How many fruits/veggies do YOU need?

arewethereyet

http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/index.html

This site allows you to put in your age, sex, and exercise info and it will tell you how many fruits and veggies you need personally!

I love it! I have always been confused by the "* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet"

We all dont need 2000 calories, so what is the % of that item to ME?

Now I know:
2 cups of fruit and 2.5 cups of vegetables every day based on your age ( 47 ), sex ( female ), and level of physical activity ( 30 to 60 minutes ). Click here to see what counts as a cup.

arewethereyet

http://www.fruitsandveggiesmatter.gov/index.html

This site allows you to put in your age, sex, and exercise info and it will tell you how many fruits and veggies you need personally!

I love it! I have always been confused by the "* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet"

We all dont need 2000 calories, so what is the % of that item to ME?

Now I know:
2 cups of fruit and 2.5 cups of vegetables every day based on your age ( 47 ), sex ( female ), and level of physical activity ( 30 to 60 minutes ). Click here to see what counts as a cup.

melissa91971

Thanks! Good looking out!

~Mel

IUChelle423

Thanks so much for that! I have been wanting to keep an eye on my fruits/veggies and now that I know how many I need, I'm going to start tracking in my notes section.

Fitness_Chick

bumpin to my topisc thank Jeannie:smooched:

keiko

Thanks Jeannie! I've been trying to eat more vegetables. But for some reason it seemed hard to do. This makes it sound easy! I am going to try to get all my servings in tomorrow. Fruits I've been doing ok on. The clemetines that are out right now are so good! And a banana or apple is always easy.


I went back & looked alittle more at that site, they also have some recipes that sound good! I'm always looking for new recipes!

Fitness_Chick

bumpin for interested folks:drinker:

3babybeans

I don't like how many veggies it told me I needed. Can I lie? :laugh:

Fitness_Chick

I don't like how many veggies it told me I needed. Can I lie? :laugh:

why of course you can Sara....sounds like that would be in your best interest to do that!:huh: :noway: :grumble: :laugh: :noway:

3babybeans

I don't like how many veggies it told me I needed. Can I lie? :laugh:

why of course you can Sara....sounds like that would be in your best interest to do that!:huh: :noway: :grumble: :laugh: :noway:

Pfft. Whatever, FC. You thinking about my "best interests" and all. :laugh:

Fitness_Chick

Great site!!

Really helpful when you click on what is a cup...... But! What the heck 6 baby carrots is a 1/2 cup???? In what Country?:grumble: :bigsmile: 6 baby carrots doesn't fill my 1/2 cup measuring cup (um, ok, haven't actually gotten up and tried it just being a bit dramatic this morning:ohwell: )...dang, losing the rest of this if I stick to eating baby carrots according to this site should be a piece of cake...well, better than a piece of cake!! Carrot cake even....which counts as a veggie right Jeannie?:huh:

How strange...I thought a serving on the pkg. was like 14? Hm...maybe my baby carrots are smaller than the person on the site used?:laugh: :sad:

Hm...ok I musta been eating way TOO MUCH all this time...cause I see it says 12 is one cup. Hm...ok so if I eat 36 baby carrots a day I'm in like flint on my daily veggies:blushing: :laugh: See how easy it is Sara!!:blushing: :laugh:

I like this site:bigsmile: ...other than the carrots which totally throw me off ...the rest seems pretty much what I've been doing except the orange and banana size...I learned in the past small is 1 serving, but...learn something new everyday..... but I might still go by small it's engrained in my brain..

Thanks Jeannie....I love the ease of this site!!:smooched:

Been a bit piggish though I see now about those baby carrots all this time...shame on me:sad: :blushing: :noway: :laugh: Most likely why I'm not at my Goal YET!!:bigsmile: :blushing::laugh:

FC

Fitness_Chick

I don't like how many veggies it told me I needed. Can I lie? :laugh:

why of course you can Sara....sounds like that would be in your best interest to do that!:huh: :noway: :grumble: :laugh: :noway:

Pfft. Whatever, FC. You thinking about my "best interests" and all. :laugh:

Sara....reading this while looking at your cute lil Rasberry Tabitha is so cracking me up..I may never be able to take anything you say serious with her looking so adorable!!!:laugh: :laugh: :blushing: :bigsmile: :huh:

arewethereyet

:laugh: :laugh: I am actually happy to know that my favorite treat, carrots and hummus, is 3 veggies intstead of 1!! (I eat 6-12 carrots for that snacking issue I have while working on the computer)

I loved the little plate you can drag your food over to! It was really cool to see average cals for a plate of food!

Fitness_Chick

:laugh: :laugh: I am actually happy to know that my favorite treat, carrots and hummus, is 3 veggies intstead of 1!! (I eat 6-12 carrots for that snacking issue I have while working on the computer)

I loved the little plate you can drag your food over to! It was really cool to see average cals for a plate of food!

Hey now! I didn't see nooo lil plate to drag anywhere....I best check that site out more closely....I was ranting on the baby carrots to much and missed the rest:laugh: :blushing: :bigsmile: