What is YOUR 5 a day?

Do you mean the 5:2 pgm?

Sample day:

Breakfast - smoothie w/ fresh or frozen fruit including banana, spinach, protein powder and liquid of your choice (water, milk, faux milk, or juice). Banana masks the taste of the spinach.

Snack - Apple slices w/ almond butter, or celery w/ almond butter, or carrots w/ yogurt ranch dip, or handful of grapes, or snap peas

Lunch - Big salad w/ a leafy green and whatever veg and protein you like. Currently loving arugula + green grapes + blue cheese + chicken

Snack - Same as above, or a V8 or carrot juice with a string cheese

Dinner - Acorn squash w/ sausage, eggplant parm, pasta w/ a veg-heavy sauce, nice piece of fish w/ sauteed spinach or grilled asparagus

Dessert - Frozen unsweetened cherries

I get 7-9 servings of fruits and veggies per day by putting them into my nutri bullet and juicing them. It is so much easier this way.

Ehhhh, I'm not convinced by the 5 a day thing. "They" are always changing what is recommended, and the "5 a day" campaign is just the most recent one.

That being said, I generally *do* get 5 a day. Banana and spinach in a smoothie in the morning, an apple and another piece of fruit as a snack during the day, and at least one vegetable with dinner.

You've all inspired me. I don't eat enough fruit and veg. I will look into having some frozen berries to add to breakfast and some salads now that it is summer (I'm in the Southern Hemisphere) I do like vegetable soups.

5 a day is easy. I log my main meals, breakfast, lunch and dinner (mainly protein baseslike meat or egg, milk for breakfast) and then whatever calories I have left I spend on snacks throughout the day, these can me anything from fruit to chocolate :-)

i have some veggies with my mid-morning snack. About 1 1/2 cups raw or a 12 ounce can of V-8. Call that two servings.

I have 2 cups of veggies with lunch, so that's four there. Sometimes I have some fruit, too, so another 1-2 servings there. Today I'll have an apple which I think is 2 servings.

I often have a meat-and-veggie dinner with about 2 cups of veggies. Or I sometimes have a large entree salad with protein. Call that 3-4 servings.

I have a banana at bedtime which I think is 2 servings.

So that adds up to 11 on a low day or 14 on a high day.

I took it in baby steps, just shooting for a couple of servings per day at first, gradually adding more in over time.

Edited to add: Well I went and looked up what they're recommending now, and they go by cups instead of half cups. What I did above was based on some previous iteration of the guidelines that used 1/2 cup servings. My apologies!

I try to have some sort of veggie with every meal. For breakfast, I usually have scrambled eggs, cooked with diced onion and peppers. I buy frozen, pre-cut bags of diced onions and peppers (usually called seasoning mix), and throw that in with my eggs when they're cooking. They add flavor and volume, making it more filling.

For lunch, I brown-bag grilled turkey with a cup each of broccoli and green beans. Again, I buy big bags of frozen veggies and measure everything out on the weekends into containers. I also have a salad every day for lunch with about 2 cups of romaine lettuce, spinach, and tomatoes. (I love raw spinach but hate it cooked, lol.) The salad is very low in calories and filling. I top it with lemon juice and pepper. If you have the calories for it, a little olive oil is good, too.

For dinner, I re-heat one of several entrees I've cooked over the weekend. They're all healthy and relatively low calorie. I pair that with a cup or two of some veggie - whatever strikes my fancy that night. It sounds weird, but I really like those bags of frozen stir-fry veggies. Instead of stir-fry, i just steam the veggies as a side. I get bags of chopped snap peas, broccoli, squash, etc.

Honestly, I'm not a huge veggie lover, but I eat them anyway because I need them for optimal health and because they're filling and low-calorie. i just treat my daily veggie intake as something that has to be done, like brushing my teeth and making the bed. I just do it. Good luck!

I avoid fruit, merely for it's high sugar content, and high acidic values, so is not kind to teeth. I get my fibre through, other food sources, such as bran, oats, nuts, grains, and vegetables.

We need a "like" button on here!

This isn't facebook! No, just kidding and mocking people on this site with attitude problems. I agree, we do need a "like" button. A "dislike" button wold be hilarious, but it would also be major drama! lol.