The Live Green Smoothie 85% Challenge

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Welcome to The LGS 85% Challenge!

Your mission should you choose to accept it: to use Live Green Smoothies (LGSs) to radically jack up the raw and living foods in your diet to around 85%.

Why 85%?

Because in my personal experimentation, that seems to be The Magic Zone, where weight, well-being, and wellness seem to find a beautiful, easy, natural balance.

Trying to lose weight and feeling stuck? Then try jacking up your LGSs to 3 blenderfuls a day, add a raw meal or two, and you’ll start to break through that plateau (just be sure you’re getting your sweat on for a good 30 minutes at least 3 times a week, as well)!

Feeling sluggish, no energy, heavy, or depressed? Honestly, I haven’t spoken to one person yet who jacked up their diet with 3 blenderfuls of LGSs every single day who did not report a wonderful increase in energy, well-being, and mood!

Those Live Green Smoothies really are like magic!

Everyday, challenge yourself to see if you can hit the 85% marker with the amount of raw and live foods you include in your diet. Do this by:

The Live Green Smoothie “85% Challenge”:

• Consume three blenderfuls of Live Green Smoothies every day. A blenderful is at least 32 oz., and my recommendation is that you make two in the morning and pour them out over ice in 4 water bottles, and then drink them by mid-afternoon. Then make another blenderful before dinner. That’s fully 96 oz. of Live Green Smoothies every single day!
• Make one of your meals 100% raw. Doesn’t matter which one it is. Could be brekkies, could be dinner. Be flexible. Do what fits into your day. But learn some recipes that you really enjoy and make one every day. If the raw realm is new to you, spend just $5.00 for an entire year of access to my recipe library and explore the possibilities. Start with “Angela’s Favorites” category and see what appeals to you. Or browse the EZ Browse Recipe Library for ideas. There’s some good stuff there.
• Make one of your meals “rawish”… meaning, with lots of raw, living foods in it, but paired with something cooked. For example, a salad sandwich, or a great chopped salad or raw salsa eaten with avocado and organic tortilla chips. Or have that roast chicken you made for the family, but with something raw on the side… a tasty salad, perhaps. Greens optional, just make it yummy.

And that’s it!

The “85%” part is approximate, and I judge it by quantity, not by caloric density. If you’ve eaten mostly raw and living food all day long and then have a piece of grilled steak with greens at dinner, that’s definitely “in the zone”.

Things To Keep In Mind

1. You’re in charge. If your body feels “off” and you sense you’re having too many Live Green Smoothies, then back off! You’re the expert who knows your body best. Sometimes it’s a matter of decreasing the amount of greens in them, or the amount of fruit. Everybody’s body and constitution is different. Take responsibility for getting to know yours and what it needs.

2. That 3rd blenderful is a great time to make a much richer smoothie, and especially a chocolate smoothie. If you’re a choco-holic, you can use raw cacao powder to enjoy a rich smoothie like my Liquid Brownie recipe every day. In which case, enjoy it as a meal substitute. You won’t need anything else for that meal, believe me. Raw cacao is the best natural food source for magnesium and is highest in antioxidant content, so think of it as a food, not as a dessert.

3. As for that last 15%…? Don’t worry about it. Don’t stress about it. Eat what you want. It’s the 85% that matters, not what happens on the fringes. Don’t judge yourself, don’t fight yourself… just go in the direction of all the Good Stuff… the raw and living, nutrient-dense, high-water-content foods.

The rest will take care of itself!

Stop By, Check In, Comment, and Ask Questions!

I’ll be posting regularly here about what I’m eating each day, what LGSs I’m making, some suggested Live Green Smoothie recipes… even cost, as best as I’m able to track it.

I’d like this to become a gathering place for anyone who’s shooting for 85% on a daily basis… even if you’re doing it less-than-perfect. Stop by and share your comments & questions. I’m happy to help if I can.

Be sure to read What’s A Live Green Smoothie, Anyway? and How To Make A Green Smoothie. And check out the Live Green Smoothie Recipes category for recipe ideas. One of my absolute favorites is “Liquid Sunshine“!
Each day is what it is… a new beginning… a new Now… Make the best of it that you can. And make it better by reaching for that 85%!

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