"Something pithy about purple sprouting broccoli" - 10 / 10 club - All Welcome

[FrannyandZooey]

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.

Basic guidance on what constitutes a portion of fruit and veg here and more detailed information here

I am running out of these, you know, you are all too marvellous

Ooh sorry missed your post Jilly, please do join and there is no need to read all the thread as it is mostly just chitchat

about vegetables

We are good at encouragement, honest

Jilly - hello. I think this could be the perfect compliment to your biking (v impressive). It has really helped to organise and motivate me with the F&V consumption.

Overrun, tatties and Avi have some great veg based recipes too, which have helped me come to terms with the idea of the odd meat free meal.

Evening all I will post properly later, I am too worked up about what I am watching on telly atm to concentrate

Another day, another satsuma mountain

(have had 2 and counting)

got a cold. feel yuk. dh been an angel and took dd to school and hopefully will collect.

so far no f and v and the exten of my excercise is up and down stairs after rolling out of best late and snivvly

waaaah. feel yuk.

ok as we went to whisper in los tone tesco last night we had a very disappointing and expensive haul of fruit and veg..was particularly looking forward the the purple sprouting broccoli but like msot things it was sold out

so had a bagged sald with tomatoes for dinner

today have hadmuesli, satsuma and an aavocado

prepared my body for swimming but didn't get as far as actuaaly going ..hopefull todays preps will still be enough for thurs

roast chicken for dinner so will havbe some veg with that probably carrots, mange tout and i doubt roast potatoes count do they?

will try and have another rather sour satsuma

things will gradually improve i'm sure

it is dd2s birthday and she is coming round in theory as dd1 has invited her..dd1 is coming back from uni..presumably all these people are expecting dinner hence roast

Oh dear alittlebitshy I do hope you feel better soon. Just think how lucky that you have a lovely new thread to moan on and we will all pass the satsumas, erm, I mean tissues

zippi it all sounds fine to me, hope dd has a good dinner

can anyone clever help this poster with her celeriac? Overrun?

Am having veggie vindaloo for dinner (it has got at least 10 different veggies in it)

had apple, banana, orange and cucumber at lunch

had raw oats with walnut pieces, linseed, sesame seeds, poppy seeds, honey and apple juice on it for breakfast

have been munching yoghurt covered banana chips, but i don't suppose those count, do they

Greeny go and give that woman a recipe and tell her the 10 / 10 club sent you

I can't I've got to go and read the Faraway Tree

Ah, you did

I am yours to command Franny and gave her some ideas, I hope
I have had yet another bloody migraine. So my fruit and veg consumption is completely down, partly due to the sickness, and partly due to being unconscious all afternoon, trying to get rid of it I really must start a thread about this, and go back to the gp.

Oh crikey Overrun, I wish I could help Can't offer advice but send lots of sympathy and yes please do go back to the doctor

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this will work

Oh Overrun - hope it doesn't last much longer. It sounds awful, being at the mercy of these.

Oh dear Overrun

Greensleeves your breakfast sounds divine

I have had a fruit-tastic day: prune juice, loads of grapes, 2 satsumas, a banana, a plum, a medjool date, raisins... and for dinner I made a ratatouille-type sauce to go with cous cous (inspired by food we had at Ikea ) It was yummy, it had onion, garlic, mushrooms, tomatoes, red pepper, carrot, lentilles vertes, sweetcorn and green beans!

I have had sunflower seeds and cashew nuts too but they don't count do they?

I meant to say Greeny, your breakfast did sound nice. What do you mean by "raw" oats though. Do you mean porrige oats?

Evening all.
I had porridge for breakfast, but for lunch I had something similar to you Tatties, a kind of ratatouille with cous-cous + salad (+ pesto). For dinner had stew with dumplings with sprouts, courgette and swede.
I also had an apple, some melon and some raspberries.
DOne quite well today I thought - then I fell asleep on the sofa when DH took DD to bed and have only just woken up!
Overrun - I hope you get your migraines sorted.
See you all tomorrow.

Jilly, Tatties, yay, good to hear you both had good days.

I think Greeny just means "oats", but raw sounds so much more virtuous

for breakfast I have had raw oats, raw soya milk, raw raisins, raw apple, raw pear, raw sunflower seeds and raw pumpkin seeds

oh and a cup of raw tea

Hello there, can I join in? I've only posted a couple of times, but am getting a bit braver.... it's all so inspiring.. and I'm going shopping this arvo, so I can get prepped!

I think I hate fruit, but I have to share with DS (so he doesn't burst with fermented fruit) and actually it's not bad.. but I'm more of a veggie lover (there, my secret's out) Bad start today though, nothing in the house so just a bowl of cheerios (kept for special snacks for DS obviously).

I walk the pram up and down hill for 25 mins 4x a week to and from work, but end up doing nothing on the other days to speak of, unless DH pushes me. Oh, and I@m leaving for a 100km trek through a bit of the Sahara in 10 days. Why did I say yes to that then?

Blimey, Jackaroo, it sounds like you have the exercise bit covered any way Welcome.

Blueberry cereal for breakfast and a banana so far. We will see how the day shapes up

My hope is that when I return I don't need to do anything for the next 3 months or so

That actually sounds nice overrun - I didn't know fruit in cereal boxes count, I'll get some today...

I'm quite reassured by how everyone seems to be down with something, or just recovering, I feel as if we've had some sort of bug ever since Christmas, I was starting to worry that a messy house really was a bad mother thing, and it's my fault we're all constantly lurgified.