I’ve been trying to kick myself out of winter depression and generally feeling shit (seem to have had successive colds since October, possibly not helped by having yellow fever etc jabs for an Africa charity trip).
Last 3/4 weeks I have dug out the blender and a typical morning smoothie is 1 or 2 bananas, a handful of kale, handful of spinach, cup of water and then flavoured by a combination of 2-3 items or frozen and/or fresh fruit/veg that might include blueberries, raspberries, carrot, beetroot, broccoli, mango, pineapple, kiwi, apple etc and sometimes a couple of spoons of decent yoghurt and I often pour a serving of porridge oats in there too. I have this with my usual breakfast of brown toast and honey or a scrambled egg and a coffee (weaning myself from a double shot down to a single 🙁 )
I am normally very anti-supplement but I have also started taking some glucosamine tablets from costco and picked up some cod liver oil tablets yesterday (£19 for 400 days worth). The former as I have joint problems from injuries and the latter as I am not eating as much meats including fish (hence the cod liver oil). They might be a placebo, they might not be, pretty much impossible to say but we will see how it goes.
On a plus side I have found that I am eating smaller portions later in the day but craving more fresh veg in those meals.