I am BACK with a Vengeance! My First Green Smoothie!

My pinched nerve is gone and my body is feeling ready to get back in to the groove of P90X.

This week is crazy due to the Holidays, so I am getting in workouts when I can but I am not fully on the plan until next week. However I am trying desperately hard to control my diet.

This past week has been very interesting. My diet went from one extreme to the other, and I gained deep insight as to how strongly food affects my body and my energy.

Last week I managed to go 4 days on a mostly Raw vegan diet. I decided to try making this "Green Smoothie" deal I keep reading about on the raw food sites. After doing the P90X protein thing, I was not feeling like I was at my best, so maybe meat is not the best thing for me.

I remembered that one of my biggest problems is that I tend to do an insane amount of research, and the only thing that will propel me into Transformation is ACTION. So I took out my Blender and whatever fruit and greens we had going on in the kitchen. A handful of greens, frozen blueberries, and a banana later, I had my first ever Raw Food Green Smoothie.

I stared at the bits of greens floating around the thick, dense, purple drink I held in my hand, and took a sip.

Amazing. I had a whole crapload of Greens in there, but all I could taste was the wonderful sweet blueberries and a hint of Banana. It was better than any Jamba Juice I have ever experienced. As I drank my liquid meal, I felt refreshed and renewed. I took comfort in the raw natural fuel I was giving my body, and I took pleasure in the taste and luxury of it.

After following the wonderful tips on http://www.gorawhavefun.com/ I packaged myself a few days worth of raw salads.

After 4 days of Green Smoothies and Raw salads as an 80% raw diet, I experienced: My First Natural High.

I am sure I have felt naturally high before, I mean my life is not that depressing. But THIS was a different type of high.

I felt wonderfully stimulated from my head to my toe. I felt like my body was functioning properly and at its best. I felt like I could do anything I wanted, including going for a sprint! I felt happy and in love with life. The closest I have ever come to such a wonderful feeling was certain epic moments of my life, and a mushroom trip years ago.

Then, came the weekend. Along with the weekend came Holiday party mode, which includes an abundance of alcohol, sugar, desserts, cheese, and did I mention sugar? Just a wonderful assortment of cookies, cakes and pies to taste after I gorge myself with cheese and crackers. Friday night I did not eat so much, but I did consume more than my share of vodka and tequila.

Monday morning came. Oh Dreadful Monday morning. Only a few days before I was on top of the world, and suddenly I violently crashed and a dark cloud consumed my energy and life.

That is when I realized I had full control over the way I feel, and a lot of that control has to do with what I put into my body. This is the harsh reality.

This last week was a sort of accidental experiment that has been enlightening. I see the people around me and what they put into their bodies, and I see how they feel and how they act. People are irritated, lazy, lethargic, and unhappy. I feel that way too, when I consume the wrong things.

This has made it easier for me to continue with this transformation and change my life. While on P90x I will need to make sure I consume protein, but I really feel that a mostly raw food diet will be the best thing for me.

Stay Tuned!