This is one amazing mother with one amazing BOD!
Sitting in the kitchen watching Jane Ellen scurry around was an incredible learning moment for me. She was multi-tasking like I had never seen. Truly the strongest and coolest person I know. She was baking, cleaning, and entertaining me with her stories as I sat and eagerly listened to everything she had to say. She has a rock hard body and beautiful skin. She is energized and full of life. She has two children who adore her and tweet around her all day long like two little chicks so dependent on their mother hen.
As I was soaking it all in watching in amazement as she got out the blender, she started filling it with raw baby spinach leaves, cucumbers, blueberries, strawberries, pineapple, almonds and FLAX SEED!!! She flipped the switch and the blender went to town. With the blasting sounds of the blender in the background the kids immediately jumped up from playing with their toys and ran into the kitchen screaming, "SMOOTHIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
She then proceeded to pour them each a glass of this purple concoction. My 1 year old immediately wanted in on the action, and as stood there watching in disbelief as she handed him his own rain forest blend, he chugged the whole thing.
I thought he would take a sip and spit it out on the floor. The only thing that needed to be picked up off the floor, however, was my jaw. Jane Ellen, all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, then handed me a huge glass of her love potion. I could not wait to taste this Ripley's-Believe-it-or-not drink. I took a big swig and could not believe that this amazing blueberry smoothie actually had everything my naked eyes had just witnessed being put in it.
The next day I went to Sam's and bought all of the ingredients. It has been over a week and Carter and I both have had one of these smoothies snacks almost every day. He loves them and so do I. Can you believe this?? Try it!
My final thought is this...Start hanging out with healthy, skinny people. You will learn a lot and really discover why they look so great. Skinny people don't advertise their secrets probably out of fear of being persecuted for their healthy ways. Try hanging out with your skinny friends in a comfortable at home setting and TAKE NOTES!
liz! I love making green smoothies. you really don't taste the spinach at all. i have one for breakfast every day. one thing that i've learned is to peel, cut and freeze bananas in individual zip lock bags. when you add them to the smoothie, not only does it make them cold, it gives it an almost ice cream-like texture.
ReplyDeleteThis is so true! You seriously hit the nail on the head Liz! You become the people you invest your time in. Investing your time into skinny, healthy friends makes you more skinny and healthy because you inevitably develop their habits! :) Love you cuz!
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