Wow, I coulda' had a BS! And I did.

Are the numbers really important? You may notice that I have been quiet about the stinkin' scale lately. That's because it hasn't really been moving much from the 116 area. I'd like to think that all this workin' out is giving me loads of steely muscle. You just can't see it yet, because it's still under the subcutaneous fat. Abs and buns of fat-covered steel.

Anyway, I had another pleasant weekend. Not the Pleasant Peppermint kind -- that gave me an upset tummy last time I used it, so I'm avoiding it -- my colon's clean enough for now. Just a nice relaxing weekend with time for working out and eating and drinking with friends. But I forgot to mention that, before tasting my feet at happy hour on Friday, I learned of the "green smoothie." Hmmm. Supposedly some concoction with spinach and bananas. Now I like spinach. And I like bananas. But I'm really not sure that I'll like them whirled together into something I have to drink.

Well, slap me silly. Did the old BloGoogle, and apparently I have been left out of the green smoothie revolution: there is a greensmoothiegirl (who has like 230 recipes, books, videos, and a blog, and promises not only better skin and hair, but also better sex, not that I'll be able to compare), a greensmoothiequeen (who has all that stuff plus a green smoothie bottle you can buy), a GS .com, a GS challenge, and even a GS revolution on the web. Wow, where to start? I think I'll start with a recipe or two and then graduate to a youtube video. All right. A GS is basically just salad in the blender (good news -- I can eat this right into my 90s!): 60% any fruit (I have apples and bananas right now -- too bad I ate all the mango) and 40% green stuff (Hello Big Bag of Spinach and home grown bell peppers that I need to use up). So, do I dive right in, or do more research? Okay, am chicken and will be right back. I'm back. God, it all sounds so nasty, I'm afraid to try it. But have decided I can't screw up the basic "recipe" of green stuff and fruit to hide the taste of the green stuff, and since I'm going with what I've got on hand anyway, I'm just gonna get out the Magic Bullet and give it a shot.

[Green smoothie first-attempt break.]

Eureka! I have, appropriately, created BS -- the brown smoothie. My proprietary blend (in case you want this deliciousness in your own home) is most of an apple, a handful of baby spinach, half of one of my very small green bell peppers, one frozen banana, some frozen cherries I forgot I had, some ground flax seed, some coconut oil, and water to fill my Magic Bullet and help it all mix up. Hmmmm. It doesn't taste bad -- mostly just like ground up apple. But I gotta say, it LOOKS like something a very very large cat coughed up. And, let me tell you, putting it in a fancy wine glass makes no difference -- it looks like barf in a fancy wine glass and tastes like ground up apple. I can see why you might need an opaque green bottle to hide this from yourself while you're drinking it.

Well, I may try this again, as it is better for me than a glass of red/white/brown wine, doesn't taste bad, eliminates any need for cooking skills OR salads, is portable, and is easier to clean up than the Jack LaLane juicer I bought a few years ago (don't get me started on all the infommercial stuff I've purchased-- I'm game for anything with a good pitch). So, all-in-all, I give the BS an 8, mostly for ease of sneaky veggie consumption (I'ma try the soy beans I've got in the freezer). I posted a picture -- I didn't think to take one until I'd already thinned it out with cranberry juice, so it's more red and less brown, but you get the idea.

And P.S. couldn't I just have a frickin' V8?

P.P.S I ordered a new blender with a countertop-size, turbo jet engine. So I will be making BS like a mofo. Once it arrives.