I love rocket and roll, put another lime in the fruitbowl, baby - 10 / 10 thread

[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 by following the link at the very bottom of the page

hummus, carrot, spinach, rocket, cucumber, tomato, artichoke hearts

oh and orange juice, strawberries and grapes

Bugger all of a fruit/veg nature. No car so on rations.

Oh no, I remember now, I did have two grapes.

a banana.
And a cheese salad sarnie...

oh dear...
Cauli cheese, with brocolli, leeks carrots and baker for supper

not up to my recent standards

baker?

FMF

That would be a baked spud!

Oh! [relief]

Avi, was that 2 blueberries or 2 portions? if 2 portions!

can I ask if frozen vegetables count?

Yes, they do. Definitely. Hopefully.

Ooh good, well I had some peas, carrots and sweetcorn when i was making the ds's tea earlier. I've had some grapes, a couple of strawberries and some apple. Chilli for tea, although the vegetables in the chilli probably made up just one portion.

lazarou if you get stuck there's a good link in the OP which tells you what counts as a portion

looks like I might be seeing two 10/ 10ers next week hopefully (not at the same time), if MrsC and I can both stagger towards one another, and FK is allegedly and kindly driving past with her V cushion

Hello fruit loops

I have invaded your thread to be the bearer of bad news

Poor boco has just got hold of me. Her dd (little one) has got pneumonia and she is stuck in a hospital where no-one speaks English (although her MIL will translate but is stuck back at the apartment looking after the other dd) and poor boco is sleeping in a plastic chair next to a cot in, what sounds like, an eastern bloc hospital

I don't think there's anything we can do. I've told her to contact their travel insurance company (luckily MIL took it out for all of them) and see whether they can sort anything out for them.

At the moment, she is too ill to be moved anywhere and initially, they thought she would have to be in hospital for a week!

oh frckking heck
what a month for 10 / 10ers, this is getting ludicrous
oh ruddy hell please give her ALL OUR LOVE
is she textable?

rice and vegetables for dinner, 2ish portions of the veg. Fresh pasta with cherry tomatoes, sage from my botanic-garden plant and a carrot for lunch. That plus my breakfast fruit makes... er... 7? More fruit later for me.

ds2 is finally feeding to sleep after beating me up (mostly standing on my lap, while I was trying to get ds1 to bed, reading 'Goodnight Moon' etc., and kicking me) for what feels like the last hour.

We are in for a heatwave here. I hate heat, much worse than cold. I am a spring and autumn person. Today was wonderful - warm and breezy. But if it gets as hot as they say we will be confined to the flat for most of the day. The city seems to trap the midday heat and release it very slowly. Fortunately the balcony is shady, full of lovely plants now and I will set up ds1'a mini-paddling pool and sit by holding ds2.

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oh no, poor boco. Whereabouts in PL is she
?

yes, she is Franny but she hasn't taken her mobile charger with her so is turning her phone off regularly so that it lasts the week!

oh ok, just give her our best love when you next text please, and update as much as possible
and let us know if we can do anything, the veggers are a mighty force you know

FIS I am in Berlin. If she's not too far from the German border I will see if it is feasible to go to her.

oh berolina

she is in Krakow

MIL is helping because she can look after other dd back at the apartment but boco is on her own at the hospital with no food other than a packet of biscuits the hospital gave her (no canteen...) and she doesn't want to leave dd

tis miles from Berlin berolina and I'm sure boco would be mighty cross if you went that far out of your way

I have told them to call the travel insurance company because, strangely, they are normally v good in these sorts of situations and if stuck, I will call the embassy for them.

Other than that, she is too ill to be moved anyway so she is pretty much resigned to staying there until she is recovered a little