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  • abowersgirl
    abowersgirl Posts: 3,409 Member
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    I unfortunately went out today and although I chose the salad (without cheese or dressing) I couldn't eyeball the amount of veggie intake.

    But what I can tell you is it had beans, corn, probably two diced tomatoes, a mixture of greens, avocado, onion, radish and tortilla chips (which I know don't count) it's probably the lowest I had since starting the group bunk tried lol. Tomorrow is another day
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,763 Member
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    abowersgirl wrote: »
    @AnnPT77 I don't know if advertising is allowed on this app but what the heck!! Look up Pinterest. They usually have really good recipes and as long as you type healthy you can tons of meal ideas. It's usually my go to when I'm looking for an under 100 cal snack, or a meal alternative

    Thanks - I'm mostly pretty OK with cooking; I was just looking for a little help from an obvious pro to get me out of my pumpkin rut! ;) Good idea to check Pinterest for pumpkin recipes, too - usually I just wallow in jewelry & other crafts over there! :)
  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
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    Welcome @nsgmom04 and @mamashakesit :smiley:
    Soups are a great place to start, pickles and casseroles as well.

    Yesterday I ate
    Mushrooms 80g
    Onion 153g (split between the egg foo yung and panackelty)
    Spring onions/scallions 26g
    Petitis pois 60g (20g with the above in egg foo yung, 40g with the panackelty)
    Potatoes 158g but counted as 80g
    Banana 89g
    Plums 112g
    Pickled onions 108g

    So only 602g or 7.5 servings.

    Must do better today.

  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
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    Yesterday was really similar to the day before (numbers are rounded):

    butternut squash (100 g)
    fennel (80 g)
    spinach (125 g) (frozen)
    broccoli (165 g)
    cauliflower (100 g)
    radicchio (75 g)
    leeks (55 g)
    onions (45 g)
    green pepper (150 g)
    green tomato (100 g)
    radishes (100 g)
    mushrooms (85 g) -- technically not a veg, but I count it
    arugula (2 cups)
    mixed bean dish (serving of beans, serving of other veg)
    black beans (additional serving, I think I can only count 1 for beans total, though)

    avocado (80 g)
    cranberries (35 g)
    cherries (90 g)
    clementines (4 for about 200 g)
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
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    I had a lot less today.... Because, pancakes!

    Pancakes (I do sneak vegies in to them though..)
    200g zucchini
    With 125g berries

    Dinner
    300g lettuces
    150g pumpkin
    100g tomato
    100g cucumber
    100g cabbage
    100g celery
    80g Beetroot
    60g avo
    50g alfalfa
    50g pickled onion

    125g berries

    1490g...
  • srk369
    srk369 Posts: 256 Member
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    I hit my goal yesterday!

    Lunch:
    338g Roasted red pepper tomato soup
    160g Veggie chili (estimate 1 serving beans and 1 serving veggies)

    Dinner:
    125g Marinara sauce

    Snack:
    311g Veggie plate (cucumber, tomato, orange bell peper, carrots)

    934g = 11+ servings

  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
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    With eggs...
    200g zucchini
    150g pumpkin
    100g tomato
    30g avo

    Dinner ("satay" chicken and vegies)
    200g zucchini
    100g cabbage
    100g capsicum
    150g broccoli
    150g mushrooms

    125g berries

    1305g
  • emily_platinum90
    emily_platinum90 Posts: 30 Member
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    How does it work?
  • livingleanlivingclean
    livingleanlivingclean Posts: 11,751 Member
    edited January 2018
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    emily_platinum90 wrote: »
    How does it work?

    You eat lots of vegetables/fruit .... The aim is to get 800+ grams a day. I personally aim for mostly vegetables.
    (things like beans/legumes, and potatoes I think, are only counted as one 80g serve, even if you eat more)
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited January 2018
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    Yesterday:

    Breakfast (oats/cauliflower rice and veg on the side) -- 5.375 servings

    banana (55 g) -- half a banana
    cauliflower (65 g)
    brussels (200 g)
    zucchini (110 g)

    Lunch (big salad) -- 5.5 servings

    kale (40 g)
    spinach (35 g)
    arugula (25 g)
    broccoli (100 g)
    carrots (80 g)
    avocado (60 g)
    chickpeas (100 g)

    Dinner (went out for Ethiopian) -- conservatively, at least another 4 servings I think, 3 without the lentils

    collards, spinach, lentils, cabbage and carrots -- too much of all, high cal preparations, so yummy, I need to work on cooking this at home
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,763 Member
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    Well, Friday was a write-off: The usual breakfast fruit, and my favorite Mexican restaurant for dinner, so masses of beans and salsa . . .but since I can only count beans as 1 serving (and wouldn't hit 10 anyway) my total is probably only around 5 servings: No capacity for more veg after I rolled myself home nicely stuffed (and not one bit sorry).

    Saturday looks better:

    100g mixed berries in the oatmeal

    151g winter squash

    Red lentil pasta (not counted) mixed with
    - 145g onion
    - 54g elephant garlic
    - 99g shiitake mushrooms
    - 90g asparagus (raw weight, but roasted)

    Raw veggie plate:
    - 120g celery
    - 43g avocado
    - 56g orange bell pepper
    - 28g sugar snap peas
    - 112g cucumber
    - 66g tomatoes

    1064g total, about 13 servings
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,467 Member
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    Just bought a scale this afternoon.
    120 grams onions
    50 grams green pepper
    300 grams cabbage
    For supper. Will keep track all day tomorrow.
  • lemurcat12
    lemurcat12 Posts: 30,886 Member
    edited January 2018
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    Yesterday:

    Breakfast (with oatmeal)
    half a banana (55 g)
    cauliflower (55 g)

    Lunch (homemade curry experiment)
    mixed kale/collards/mustard greens (75 g)
    cauliflower (95 g)
    butternut squash (80 g)
    tomatoes (50 g)
    lentils (44 g dry, so about 88 g cooked, probably) -- counts as a serving
    some chickpeas (I'm only supposed to count legumes once, right?)
    onions (65 g)
    garlic and cilantro

    Dinner (big salad)
    romaine (70 g)
    spinach (35 g)
    butter lettuce (45 g)
    carrots (100 g)
    radishes (100 g)
    raspberries (75 g)
    mung bean sprouts (70 g)

    About 13 servings
  • srk369
    srk369 Posts: 256 Member
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    Met the goal on Saturday

    250g Southwest stuffed peppers (330g gram total but estimated the quinoa that was in it)
    80g salsa (had about twice this but stopping at 1 serving...homemade salsa with tomato, onion, garlic, cilantro)
    35g onion
    165g berries
    316g raw veggie plate (turnip, radish, cabbage)

    846g total.

    Already have my raw veggie bag packed for my hike today, so I shouldn't have any issues today either. Everyone enjoy your Sunday!!
  • abowersgirl
    abowersgirl Posts: 3,409 Member
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    Yesterday
    Apples 297
    Lettuce 85
    Tomatoes 121
    Zucchini 112
    Onion 30

    645 if i hadn't been so late and I ate half a cucumber I would have met my goal.

    Today I didn't eat much veggies other then potato which is only allowed 80. Other then that had a more protein, dairy kind of a day
  • corinasue1143
    corinasue1143 Posts: 7,467 Member
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    Breakfast
    None

    Lunch
    Only the veggies on a Braums hamburger

    Snack
    2 cups mixed greens (shredded kale, broccoli, etc)

    Supper
    153 grams onions
    50 grams green pepper
    300 grams cabbage
    About a cup of pinto beans

    Still learning how to use the scale. No idea how many servings this is. Help?
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,763 Member
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    Sunday:

    100g mixed berries in the oatmeal

    Cold veggie plate
    - 130g celery
    - 119g asparagus (raw weight, roasted)
    - 139g carrots

    In tempeh "Rueben" skillet
    - 211g onions
    - 46g elephant garlic
    - 70g tomatoes
    - 56g sauerkraut

    125g cooked split peas (counted as 80g)

    Total: 951g = 11.8 servings
  • AnnPT77
    AnnPT77 Posts: 32,763 Member
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    corinasue1143 wrote: »
    Breakfast
    None

    Lunch
    Only the veggies on a Braums hamburger

    Snack
    2 cups mixed greens (shredded kale, broccoli, etc)

    Supper
    153 grams onions
    50 grams green pepper
    300 grams cabbage
    About a cup of pinto beans

    Still learning how to use the scale. No idea how many servings this is. Help?

    In the U.S. scheme, raw leafy greens count 2C = 1 servings, I think.

    Mostly, lots of us are using the general UK rules that 80g of most things = 1 serving, so I count all your supper items, minus the beans, as 503g = 6.3 servings.

    We only count legumes as 1 serving per day (some national authority advocates this goofy rule, the UK I think, I don't know why), so beans between 80g and 80 bushels = 1 serving.

    So, I'd call that a total of about 8.3. Others may differ . . . but I don't think we're required to be over bureaucratic here. ;)

    Good show, in any case!

    P.S. to anyone who's doing this for the first time as a way to change what they're eating: Some of us - me, for one - are kind of cheating in that we've done this challenge before, and eat these volumes of fruits/veggies (or near to it) most of the time by preference anyway. If you're new to this WOE and working your way up to 10 servings incrementally, give yourself a pat on the back for good progress (and claim 2 exercise calories for "stretching, light" cardio when you do so. ;););) ).
  • srk369
    srk369 Posts: 256 Member
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    Today was good. I filled a bag with veggies to snack on during my hike and kept snacking later on those that I didn't finish. I think I'm going to do that daily and see how it works.

    I actually had 2 big slices of banana bread that I had just pulled out of the oven for lunch. I am counting the banana just because I know how much I put in the entire batch. I put a ton because I was making gluten free bread for my husband who is celiac and I was afraid it would be dry!

    Lunch:
    93g banana

    Dinner:
    80g potato (Larger potato but limiting to 1 serving)
    12g onion

    Snacks:
    529g Raw veggies (turnip, radish, celery, carrot, tomato, snap peas)
    155g berries

    869 = 10+ servings

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