What a busy, busy week at work this has been! Coming back after having almost a full week off is always crazy! But I must say I enjoy being a dental assistant. Most people just think I sit and hold a suction all day but there is way more to this job than people think, but we can save that for another time.
  Considering it was a rough week I did have time to make some delicious smoothies and smoothie bowls! Growing up I was always the heavy friend, the ugly friend, the unhealthy friend. When I was about 16 years old something in my head clicked  and I stopped all fast food and all soda! I admit I have had fast food since then but I have not had a sip of soda since the age of 16 and I do not miss it at all. In 1 year I lost 60 lbs!! Some say that's not a lot but for me it was the best thing! I hated being heavy my whole life and I will never forget the first time I was made fun of.
  I was in 1st grade and on the truck during P.E. A girl had said how fat I was and from that point on I was made fun of every year but many different people. High school was the worst... Growing up with all beautiful friends all the guys liked and then there was me.. I was the girl who had all the guy friends but non of them liked her and always liked her best friends. It was really hard.
  Ever since I lost 60 lbs I am so afraid to gain weight. Yet I did gain weight back because the weight I was at was just not healthy and I looked sickly. But again I am very unhappy with myself. I have slowly been trying to transition to being vegan. I have never really liked red meat and have almost cut it all out of my diet. I do admit I eat chicken but again I am trying to slowly cut it out.
  One easy meal for me to have was a smoothie bowl! There are so many different options and it is by far the most refreshing thing I have ever eaten. I actually look so forward to eating them!
  I try to mix different fruits together to see what tastes the best!

  This smoothie bowl I made tasted amazing! It is a mix of frozen strawberries, frozen bananas, mango and frozen blueberries. I added a little of water and used my Nutri Bullet to blend it all up. You don't want to add too much water to wear it's like a smoothie but you want to make it almost like an ice cream consistency. Now I don't do too much for toppings but I have to say when I add low sodium almonds into my mix it tastes amazing! Something about the fruit and almonds mixed just tastes great! As for the granola I usually use organic french vanilla granola from Publix. Once you add the granola and mix it , it actually socks into the fruit and oh em gee does it taste so so so good!!
  Now you can literally add whatever you want to your smoothie bowl but for some reason almonds and granola just go with any fruit! I have actually used honey, raw cacao nibs and even coconut flakes. But again it all depends on your personal preference.
  As for the Nutri Bullet I admit it is not the best for making a big bowl of smoothie but it does the trick.  A vitamix blender is more what you would need but sadly I can't afford one right now lol.

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