Getting in all those fruits and veggies (vegetables, doctor, lose weight)

[movingon2vegas]

HOW do you get in the 50 servings your supposed to eat a day??

[ReneeG71]

juice plus

[pitt_transplant]

Fruit and Vegetables: Getting Enough?

"In general, a fruit serving is 60 calories and a vegetable serving is 25 calories. "

"One fruit serving consists of:

1 small to medium piece of fruit
1 cup raw (cut-up) fruit
1/2 cup (4 ounces) fruit juice
1/4 cup dried fruit
1/2 cup canned fruit
1/2 of a banana
One serving of vegetables consists of:

1/2 cup cooked vegetables
1 cup raw, leafy vegetables
1/2 cup (4 ounces) vegetable juice

BREAKFAST: Two fruits
SNACK: One fruit
LUNCH: Two vegetables and one fruit
SUPPER: Three vegetables "
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These can replace your unhealthy snacks:
Just Tomatoes, ETC.!

Bunch of dehydrated veggies/fruit.

Strawberries taste like candy to me when they are dehydrated.
Wasabi Peas are great for a hot snack
The plain "just veggies" mix is a favorite

[Woof Woof Woof!]

I can't monitor my daily intake that closely. I eat what's in season and what I enjoy eating, but I try and be careful. Tonight I had roasted butternut squash with salt and pepper and baked chicken breast. Nothing exciting, but it filled me up. For breakfast, I'll have black coffee with dry toast and soft boiled eggs. Tomorrow I'm making some white bean and artichoke stew. I made a wonderful vegetable broth last night, which also helped me to use up all my old veggies. I'll serve the stew over brown rice.

Again, I'm not eating anything exciting, but I've cut out all the sugar and junk, and I actually do feel a lot better. Whether I lose weight or not remains to be seen. My gut still looks pretty bloated. Ah, well, that's what middle age does to one!

[Alexis Scott]

A balanced diet is important for everyone, including older exercisers. To find out what "balanced diet" means, see the U.S. Department of Agriculture food-pyramid guidelines shown in this chapter. The guidelines say that the largest part of your calorie intake should be from grain-based foods; the next largest from vegetables and fruits; then fish, poultry, meats, and dairy products. The less fats, oils, and sweets you eat the better.

[pitt_transplant]

Originally Posted by Woof Woof Woof!

I can't monitor my daily intake that closely. I eat what's in season and what I enjoy eating, but I try and be careful. Tonight I had roasted butternut squash with salt and pepper and baked chicken breast. Nothing exciting, but it filled me up. For breakfast, I'll have black coffee with dry toast and soft boiled eggs. Tomorrow I'm making some white bean and artichoke stew. I made a wonderful vegetable broth last night, which also helped me to use up all my old veggies. I'll serve the stew over brown rice.

Again, I'm not eating anything exciting, but I've cut out all the sugar and junk, and I actually do feel a lot better. Whether I lose weight or not remains to be seen. My gut still looks pretty bloated. Ah, well, that's what middle age does to one!

No...its the diet change. It makes a lot of people bloated...No oldster excuses for you!
;P

BTW - Can you post the artichoke recipe! Sounds yummy!

[Woof Woof Woof!]

Originally Posted by pitt_transplant

No...its the diet change. It makes a lot of people bloated...No oldster excuses for you!
;P

BTW - Can you post the artichoke recipe! Sounds yummy!

Hi Pitt,

Basically, I made a vegetable broth by cleaning out any "past due" vegies in the fridge. You throw them in water, simmer them for a couple hours, drain, and there's your broth. I cooked the white beans in the broth adding some chopped onions, carrots, celery, garlic, and some butter and olive oil. (I like to put in some oil to flavor the beans). I used thyme, rosemary, and dill. And then when the beans were soft, I put in a can of artichoke hearts and sliced tomato (no skins or seeds). The artichoke heats are already cooked, so you put them in at the end.

I made this up, so you can play with it however you like. I served it with some white rice, but you can use brown rice.

I'm going to make butternut squash soup with coconut milk and fresh cilantro next week.

Woofers

[adventuregurl]

Originally Posted by Woof Woof Woof!

I can't monitor my daily intake that closely. I eat what's in season and what I enjoy eating, but I try and be careful. Tonight I had roasted butternut squash with salt and pepper and baked chicken breast. Nothing exciting, but it filled me up. For breakfast, I'll have black coffee with dry toast and soft boiled eggs. Tomorrow I'm making some white bean and artichoke stew. I made a wonderful vegetable broth last night, which also helped me to use up all my old veggies. I'll serve the stew over brown rice.

Again, I'm not eating anything exciting, but I've cut out all the sugar and junk, and I actually do feel a lot better. Whether I lose weight or not remains to be seen. My gut still looks pretty bloated. Ah, well, that's what middle age does to one!

Would you mind sharing your white bean and artichoke stew recipe, it sounds marvelous and I need to get back on track with my eating? I was so good for a year and then I slowly started slipping and that truned into a landslide. Now I've gained back most of the 27 lbs I lost

[adventuregurl]

Originally Posted by Alexis Scott

A balanced diet is important for everyone, including older exercisers. To find out what "balanced diet" means, see the U.S. Department of Agriculture food-pyramid guidelines shown in this chapter. The guidelines say that the largest part of your calorie intake should be from grain-based foods; the next largest from vegetables and fruits; then fish, poultry, meats, and dairy products. The less fats, oils, and sweets you eat the better.

My doctor and naturopath both say that this information is wrong and the guidelines are in the process of being changed. the largest group should be veggies I believe. The way it is now is probably ok if you do physical work for a living or own a farm etc. but for most people who spend much of the day inactive, it's too many grains.

[adventuregurl]

Originally Posted by Alexis Scott

A balanced diet is important for everyone, including older exercisers. To find out what "balanced diet" means, see the U.S. Department of Agriculture food-pyramid guidelines shown in this chapter. The guidelines say that the largest part of your calorie intake should be from grain-based foods; the next largest from vegetables and fruits; then fish, poultry, meats, and dairy products. The less fats, oils, and sweets you eat the better.

One more thing, it is actually healthy to eat good fats like fish oil, avacado and flax oil and they help you to lose weight. Fats are very important to health...it's the bad ones that aren't good for you.