Drop 30 Pounds

Breakfast has pretty much always been a struggle for me.  I probably eat breakfast about once a week at best.  By “eat breakfast”, I’m counting anything more than my usual liter of water.  I like fruit for breakfast, but I’m really lazy about preparing anything.  I know, I know… you don’t have to “prepare” fruit, but come on… pull out a knife, cut the grapefruit in half, get out a spoon, dig into it… who’s got time for all that?!  So, I usually just rush off to work and fill up my water bottle when I get to the office.

Occasionally we’ll have some Naked Juice in the fridge, which is probably my favorite juice.  So much fruit packed into the bottle.  Tastes great, but man, it’s expensive!

So, in an effort to take in some breakfast and get some “good” calories in the a.m. to keep me going, I finally tried making my own fruit smoothie this morning.  It only took me about 3 minutes to make, even though I almost faltered under the perceived and anticipated “effort” (ridiculous how hard this is for me!).

Smoothie recipe:

1. 1 grapefruit (just peeled it, pulled it apart into a few pieces and threw it in)
2. 1 cup of baby spinach leaves (it was actually a “handful”, but can you say that in a recipe?)
3. 1/2 - 3/4 cup of frozen mixed berries (again, who’s measuring here?!)
4. 1/4 cup of water
5. Chuck it all in a blender, whip it up and ENJOY!

It turned out great!  This not-so-descriptive recipe turned out 3 cups of finished product: a medium thickness, cold, easy-to-drink smoothie.  A bit tart since there is so much grapefruit, but I loved it.  I drank it down over my ten minute drive to work and it really kept me satisfied till lunch and I had much improved energy for the morning work session.

I’ll look forward to a repeat tomorrow and maybe start mixing in some other fun things