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)

howdy doody all

mrs currant..i kinda hoped you'd change your name to nurse carrot for some reason!
i take me garlic raw wit me ginger...healthy lady from toddler session told me to mix it with honey..its okay..i do like a paste..

exercise up..just to be different but eating de pringles here atm

am back ..as budgie says!

'ello. I love Pringles and have been known to eat a handful and then throw the rest of the tube away in order to save myself from myself.

Morning all, morning Suzy

I am back at work today after endless languishing on the sofa. Bit nervy about being out and about again bizarrely. I still feel very tired.

Anyway, eating pineapple, orange, grapes, apple and pear for breakfast. 3 or 4 portions.

Morning

15 mins on trainer
Brekkie = blueberries,raspberries,blackberries & strawberries.

p.s....off to Cornwall on Sat for a week

Morning morning. No fruit in my house but had 5 portions of veg at dinner last night.
Will probably have a carb heavy breakfast and then veg for the rest of the day.
On the fruit front: if I make raisin biscuits and Lemon Drizzle Cake do those count as portions? [hopeful but really aware that the sugar cancels out the health benefits. sob]

morning peeps!

lionhart..pringles..what is it with them.. dh says there is something in them that makes them addictive and ...i think he's right!.... i only get them really occasionally now his look of disapproval though makes it more naughty ifykwim....

f&z i hate that wobbly new fawn way of leaving the house after ill time ..hope work and the outside world is gentle to you today..

cornwall i love it..i stood on the cliffs there and shouted this is not england...have great time beautiful part of the world..

its nice to be home...though did eat well away lots of pineapple..apricots...rasps!..fish..and veg of various kinds..
its just that dh changes when we are there...but they are not so bad have laugh with FIL though we are chalk and cheese....

when my parents came to stay my dad said later on the phone 'we only had chips once'...awwh shame....

oh and pinkmartini ...they do count..yep..

in yer dreams!!

oh..also...when people talk on threads about the food police....er,do they mean us?

went out for dinner and drank too too much wine

have had terribly profligate weekend and am feeling chastened this morning

have had peanut butter and banana on toast

Must Do Better

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Pringles, btw, are made by Very Nasty People who do experiments on poor defenseless animals. So stick that in yer tube and crunch it.

I have been eating salad despite autumnal stew-friendly weather in an attempt to reduce our lettuce mountain.

Also panicking rather about our big day out in London on Saturday with 4 dcs which involves us catching a train at 7.55 am fgs in a town about 8 miles away. We are not good at organised mornings. And I know there is no way I can carry the amount of fruit the children normally eat in a day.

walked into town in the poring rain to the farmers market...bought asparagus,spinach,calabrese,kale,broad beans & strawberries.

Am having warm spinach,tomato,spring onion,asparagus,goats cheese & pine nut salad for lunch.

What is this about Pringles laced with addictive substances placed there by the ethically suspect? Who makes them? (Am off to google).

had rocket, tomatoes, cucumber, pepper and mixed herb quinoi for lunch.

Dh bringing thai home for dinner after my shock of a pigeon flapping round my dining room earlier. After that crow thread it was quite freaky!

Dh home with thai now! Interested to hear about the pringles thing, oh god that tom yum smells gorgeous, I'm off...

Brown rice,avocado,cucumber,carrot,spring
onion & sesame seed sushi for dinner with sprouted beans & lots of tamari ...& bowl of strawberries

sticky rice, chicken satay, chilli paste prawns pad thai, and extra MSG

......drool

Have bambied out in to the world and just about survived (bolstered by victoria cream sponge and chocolate raisins)

also small spinach salad at lunch
coleslaw with dinner
just about to eat huge piece of watermelon

still at mercy of dp's cooking bless him

Have made large vats of soup after being given lots of organic parsnips and carrots. Have eaten quite a lot. It wasn't as parsnippy as I feared. Have also had apple and grapefruit. Oh, and earlier on I had dark chocolate and orange cake with plain soya yogurt and strawberries. Two helpings

Morning chaps

peach,pear,strawberry & mint salad for brekkie.

Making butternut squash,sweet potato,leek,onion,garlic,carrot,lentil soup for lunch.

Blimey I love parsnips, what's to fear?

I had some more rhubarb last night (steadily working through the rhubarb mountain)

this morning: apple, pear, orange, raisins, grapes

hello all I have been around in spirit - perhaps you have seen my detox thread

however it's hard to manage 10 portions a day when you aren't allowed fruit, nightshade veg (tomatoes, peppers, aubergines), courgettes etc

however I am quite bursting with life I have to say

am at your mouthwatering fruit plates - bizarrely more than the chocolate and orange cake

(TooTicky I haven't forgotten your photo but every time I have been into town recently it has been hammering it down and I have been running in and out of Absolutely Necessary Shops before scurrying back to the car)

I won't bore you with my F&V intake, but I have had some blueberries this morning. I am not really concentrating on it atm, other things on my mind, but I think I will make a soup this afternoon, with my usual lentils, sweet potato, onion, carrot and spinach. I made ds some rice and lentils yesterday, he looked at it suspiciously so I told him it tastes a bit like soup... he promptly turned his nose up at it and started sobbing because he wanted soup. Entirely my fault for mentioning it of course, so that is why we are having soup today even though I don't really feel inclined to make it in warmer weather

Franny I so know how you feel wrt being nervy about getting out and about again... as I think you know illness totally knocks my confidence so I can really empathise. Anyway the new mantra I have in my head is "Exercise boosts the immune system!" so that is why I am feeling very positive about joining the gym (when I get back from hols) - anyone else going to join me?

Lullabyloo maybe we will bump into each other next week

TooTicky, I don't think I congratulated you and your dd on being selected for the Junior Mastermind auditions!!! Brilliant You'll have to let us know how she gets on

I have a cold.

I haven't had a cold this bad since xmas 2005, and I am dosing up on all my remedies in case it is not gone in a day and I have to eat my worthy words.

I expect I caught it from Franny.

Maybe Tatties...we'll be in North Cornwall...pray for some sun...cant do a week of wellies...again