Plenty of carrots and no sticks - 10 / 10 thread - 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 you can download more detailed information here (follow the link at the very bottom of the page)

ooh, I've got an eldar tree in my garden. No berries till Autumn though, lots of elderflowers, make nice fritters I hear!

Ok I heard that on Great British Menu, they served it with summer fruits Perry jelly!

Goodness, sugar is scarier than I thought. Mind you, we never have white. And I do use molasses in things.
Have come back from the big city foot-achingly exhausted and extremely sweaty - will go and have a bath before you all start wrinkling your noses at me. Well, those of you who don't have colds
Have actually eaten lots of fruit and raw vwg today, which isn't bad for a day out.
Franny, I think it's the "broken cell wall" in your wondertonic that I find most puzzling.

Elderflowers are great for tea (infusion for the pedants). Steep a bunch in a large mug - the longer you leave it the better the flavour. Nice with a little lemon too.

Yes the broken cell wall is alarming me also

I am hoping to see DRAMATIC improvements this week after ingesting all this stuff

I had a cracking headache most of the day yesterday, ached and slept loads, which makes me think I am still ill but I can now put a spin on it and say I am DETOXING

oh yes

Oh TooT where did you have lunch in the end?

Right I am not too proud to sit and talk to myself on here

I feel ALARMINGLY WELL

quite spooky really

have eaten peach , apple, mango, raisins and kiwi for breakfast

elderberry doodah x 2 (don't suppose it count really but maybe it should)

have been too scared to take kiki superfood so far today but am building up to it

have gone strawberry picking and had huge bowl of strawbs, plus lettuce, broad bean, tomato, black-eyed bean, carrot and cucumber salad for lunch

Franny, we took SO much food with us that actually we didn't strictly need to buy anything. We picnicked in St. James' Park which was lovely. However, having promised (somewhat foolishly) we did nip to Redveg before getting the train home. It was usefully vegan but disappointingly fastfoodish. Which I should have guessed. But ds1 and ds2 were hoping for hotdogs....which were relatively tasteless with a mouth-burning relish and were taken home, only slightly nibbled, for Daddy. The stuffed vine leaves were okay though.
Would MUCH rather have gone to one of the places you recommended - still, there's always next time.
I made a nice tomato and pepper sauce with spaghetti for lunch. Have also finished dd2's pear. Um, better go and eat some fruit...

I've never been to RedVeg TooT, glad you had a good picnic though

that Neal's Yard place is my favourite, it has such a nice raw fruit and veg vibe going on

I remember going to Neal's Yard years ago with my mum and stepgrandmother - that wonderful clock! And the bead shop! And that wooden thing with the people waiting outside the bakery, and the sign goes up saying "no bread today", and the people react in different ways, raising eyebrows, and one spits water at you! Oh, memories! Still, it's probably all changed in the last 20 years or so.

LOLOL you would like the water clock on Southwold pier, have you been there?

Oh that looks fab. Where is Southwold?

East Coast, Suffolk

tis marvellous place

Suffolk? Oh, that's miles away. That's where the dalmatians were taken, isn't it? Wuff-wuff-wuffolk!

LOL were they? Suffolk is just the loveliest place ever

except for stolen puppies, of course

Fine You tell me how wonderful Suffolk is and I shall preach the heavenly virtues of Wiltshire and Somerset.

Ah I have already dallied with Wiltshire heavily in my day

camped at Avebury plenty of times

West Kennet, Silbury Hill, lovely

Right have eaten

sweet potato, courgette, orange and yellow pepper, aubergine

drunk juice of half a lemon in hot water (tis really nice)

Feel FAB

even though dp said I had to stay in and rest and I missed ds's first game of Twister and stroking a ferret on a lead

I have had strawberries and a pear. Rice salad with olives, peppers, sweetcorn,red onion, feta and mixed beans (with home grown salad leaves, spinach and spring onions ) and to accompany roast dinner, sweet potatoes, asparagus, mange toutes, carrots and brocoli.

We have spent the afternoon swimming and fishing with nets in the river - and fighting off the world's nosiest horse who despite having two whole fields to gambol in, kept coming over and trying to eat our rug, our chairs, my book - and caused the boys to dissolve in grief when he drank water from the bucket the tiddlers were being proudly displayed in...

god all fkn mighty, this thread is well hidden

have eaten lots of fruit and veg

how are y'all?

Made a yummy soup for dinner last night. It contained salmon, prawns, chillies, garlic, ginger, onion, mushrooms, green peppers, mini sweetcorn, broad beans, noodles, coconut milk. Made huge pot so enough left over for lunch today.

Went to market on Saturday and bought a lettuce the size of a rugby ball and v v fresh for 80p! also white cherries which are my favourite thing to eat in the whole world, strawberries and perfect avocados.

Cherries for breakfast again!

oooh lordy

give us a chance and I will make new thread

you are all champing at the bit this morning aren'tcha?

please come hither

Hi Franny and co.

I'd like to join you all for some inspiration on what to eat and when...

I have been better the last 2 days than previously.
Sunday - Scotch pancakes and quarter of melon for breakfast. Apple for snack mid pm. Prawn/ courgette/ mushroom stir fry (mostly courgette!). 4 portions.

Monday - Porridge with dried fruit and a banana. Chicken stew with lentils, mushrooms and carrot served with butternut squash. Probably 5 portions in total!!! Hooray. I made it to 5.

Lunch is my weakest link. I just don't fancy salad-y stuff (had celery in fridge for a week, probably lost all its vitamins by now). Feel like I need a carbo load at lunch!