10 a Day (800g) Veggie&Fruit Challenge Participants Check in!

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

I'm back doing this for a week from today.

Been struggling to eat since I had to do a pre op diet so I have been having high calorie low volume foods.

Feels like my appetite is back today so going back to my high fruit/veg diet.

AnnPT77

This was fun to do: I hope some of the "how do I eat?!!?", "Hungry!" and "How to deal with cravings??" new people will give it a try.

French_Peasant

I have been on a "Christmas Cookie Bulk" diet for the past couple of months. I am getting back on track too, and large amounts of vegetation are key to that.

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

AnnPT77 wrote: »

This was fun to do: I hope some of the "how do I eat?!!?", "Hungry!" and "How to deal with cravings??" new people will give it a try.

I never even thought of that.

No way I'm hungry eating this quantity of fruit and veg.

I like the sound of your Christmas cookie bulk

French_Peasant

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

This was fun to do: I hope some of the "how do I eat?!!?", "Hungry!" and "How to deal with cravings??" new people will give it a try.

I never even thought of that.

No way I'm hungry eating this quantity of fruit and veg.

I like the sound of your Christmas cookie bulk

The bad thing about the Christmas Cookie Bulk (which was blissful!) is it has to be balanced by the Lenten Cut, which off-brand use of the penitential season will scandalize @lemurcat12. However, I suspect the creation of the liturgical calendar had as much to do with the relative scarcity or surplus of resources (and curbing the piggishness of those who had full access to resources) as it did commemorating this or that event. It would be interesting to follow a diet based on ancient Feast Days, Fast Days and Ordinary Time. (Although technically that means I should not have been stuffing my face with Christmas cookies the entire Advent, LOL).

lemurcat12

French_Peasant wrote: »

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

This was fun to do: I hope some of the "how do I eat?!!?", "Hungry!" and "How to deal with cravings??" new people will give it a try.

I never even thought of that.

No way I'm hungry eating this quantity of fruit and veg.

I like the sound of your Christmas cookie bulk

The bad thing about the Christmas Cookie Bulk (which was blissful!) is it has to be balanced by the Lenten Cut, which off-brand use of the penitential season will scandalize @lemurcat12. However, I suspect the creation of the liturgical calendar had as much to do with the relative scarcity or surplus of resources (and curbing the piggishness of those who had full access to resources) as it did commemorating this or that event. It would be interesting to follow a diet based on ancient Feast Days, Fast Days and Ordinary Time. (Although technically that means I should not have been stuffing my face with Christmas cookies the entire Advent, LOL).

Heh, I appreciate the mention.

Indeed, proper liturgical observance would mean that Christmas came AFTER the Advent Cut, but not even I manage that, although I always intend to (not for diet reasons, as you note). It would also mean that it is STILL Christmas. People starting Christmas around Nov 1 and ending it on Dec 26 (or best case, Jan 1), sigh.

lemurcat12

Thanks for reminding me of this thread, also! Anyone want to start again for January? I don't think I'll have trouble hitting it, as I normally do, but it's fun as an excuse to chat about vegetables!

French_Peasant

lemurcat12 wrote: »

French_Peasant wrote: »

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »

AnnPT77 wrote: »

This was fun to do: I hope some of the "how do I eat?!!?", "Hungry!" and "How to deal with cravings??" new people will give it a try.

I never even thought of that.

No way I'm hungry eating this quantity of fruit and veg.

I like the sound of your Christmas cookie bulk

The bad thing about the Christmas Cookie Bulk (which was blissful!) is it has to be balanced by the Lenten Cut, which off-brand use of the penitential season will scandalize @lemurcat12. However, I suspect the creation of the liturgical calendar had as much to do with the relative scarcity or surplus of resources (and curbing the piggishness of those who had full access to resources) as it did commemorating this or that event. It would be interesting to follow a diet based on ancient Feast Days, Fast Days and Ordinary Time. (Although technically that means I should not have been stuffing my face with Christmas cookies the entire Advent, LOL).

Heh, I appreciate the mention.

Indeed, proper liturgical observance would mean that Christmas came AFTER the Advent Cut, but not even I manage that, although I always intend to (not for diet reasons, as you note). It would also mean that it is STILL Christmas. People starting Christmas around Nov 1 and ending it on Dec 26 (or best case, Jan 1), sigh.

CHRISTMAS ENDS AT TWELFTH NIGHT, PEOPLE!!!

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

I started today.

Fififox9

This is a fantastic challenge. Count me in. I just started my journey to lose 55lbs yesterday. When I fall off the wagon and put up weight the first things to slip from my diet are fruit and veg, to be replaced with junk! I'll happily do this one...but can't begin u til I shake off a stomach bug/flu that hit last night. Looking forward to it.

French_Peasant

Fififox9 wrote: »

This is a fantastic challenge. Count me in. I just started my journey to lose 55lbs yesterday. When I fall off the wagon and put up weight the first things to slip from my diet are fruit and veg, to be replaced with junk! I'll happily do this one...but can't begin u til I shake off a stomach bug/flu that hit last night. Looking forward to it.

Welcome to the challenge, @Fififox9! You might want to read the first few pages so you know that surprises that might be in store with Brown & Company, ha ha! Overall, the challenge is eye-opening and very effective.

If other people are doing this, I will participate as well--it's always a good time for a tune up!

AnnPT77

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »

I'm back doing this for a week from today.

Been struggling to eat since I had to do a pre op diet so I have been having high calorie low volume foods.

Feels like my appetite is back today so going back to my high fruit/veg diet.

New participants: Note bolded above. Official start date is Thursday, January 11.

Ramp up slowly!

RAMP UP SlOWLY!

Eat enough fats; drink enough water.

You have been warned!

abowersgirl

I would love to do this challenge. I might have questions the first few days like do the veggies and fruit need to be raw/cooked or can they be made into other things (besides salads)

For example I make this cauliflower pizza. Where I take cauliflower and blend into rice and using an egg to keep the shape before baking and putting my other veggie toppings on it. Would that count toward my grams?

AnnPT77

abowersgirl wrote: »

I would love to do this challenge. I might have questions the first few days like do the veggies and fruit need to be raw/cooked or can they be made into other things (besides salads)

For example I make this cauliflower pizza. Where I take cauliflower and blend into rice and using an egg to keep the shape before baking and putting my other veggie toppings on it. Would that count toward my grams?

The cauliflower and other veggie toppings would count, but not the rice and eggs. Many of us weigh the ingredients in grams, then divide the total veggie grams in the recipe by the number of servings to estimate what we ate. (We're usually weighing the various recipe ingredients for calorie counting, anyway.)

Both raw and cooked veggies count. Cheater's tip: Weigh the veggies raw, even if
you're cooking them, because most weigh more raw so you get more credit. Don't forget to put the cooking oil or the like in your food diary for calories' sake, though.

Do join in - it's fun!

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

Welcome @abowersgirl Your pizza sounds lovely.

Thanks for the warning and explanation post @AnnPT77

Yesterday I had
Banana 104g
Clementine 131g
Raspberries 150g
Plums 125g
Apple juice counts as 80g
Chick peas 80g
Onion 80g
Kale 44g
Mushrooms 105g

Total of 899g or 11 servings.

French_Peasant

Here was yesterday for me:

150 g banana (2)
110 g salsa (1)
1 cup pico salsa (2)
3/4 c refried beans (1--fulfills allowed dry legume serving)
1.5 c shredded lettuce (1)
200 g apple (2.5)
100 g grape tomatoes (1)
1 c sauteed onions and peppers (2)
1.5 c green beans (3)

15.5 servings. Then I ate 3 Christmas cookies and blew my calorie count, LOL.

French_Peasant

abowersgirl wrote: »

I would love to do this challenge. I might have questions the first few days like do the veggies and fruit need to be raw/cooked or can they be made into other things (besides salads)

For example I make this cauliflower pizza. Where I take cauliflower and blend into rice and using an egg to keep the shape before baking and putting my other veggie toppings on it. Would that count toward my grams?

If you read the article links at the beginning, especially the UK 5-a-day one, even something like a tablespoon or so of pizza sauce can count, as it is very distilled tomatoes--it has all the good stuff in it and just has the water evaporated out (I was originally shocked by that, but puzzled it out). The article does not allow for ANY potatoes, but if I eat a baked jacked-on potato, I count it, because it is full of nutrition. US rules don't allow for corn on the cob, but I count that too, as it is still in its vegetable state and not its grain state, so it is providing vegetative benefit. plus I am a Hoosier and you can pry my corn on the cob out of my cold, dead hands. One tricky rule is you can only count one serving of legumes--some people flip the bird to that rule; I generally follow it, but I only apply that to dry-state legumes, not something vegetative like green beans.

So, you just have to kind of work out your own rule system, but probably the most important thing is to "eat the rainbow" and try to have a wide variety of different veg.

Good luck, and have fun with it!

Edited to add links to referenced articles from OP:

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2017/feb/23/five-day-10-portions-fruit-veg-cut-early-death
https://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/5ADAY/Pages/Whatcounts.aspx

abowersgirl

@French_Peasant That's super helpful!!! Thank you!!

@AnnPT77 thanks and will do! I usually use the spray for cooking oil or tsp it out for a light oiling

@RuNaRoUnDaFiEld lol fun name to spell lol and thanks! You should check it out!!! I usually search pintrist but u can def Google it. Cauliflower pizza.. It's delicious

Fififox9

Started the day with a smoothie - raspberries, strawberries and peaches with mango amd orange juice. Dinner was a curry with an onion sauce base, accompanied by ratatouille - onion, aubergine, courgette and peppers. So I'm happy with that for today. ☺

Fififox9

P.s. Just noticed official start of challenge is 11th Jan so I am practicing. I will also read the earlier pagea to get up to speed on the surprises in store.

lemurcat12

Yay, new people in here!

abowersgirl

I did about 450 today. I def have to slowly work my way up because I realized I not only don't eat enough veggies or fruits but I don't eat enough During the day to get it in lol. Wow this is a lot of food and I don't think I will ever be hungry again on this diet

AnnPT77

Mixed berries (frozen, thawed) - 100g
Winter squash (roasted) - 175g
Cooked split peas - 193g
Cucumber (raw) - 101g
Orange bell pepper (raw) - 19g
Celery (raw) - 55g
Sugar snap peas (raw) - 58g
Avocado (raw) - 35g
Tomato (raw) - 33g
Red grapefruit (raw) - 263g

So, counting the split peas as only 80g (even though I still find that rule bizarre), 919g, or 11+ servings.

If I wanted to push it, there was a little more tomato on my cheese pizza slice, and I ate an ounce of crispy broad beans.

livingleanlivingclean

Today is:

200g zucchini
150g mushrooms
100g broccoli
100g red cabbage
30g avo

700g zucchini
150g mushrooms
100g red capsicum
390g tomato passata
50g red onion

125g berries

2095g total (if you count all the tomato passata)

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

Wow that is a huge amount @livingleanlivingclean

@abowersgirl it really is filling and a great way to stick to your calories when you first start or have just been over eating like at Christmas.

I think more new starters should do it.

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

Yesterday I managed
Plums 237g Cheap at the minute in Aldi UK
Clementines 144g
Garlic and onion 43g
Spring onion 40g
Carrot fries 70g New in Aldi UK, very nice
Sweet potato fries 70g
Mushrooms 121g
Orange juice counts as 80g

Total-805g or 10 servings

livingleanlivingclean

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »

Wow that is a huge amount @livingleanlivingclean

@abowersgirl it really is filling and a great way to stick to your calories when you first start or have just been over eating like at Christmas.

I think more new starters should do it.

And that is why I need to count vegetables... I could eat more!

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »

Wow that is a huge amount @livingleanlivingclean

@abowersgirl it really is filling and a great way to stick to your calories when you first start or have just been over eating like at Christmas.

I think more new starters should do it.

And that is why I need to count vegetables... I could eat more!

I had to laugh last night, someone showed me a list of the "Free" foods on the new WW flex plan.

All veg except starchy, all fruit except avocado, all fish except smoked. Yes even un-smoked salmon with the skin on! And all chicken and turkey, even mince. Lentils, chickpeas etc.

All my diet would be "Free" I'd be gaining in days

abowersgirl

@RuNaRoUnDaFiEld lol it really Is!!! This is even a more practical and realistic goal/attitude for sticking to a new way of life and eating.

lemurcat12

I've been sick so am not logging at all. I suppose this is a good incentive to get back to that too.

(Only had breakfast so far, had some broccoli and spinach and an apple with it, off to figure out something to make for lunch.)

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »

livingleanlivingclean wrote: »

RuNaRoUnDaFiEld wrote: »

Wow that is a huge amount @livingleanlivingclean

@abowersgirl it really is filling and a great way to stick to your calories when you first start or have just been over eating like at Christmas.

I think more new starters should do it.

And that is why I need to count vegetables... I could eat more!

I had to laugh last night, someone showed me a list of the "Free" foods on the new WW flex plan.

All veg except starchy, all fruit except avocado, all fish except smoked. Yes even un-smoked salmon with the skin on! And all chicken and turkey, even mince. Lentils, chickpeas etc.

All my diet would be "Free" I'd be gaining in days

Heh, I had the same thought!