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poll: do you eat enough vegetables in a day?

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  • Posts: 1,291 Member
    I have enough fruit, but not enough vegetables. I have a salad everyday with about two cups of chopped mushrooms, tomatoes, carrots, and cucumbers but I really think I should be eating a veggie with dinner and lunch, in addition to my salad.

    I try though!
  • Posts: 550 Member
    Yes I do I love vegtables...
  • Posts: 569 Member
    Yep. I make sure that I have 7-8 servings of fruits and veggies everyday.
  • I eat veggies in every meal. I feel weird when I dont have them.
  • Posts: 999 Member

    What do you eat if you don't eat any vegetables?


    I eat very few vegetables, but mostly I eat low carb things, protein bars, meat, cheese, eggs.. and I love to sneak fruit in when I am having a good carb day! .. Banana or Apples are a favorite, or peaches!!

    You will catch me from time to time eatng corn, or green beans... a good salad never hurts... but most days I don't touch vegetables.
  • Posts: 171 Member
    Pretty good about veggies because I usually have a big salad with lunch. But terrible about fruit. Almost never eat it...
  • Posts: 42 Member
    I eat them every day, but I probably don't eat enough of them.
  • Posts: 252 Member
    Most days, yes!
  • Posts: 12 Member
    nope, with reason, I am allergic to most of the basic veg and don't like the ones I can have
  • Posts: 2,130 Member
    mmmm veggies.......mmm protein yep LOVE both!

    No reason why you can not eat a good diet with protein n veggies
  • Posts: 47 Member
    No, it seems like I rarely eat enough vegetables. I like all veggies, though.
  • Posts: 91 Member
    I know I get at least 5/day but it's not unusual to fit in 8-10. I genuinely don't understand how so few people eat their veggies... seriously? How can you not know how to fit them in?
  • Posts: 307 Member
    I have recently taken to making a green protein smoothie after my workouts :smile: It usually consists of protein powder, plain yogurt, half an avocado, a block of frozen spinach, then topped up with whatever fruit is to hand (usually banana!), plus a touch of vanilla extract and honey to sweeten. Helps get some veg in!
  • Posts: 210 Member
    Most days, yes. We've been having smaller portions of the main component of our meals and making up the difference with loads of veggies, or filling out the main meal with veggies. i.e. adding things to the mince when making lasagne/cottage pie.
  • Posts: 1,412 Member
    Define 'enough'
  • Posts: 100 Member
    I LOVE veggies. I tend to go overboard with the amount I have with my dinner though lol x
  • yes me and my husband eat truck loads, I am lucky to be living in china and the vegetable and fruit variety is amazing also we grow our own , we live in a tropical climate and have 2 harvest a year and unlike i the west veggies and fruit are dirt cheap... the only veg i miss is brussel sprouts i have failed 3 times in growing them myself!
  • Posts: 19
    I have not eaten a vegetable in over thirty years.
  • Posts: 1,656 Member
    No, though I do get much more than I used to (because anything is much more than zero). My vegetable intake usually consists of my vegetable wrap, which is about 2 cups baby spinach (I love that stuff), 30g onion, and 40g cucumbers. Usually, that's all I get. Sometimes, I'll also have a vegetable steamer bag for dinner, which adds another 2 cups of vegetables or so, but that's not everyday like my wrap.
  • Posts: 138 Member
    I try to eat at least a serving with my dinner every night. And I recently turned to V8-Fusion to get another serving a veggies and a serving of fruit.
  • Posts: 2,484 Member
    Probably not
    oh well.
  • Posts: 314 Member
    Yep, vegetables with every meal :)
  • Posts: 4,391 Member
    I have a huge, 300+ calorie salad without any meat in it for lunch every day, and my afternoon snack consists of a large tub of veggies with hummus dip. I'd say yes, yes I am eating enough.
  • Posts: 2,362 Member
    I eat more fruits and vegetables now than I ever have. Still trying to sneak more in...green smoothies!
  • Posts: 1,074 Member
    I tend to eat seasonally when it comes to veggies (and fruit). When it's growing season here and the farmer's markets are open, then I eat a lot of veggies and fruit. During off growing seasons, like right now, I eat fewer, though I do eat some every day (usually a large salad, or meat and veggie 'stir fry' mix. I don't eat hardly any fruit in off growing season, maybe a couple bananas a week, some raisins etc. Just don't care for the taste of most of them, and the ones that I do like (mostly cherries, peaches and blueberries), are hard to find during the winter, at a reasonable price.
  • Posts: 1,543 Member
    Even when I was a vegetarian, I didn't eat enough vegetables!
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