Do you eat your five fruits/vegetables a day?

[Hope54321]

I’ll start off by answering:

No

No, not every day. I eat more fruit when I’m working as it’s what I take to eat, so there’s no choice.

yes and more. Easily.

Cereal or yoghurt with a big scoop of frozen berries and a shot glass of juice or smoothie in the morning. 2 portions.

Veg soup, crudites or a salad at lunch time - equivalent to at least 2 portions. Sometimes a piece of fruit afterwards

Then two or three (or more) veg with main meal and at least one fruit snack during the day - a banana, slice of melon or an orange. (2-5 portions)

Total 6-9 portions a day.

I used to easily. Then eating disorders crept in and I did not.

Now I certainly do. I have a system - 2 at breakfast (bananas and something else); 2 at lunch (or more as I usually do a vegetable and bean soup or a sandwich with loads of salad vegetables in it) and 3 at dinner.

Most days I hit that quite easily now, but it has taken a while for it to become a habit.

Yes and usually more. It’s not that hard is it? A banana with breakfast, an apple and carrot sticks with lunch, broccoli and peas with dinner for example gets you there and doesn’t seem like a lot.

No I don't. I find it hard! Typical day would look like this:

Breakfast: Granola/yoghurt (some dried fruit in this but not enough to count as a portion)
Lunch: Sandwich, crisps, apple
Dinner: Salmon, rice, broccoli
Glass of juice

So 3-4 total

Yes, but we’re diary free vegetarians, so there isn’t much else to eat.

No

Yes and it is straightforward for me - piece of fruit after lunch and dinner, lunch is something like soup (2 x veg) or sandwich with carrots and cucumber with hummus (2 x veg), dinner is something like falafel, hummus and roasted veg or vegetarian curry (2 x veg)

Yes and quite naturally. Eg breakfast will have something - avocado on toast, or fruit and yogurt. Even a bacon sarnie - I like banana in the sarnie. I reach for fruit to snack on too.

which is shocking because my diet is awful. Too much processed crap

We eat plenty more than five, and we're not vegetarians.

No, not normally (though, it can vary quite a lot and there are days I exceed the 'five'). Given I'm vegetarian, this sometimes shocks people. However, I'm also autistic and have quite a restricted diet. I don't like a lot of fruit or veg. that you'd typically find in vegetarian meals (can't stand onions, tomatoes, peppers, aubergine etc.).

Most of what I eat is eggs, dairy and carbs. If I went vegan (something I would like to do from a moral standpoint), I genuinely think I'd end up underweight (which has happened a couple of times in the past even while I've been eating eggs and dairy).

Yes but we’re vegetarian.

Yes - when I put the effort in, which I do more often than not.
When I'm putting the effort in a day will look something like:

• homemade fruit smoothie
• tuna nicoise salad
• apple
• butternut squash Thai green curry

When I'm not putting the effort in it looks more like:

• Bran flakes with a banana
• Cheese on toast
• Homemade chips and fried eggs

I eat a lot more than five, more veg than fruit. I’m vegan so it’s very easy to go over 5 a day.

No, maybe as low as 1 on some days

However ds (nearly 4) always has, he has been known to reach 11 (fruit and veg, in case anyone mentioned sugar)

Don't think many people manage it.

Yes. I don't eat meat so it's fairly easy.

I used to very easily. Now pregnant with zero energy and cooking is a huge chore and appetite is all over the place - worst diet I’ve had at the time I need it most 😩

Yes, but mostly because I like them. It’s not really a health thing. I usually have at least two portions of chocolate as well.

Sometimes

Yes because we don't eat meat or dairy and cook from scratch and so most meals are made up of vegetables and grains. Then I eat lots of raw fruit and veggies throughout the day.

I actually made a point of doing it in my mid-twenties due to feeling and looking tired all the time. Now diet is the way we stay healthy and yes it includes a plant-based diet - as in it is literally based on plants.

When you base your diet on something healthy the odd pizza or bag of sweets doesn't have a negative impact on your health.

10-15 a day,m- fruit with breakfast, a big salad for lunch as different veggies with dinner. Even the (fussy) DC manage 5 a day.

Do you not think so?

I find that surprising but suppose lots of people don’t have a particularly healthy diet.

Probably about half the week.

No. I have plain porridge for breakfast, soup for lunch which probably has one portion, and then 2 portions with dinner. I don't snack. Tbh a lot of it is to do with cost, the DC go through a small mortgage worth of berries and other fruit and veg and so dh and I try to leave it all for them and I don't want to spend over £30 a week just on fruit.