5-10 daily challenge

[kristadb]

Eat 5-10*** fruits and vegetables daily! Report back and brag about your healthiness.

Let the games begin!

1 serving =

1 cup raw veggies*
1/2 cup cooked veggies
1 medium piece of fruit
1 cup unsweetened fruit juice**
1 cup vegetable juice**

* Raw salad greens can never count for more then 2 servings. However, you can count each type of green. ie 7 cups of iceberg = 2 servings, but 2 cups of endive, 1 cup iceberg, 2 cups spinach = 5 servings.

** You cannot count more then 2 servings as juice.

*** You cannot count 1 food for more then 3 servings :D

[qetta]

I'll partake in this thread. I bet I'll learn I don't eat as many fruits and veggies as I think I do :think:

[ynaffit]

does it count if you eat 5-10 servings of one fruit or vegetable?

[Gracie]

Great idea Krista! When I wasn't working, I had made myself a checklist based on the food pyramid from Becoming Vegan, and I kept up with how many servings I got of fruits, veggies, protein, calcium, etc. Now that I'm working again, I seem to be living on bread, potatoes, grains & other starches.

So I'll try to increase fruits & veggies, and I'll post here, for accountability. Just not today. :p

[kristadb]

does it count if you eat 5-10 servings of one fruit or vegetable?

Please see added point ***

:sunny:

[Vicky]

how can you count everything in cups :rolleyes: for me it's either " a little" or " a lot "

[kristadb]

I'm confident you are capable of ESTIMATING. :rolleyes:

[Vicky]

I'm confident you are capable of ESTIMATING. :rolleyes:

i overestimate i think i don't have measuring cups at home, and in recipes i just put as much stuff as i want, or as much as i think is enough, but when eating food i can't say if i ate a cup or two
weird huh ?
it's time to buy measuring cups

i had about a quarter of a melon today , that would be one or two servings ?

[kristadb]

1 serving, unless it was a watermelon :)

[Linzey]

I'm in; after my mum buys more groceries. Does it have to be 5 veggies and 5 fruit, or can some days it be all veggies? I'm starting to crave veggies more than fruit...I think fruit gives me a tummy ache if I eat too much; I like watermelon, strawberries and apples best. Spaghetti squash, fried zucchini, salads etc. are my fave veggies...and tomatoes on everything.

-Linz

[catgirl67]

I'll participate too. I know I'm not getting nearly enough!

[kristadb]

Linzey - the idea is that you're supposed to have a mix of fruits and vegetables. You're supposed to have more vegetables then fruits, so all veggies wouldn't be bad. :)

[rincaro]

oh boy. i better sign up. i'm a non-veggie loving vegetarian. :p

[AuroraLily]

I'm in. I would say on average I do get 5-6 servings of fruits and veggies a day so I'll strive for a couple more.

[catswym]

so far today i've had:

1 grapefruit
1 banana
1 orange
1 apple

that's FOUR fruits.

i've had:

~2 cups raw veggies (cauliflower, carrots, broccoli)
and will have
~ 1 cup cooked veggies later (cauliflower, carrots, broccoli, red pepper, mushrooms, onion)

that's FOUR veggies.

that's 8 total. go me. :bobo:

[kristadb]

Good girl!

[monkey086]

Alright..here goes nothing:

FRUITS
*1 banana
*85g melon
*210g pear
*100% fruit juice box
*190g apple

VEGETABLES:
*1 ear corn on the cob
*155g baby red potatoes
*50g baby tomatoes

[ephemeral]

This is going to be a tough one, even though vegetables are super safe foods for me. Eating, right now, makes me nauseous, and it's painful, especially eating things that are bulky. I don't know if I can make 5-10 servings, but I'll really try for 3.

[kristadb]

bah, 5. ^^^

[shagginabit]

I ate a whole cantalope, and a bowl of veggie gumbo.

um...im guessing thats around 2-3 servings.

eta: i forgot the glass of V8 splash this morning.

[rabid_child]

Lets see, today I had 1 banana, 2 cups of fruit salad, 1 cup of green peas, 1/2 tomato, 1/2 avocado, 1/2 cup red beans.

How many is that? :p

[borealis]

I'll take the challenge... it might help me remember to eat more veggies. Lately I've been relying too much on grains. Yesterday the only veggies I had was a huge bowl of turnip greens -- today, just a baked potato. :lick:, but not enough veggies...

[Artichoke47]

Fruit:

Banana (1)

1/2 pineapple (2)

Strawberries (1) (I almost forgot these!!!)

ETA: I later had 2 kiwi (1), 1 peach (1/2), and 1 nectarine (1/2).


Vegetables:

Tomatoes, green pepper, onions, eggplant in sauce (1)

Spinach (1)

Carrots (1)

Corn (1)

Total = 10


I'll have one or two more servings of fruit later.

Great idea, Krista!!

[brownieB26]

1 banana, about 1.5 c watermelon, 2 large msuhrooms, 1/4 onion, 1/4 green pepper, 1 carrot and a small salad later?

ETA: do french fries count :p?

[smedley]

1 apple---1
one potato----1
1/2 cup mushrooms---1
four radishes---1
one very large tomato----2
one onion----1
4 cups romaine lettuce-----2

9---i usually average 8-15. i have to contain myself as i know i should eat some grain, but i am always full from all the fruits and veggies i eat!!