Come and cosy up with a steaming bowl of parsnip soup - 10 / 10 club November thread

[FrannyonFire]

For anyone who wants a boost to their general health. The suggested goals are:

EAT 10 PORTIONS OF FRUIT AND VEGETABLES EVERY DAY

(if you don't usually eat much fruit and veg I would build up gradually or you could upset your digestion)

DO (AT LEAST) 10 MINUTES OF EXERCISE EVERY DAY

(can be yoga, stretching or something more energetic. The plan is that the idea of doing 10 minutes is not too daunting, and having started you may well find you want to do more)

There are no restrictions on what you eat so long as you get your 10 fruit and veg as well. The focus is not on weight loss but on improving our energy levels and hopefully our general mood and well-being.

Sign up below and post here to tell us how you're getting on and how you are feeling.

I am going to start a "Lard I Have Eaten" thread just for you Greeny and I will award you points for calorific intake

oh and I now have to usher you off the thread looking horrified at your infectiousity, it's traditional

You're just sore because I EAT MORE VEGETABLES THAN YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Oh go and grow some celeriac or something

Oooh ooh I forgot to tell you, we have been eating that red quinoa you bought me and it is Nice

Erm, I like the red sort, but then I like the ordinary sort a lot too.

I have just about been managing to go to the gym 3 times a week . I thought you might all be a bit sick of me ranting on about my muscles and how cute my personal trainer is, though

Now here is a question:

Why aren't loads of 10 /10ers coming to the meet up??

Oh Aviatrix, I have been a twit and lost your address again, I am sorry

could you resend it please and I will post the book off to you next time I am in town? (this afternoon if I get it in time)

I was thinking of coming, have been to a meetup in Beetroot field. But glitterfairy is not coming, if she´s not coming, I am not coming.

Just ate a persimon, went to the gym this morning but did not work out, looked after the kiddies.

avegatrix I was vegetarian for 10 years but have now lapsed and eat meat sometimes. My dh is veggie now 6 years.

do banana muffins count?

what about roasted vegetables .. they must count .. but how many portions does one tbsp of aubergine, fennel, peppers, onion, garlic make?

I know minestrone soup will count

(that's about it for today so far _

teaspoons?? are you eating baby food?? a portion is around the size of your fist Twiglett

Twig there are links on our old threads but I got bored redoing them every week (those ruddy pdf files screw up my pc)

will find one for you

Twig look at my OP here for detailed advice on portion sizes

and welcome, btw to our fruity wonderland

Twig is channel surfering out of sheer boredom

am proud of myself as by my reckoning I've already got to 5 portions without trying

tbsp means tablespoon papillon (it was a cheese and roast veg toastie )

Aviatrix - I don't eat meat. We have a mainly veggie diet with a bit of fish thrown in. I haven't eaten meat for nearly ten years and don't miss it. I have always loved fish though so couldn't give that up. Exercise - I have an hour of pilates once a week but that's my only 'timetabled' exercise. I can't motivate myself to go swimming any more because it's too cold [wimp]. But I try to make a point of walking quite a bit and I run around after ds a lot! I think it's hard to fit it in if you don't have much time to yourself. I am wondering if ds would join in with me if I put an exercise video on? (I would need to get one first, of course.)

Franny - I think I'm too shy to come to the meet up But also I'm oop north and couldn't possibly leave ds...

Cunning tactic, aviatrix. I am so unimpressed with couscous (except for M+S giant couscous which is noticeably small pasta rather than the sort of sand / gravel effect you get with couscous.

Dp is not vegetarian but I don't like to have meat in the house and he is fab about it. He is occasionally getting stick from ds now about eating meat when we go out I feel a bit sorry for him really, he is a big fan of meat and all things unhealthy and he has adapted brilliantly to life with a couple of near fruitarians

I have been at the gym and managed to do level 14, interval 2 for 10 mins on the bike and won every time. I know nobody is going to know what I am on about or give a fig either, but you can all pretend, can't you?

good name, though

oh god, am going to lurk here for a bit just to try to get back on course

i have been sick and my banana bill is getting out of hand

and i can't go running til I stop counghing up green stuff

oh god, am going to lurk here for a bit just to try to get back on course

i have been sick and my banana bill is getting out of hand

and i can't go running til I stop counghing up green stuff

just pop that on till you get the all clear, there's a love

its exactly the same green as my copy of franny and zooey

I mean what are the odds, eh?