Day 3 Crap Free Week

I just tried my first green smoothie!

It was tolerable. It wasn't fabulous but it wasn't horrid. I drank most of it.

I blended: 1 big kale leaf, 2 handfuls baby spinach, 1 banana, 1 handful fresh strawberries, a few fresh blueberries, and 1 cup greek fat free yogurt.

It was a little thick. I think it would have been better with milk (soy or rice? almond?)

It was also hard to drink on a cold day. I really wanted oatmeal or something warm.

I will try again!

Today is Day 3.

I've learned a lot already! It's pretty hard to eat products without any added sugar! So many things in my kitchen that I thought were healthy have added sugar. A lot have cane sugar or agave or something else (not HFCS) but still! I decided I'd aim for the least amount of added sugar possible, but if a product had 10 or less grams of sugar per serving and the sugar wasn't in the first 3 ingredients I would still eat it, just in moderation.

Yesterday I was at work for a few minutes and one of team members asked me to stop at ChikfilA when I was out getting lunch. So I got her fried food and me brown rice veggie sushi. I really wanted a french fry but that definitely falls in the "crap" category.

I want to go to Trader Joe's today...I haven't been in forever! I don't have much money to spend so I don't know if it's worth the drive, but...it's my last real day off! I should do what I want! I don't officially go back to work till Monday but I have workdays the next two days.

Today's food plan - cauliflower curry for lunch (tomatoes, cauliflower, red potato, green beans) and chicken and shrimp stir fry (or maybe "fried" rice like they made on the Today Show this morning.)