The Olive

I got an email from someone asking me what exactly 'NeonOlives' is.. 

Happy to explain.. but I think the picture will do more justice than a sentence or two..

Savvy?

=]

Green Monster

Two weeks ago I decided to hop on the 'Green Monster' train. [no, it's not a booger] ... it's a smoothie!

Here's a picture of one of my Green Monster's -

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[]This one is Banana, Mango and Blueberry]]

Beautiful =]

(Secret ingredient?...SPINACH!)

OKAY enough about how I love this thing.. more about why I drink them.. I have been drinking them for two weeks, 2-3 times a day. I have one for breakfast, and one for lunch. I eat a sensible dinner and might have a 1/2 serving of a smoothie for a snack before bed (I admit, I something wake in the middle of the night and raid the fridge).

I've lost about 2lbs. .. I'd probably have lost more by now but I haven't been very good about the sensible dinner part. Chinese last night :)

THE MAJOR HUGE BIG AMAZINGLY AWESOME deal about these smoothies, is that I've stopped drinking coffee, and I have more energy NOW than I have ever had in my life. I don't know what it is about these things, but I have natural energy, and I feel HAPPY, which is a BIG deal for someone who's struggled with depression and self image issues.

Ingredients :

1 Banana Frozen (if not frozen, add 5 ice cubes)

1/4 cup vanilla Greek yogurt

1/2 cup milk (I use unsweetened almond milk)

1tbsp peanut butter (optional)

 SPINACH! I use 2 handfuls..

extra fruit (optional)

To give mine a little something extra, i break open a capsule of Gingko Biloba and dump the powder into the blender.

I HOPE you try this miraculous love in a cup =)

Let me know if you do, and comment with your results!!

Road to the chopping block..

I quit smoking on my birthday this year [Feb.29] in a decision to have a major surgery. I'm going to be having an full abdominoplasty. This isn't because of extra skin or stretch marks etc.. but because I have an abdominal separation =/ My abs, instead of being connected to each other, are split down the middle and do not do their job of keeping my intestines, organs, and especially my stomach inside my abdominal cavity. Not sure what this is? For those of you lucky enough to avoid this... here's a visual:

Left: Normal - Right: ME!!

If it wasn't BAD, I probably wouldn't have a problem fixing it, but it's impossible for me to eat a meal and not look like I'm 6 months pregnant. What's WORSE is when I go out in public and I get that fateful question: "When are you due?"

Normally I just give a basic answer like "In 4 months." or something like that, then find the nearest bathroom and ball my eyes out. It's NOT that easy to do when my 6 year old is with me because I lie about it and then she decides to be loud and honest.. "YOU'RE NOT PREGNANT, MOM!!?" Ugh.

So this is what I'm doing...

hopefully.