5 a day

mitatailor

do you keep to this rule?
im trying low carbs so finding it hard to do 5 day too. help!

cattrill

I always have at least one portion of fruit a day and then one or two with dinner but other than that I dont necessarily have 5!

Shubbamoo

I eat low carb but I still include a lot of veg, just the lower carb ones. I think it makes the meals more complete, nutritionally and for the eating.
Plus veg are so much nicer if you're not worried about fat.

mitatailor

is there any way of counting the 5 day on mfp?

blu_meanie_ca

I eat at least 5 servings of vegetables a day on a low carb diet. What I've had to do is concider veggies my carb option, and I rarely eat grains. It takes a very short time to get used to it, and then it's life as usual. Or, at least, life for me, as I'm insulin resistant and low carb is life.

Confuzzled4ever

I probably eat 10 a day.. but I'm not on a low carb diet. I find restricting anything like that leads to failure. Are you gonig to eat that way forever? Everyone I know who did the low carb thing put the weight back on as soon as they stopped the low carb thing.

A better goal, unless low carbs is medically necessary, is to change how you eat period.

amyann2

The five a day should be mostly veggies, not mostly fruit, so just look for the lower carb veggie options. Here are some possibilities:

Sprouts, alfalfa and other small seeds (sprouted legumes have more carb)
Greens – lettuce, spinach, chard, etc.
Hearty Greens - collards, mustard greens, kale, etc.
Radicchio and endive count as greens
Herbs - parsley, cilantro, basil, rosemary, thyme, etc.
Bok Choy
Bamboo Shoots
Celery
Radishes

I don't see cauliflower on the list, but since Atkins made Cauliflower Mashed "Potatoes" (i.e. sub the cauli for the potatoes) famous, I'm assuming cauliflower is relatively low-carb. And it's infinitely versatile.