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Faulty Evaluations

accountability, Relationships, self worth,

proverbs13-10My dearest Seeking Sister,

If we feel disgusted by a fellow seeking sister—if we begin to distance our self from her or always find fault with her or feel insulted by almost everything she does—we are likely in great trouble! The sin of pride may be producing its evil fruit, and the division is strong evidence.

Against whom do we evaluate ourselves? Pride will often evaluate the self against those we consider lesser. Pride must do this in order to maintain a sense of worth albeit a false sense. To preserve itself, it will search until it finds a flaw with another.  Continue reading Faulty Evaluations →

Week 1 Recap – 30 Day Green Smoothie Challenge

Health, Nutrition, Recipes,

I have successfully completed my first week of the 30 day green smoothie challenge. I drank a quart or more of green smoothies every day.  I started to document this journey every day, but that proved to be too time consuming.  Instead, I will make notes each day and then provide a weekly recap.

Week 1 Summary

Day 1: Kale-Blueberry Surprise
Day 2: Kale-Pineapple Base
Day 3: Super Green Morning Glory
Day 4: Dark Blue Green Super Green Smoothie – video demo
Day 5: Dark Blue Green Super Green Smoothie – video demo
Day 6: Yuck-ville
Day 7: Avocado Arugula Green Smoothie

My two favorites were the Super Green Morning Glory and the Dark Blue Green smoothies.  They will become regulars for me.

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Day 3 – Green Smoothie Challenge

Health, Nutrition, Recipes, Smoothie,

I finally went shopping!  I purchased ingredients for three green smoothie recipes from the book.  Today I made Super Green Morning Glory.

Day 3:  Super Green Morning Glory

  • 3 cups of water
  • 2 handfuls of spinach
  • 2 handfuls of green lettuce leaf
  • handful of oak leaf lettuce
  • 1 cup of strawberries (frozen)
  • 1 mango (medium)
  • 1 banana (medium)

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30 Day Green Smoothie Challenge

Health, Health & Fitness, Juicing, Recipes, Smoothie,

I am starting the new year with a couple get-healthy challenges.  My first one is a 30 Day Green Smoothie Challenge.  I found this particular challenge in the book, Green for Life, by Victoria Boutenko.  At the end of the 30 days there are 12 questions I am to answer to describe my experience.

The Challenge:  Drink a minimum of one quart of a green smoothie every day for 30 days. Continue reading 30 Day Green Smoothie Challenge →