Being healthy

I wrote a few weeks ago about the green monster drink that have a few days a week for breakfast.  It's SOOO good and he keeps me full until lunch time and I get 4-5 servings of fruits and vegetables in each green monster!
Here is my recipe, I know I posted this a few weeks ago but I have been tweaking it and this is the one that I use
1/2 cup orange juice
1/3 package of frozen chopped spinach
1 banana
1 cup of frozen fruit  I use a mixture of strawberries, mango, peaches and pineapple from Wal-Mart(I thaw this overnight in the fridge)
ice
I mix this all togehter and it fits in my large 21 ounce starbucks cup.  I mix this up before I go to the gym in the morning and then I drink it as I am getting ready for work. 

I have been taking morning classes at the YMCA since the beginning of the year.  This morning I have my hardes class of the week.  It's called dynamic interval training and it's HARD.  The dynamic interval is 3 minutes of cardio, 3 minutes of strength, and 3 minutes of core then repeat that pattern for an hour doing different exercises.    During my first class in January I thought I was going to throw up thankfully I didn't and I stuck it out.  I actually look forward to going to this class now. 

Our instructor has started adding Tabata intervals during our cardio portion.  These are a killer but really effective. I thought I would mention them here because they are raise your metabolism for 36 hours after you complete one and you can do the exercises at home if you want. 

Each tabata takes four minutes and you do 4 exercises for 20 seconds as hard or fast as you can and then you rest for 10 seconds before continuing on to the next exercise.  After you complete a set you do a second set which equals 4 minutes of hard cardio. 

Also Brock and I have started doing 100 sit ups and 100 push ups each night...OK we did it last night and I hope we continue again tonight-ha ha!

Green Monster

taken from the green monster movemement website

One of my New Year's resolutions is  to eat healthier.  Specifically I want to stop eating processed foods and start eating more fruits and vegetables. This is a daily battle for me.  I love chips, cookies, candy, pizza etc.  Basically if it's unhealthy for you I love it!  I am trying really hard to change my eating habits this year.   Anyway, I was reading this blog and she talked about trying the Green Monster which is a  breakfast shake made with spinach, a banana, milk and ice.   I know it sounds gross but it's really good!  Brock even had a drink of mine and he loved it until I told him what was in it-ha ha!I    I didn't even taste the spinach and it  kept me full until lunch time.   
I used the frozen spinach that comes in the square package. 

The recipe I use is:
1/2 package (about 6 oz.) of spinach, 1 ripe banana, 1 cup of milk and ice

I made this again this morning and here is the recipe I used. I don't like drinking milk so I added orange juice instead and I think it tasted SO much better.  The recipe below is the one I will use from now on.  If I don't have strawberries I will substitute another fruit like blackberries  or blueberries. 


1/2 package (about 6 oz.) of spinach, 1 ripe banana, 1 cup of orange juice, a handful of chopped strawberries and ice

On the Green Monster website there are a ton of different recipes that you can try.  I am going to make this again tomorrow and add some strawberries.  Give the Green Monster a try and let me know if you like it!