My favourite scene is when Bill Murray is eating corn on the cob. It's a lot shorter than calling this blog "One day at a time" which would have Valerie Bertinelli/Mackenzie Phillips/Bonnie Franklin references.
I've been meaning to start a blog for a while now for an online course I was doing called the Great Creators Academy by Aaron Paquette but life just keeps zooming by. I have told many of my friends about it. It is an 8 week course and although it is about being creative, in each video of Aaron talking, he talks about improving your life. He discusses the importance of drinking water, getting enough sleep, exercising, improving your memory, managing your time, etc. I got to lesson 5 where he said "don't go on to lesson 6 until you master lesson 5" where he talked about meditation. I can't meditate. I can't sit still and always have stuff to do. In mid December I attended a workshop on Mindful Meditation so I got some good pointers. I will blog about that course on here as well.
On December 30th, I started a ten day green smoothie cleanse. I heard about it in an interview with Phil Collen from Def Leppard. He and his wife Helen did the 10 day cleanse through a booked called "10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse" by JJ Smith and continue to drink green smoothies. You can snack on seeds, nuts, apples, carrots, celery, boiled eggs and unsweetened peanut butter. Once you are done the 10 days, you gradually introduce food again by replacing one of the smoothies with a salad. You can choose to do a smoothie for one to two meals per day, followed by a well balanced meal.
I'm not going to lie. It isn't easy. I thought I wouldn't have much problems because a lot of the things that you cleanse from, I don't eat (fried food, coffee, junk food). At the end of day two I felt like I was getting the flu. The book warns that you could experience headaches and flu like symptoms. It also mentioned that you might be irritable from not eating the foods you want. I think I mostly just miss using a fork! It's tough when others around you are eating good smelling food. My daughter Emily is trying to do it with me. She isn't strictly drinking the smoothies, and I'm glad. She needs to eat other food as well but it does help to have someone experiencing it with me. It's nice to compare the taste and have a support buddy.
I thought I would post some of the recipes and what the smoothies look like as I journal through this.
You can ask both of my kids, I really don't like green drinks. It seems like my brain sends me a signal that it's wrong. My girls both buy matcha tea drinks from Starbucks and Booster Juice and I cringe. I guess they only green drinks I ever enjoyed was Shamrock Shakes from McDonalds around St. Patrick's day and green Kool Aid as a kid. Anyway, the point is, I'm not used to drinking green drinks so that has been a challenge as well. The cup I use is a reusable Booster Juice cup so I don't have to look at it, and I use a green Starbucks straw.
The smoothie on the first day was delicious. It was a pleasure to drink. The greens in it was spinach. The second day however called for mixed greens and I used a package called Supergreens. That day, you could really taste the greens. JJ suggests removing the stems because the stems alter the taste. It is quite time consuming because I basically make two batches per day since Emily and I are both drinking the smoothies. In totally, I have to take the stems off of 6 handfuls of greens each day. Because I wasn't feeling well at the end of day two, I didn't finish the smoothie. I hurt my neck earlier in the day and had a terrible headache that wouldn't go away. I'm not sure if it was just the detox symptoms or a combination of that and the headache that made me feel nauseated but I don't think I want to drink that smoothie again. Here's the recipe...
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