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I have only been raw for 3 weeks but these green smoothies (500ml of banana and baby spinach daily) have given me so much energy, I hardly know what to do with myself.

Since starting the raw food diet and drinking green smoothies, I wake up at 5.15am and pretty much jump out of bed, I then go on an early morning walk for 20 – 30 mins before returning home and getting ready for work. Energy levels remain good all day, even in the evening.

This morning (Sunday) I have been out-of-control energy wise:

Up at the crack of dawn for a 40 min walk, came home and did housework, did all the ironing (in the 12 years I have been married, I can count the number of times I have “done all the ironing” on one hand) Then went to the gym and did 30 mins on the treadmill uphill and weights and sit-ups. Now trying to persuade my hubby to come outside with me to do some gardening and wash the car.

Now this level of activity may not seem very much to you but prior to 3 weeks ago:

I could barely drag myself out of bed when the alarm went off at 6.00am and it would take a couple of attempts to get up. Despite having had 8 hours sleep, I still felt utterly exhausted and it would be an effort to drag myself to work and get through the day before dragging myself home again.

On a Sunday morning I would either wake up totally exhausted and spend all day doing nothing in front of the TV OR I would wake up with a hangover and then spend all day doing nothing in front of the TV, before returning to work on Monday and starting the whole exhausted process for another week.

My hubby has gone raw too in support of me but he is not drinking the green smoothies and as a result of our walk and gym visit this morning (which he complained about prior, during and after!), is feeling pretty tired.

I am going to try and have a "nanna-nap" this afternoon, otherwise I fear I will burn myself out with all this running around.

Good news Kitty cat. I love that your husband is supporting you. Mine is very supportive as well and gets loved by me even more for it. Have you joined some of the others on their GS quest? There are some great recipes in there.

xoxoxo

what an amazing testimony to the power of the Green Smoothie, well done kittyKat...ehy fantastic that your hubby is supporting you and joining you in a quest for life. Hey with all that extra energy...give you hubby a work out!..LOL  :heart: :heart: Raw makes you look and feel sexy!

look forward to hearing more from you
BB
XXX

It may make YOU feel sexy (and from your utterly stunning and gorgeous photo, you certainly look the part) but I think I may have a loooong way to go before I feel or look sexy - but here's hoping!


p.s. just made your super nori and vegetable rolls for dinner, bit of a disaster (used every available pot in the kitchen and caused a huge mess) but they tasted great.

kenyan runners are the best in the world at distance running..they sleep/rest up to 20hours a day..

so its time we dropped the 'nanna nap' title and called it a 'kenyan catch up'...

rest, sleep as much as you can..gives us more energy for when it really matters..

You can call it a 'kenyan catch up' if you want but I much prefer 'nanna nap'.

oh Kittykat that is fantastic and that is all you put in your gs I have been struggling to have one the past few weeks. So I might just try your recipe a bit later cause I have lots of spinich and bananas.

I just cant believe your energy levels and that is exactely what I need at the moment (in the first trimester of pregnancy and I am buggered I need about 10 nanna naps during the day with a 2 year old and a 8 month old).

I am so happy for you

Love Angie

LOL, Kittykat the nori rolls are delish eh!, they take quite a bit of practice to roll and eat...but the mess is part of the fun, eat'in with ya hands, lickin the goodness...try feeding your husband some with your fingers..FUN!

love BB
XX

KK,what a great topic...i love your spirit and out of control energy...whoo hoo great for you...raw DOES make you feel and look sexy...prepare yourself..hee hee have the best day ever ....

I had a fantastic tasting smoothie this morning, best I have made in the past three weeks (even my hubby liked it and he has a childhood vomit aversion to bananas!)

1 large handful of organic baby spinach leaves (about 50g)
1 large organic Chard leaf (with stem removed)
1 large organic ripe banana
1 medium organic ripe banana
250ml filtered water

Buzzed up spinach, chard & water using ice crusher in blender until smooth and frothy, then slowly pulsed bananas until all combined.

It was sooooo nice. Drank 500ml and immediately wanted more, been craving it all day (I have NEVER craved for fruit & veggies before).

Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

What has happened to all my energy - it's gone away.  :shrug:

I have increased my green intake, so I think I must be detoxing.

I thought detoxing took only a few days, not seven plus weeks.

I want my energy back.

Are you getting enough calories for energy, mainly from fruit?  X

I honestly don't know.

What are your suggestions?

Log onto Fitday.com,  type in what you eat in a day, and find out if you are getting enough!!  X  X

This is exactly what happened to me. I felt awesome on green smoothies for the first month or two. I've just spent the last 4 or 5 weeks feeling like crap. I was tired all the time, could barely drag myself out of bed. I couldn't understand it because I'm eating 75% raw, a couple GS a day but I didn't change anything except more greens and less cooked. I knew from experience raw makes me feel fantastic and thought it couldn't be detox because I wasn't having classic detox symptoms like runny nose or bad skin etc and it was just going on for so long, I expected detox to come me shorter waves. You know, one or two crappy days and then you feel awesome again. I felt dizzy, tired, weepy and irritable. It felt like I've felt in the past if I've done a huge workout and really not eaten enough. I thought I wasn't getting enough calories and that's why I felt so tired but when I really made sure that I was it didn't make any difference. I changed nothing and suddenly in the last few days I'm getting my bounce back and I feel alive and energetic again. I had a GS for breakfast and zoomed all over the house, rolled around on the floor playing and laughing with my kids and cleaned the kitchen feeling utterly fantastic the whole time. This is the way GS used to make me feel and then it just didn't for more than a month. I'm still more tired than I usually am but every day for the last 5 days or so its getting better than the day before.
I think now it must have been detox but on a bigger scale. Nothing I did made any difference for 5 weeks and I was getting quite freaked out by feeling so crap but I didn't change what I'm eating, in fact I upped the GS trying to make myself feel better, and finally the zip is back.

Maybe its the same for you. Hopefully you'll wake up feeling zippy soon.

Many thanks, this site looks good.

However, (I am embarrassed to admit) I don’t actually know how much protein, fats, carbs and calories I am meant to be consuming per day.

Can you give me some idea of what percentage of each I should be aiming for?

Is there an "average" number for women or does it depend on each individual lifestyle?

I use nutridiary.com and you put in your height, weight, activity levels and it tells you how many calories you should be eating. I try to aim for 80% carbs, 10% fat, 10% protein.  

My blender is out of control. I use it so much that my green smoothie this morning left it smokin' !!! I dread the day it kicks the bucket and i am left with a half whipped green chunky.

thought id give this topic a nudge....

green smoothies are amazing.....sweetpea you still enjoying them?