Nice to meet you!!! You didn't leave your first name, what should I call you? You look like such a petite little thing! How much weight are you wanting to lose?

Don't you just hate that when you put your clothes on and you can actually get them on but you just feel so terrible in them? I absolutely hate that feeling. And on top of feeling miserable, it actually puts me in a really bad mood! My kids both know when I'm feeling 'bloated' in the morning because I typically wake them up by singing when I'm in the kitchen making my first smoothie or just picking up in the A.M. (Yeah --- no, I'm not that happy of a person -- I just like to sing when my clothes actually fit! :laugh: What can I say? It just makes me happy and sets my mood for the entire day.)

It definitely has to be the age that we are at. I have never had this much trouble losing or keeping weight off before. But then, I don't get any type of exercise at all during the day. Do you work outside of the home? I own my own business but since we moved back in January, I haven't been able to do too much. I'm hoping to get it started back going again by the end of the summer. It still isn't any exercise because I can't be on my feet for longer than 15-20 minutes but it at least keeps me from being bored and wanting to eat all the time!

So, the smoothie you had with the spinach? It was good, wasn't it? I didn't think that I would care for them when I first read about the cleanse/diet but I can honestly say that I'm a big 'greens' person now. I really do like them. (enough to say 'no' to an icee when one of my kids go up and get one! :happy: ) And after you have been drinking them for a couple days, you'll notice a huge difference in how you feel energy wise too - at least I did. You'll probably get a little bit of your pep back in your step again! And the weight comes off pretty easy as well as keeping you full throughout the day, like you said it did for you.

I purchased JJ Smith's "10-Day Green Smoothie Cleanse" through Amazon for my kindle (yeah, I'm also an instant gratification type of person...) She has recipes for each of the 10 days in it followed by a bunch more recipes in the back of the book. But it was nice because she even put a shopping list in there for you so all you had to do was buy what she told you to and then follow the recipes each day. She really made it so that you can't fail if you just do as she says.

If you would like, I can send you the recipes for the first couple of days so you can see what you think about them. If you like them, I would definitely recommend buying the book (I think I only paid about $10.00 for it) because it has A LOT of great information in it. Just let me know and I'll send you the first couple recipes.

I cut the recipes in half, making the first half in the morning and then the other half when I'm making dinner for my kids. I stay pretty full during the afternoon. You can make the entire recipe up and just put it in the refrigerator but I like mine fresh when they are thick and icy.

She has also written a book about the issues with women's hormones and how to help fix some of them but I'm in the middle of trying to plan my daughter's Open House and just haven't had the extra money to buy it yet.

Again, it was nice meeting you! Thanks for joining the group! I need all the encouragement I can get right now and am all for providing it as well. Plus, I really do think that it helps when you can share the ups and downs when trying to lose weight plus any tips.

Talk to you later! ~Tami