for curly hair till I got it, which is great for me. So far I really like this!
When you're washing your hair with it and rinse it out, it feels like your hair isn't cleaned (for me anyway, but I've only used it once) but after my hair dried it was clean, soft and DETANGLED! There was no tangles at all! Which is a big deal for me, I tend to have a ton of tangles. My hair hasn't been this soft in a long time.
Acure Shampoo
