So why would I begin my ramblings with a topic like green smoothies? To answer that question I should give you a little background on me. In 2005 the economy was not so good for the technology sector so I gave everything up and changed careers, I joined the fire department. I know it sounds like I regressed back to childhood but, I had years of experience as a volunteer EMT and search and rescue/emergency worker. So it really wasn't a huge leap for me.
So I went through the fire academy and got my EMT certification again and began working in my community. I absolutely loved this job. Helping people and protecting them when they need it the most meant so much to me but, all good things must come to an end and boy did they. The end of June 2008 was the biggest turning point in my life. While I was working a structure fire (house fire) I was injured. While I was tearing open steel siding the ground beneath me gave way and my feet went out from under me. I landed with my right arm pinned down behind me and a broken piece of brick or cement shoved into the backside of my lower back and hip as well as a piece of it wedged under the brim of my helmet against the right side of my neck. When I hit I blacked out. When I came too my feet were in the fire and I was alone. It hurt like hell but, I wasn't staying there. I did everything I could to free myself and get off the fire ground. As soon as I was spotted coming off the fire ground I was helped off, checked out and then sent to the hospital.
Fast forward to three years later. My right hip, lower back, right shoulder, right wrist and right knee are messed up for life. I've spent the last three years in pain twenty-four hours a day and I've been left to fend for myself by both the department and the state. Needless to say this caused a huge amount of stress for me. I've been fighting depression for the last three years due to all this. I also went from 200 lbs to at the highest almost 300 lbs. As well as being extremely active to no activity at all.
I'm sure by now you're asking ok so what does any of this have to do with green smoothies? Well I'll tell you. I have finally gotten over my depression and now I'm trying to deal with my body. I have been able to get my weight down to 250 - 260 lbs but, I just can't exercise like I used to so I've had no luck reducing my weight any further. I've also been reading for a while about people that have had all of this disease, illness and injuries that the smoothies have healed. Not to mention the incredible amount of weight loss that has been documented from it as well. So I have decided to give the green smoothies a try for seven days and see if I get any results.
So why seven days? Well from what I've read seven days gets you through the initial detoxification of the first three to four days and then allows for the last three to four days to feel the difference if any. I'm hoping to give my body everything it needs to heal and help reduce the pain and allow me to try and get back down to a healthier weight. I'm also hoping that it will allow me to get more active again. Since this is my first experiment with it I didn't want to try 30 or 60 days since I didn't know how I would respond. So seven days seemed like the best starting point.
I'm starting this smoothie cleanse today, ok so I actually started last night. I weighed myself this morning before I started. I'm weighing in at 256 lbs. I will be weighing myself each day during the cleanse and post my results.
I am using kale, romaine lettuce, spring greens, broccoli, carrots, avocados, cucumbers, tomatoes, celery, bananas, apples, peaches and strawberries. I am mixing the greens into each smoothie and adding different combinations of fruits to flavor the drinks. I'm using a Vita-Mix blender to make my smoothies. I'll be having about a half gallon of of the smoothie mix for each meal. So far it takes me about 1 -2 hours to drink it down for each meal. I'm also drinking water in between my meals. Don't let the idea of drinking fool you. These smoothies fill you up!
Bottoms up! Wish me luck and I will post each day through my experiment.
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