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I told you I’d be back with more smoothies, and here I am. This is the second smoothie I tried for the detox experiment . Ingredients (for 1 person): 3 clementines; 250 mL of cold green tea; 2 or 3 mint leaves Preparation: Mix all ingredients in a blender until you obtain a homogenous mixture, and serve. The book says: “Green tea is rich in vitamin B, folates, manganese, potassium, magnesium, caffeine and other antioxidants, among which are catechins. This smoothie is a source of vitamins, facilitates digestion and is refreshing .”   This smoothie had really big summer vibes for me, as it was so cool and refreshing. Since I don’t really appreciate when smoothies come out really thick, the green tea made it more fluid for me and it made me enjoy it even more. I really recommend it. Be sure to check other delicious recipes here . And if you enjoy my content and want to support it in order to help me make it better, please consider becoming a patron . Thank you so ...

I can’t stand the idea of eating some vegetables, well, most of them! And it’s not all about the taste, it’s mostly about texture. I can stomach eating lettuce and small quantities of spinach. However, I found a way to consume some vegetables, by transforming them into something a little bit different. Today I want to show you a way to eat a lot of spinach in one sitting! Here’s what you’re going to need:      - 1 bag of fresh spinach (I have loads of spinach in my garden, so I don’t need to buy   them);      - Half of a natural yoghurt (plain yoghurt, no sugar);      - 1 garlic clove;      - 2 small shallots;      - Salt and pepper. Start out by washing your spinach really well and cooking it in boiling water until it’s almost done. Then, put the spinach in a processor (save the water you used to boil it), add the rest of the ingredients and season it with salt and pepper, to your liking. Process everythi...

In the summer of 2018, I decided I wanted to change my life and I started a diet, accompanied by a professional. By the beginning of 2019 I had lost ~20Kg (~44 lbs) and I was close to my goal but I started letting go. Slowly but surely, I started gaining every single bit that I lost and I am completely aware that even though most of it is my fault, 2019 was a year of much anxiety for me, because of my thesis and constantly having to meet deadlines. But I think that’s an excuse. I’m back to square one, but I am optimistic ! I feel mentally right, I feel the moment is right and I am ready to start again! Yesterday was my first day back on track and I ate so, so well! I got back into my experimental healthy cooking and I am having the best time thinking about what to do next. I’m starting to think I have a REAL passion for cooking and not just eating... The hardest part about the first week (maybe first 2 weeks) is cutting off the sugar , because sugar is a drug . I like to cut things...

About two weeks ago I mentioned a book, Fern Green’s Smoothie Detox Bible and I said I was thinking of trying the 3-day detox plan, just to see what would happen. And I did. Kinda... I feel like I need to start by saying that crazy diets are a bunch of bullshit and never worthy. I went into this not seeing it as a diet (I was only trying it for a few days) but as an experience to write about afterwards. So, if you ever feel like you need to make a change in your life, when it comes to your eating habits, please always make sure to do it safely and with guidance from a professional . Now, back to the topic at hand. I read through the entire book and chose the recipes I wanted to try out for the 3 days, bought everything and then it started. I had my breakfast smoothie and tea and decided I was going to take some lessons from my course. Let me tell you, I had NO energy. Nothing. Partially is was my fault, because only after did I realize that there were better smoothie options fo...

Yesterday, I brought you a great recipe for a Detox Smoothie , and right next to it, in my little book, was another recipe for and antioxidant smoothie, so I couldn’t resist it and I tried it! Ingredients: ½ of a banana 60g of blackberries 6 strawberries 100 mL of water 1 tea spoon of chia seeds 1 mint leaf Preparation: Put all the ingredients in a blender and mix until its homogenous. For a more refreshing feel you can add ice. I cannot describe how amazing this one tasted! In fact, is was so, so good that I’m going to do it again today. Even my dad, who refuses to try anything different from what he’s used to, liked it! This time I had to buy all fruits necessary for this recipe, but I’m hoping that soon I’ll be able to have enough organic strawberries and blackberries from my own garden to make these recipes even more amazing! Also, I found this book, coincidentally: It’s Fern Green’s Smoothy Detox Bible and it is packed with ton...

Here we are, one month after the start of my journey and I have lot to tell you! Starting with my physical progress , I’ve lost 16.5 lbs in total, ~ 4 inches in my chest, waist and hips, and ~ 6 inches in my stomach. It’s amazing and I need to add that, so far, I haven’t done any exercise at all. But I will! I am nowhere near my goal weight but I have to say that I feel amazing ! I’ve always heard that it takes 21 days to make a habit out of something, but I’ve never had the will to keep up good, healthy habits for so long, until now. Because I can’t eat my feelings now, I had to learn how to deal with them, so I feel more emotionally stable .   This might be a bit tmi (too much information) but I think that it is very important: I used to have a lot of gas and horrible gas pains for so long that I got used to them, and I thought that I would always have to live with them. After completely cutting sugar off my diet it was all gone! No more pain, no more being unco...

You know that feeling, when you’re doing something to change your life, of “if I just do it one time it won’t hurt”? For example, when you are dieting and you feel like eating something you shouldn’t and you think “one bite won’t hurt”. Yeah, you end up eating the whole thing. Never give into that feeling. Trust me when I say that the “one time” will multiply and sooner or later you’ll be back where you started, or worse. I’ve always been a big girl and I’ve tried, many times, to go on diets or working out but I failed every single time. Why? First, I wasn’t in the correct mindset needed to change, second, I had no willpower , and third, slowly but surely, I always went back to my old ways . This time I feel different about my “mission” to lose weight. I care more about my health, when I started I was physically at my worse and I feel this motivation that I’ve never had before. For the first time I don’t feel like this change is a burden, I’m enjoying trying out new food...

The first week of my new dietary regime has passed and I am very happy with the results. I’ve lost 2kg (~ 4 pounds), 2cm (~ 0.8 inches) in my chest, waist and hips and 3cm (~ 1.2 inches) in my belly. So, physically, everything is going just how it’s supposed to. Mentally, this first week was a rollercoaster . I was very bored and irritated in the first days and I couldn’t understand why, but after I managed to regain control of my moods and emotions (around the 4 th day) I realized that I was finally allowing myself to feel the emotions that I would “mask” with food before. The afternoons were the hardest part of the day because it was during that period of time that I used to eat the most, especially sugary things. So apart from dieting now I also kind of went through some serious sugar withdrawal . It’s not a good feeling at all. I could feel my body craving it and everywhere I looked, in this house, there were cookies, sodas and other sweet things. I felt very tempted but...