Randomness Part Uno

So my plan to lose some weight and generally increase my feeling of self worth began a couple of weeks ago (see my original starter post). BUT it FINALLY became a true reality this past weekend.

I woke up for some crazy ass reason at 5am on March 2. I went out into my living room so as to not disturb my sleeping husband (I'm so nice). As I sat on the couch drinking coffee I flipped stations and was sucked into an Infomercial! I'm a sucker! The infomercial was for the NutriBullet (by MagicBullet). The infomercial talked about this wonderful gadget some person invented to make smoothies! They showed how to make this smoothie and that smoothie, and I got inspired.

I have a friend that is HUGE into green smoothies, she bought the Vitamixer a couple years back for like $500... now I live on Planet Earth, so there is no way I'mma spend $500 on a kitchen gadget (that may or may not end up a dust collector)... the NutriBullet... $99. I had a 20% off coupon for Bed, Bath and Beyond, so I decided to save shipping costs and drag my lazy ass to the nearest BB&B to buy this wonder gadget.

After my quickest trip to BB&B EVER, I dragged the husband to the nearest produce market to start buying all these wonderful fruits and veggies (now I love the healthy stuff, but I like the unhealthy stuff too... hey, if I can't be honest with you, who is left to be honest to?). I started pinning all these great smoothie recipes on Pinterest, so when I got home I busted out my iPad, found a recipe and got to work.

I was SHOCKED, I mean fall on the floor shocked, that this smoothie actually tasted good... I was expecting "foot-n-ass" flavored (not that I know what THAT tastes like you sick-o's), but it was actually decent! I was sold from that moment on the smoothies!

The recipe...... Green Monster Smoothie (there are many recipes)

1 handful of kale (cleaned and chopped)
1 handful of baby spinach (cleaned)
1 frozen banana (chopped)
1/2 cup plain, fat-free Greek yogurt
1/4 cup peanut butter (low fat)
3 tbsp of flaxseed (ground)
top it off with milk (the recipe suggested almond milk, but I'm not about to spend $5 on a half gallon of milk I don't know that I'll like, so I used the horrible whole milk we had and cut it with water)

Put everything into your Vitamixer or NutriBullet and blend until smooth.

I did find that there is still a slight grainy texture, but I got over it quickly.

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The next day, March 3rd, my husband and I took a trip to the local Costco to buy this fantastic elliptical machine. We saw it a couple weeks ago, and time didn't permit us to buy it until now. It was worth the wait though... 2 weeks ago it was $599... this week it was $499! It's by Nordick Track and came with all the bells and whistles. We loaded the box into the husbands Ass-Crack (Aztek) and drove our new prize home with the hatch open. 4 hours later, after lugging it piece by piece up a flight of death stairs, it was assembled and ready to use. So pretty and shiny and un-touched. Its my new love obsession.

This isn't "our" new toy, but similar (stock image from Costco)...