The Importance of Eating Your Greens!

So I haven’t had time to vamp this blog up unfortunately but I was inspired by someone on www.30bananasaday.com (one of my favourite websites these day – full of people following the 811 diet and who are absolutely fantastic and supportive) to write a quick post now that I have a few moments.

It is sort of a mini update on my diet. Well lately – the past month of so I have for some reason just really upped my greens. I guess I have been craving them a lot lately. When I started the 811 journey I wasn’t too fond of greens but now can sit happily munching on a romaine lettuce no problem and desiring more afterwards. It takes me a very short time to eat my greens these days then it did in the beginning (and I am glad I stopped eating spinach..because I didn’t really like it too much at the time or rather I didn’t desire it).

I seem to be eating 2 romaine lettuces (which are organic and seem to be a LOT larger than the non-organic), a few cucumbers. Sometimes I might eat more. Generally though I really enjoy – it just happened and it is very enjoyable. Before I was eating maybe a head of romaine.

What it has made me realise is how important that it is to eat your greens and a sufficient amount. When I was eating less greens I did not experience the cleansing I seem to get with eating more. I have found that I am much more regular and my body gets a good thorough cleaning. I just feel much better for it.

I feel as though your body will definitely let you know when you are eating enough greens. If you aren’t experiencing anything when consuming them daily then I believe you probably aren’t eating enough. It is almost a sense – I just know that there is something different to me!

I wish I had been consuming as much as I am now in the beginning but don’t think that would be realistic for me. I hope this makes sense