10 a Day (800g) Veggie&Fruit Challenge Participants Check in!
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Total grams for today: 1,201
Veggies & Fruit eaten: Cabbage, celery, carrots, red bell pepper, broccoli, cauliflower, scallions, blueberries, strawberries, banana
It's a good thing I don't get gas from cruciferous vegetables.
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Alatariel75 wrote: »GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Total grams for today: 1,201
Veggies & Fruit eaten: Cabbage, celery, carrots, red bell pepper, broccoli, cauliflower, scallions, blueberries, strawberries, banana
It's a good thing I don't get gas from cruciferous vegetables.
Hell yeah!
I second that
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GottaBurnEmAll wrote: »Total grams for today: 1,201
Veggies & Fruit eaten: Cabbage, celery, carrots, red bell pepper, broccoli, cauliflower, scallions, blueberries, strawberries, banana
It's a good thing I don't get gas from cruciferous vegetables.
HA! Right? I some folks who blow right on up. I am thankful not to be the gassy type!1 -
Broccoli - 202 g
Frozen Chopped - Spinach, 85 g
Cauliflower- 204 g
Carrots, 75 g
Steamed Radishes -105 g
Cuties - Tangerine 124 g
Raspberries - 40 Grams
Strawberries- 40 g
Total of 875 g3 -
Okay late to the party but I'm in. This should be a walk in the park for me.
So far today 922g consisting of watermelon, grapes, carrots, and hummus (chickpeas). There will be another ~300g for dinner made up of baby spinach, cucumber, red bell pepper, and beetroot.7 -
Total of 859:
Banana 105
Mushroom 68
Red bell pepper 39
Apple 183
Zucchini 264
Spinach 113
Grapes 78
Whew. Yesterday was easy. Today was hard. Feel like I force fed myself more than I wanted. Again my protein is low and will have to eat more later.3 -
Heh, here's a UK fella's take on the 10 a day:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/28/10-fruit-veg-a-day-diet-tested-i-feel-like-sentient-composter8 -
Alatariel75 wrote: »Heh, here's a UK fella's take on the 10 a day:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/28/10-fruit-veg-a-day-diet-tested-i-feel-like-sentient-composter
This had me rolling! God bless his heart. He really went about it in an odd way, but he really did do well.1 -
100g (est) mixed berries
305g cantaloupe
191g celery
99g cucumber
244g winter squash
73g tomatoes
14g onions
75g green soybeans
= 1103g approx.
(And 128g of ovo-lacto vegetarian protein - though there's a bit of overlap
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57 g guacamole
145 g three bean salad
70 g peter piper pickled peppers
85 g broccoli
88 g carrots
100 g potato (yeah yeah yeah...it's not my starch because I had a damn dinner roll, plus it was under the carrots and broccoli which officially makes it veg)
100 g cinnamon apples
150 g blueberries
So I could have stopped there but I mis-tallied and thought I was 150 short so I added:
150 ml V8 (which counts as an 80 g serving)
75 g celery
30 g garlic stuffed olives
Enough citron vodka that I could call it a Bloody Mary, along with franks hot sauce and lime juice
70 g pink lady on the side
For a grand total of 1050 g of virtuous eatin'. Definitely feeling like a human compost bin, and the good news is I still have half that pile of food from this mornings picture waiting for me on my desk. Woot!
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Love seeing everyone's totals and that article had me laughing out loud-good to see we're not the only crazy ones attempting this lol!3
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Ended up on 1212, assuming I don't eat anything more. My beetroot had seen better days so I had to skip that.4
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New here - I hope it's OK if I join (and join late, at that). Here's my fruit and vegetable count for today:
85g braised leeks (with chicken)
200g tomato braised cauliflower
150g roasted brussels sprouts
155g gala apple
180g black beans with onions, celery, and peppers
225 g of crudites (grape tomatoes, celery, cucumber, red bell pepper, sugar snap pea pods, baby carrots)
If I estimated correctly and my math is right, that's 995g. The serving of black beans was a little on the large side, so maybe it should have counted for less than 180g.
I cook most of my own food at home on the weekend, in batches, then divide it into individual portions and refrigerate or freeze it. It's a lot of work all at once, but it saves time during the week.
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That article is great.
I couldn't stop laughing at the "We'll all end up dead from methane inhalation"
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New here - I hope it's OK if I join (and join late, at that). Here's my fruit and vegetable count for today:
85g braised leeks (with chicken)
200g tomato braised cauliflower
150g roasted brussels sprouts
155g gala apple
180g black beans with onions, celery, and peppers
225 g of crudites (grape tomatoes, celery, cucumber, red bell pepper, sugar snap pea pods, baby carrots)
If I estimated correctly and my math is right, that's 995g. The serving of black beans was a little on the large side, so maybe it should have counted for less than 180g.
I cook most of my own food at home on the weekend, in batches, then divide it into individual portions and refrigerate or freeze it. It's a lot of work all at once, but it saves time during the week.
Bad news is that you can only count 80g of your black beans.
Good news is you still smashed target, well done!
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ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »Heh, here's a UK fella's take on the 10 a day:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/28/10-fruit-veg-a-day-diet-tested-i-feel-like-sentient-composter
This had me rolling! God bless his heart. He really went about it in an odd way, but he really did do well.
Felicity killed me. Paraphrased: "You're not supposed to eat so much fruit because of the sugar!" At least this guy is eating fruit. Give him a break, okay?3 -
New here - I hope it's OK if I join (and join late, at that). Here's my fruit and vegetable count for today:
85g braised leeks (with chicken)
200g tomato braised cauliflower
150g roasted brussels sprouts
155g gala apple
180g black beans with onions, celery, and peppers
225 g of crudites (grape tomatoes, celery, cucumber, red bell pepper, sugar snap pea pods, baby carrots)
If I estimated correctly and my math is right, that's 995g. The serving of black beans was a little on the large side, so maybe it should have counted for less than 180g.
I cook most of my own food at home on the weekend, in batches, then divide it into individual portions and refrigerate or freeze it. It's a lot of work all at once, but it saves time during the week.
Glad you're joining in!
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My daily weigh-in put me at a pound loss this morning, from my low point last week. I've been very casually in a deficit for the past few weeks to get my maintenance range a bit lower, but I've been seeing few ounces-.5lb loss per week. To see a whole pound drop was unexpected! Anyone else seeing unexpected numbers on the scale?2
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The increase in potassium can create a water weight loss because it helps flush out sodium which causes water retention in some people or at high levels. Also maybe the better movement of bowels may show up on the scale. While I have always eaten a lot of vegetables I have been slacking the past couple of weeks up until I joined this thread. I did see a little drop where I had gained the usual PMS water weight. The other good side effect is less hunger because all that fruit and veggie consumption is taking up all the room.
Another thing, take a photo of your face. Then in a few weeks take another and compare them, I have a friend who mentioned that her appearance had improved after she changed her lifestyle. Under eye bags, circles, bloated face, a general tired appearance etc... You may see a difference in these things.3 -
ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »Alatariel75 wrote: »Heh, here's a UK fella's take on the 10 a day:
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2017/feb/28/10-fruit-veg-a-day-diet-tested-i-feel-like-sentient-composter
This had me rolling! God bless his heart. He really went about it in an odd way, but he really did do well.
Felicity killed me. Paraphrased: "You're not supposed to eat so much fruit because of the sugar!" At least this guy is eating fruit. Give him a break, okay?
Right? Maybe he could use the digestive boost. I bet it cleaned him out good!
That being said I did dream about this thread last night! I was making beans and cursing the fact that no matter how many I ate it would only count as one serving!3 -
I'm in. I've been having 450 grams with lunch, and then the rest throughout the day. So far so good.3
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Totally failed yesterday! Had <500 grams of fruits and vegetables. This challenge is eye opening! Stepping up my game.4
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Not really a challenge for me, i usually eat loads of fruit and vegies... But today and yesterday I ate the same:
200g zucchini
150g mushrooms
100g broccoli
50g zucchini
300g cos lettuce
100g tomato
100g cucumber
100g celery
100g Beetroot
100g capsicum
50g alfalfa
50g avocado
150g pumpkin
100g sweet potato
150g berries
1.8kgs...2 -
I had celery and carrots with lunch and my teeth are killing me. I'm too lazy to cook them. There are mushy/soft, raw veggies out there, right?1
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »Not really a challenge for me, i usually eat loads of fruit and vegies... But today and yesterday I ate the same:
200g zucchini
150g mushrooms
100g broccoli
50g zucchini
300g cos lettuce
100g tomato
100g cucumber
100g celery
100g Beetroot
100g capsicum
50g alfalfa
50g avocado
150g pumpkin
100g sweet potato
150g berries
1.8kgs...
Dang! You're like the Yoda of veggie and fruit consumption 2 -
I had celery and carrots with lunch and my teeth are killing me. I'm too lazy to cook them. There are mushy/soft, raw veggies out there, right?
Avocado/guac counts, although technically it is a fruit, I always lump it in my head with veg.
Not sure how soft it would make veggies, it probably wouldn't put a dent in the carrots, but hot bacon grease and vinegar can cure a multitude of vegetative sins: http://www.food.com/recipe/german-spinach-salad-with-hot-bacon-dressing-304636
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ThatUserNameIsAllReadyTaken wrote: »The increase in potassium can create a water weight loss because it helps flush out sodium which causes water retention in some people or at high levels. Also maybe the better movement of bowels may show up on the scale. While I have always eaten a lot of vegetables I have been slacking the past couple of weeks up until I joined this thread. I did see a little drop where I had gained the usual PMS water weight. The other good side effect is less hunger because all that fruit and veggie consumption is taking up all the room.
Another thing, take a photo of your face. Then in a few weeks take another and compare them, I have a friend who mentioned that her appearance had improved after she changed her lifestyle. Under eye bags, circles, bloated face, a general tired appearance etc... You may see a difference in these things.
Ah, good to know about the potassium! And good idea to do a picture-I'm planning on keeping at this after Friday (probably weekdays), so it will be interesting to see if there's a noticeable difference
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I had celery and carrots with lunch and my teeth are killing me. I'm too lazy to cook them. There are mushy/soft, raw veggies out there, right?
One way you can solve this is by slicing them thin or cutting them into matchsticks. This takes a considerable amount of chewing effort off.1
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