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Recipe: Green Lemonade Smoothie

This is my NEW all-time favorite green smoothie…at least for the time being! 🙂 It’s so refreshing and delicious.

Ingredients:

1 celery “rib” (and yes, you can use the leafy tops!)
small handful of spinach
1 banana
1/2 lemon – peeled and seeded
2 slices of pineapple (flesh or core)
6-8 oz. of water
natural sweetener such as agave nectar, 100% pure maple syrup, etc. (optional – only if needed)

Blend all ingredients (except sweetener) with 6 oz. of the water until well blended and smooth. If needed, add the remaining water. Smoothie should not be very thick, that is unless you LIKE it that way. But in my opinion, it should be on the thinner side if it’s to be a green “lemonade”.

Taste it and if it’s not sweet enough, blend in a small amount of sweetener (please, no refined white sugar) to taste.

TIP: Always use fresh pineapple when possible but in worst-case scenario, use either frozen (preferred) or if you must use canned, get the one with no sugar or heavy syrup. When you buy fresh pineapple and cut it up, slice up the core and freeze it for later use such as this recipe! Click here for even more fresh pineapple tips!

Skinny Fat: Why Being Small Doesn’t Necessarily Mean Being Healthy

By Cherie King

Skinny fat…

Sounds like a major oxymoron, doesn’t it? And you’ve probably heard, read or even used that term before. But what exactly does it mean?

Skinny fat is when you have a small‘ish frame but you may have excessive amounts flabbiness on your body, typically in the midsection, but can also be on the arms and in the booty/hip/thigh region.

Me, slowly but surely working towards going from skinny-fat, to fit and healthy!

When I told people I needed to lose about 10-15 lbs, they’d look at my small’ish frame and proceed to either laugh or roll their eyes at me. But they didn’t realize I was actually considered overweight at a height of 5’4″ and weighing over 150 lbs.

At least that’s what the BMI chart says, anyway. That may or may not be true, but I feel it’s ONLY if the 150+ lbs is excessive body fat, as opposed to lean muscle mass.

Does Iceberg Lettuce Have Any Nutritional Value Whatsoever?

By Cherie King

You may have heard (or thought) that iceberg lettuce has no nutritional value and isn’t worth eating, but I’d like to give you a different outlook.

I remember being a kid and eating salads, burgers, etc. with ONLY iceberg with its crunchy goodness.

Then I got older, more into healthy eating and all of a sudden… I found myself buying green leaf, red leaf, romaine and baby greens, and poor little lonely iceberg got no more attention from my household.

Why we ditched the ‘berg’

Tips To Help Digestion

By Cherie King

In search of helpful tips to help digestion and get some much needed RELIEF from digestive issues?

Well, your relief is HERE… so keep reading, please!

One of the biggest complaints for many people today is that they have digestive issues.

Heart burn, acid reflux, gas, belching and more plague many of us on a daily basis.

The sale of pills for these conditions are on the rise as more and more people seek relief.

But how can digestion be improved more naturally without all the harsh drugs? [Read more…] about Tips To Help Digestion

Why You Hate Working Out & How You Can Begin To Love It

By Cherie King

Aside from possible low energy levels or just flat out laziness…

Why do so many people absolutely HATE working out or exercising?

Why do YOU? Why did I?

Speaking for myself, I hated (or at least THOUGHT I hated) working out because of how fatigued and winded I would get so quickly.

I mean, most work out videos, shows, etc. indicated that I must work out at LEAST 30 minutes a day, at a minimum of 3 days a week to see any viable results.

I would shudder at the thought of the next workout because of the bad feelings I got when doing the previous workout and eventually, I found myself simply not working out at all!

So that’s MY story. But YOU have to ask yourself why is it that you hate working out…what is it that causes the ill feelings.

Maybe I can help you figure it out.

In doing a little bit of research, I’ve found that most other people tend to hate working out because: [Read more…] about Why You Hate Working Out & How You Can Begin To Love It