A couple years ago we bought a Vita Mix and it suits my lazy food standards perfectly. I toss a bunch of stuff in it, turn it on and voila - instant meal. I like to eat but I don't like to prepare food the way that so many do. I also feel uninspired about breakfast (and sometimes lunch) and a 2 p.m. hunger headache isn't a good thing.

I've been reading for years about the benefits of green smoothies, made popular by raw foodists. I have enjoyed green smoothies here and there but I've never made them consistently. My kids really like yogurt and fruit smoothies so that is typically the way we go in the morning.

I am using Tera Warner's 21 Day Detox as inspiration to kick off my new year. I thought about signing up for the program but I've lived long enough to know that I am never going to keep a written journal about my exercise and eating and I am not going to take the time to long into her inspirational chats. I'm happy with the treadmill, The Shred and green smoothies so that's what I'm doing!

Today starts my 21 days. This morning we had a smoothie of baby spinach, red grapes, 1 pear, 1 banana, half a lemon's juice, a bit of honey, ice and water. It was good, the kids liked it and G-Man (whose favorite color is green) thought it was great to be drinking something very green!