
I recently tried a new product that I read about in one of my workout magazines called Macro Greens. It is a powder that you mix with a sports drink, or orange juice or any liquid, and it provides the raw food nutrition of five servings of fruits and vegetables. It optimizes pH for stimulant-free energy and good health. It is also low-carb, and gluten free.
It contains vitamin C, A, B-12, calcium citrate, small amounts of magnesium, organic barley grass powder, organic spirulina powder, chorella-cracked cell, non-dairy probiotics, antioxidents, natural fibers like apple pectin, apple fiber, organic flax seed meal and some supporting herbs like carrot juice powder, watercress juice powder, yucca juice powder, and beet juice powder.
It looks awful as a gross shade of green. But I’ve gotten my kids to drink reduced serving portions, and my husband is enthusiastic about getting vegetables this way.
I’ll keep you posted if I think it’s worth the money (approx. $32.00 for one month’s supply).
11/16/10- Monday Workout :
Recumbent bike- 30 minutes
Strength train- chest/triceps ( heavy weights X 2 sets)
Walk on street- 7.75 miles 1 hr, 15 minutes
Incline dumbbell press-20 lb
Standing triceps extension- 2 bands
Flat bench dumbbell flye- 12 lb
Standing overhead dumbbell press- 12 lb
Push ups on stability ball
Triceps pushdown- 2 tubes hooked over door
Chest cable twist- 1 tube
11/16/10- Monday Food Diary:
Breakfast-
1 cup egg whites (cooked in microwave)(120 cal)
2 oz Organic steel cut oats(187 cal)
1/3 cup blueberries (27 cal)
A.M. Snack-
Apple (75 cal)
3/4 cup quinoa with curry and white raisons, pine nuts (leftover from my daughter who requested this for snack yesterday when I was steaming quinoa)( 180 cal)
Lunch-
4 oz. Tuna steak (230 cal)
Salad- 2 cups spinach, 4 cherry tomatoes,cucumber(50 cal.)
2 oz sweet potatoes(87 cal)
P.M. Snack-
1 low fat string cheese ( 80 cal)
1 portion low sat lentil soup ( 140 cal)
Dinner-
2 1/2 cups red leaf lettuce, 1/4 cup pears, Gorgonzola, 1/4 cup Craisons, sprinkle of roasted pecans (200 cal)
4 homemade raviolis with white sauce ( artichokes, paresian, ricotta in won-ton wrappers-boiled) (255 cal)
TOTAL CALORIES-1631