It looks gross, but tastes great!

Day 9, feeling great... my sweater is a little bigger and so are my jeans. Hooray! I am staring at my morning shake while writing today's post, and there is no doubt that it looks like green algae... it is a brownish green color that is so entirely unattractive. But, it tastes amazing! The combo of unsweetened almond milk, golden beets, banana, spinach, hemp protein, strawberries, pineapple (from a bag of tropical fruit), and lime juice is just divine. I have taken to the philosophy of really learning to love these shakes. It is not just about guzzling them down to get it over with. I let each sip linger on my tongue so my taste buds and brain learn to acknowledge these flavors as something good... as something worth craving. I am retraining my senses to love what they once detested. And it is working. These shakes taste better with each passing day. No longer do I long for a chocolate croissant or french fries. I saw a picture of lettuce the other day and thought to myself, wow, that looks yummy! Lettuce! Wow! And I started salivating over the salad bar when looking at restaurant websites for the upcoming birthday weekend (can't wait to spend time with my best gals!). For me, the PINK Method is more than a transformation of my weight and figure... it is a transformation of my relationship to food. I used to eat for the sake of eating, or in celebration, or in most cases stress. But I refuse to be like that anymore. That is not to say I am cured, because I am not. I know I could just as easily slip back into my old ways just as easily as I now embrace a new path. I am going to take it one day at a time, one pound at a time, and one sip at a time.