Help! Need help hitting Fiber goal!

jcohen427

Hoping someone else can assist - I am consistently under my daily fiber intake goal and can't seem to hit it. Does anyone have any tips/tricks to ensure they hit around 20-25g a day?? Thank you!

kellyfitmama

Fiber One bars, more veggies, a fiber supplement.

arobey11

Lima beans! I tend to hit my goals for both iron and fiber when I include lima beans in my diet.

lulalacroix

This has always been my problem even though I often eat veggies, fruit, and beans. I finally added high fiber cereal and bread and those seem to help me really get my numbers up.

Ocrgrrrl

Kirkland (Costco) protein bars. They are 20-25 grams I think. They are better than Quest bars IMO.

zyxst

Fibre 1 bars.

jemhh

oats/steel cut oats
bread/pasta with good fiber counts
fruits/veggies
metamucil
peanut butter

CafeRacer808

Whole grain bread (not to be confused w/ whole wheat or multigrain)
Whole grain pasta
Whole grain cereal (I like Weetabix)
Vegetables
Beans
Chia or Hemp seeds (make great additions to a smoothie)

vixtris

veggies and fruits. apples are great and cheap. beans and nuts too!

pagefan

vegs vegs vegs, benefiber...

ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken

Apples, brussels sprouts, beans, fiber oat bran, oat meal, various other cereals.

leanjogreen18

I supplement with Olly gummies to help me.

sympha01

Fruits and vegetables. Beans. Fiber counts as "carbs" so if you're trying to eat low carb, you're going to make it harder to keep your fiber intake up. (It is hard to hit fiber goals from grain products anyway, even whole grain ones). For your foods that have carbs, make higher-fiber choices. If you eat things with flour, choose whole grain versions. Choose whole fruit over fruit juice. Choose higher fiber vegetables. Beans are your friend (and often make a great substitution for grains and pasta in some recipes).

Also, make adjustments gradually. Going from a low fiber diet to a high fiber one too quickly can cause all kinds of digestive distress from gas to diarrhea to the opposite. Get plenty of liquid in your diet while you're adjusting -- it helps.

laur357

Berries, especially raspberries
Beans
Potatoes
Barley (or farro or oats or grain of choice)
Whole wheat bread and pasta
Fiber-added foods, like high fiber pasta or English muffins. You can also get flavorless, dissolving Benefiber and add it to drinks and food (mix into peanut butter, soup, pasta sauce, etc).

A breakfast sandwich made with a Thomas high fiber English muffin and a cup of berries or an apple for breakfast will get you to 13-16 g of fiber before noon. Swapping ingredients can help too - chicken barley soup instead of chicken and rice soup, using oatmeal or bran flakes as a binder in meatloaf instead of breadcrumbs.

ModernRock

Metamucil
Shredded wheat cereal (I sometimes eat it dry like a snack)
Beans

Hitting my fiber goal is definitely associated with feeling satiated.

transparentenigma

kellycouponmama wrote: »

Fiber One bars, more veggies, a fiber supplement.

this one, also Fiber One Cereals, but most of them taste like crap except for the one with dates and I believe raisins.

kkress92

Not knocking good fiber intake here, but the numbers given are a general guideline, and nothing bad will happen if you don't "hit" your goal every day. If you're WAY under, or experiencing symptoms, then bump it up, but otherwise, don't sweat it

Spliner1969

I used to have issues getting enough fiber until I started eating a bowl of bran for breakfast. A serving of Fiber One Original Bran or Post All-Bran Buds plus a half cup of almond milk tastes good if you use the vanilla varieties of almond milk, and it gets you a jump start on fiber for the day, over 12-14g of fiber as well. It's also super low on calories.

CharlieBeansmomTracey

I add some pysllium husk fiber powder to my oatmeal along with chia,hemp and ground flax seed. I also add fruit and protein powder. then I will have veggies,or whole grain bread with a decent amount of fiber in it.

thejadegirl

I love me some chia seeds. 5g of fiber per tablespoon, I think. I add a bunch to my yogurt. You can also add it to smoothies/drinks/oatmeal/salad... Basically anything! They don't have too much of a taste so you can sneak it in anywhere. And they are super filling!

Dano74

Good answers covered but hey, one more for berries. 1 cup of Triple Berry Medley (blueberries, raspberries and blackberries) frozen fruit is 9g fiber. Blend that berry up in a smoothie and you're over halfway there. Add a slice of whole grain toast with PB somewhere in the day and you're virtually knocking down Fiberville's front door.

Fiber chasing is the best.