Gemini Rising

Reflections on Heath - Smoothies

Honestly, trying to lose weight after menopause is a struggle. Plateaus are never my strong suit, but I meant an old friend at church who suggested why don’t you try some smoothies as a meal substitute.

I haven’t done smoothies in a while but I thought it was a great idea. Well, there’s a million smoothie recipes for a million things you want to do. I found some basic ones I like.

There’s a blackberry smoothie with blackberries, bananas, low fat Greek yogurt, honey and fresh squeeze lemon. I like that one. I usually put a little spinach in it and some flaxseed meal.

Then there’s a strawberry banana one. Same basic recipe with strawberries. There’s a 3 berry mix with blueberries, blackberries, and strawberries, so I might try that one.

Then I’m going to work in my Field of Greens daily veggie drink and I’m going to do a protein shake leaving me open for a meal. I seem to be doing okay. If anything, I’ve noticed I’m not so inflamed.
Inflammation sucks.

If anyone has any good smoothie recipes, please share, but just an FYI, I’m not a big mango fan.

I’ve also started using over the counter GLP-1 that I buy on Amazon and I put in a bottle of water daily. I also use the GLP-1 patches for Weight Loss. My target thought is to keep A1C down. In Jan 25 was coming in 6. Yikes. I tested in August and it was down to 5.7. If anything, I noticed getting on the healthy train requires focused and sustained attention and it’s easy to get off.

Also, shout out to Habit Heroes who helped me focus on a step challenge and hand weight challenge over the summer. Overall, the summer provided a better holistic approach to my health.