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Resting my stomach

When I first met with my nutritionist, she recommended a day of cleansing and juicing only.  She said do it on a non training, rest day.  I thought she was nuts.  My two rest days are the days I relax. Relax my diet. Relax my mind.  All so my body can relax.  So 4 months later this never happened.  Until this week.  I was adjusting my order for this weeks delivery, I knew I needed to rest.  Ive been really solid with my diet for the last 3 weeks.  I feel good but also am eating tons of protein.  So most of the stuff I needed to make the recommended smoothie I would have in my house, except celery and cilantro.  Who eats celery?  It reminds of eating a twig.  So last night when I got home, I began my experiment as I was unpacking my delivery box.  My ingredients:

  • 2 stalks celery
  • 1/2 an seedless cucumber (any kind can be used but this is what I keep on hand)
  • 1 very over ripe banana
  • 2 handfuls of kale
  • 1 handful of cilantro 
  • juice from 1 lemon (I broke down and bought the squeezer thing because I bite my nails to much and it hurts to get lemon juice in them and I get a lot for juice out)
  • 3 dashes from the bottle of chlorella powder, about a teaspoon) 
  • a handful of dried goji berries (I prefer to keep the dried version on hand as they keep better)
  • 1 packet of frozen acai berries (yes I do keep weird things like this in the freezer)
  • about a cup of frozen blue berries
  • about a cup of Trader Joe's coconut water. (I dont care for the direct taste of their coco water but added in it works great, especially for the price) but its just enough to keep it blending and drinkable
I never know how much Im going to end up with, still working on that part. But into the vitamix it all goes.  I'll admit, doesn't look so appetizing but tasted really good.  And it made me feel good because it was good for me.  So on my rest day, my mind gets to rest even more because my food is all set.

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