The beginning

healthy choices that will become a healthy lifestyle. if i am

dedicated runner. not just any runner

be more different. i don't have a desire to become a runner like jimmy

but i do have a desire to live a healthy lifestyle. i owe it to myself

eating processed foods. we quickly decided how incredibly difficult that

much more than blend

unprocessed foods

creams

you can also mill your own flour from grains

i have really high aspirations

be the first of many great ones. i will keep you updated

smoothies! the first one had strawberries

spinach! as you see

vitamix blended everything so well. it was nice and smooth

like a smoothie from jamba juice

the next smoothing i made had raspberries

banana

little scared to drink it

takes the fruit/vegetable

began to use the vitamix to make things i like to eat in a healthy

unprocessed way. today i made peanut butter from

peanuts

coconut and water

i used of peanuts

grind them into peanut butter. the peanut butter was so creamy

than when you get peanut butter from foods. the bubbles you

see are air bubbles. i was really surprised by how delicious it was! i

didn't need to add salt

little honey in the future though. the peanuts i found

paid $1.79 so i had just under a pound. it probably made

peanut butter

the coconut milk was even easier! of coconut

and of water. it took 3 minutes

coconut milk. i spent $1.48 on the coconut

coconut milk. i'm storing it in a quart mason jar. it tasted really

may try to blend it a little longer next time and see if that helps

tonight is meatless monday

smoothie i'm going to make tonight will have pineapple

milk

breakfast i would also add coconut oil

i'm looking forward to this year and all of the changes in store for

me! feel free to follow and leave comments. i'll need all of the support

most of the people who know me know that weight is something that

i've struggled

blog? yes and no. i'm blogging to hold myself accountable

successful

benefits

committed to running that i have seen anyone commit to anything else. i

admire him

i owe it to him

jimmy and i once decided we were going to go an month without

would be

i recently found out the +vitamix ! if you haven't heard of it

it is a “blender.” i really hate to use that word because it does so

posting all of things i do

eat. i think the vitamix will get us the closest we will get to eating

ok.. so this is the vitamix i

is it expensive? hell yes. i got mine at costco and saved $ i still

almost threw up when i ordered it because of cost

again when i got it wondering if i would actually use it. after just a

days

browsed the vitamix website at all

things you do

loss

you think i'm crazy? i'm not that brave… yet

i just got my vitamix last wednesday

bit

needed)

minerals

juicer

any blender make smoothies right? maybe.. but today i really

eat it once a week

but it did have a little bit of a “gritty” consistency. since i'm

going to use it

over years now. we are having salads and smoothies

lot of energy

i get