3 Ingredient Vivid Orange Carrot Smoothie

I'm not a fan of cooking. Better put, my partner does all the cooking. Coming up with snacks for myself is a pain but when he's not around I have to survive on something, lol. One of my favorite snacks is this easy three ingredient smoothie.

Ingredients:

• About 2 medium carrots
• One small orange
• About 3/4 cups of sugar to taste

Directions:

1. Wash everything; peel and chop the carrots.
2. Cut the orange into wedges and peel off the skin.
3. Put about a cup and a half to two cups of ice cubes in a blender. Better yet, if you have the refrigerator setting, add ground ice.
4. Add the sugar; you can start out by adding half of it before blending, taste it, and add more if needed.
5. Blend & enjoy!

Adjustments:

Every time I make this it comes out a little different based on how much of any ingredient I have. 

• If you want it a bit less sweet or lower in calories reduce the sugar or start with 1/4 cup of sugar, taste it after it's blended, and add sugar bit by bit until you have just enough.
• Hate pulp? Go with less orange. I recommend against straining this because you will lose a lot of the nutritional content. 
• Want to add benefits? You can include omega-3's by adding a teaspoon of ground flax or chia seeds. Throw in a tiny bunch of a deep green veggie for an added mix of nutrients.

Weekend Crush: Steve Kamb of Nerd Fitness

Nope, not free falling--that's a handstand
(c) Nerd Fitness, Used with permission

Just because you're nerdy doesn't mean you can't be in fantastic shape. Check out this handstand--Steve doesn't look like the stereotypical nerd. But a look around his site, Nerd Fitness, with its comic book fonts and video game references its unmistakably, well, nerdy.

What I really love about Nerd Fitness is that it is geared towards people of all fitness levels, including those of us that find ourselves on a journey from bookworm (that's me!) or video game junkie to fit. When I started pole fitness around September 2012 I had to make some serious changes even though I jogged for 15-20 minutes... well, every few weeks or so anyways. I found Nerd Fitness because I wanted to do some body weight exercises but really pathetically lacked the strength to do it. There I was on Google, searching for exercises for pull ups--and very discouraged to find that most people posting about pull ups assumed the reader could do them.

Enter Nerd Fitness.

Is your orange juice losing vitamins? Grocery tips for juice!

As a pole, running, and flexibility addict eating right is becoming increasingly important to me. It sounds so simple--just pick healthy foods, lots of fruits and vegetables, and avoid excess. Choosing healthy options can still mean you aren't getting the nutrients you think you are.

Orange juice in a gable top container

Did you know your orange juice loses vitamin C daily?

I read this in my nutrition class and was shocked! It turns out that by the expiration date orange juice in gable-top containers (see image) has lost most of its vitamin C content. How frustrating, isn't the point of drinking orange juice to mostly to get vitamin C? One simple choice can make a difference, though. For