10 a Day (800g) Veggie&Fruit Challenge Participants Check in!
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OK, now I'm feeling a little less deficient about last Friday.
Monday:
100g mixed berries
70g onions
176g diced tomatoes (jar)
185g winter squash
64g cherry tomatoes
150g black beans (counted as 80g)
112g carrots
108g asparagus
28g crispy broad beans (can't count - excess legumes)
Total: 895g = 11+ servings
Oatmeal with berries (and more) at breakfast; black bean/pasta/tomato spicy soup, winter squash with miso, raw veggie plate, cold roasted asparagus for dinner, chocolate candy for lunch.
This sounds absolutely fantastic!!1 -
Well, yesterday was a big fat fail for me, because I siad screw it, I'm having grilled cheese and beef stew for dinner (and chocolates for dessert!)
1 serving salsa
2 servings mixed veg
1.5 serving romaine (that I ate without dressing, possibly leading toward my not so great dinner choices)
1 serving (or thereabouts) avocado from the sandwich and veg from the stew
1.25 serving banana
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6.75 servings
I think I will be getting in a lot more today, as I ate lunch with my son, and got the cooked veg he was going to throw away, plus a couple bags of celery that he had heading to the trash as well, and red pepper hummus dip, and my husband gave me a banana (an actual banana
). Oh my goodness--the amount of beautiful produce being wasted. 
It is crazy. The schools HAVE to serve it, so the kids take it, then straight into the trash. I don't think it's legal for me to even have taken what my son was throwing away. So wasteful, and probably extremely expensive. 2 -
Okay, so I might have gone over my goal by 700 or so calories, but I got in a LOT of veg, and didn't have anything on my "naughty" snacks list. (I don't actually regard chocolates and cookies as naughty, I just try to keep that list as short as possible).
One annoying thing that I did was decide that I needed to use up a bunch of blueberries, and that the only way to use them up was to have them in oatmeal, which of course also necessitates cream and a little sugar. I wasn't even hungry, but ate every last blueberry and scrap of oatmeal, just shoving it in. Why did I do that? I don't know. But now I don't have to worry about the blueberries spoiling.
Here was my day, including my school lunch snacks:
1--salsa
3--canned drained pears
2--greenbeans
2.5--school bananas
1--culver's side salad (offset by a burger and half a kid's burger, LOL. Hell no am I letting that half go to waste!)
1--culver's burger fixings and extra dish of pickles
1--red pepper hummus dip
1.5--school celery and carrots
.5--guacamole
1--Terra Sweets n' Beets
2--blueberries
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16.5 servings2 -
About 10 servings today
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corinasue1143 wrote: »About 10 servings today
Woo hoo!0 -
Sigh. It's my Tuesday/Wednesday restaurant doldrums again. Tuesday dinner with the mixed-media arts'n'crafters, Wednesday post-practice dinner with the rowing team. Fun, but cramps my usual dinner veggie-wallowing style!
Tuesday:
100g berries
Panera small salad - maybe 1-1.5 servings?
Panera small garden veggie soup - 1.5 servings?
Apple
45g dry-roasted soybeans
Total: 5 servings?
Wednesday:
100g berries
227g cantaloupe
Restaurant salad plus spinach/tomato/guac on veggie burger (not counting the burger) - maybe 3 servings?
103g pineapple
Total: Around 8 servings?0 -
1 grapefruit
.5 pear
2.5 salad
.5 Pear
1.5 mixed veg, mostly green beans
2.5. Salad
2 broccoli, red peppers, mushrooms
10.5 total
Doing better. This is really helping me.
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Nice work, @corinasue1143! When you say it's helping you, do you mean nutritionally, or with satiation, or. . . ? (None of my business, really - but just curious.
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It's opening my eyes. I've never really cared about nutrition. I've counted calories and macros, but never paid any attention to vitamins, etc.
Like when I went to weight watchers and they said fruit or a candy bar--it's all carbohydrates. In my old age--I am 68 and have Fibro, cfs, arthritis, etc. I'm trying to pay more attention to healthy food. I'm just learning to balance things better.
I love vegetables, summer fruits, but just have to learn to incorporate them more regularly, not so sporadic.
Satiation, no, it doesn't really help.3 -
@corinasue1143 I am inordinately excited for you! That is how it was for me--struggling at first, and then the lightbulb goes on and you just start clicking along.
For satiation, have you tried anything like guacamole or hummus? You can get both in little 100-calorie cups, eat them with other veg, and thereby sneak in yet another serving of veg, although of course the calorie count is higher...but it sure makes celery go down easier, ha ha.
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Back to almost normal the past couple of days (meaning yesterday and so far today), relief. Crazy stressful week, but being back home helps.3
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corinasue1143 wrote: »It's opening my eyes. I've never really cared about nutrition. I've counted calories and macros, but never paid any attention to vitamins, etc.
Like when I went to weight watchers and they said fruit or a candy bar--it's all carbohydrates. In my old age--I am 68 and have Fibro, cfs, arthritis, etc. I'm trying to pay more attention to healthy food. I'm just learning to balance things better.
I love vegetables, summer fruits, but just have to learn to incorporate them more regularly, not so sporadic.
Satiation, no, it doesn't really help.
Good show! Nutrition isn't always an immediate payoff, but I think I've seen medium- to long-term benefits in health, energy, and vitality. (I'm 62 myself, BTW, so not a kid either , and with a bit of the long-haul traveler's baggage - osteoarthritis, hypothyroididm, etc.).
Personally, I feel like reducing what I think of as "filler foods" (bread, pasta, etc.), and increasing veg/fruit, has made the flavor/texture profile of my eating more varied & pleasurable, too - but I know that sort of thing is very individual.
I'm sorry it's not been magically satiating for you - it is for some, and that's certainly part of the picture for me.
Best wishrs!1 -
American flour is bad for me. Makes everything hurt, as well as makes me bloated, etc. I try to avoid flour and soy. Boy, do I feel sorry for all those
People who really HAVE TO avoid it. There is flour and soy in EVERYTHING. I do eat some non gmo, unbleached, etc. flour, but it definitely isn't my favorite food. Also eat crackers, cookies made in Europe. Again, not a weakness, just occasionally.
Hunger is not a problem for me. I eat more because the clock says it's time than because I'm hungry.
My mom wasn't a great cook. I never ate vegetables growing up. Not sure how much it was just because I preferred candy, and how much was because my mom boiled all veggies until they were mush. But I eventually learned that they were sometimes good. I didn't start learning how to cook them myself until I was 50 or so. So I'm a very late starter. But I'm catching up.
I definitely! Have more energy. Not quick, crazy energy, but lasting, follow-through, make it to the end energy.2 -
8 servings today2
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Good job.
I've stopped logging again, although I am comfortable that I've been eating my 10+. Going to try to log again starting Monday.0 -
I hosted a baby shower for my niece yesterday, so the previous couple of days have been a hot mess for me involving a lot of cake, plus fast food (and the very unwisest of choices therein...like french fries, my nemesis) with all the running around and trying to keep the kitchen clean.
On Saturday, we tried to stop at Culvers, and it was ape-crap crazy, so we went next door to iHOP, where OF COURSE I had to get the Bananas Foster Brioche French Toast. So, with some extra banana, that was a serving, ha ha!
And then Saturday night we tried to go to two different sushi places, and both were absolutely bonkers with lines out the door, so we went to the Arby's that was next to the 2nd one (not that I would have gotten much veg at the sushi joints, but I would at least have very low calories and no access to fried mozzarella sticks). Interestingly, at 6:30 on a Saturday night, in a city in the heart of the Midwest, Arby's was abandoned, and the sushi joints (also a sushi-hibachi joint we drove by) were bonkers. I found that to be a very interesting data point.
Back on track today--I have a lunch bag stuffed full with fruit and veg from the shower (and NO CAKE).2 -
Went with the huge breakfast salad today. My cat woke me up at 3:30 am by dropping a toy on my head (I didn't take the hint, so mean!) and when trying to go back to sleep I started thinking "I really want a salad with butter lettuce and spinach and an orange" and luckily I had those things so for breakfast did a giant salad with them and misc other veg I wanted to use (including some brussels and half a turnip which I roasted).3
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Back on track yesterday!
2--red raspberries
1--tomato paste
2--California blend
1--marinara over lasagna
3--steamed broccoli
.5--burger fixings
1.5--banana
3--mixed fruit left over from baby shower
This morning I am making my way through a 6-oz clamshell of blackberries...I really wish I had some french toast and whipped cream, ha ha! Much tastier that way.3 -
More fruit than usual today so far. I am actually much more consistent about vegetables than fruit, but whenever I do eat more fruit (I still always eat more veg than fruit), I always realize that I tend to feel better when I do. I love fruit.3
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I just realized this challenge exists. I'll play. This is yesterday's food.
100g banana
95 g baby carrots
200g steamed cabbage with
60g apple
100g broccoli
200g total vegs in chicken veg stew, figured using recipe calculator (carrot, parsnip, celery root, turnips, sweet red peppers, onions, butternut squash)
400g watermelon
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While I haven't checked in to the challenge lately, I'm still in the building . . . just spending too much screen time on other threads. Be back soon to catch up. 0
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Wednesday's food
100g banana
120g baby carrots
80g black beans (actually more)
225g vegs in black bean chili (tomatoes, tomato paste, onion, green and poblano peppers, butternut squash)
200g total vegs in chicken veg stew, figured using recipe calculator (carrot, parsnip, celery root, turnips, sweet red peppers, onions, butternut squash)
160g grapefruit
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K, gonna spare you full details of catch-up. Last Thurs/Friday were a write-off. I probably got 5+ at least on Thursday, but I was too lazy to log a veggie-heavy appetizer buffet at a reception. Friday was just plain sub-fab.
Saturday: 1113g = 13.9 servings
Sunday: 1071g = 13.3
Monday: 883g = 11.0 (but there would be several more if I could count all the legumes! )
Tuesday: 634g = 7.9. I counted 165g of commercial veggie-topped cauliflower crust pizza as 100g veggies, which is a wild guess).
Wednesday:
100g mixed berries
100g guess for other half of cauliflower pizza
191g winter squash
56g sauerkraut
152g celeriac
123g celery
108g cucumber
125g tomatoes
80g guess for soybeans in 134g tempeh, 'cos legumes, plus other ingredients
33g onions
32g jicama
Total: 1100g = 13.7 servings.
Today's not over yet, but this catches me up on previous days.1 -
Been pretty good lately, and been logging again since Monday.
Yesterday (meals jumped, but I had a smoothie, lentil/vegetable soup with fruit on the side, and tofu with noodles and veg and spices (vegan bulgogi):
Breakfast: about 100 g cucumber, 100 g kale, 50 g avocado, 100 g strawberries, 50 g mango, so about 5 servings
Lunch: lentil soup with tomato, onions, carrot, celery (I can only count the lentils as one serving, the other veg was about 1.5 servings), plus 150 g mangos -- I'll call that around 4-4.5 servings
Dinner: tofu and veg with noodles dish, with ginger and sriracha -- green pepper (50 g), onions (40 g), broccoli (120 g), mushrooms (60 g), some bean sprouts I did not measure -- 3+.2 -
Thursday:
Lunch
100g mixed berries (in the oatmeal with Greek yogurt, walnuts, cinnamon, molasses, hemp & flax seeds)
Dinner
Pea Soup (with garlic bouillon base & nutritional yeast)
- 160g cooked peas (count as 80)
- 56g onions
- 39g frozen corn
171g broccoli (steamed, with Tamari)
175g winter squash (with white miso)
Salad with balsamic vinegar & watermelon seeds
- 166g romaine lettuce
- 82g grape tomatoes
- 82g English cucumber
- 27g onions
- 24g orange bell peppers
Total: 1002g = 12.5 servings
If you haven't tried white miso in winter squash, I recommend it: subtle but tasty. My massage therapist, quite the foodie, clued me in. 1 -
Will have to try.
Today:
Breakfast (big smoothie -- I feel kind of embarrassed about all the smoothies, but they are working for me lately)
187 g strawberries
48 g avocado
106 g spaghetti squash
165 g spinach
95 g cucumber
Lunch (bowl, also included quinoa)
110 g carrots
115 g tomato
40 g onion
90 g chickpeas (count 80)
20 g raisins (forget if these count, something like one serving of dried fruit?)
Dinner (playing around with noodles, this one was cold instead of hot and had the edamame instead of tofu like yesterday, thought of adding a cooked green tomato, but I didn't want more food or need more veg, so hoping it stays good)
65 g green edamame beans (I think these count normally?)
164 g butternut squash (pre roasted)
115 g cucumber
25 g radish
1335 g = 16+ (but mostly because breakfast was way high today)2 -
Thursday:
Lunch
100g mixed berries (in the oatmeal with Greek yogurt, walnuts, cinnamon, molasses, hemp & flax seeds)
Dinner
Pea Soup (with garlic bouillon base & nutritional yeast)
- 160g cooked peas (count as 80)
- 56g onions
- 39g frozen corn
171g broccoli (steamed, with Tamari)
175g winter squash (with white miso)
Salad with balsamic vinegar & watermelon seeds
- 166g romaine lettuce
- 82g grape tomatoes
- 82g English cucumber
- 27g onions
- 24g orange bell peppers
Total: 1002g = 12.5 servings
If you haven't tried white miso in winter squash, I recommend it: subtle but tasty. My massage therapist, quite the foodie, clued me in.
Oops, plus 87g banana (and some taco Doritos ) for a bedtime snack, so more like 13.5 servings. 1 -
Thursday
130 g baby carrots
225 g green beans
50g(?) spinach and peppers in Lean Cuisine meal
250g pear
160g grapefruit
50g tomato and a smidge of lettuce on a sandwich
865 Total2 -
Friday. I only ate 2 meals (not official IF, just today's timing).
100g mixed berries in the usual oatmeal concoction
456g frozen rainbow cauliflower (roasted, with grated parmesan)
Pea soup (with garlic bouillon paste base, cheddar cheese):
- 104g red-flesh potatoes with skin (I think I can count these?)
- 26g onions
- 196g cooked peas, counted as 80g
167g winter squash (with white miso)
Total: 933g = 11.6 servings
I'm not counting the non-veg ingredients I mention, but am finding others' reports more interesting/inspirational because you say how you eat the veg, so I'm trying to do likewise.2 -
We are all losing steam again I guess (not enough debate or something). ;-)
I just can't seem to get myself to consistently log, but I do like the idea of sharing how the veg were used (and estimating servings), so will do yesterday:
Oats+cauliflower rice with blackberries and raspberries (also walnuts and soy milk), and brussels on the side. (around 4.5 servings)
Faux lasagna with white beans, garlic, mushrooms, eggplant, spinach, and tomatoes, and the rest of the brussels sprouts (I was using them up). About 6 servings
Cabbage soup with tofu -- bunch of cabbage, mushrooms, tomatoes, kimchi, green peppers, onions, plus rice in the soup. Good but I think I'll add some broccoli and more spice to the leftovers. I'd estimate about 5-5.5 servings.2
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