Do you eat your vegetables?
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I normally do not have vegetables with my breakfast unless they are in my egg bites when I eat those.
Lunch is normally a salad with lots of vegetables.
Dinner almost always has a vegetables of some sort, but it depends on what I am having. Sometimes they are mixed into the main (like with my tacos or curry) or on the side.
I don't think I get quite enough, but that is because I focus on protein and fat because it keeps me fuller longer.0 -
I have vegetables (well, technically fruits and vegetables) with every meal and snack, it's just how I eat. I even have them after snacks and sweets as a palate cleanser
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Yep, I eat a lot of veggies. I keep raw carrots, celery, bell peppers, radishes, cucumbers, jicama prepped for snacking. Low calorie, lots of chewing satisfaction. I also have them as about 1/2 of my lunch and dinner, occasionally for breakfast, mostly oven roasted or grilled. Great bang for your buck calorie wise, and good for you as well.0
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I try to eat vegetables with every meal. I don't tolerate them raw, so I usually steam or stir fry them. For a while it was only leafy greens and cabbage with some low starches, but now my body can handle more, so I'm going to try to be more adventurous! I Still easily go over the recommended servings for both the U.S. and U.K.0
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I eat lots of veggies: raw, stir - fried, baked, steamed, grilled etc. I try to stick to the "green variety" - less carbs. I also have one large plate full of mixed salad a day - with tuna or cottage cheese etc. I try to keep my carbs under 100 gram a day which is just about possible with all the veggies and salads.0
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Honestly I should be eating more. I really don't eat enough come to think of it..0
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All the time -- I'm in love with vegetables. Today I'll have jicama, cilantro, carrots, cabbage, tomatoes, onion, corn, red bell pepper, shiitake mushrooms, and garlic. If I'm feeling hungry before dinner, I'll throw in a big green salad.0
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When I upped my protein, I also slacked way off on the vegetables. My solution is not what the purist would do, but I do not log the raw vegetables I eat. They are mainly fiber and not absorbed. It's more mental for me, but I need to eat the raw veggies and the mind game it played having to log over 100 calories on them was just too much. So I stopped logging them. I also eat some type of "cooked" (usually frozen) veggies (around 85 g) with two of my three meals plus the raw I do during the day.1
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I'll be the odd one out: nope. I lost 80 pounds with very few vegetables and no salads to speak of. I'll eat them when they are offered to me--they can be tasty--but with the exceptions of onions and mushrooms with my egg white omelettes, they are not a part of my daily diet.
Edit: PS- My lack of vegetables is mostly because of ensuring I'm getting enough protein within my daily caloric intake, OP--I understand completely. And, I cannot abide pea protein, so...1 -
Not as much as I should0
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I'll be the odd one out: nope. I lost 80 pounds with very few vegetables and no salads to speak of. I'll eat them when they are offered to me--they can be tasty--but with the exceptions of onions and mushrooms with my egg white omelettes, they are not a part of my daily diet.
Edit: PS- My lack of vegetables is mostly because of ensuring I'm getting enough protein within my daily caloric intake, OP--I understand completely. And, I cannot abide pea protein, so...
I get between 1 and 2kgs of vegies a day, whilst also eating 140-150g protein. Preplanning helps, and I make a conscious effort to eat lots of lower cal vegies as I like volume.4 -
Lately, no. I've been trying to avoid them while self experimenting. I make sure to get quality animal products though so they only thing I'm lower in is fibre, which is part of the experimentation.0
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livingleanlivingclean wrote: »I'll be the odd one out: nope. I lost 80 pounds with very few vegetables and no salads to speak of. I'll eat them when they are offered to me--they can be tasty--but with the exceptions of onions and mushrooms with my egg white omelettes, they are not a part of my daily diet.
Edit: PS- My lack of vegetables is mostly because of ensuring I'm getting enough protein within my daily caloric intake, OP--I understand completely. And, I cannot abide pea protein, so...
I get between 1 and 2kgs of vegies a day, whilst also eating 140-150g protein. Preplanning helps, and I make a conscious effort to eat lots of lower cal vegies as I like volume.
What do you put on your vegetables? I like mine with fat like oils or sauces which adds up.. so too many vegetables can mean a lot of extra cals. Or it can be too filling (which is good if your intake is lower)0 -
I'm curious how good you are at getting your veggies in every day.
Before I joined MFP, one of my strategies for losing weight was to eat a veggie with every meal. It was mildly effective and I got so. Many. Veggies.
Now that I'm logging, I find myself going for protein goals, which leaves me so full I'm almost never reaching for veggies and my intake has gone way down.
I make sure I incorporate veggies into each meal or snack, besides breakfast. I usually add a base of spring mix to my protein, put spinach and chopped veggies into egg white scrambles or omelettes, and opt for veggies as a snack sometimes as well. If I have a bagel, I'll even put cucumbers, onions and peppers on top. More fiber. More micronutrients. Overall just better for your body and health.1 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »I'll be the odd one out: nope. I lost 80 pounds with very few vegetables and no salads to speak of. I'll eat them when they are offered to me--they can be tasty--but with the exceptions of onions and mushrooms with my egg white omelettes, they are not a part of my daily diet.
Edit: PS- My lack of vegetables is mostly because of ensuring I'm getting enough protein within my daily caloric intake, OP--I understand completely. And, I cannot abide pea protein, so...
I get between 1 and 2kgs of vegies a day, whilst also eating 140-150g protein. Preplanning helps, and I make a conscious effort to eat lots of lower cal vegies as I like volume.
What do you put on your vegetables? I like mine with fat like oils or sauces which adds up.. so too many vegetables can mean a lot of extra cals. Or it can be too filling (which is good if your intake is lower)
I generally just add spices, and fats come from food rather than oils (eggs, salmon, PB, nuts, avo, cheese).1 -
Eating lots of leafy greens on keto. I miss onions and peppers!0
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Honestly, I don't eat enough veggies. 0-2 servings per day.0
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I eat several pounds of plant foods, mostly greens, every day. In fact, I'm more interested in micros and fiber than "carbs" as a concept. I don't "believe" in simple and complex carbs.1
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Some days no, I don't eat enough. Some days I have 10-12 servings. Plus I usually get a fruit or two in there as well, so I think I'm in good shape overall.1
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Sabine_Stroehm wrote: »I eat several pounds of plant foods, mostly greens, every day. In fact, I'm more interested in micros and fiber than "carbs" as a concept. I don't "believe" in simple and complex carbs.
I'm of a similar frame of mind. I don't consider simple or complex carbohydrates to be a very meaningful guide to my food choices. Other things about the foods are more relevant to me.3 -
I do. Everyday! Now that's something I'd thought I would never ever say.
I find it easy to fit them in and sneak them into my meals....veggie omelettes, stir-fry, casseroles, soups, veggie quesadillas, as a side dish, in smoothies, substitutions for meat (eggplant for veggie bacon and chicken parmesan, shredded zucchini for crab cakes) and zoodles just to name a few.3 -
I have a problem with veggie and fruit. when I eat them after a while I'm bloated as a baloon but I love them and I don't understand how to get all my potassium and sugar per day. I found a solution including small quantity per day...0
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Not great with veggies. There’s always some vegetable with dinner, sometimes lunch. Depends what I’m making though. Certain meals have tons of veggies (or fruits I don’t really know what’s what) like tacos or fajitas. Peppers onions avocado lime tomato etc. I eat a lot of fruit though lol0
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whole food plant based diet here. So that's ALL I eat.0
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My first step into getting on a better way of eating was to "eat a damn vegetable" - just to make the choices I knew were better for me, and after a month or two I moved on to really counting the calories. I'm two years on from my start now, and a year of maintenance, and eating my fruit and veg is something I like to do and isn't a choice I have to make myself make any more. Small changes, slowly.1
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I'm getting much better at making sure I get my veggies. I've had to make a conscious effort to really fit them in. Plus I'm rather picky so finding ones I like sometimes gets hard, but I'm trying to expand my horizons and try new veggies.0
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I've discovered i really dig riced veggies, so i've been doing a really great job getting them in.1
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