Since I started running and watching what I eat about 7 weeks ago, I have been making a fruit & veggie smoothie just about every day. I have a Vitamix blender that I use that does a great job, no small bits of anything left after I blend it.

Here is what I put in today’s breakfast/mid morning snack;

• Dole - Frozen Blueberries, 0.5 cup
• Michigan Apples - 1 Large Fuji Apple 
• Carrot - Large - Raw***, 1 large
• Pineapple - Raw, all varieties, 1 cup, diced 
• Spinach - Raw, 1 cup
• Dannon - Light & Fit, Non Fat, Vanilla Yogurt, 4 oz
• Tropicana - Orange Juice, Some Pulp, 6 fl oz

This was calculated by MyFitness at 412 calories, which is not bad since this is breakfast and mid-morning snack for me. Very filling and introducing the fruit and vegetables has really made me feel better in several ways.  It’s an easy way to get vegetables and fruit that I wouldn’t normally eat.

This is not today’s smoothie, but a recent one.

I’m on week 3 of the C25K running program, with a goal of running a 5K around my birthday in March! Finally just had enough, well actually, too much, of my sedentary lifestyle. Got some great motivation from a true friend and we are working on shaping up together. I’ve run/walked 13 miles since November 28th! That is huge for me!

Also started drinking homemade fruit/juice smoothies to really up my intake of fruits and vegetables.  I made one this morning with;

• 3 clementine oranges
• 1 Fuji apple
• 1 banana
• 1 celery stalk
• 1 cup of spinach
• 1 cup of baby carrots
• 1 cup fruit yogurt
• ice/water

Does’t look great, but tastes pretty good and I’m excited about the good stuff I’m putting in my body.  Also cutting way back on beer intake!