You’re Not you When You’re Hungry! Starting our Couples Green Smoothie Cleanse

My husband and I have decided that we are over battling the bulge and would like to get the ball rolling to lose weight. Typically, we don’t have a problem eating reasonably because we both wear uniforms for work. You always know when you’ve reached your food fun limit when you need to pull out your Hulk Hogan muscles, just to zip up your pants BROTHER! But due to recent foot surgery, I have been unable to work and Jermaine has been working from home, so yes, we have been living our best food life! Eating out, having friends over to eat in, caking, snacking, maxing and relaxing all while pounds have been piggy piggy packing. (Lyrics by the artist formerly known as Young Eb Lou).

No one around here is doing any exercise and I have to say, life has been grand for me. No uniform, getting too big for your britches worries. I really didn’t even have to concern myself with fit checks on my regular clothes because I couldn’t go anywhere for weeks and when I did,  it was to physical therapy in a sweat suit.

Seems like the perfect recipe to move extra weight right on in. My new found el bees and I have been feeling quite comfortable in our new digs. Then strange things started happening. I started hearing strange sounds around the new place. I was trying to figure out where they were coming from. Spooky sounds that scared me and gave me pause. I started listening really closely and realized the sounds were coming from thighs rubbing together, buttons popping off of pants and bones creaking when doing simple tasks like bending down to tie my son’s shoes.

I think Jermaine was hearing similar sounds in his new house body but when I asked him, for the purpose of this blog post, he said to tell my readers, “what happens behind his closed doors, is his business, just know its now under much-needed construction.”

Well, that sounds like a well packaged, none ya business, doesn’t it? He may not choose to disclose the deets but I’ve seen his Hulk Hogan muscles surfacing for pants closure as of late too, so no need to be snooty with me, BROTHER!

Needless to say, we are both ready for a change, which is why we are starting with JJ Smith’s 10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse and after that the Green Smoothies for Life 30 Day Program. I have been very successful with this cleanse in the past and I am actually looking forward to the process, especially doing it with Jermaine this time.

We weighed ourselves this morning and took our measurements. Regrettably, we are weight twins. Yep, I weigh the same as my husband and even though I’m sure my lovely lady lumps make up a good bit of that its the principle of the situation!

We started off with laxatives last night and just so we’re clear and you can be privy to entirely too much information, mine started its shift (minus the f) LAST NIGHT! I’m okay with that though. Evacuate, evacuate!!! Sorry, missing my flight attendant life, still not back to work yet.

Ok so, this morning, I made the smoothies and Jermaine was already less than enthused, he was hangry and hostile. I made the Day 1 smoothie from the recipe in JJ Smith’s 10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse.

The husband and his eyeballs are already scanning the kitchen for “what else” they can have. A banana? Tuna? Grapes? Though you can have tuna, boiled eggs, nuts, raw veggies and unsweetened peanut butter, the only fruits allowed are apples if they’re not in your smoothie for the day. Defeated, he walked out of the kitchen. I finished preparing the smoothies and they were really good.  

I like to have boiled eggs and tea for breakfast when I do the cleanse, so it feels more like a hot breakfast but Jermaine doesn’t eat eggs, so much to his chagrin, he was only going to have his smoothie.

As I was looking in the cupboard for my mug and plate for my eggs, I saw Jermaine sitting in there! Sitting in the cupboard. Well not him but a good representation of the face he’d been making all morning, there on my son’s plate, so I used that for my eggs and found an added accessory for his beverage too.

So there was no laughter on his end but I thought it was hilarious. I’m sure it will be easier for him in a few days and I’ll see his smiling face once more.

Until then, I’ll just rejoice in the fact that we are on this journey together and will be slimmer sooner than later.

Who else did the 10 Day Green Smoothie Cleanse with their spouse?