Pak choi to the world - the gourd is come! 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

lol Avi...knitting would, for me, always end in disastrous results....I tend to nearly break my hands, lol....crochette (sp???) now that I can do...or used to be able to do anyway, lol!

SuperBunny....sorry to hear about Babysitter troubles....it is difficult to get good ones...

dooney....easy there.......

Toot...ouch...those hips do sound painful, you pooor thing

So, why was there so many up in the night...or are you just living in places where it wasn't night, iykwim...well...I mena timewise...well...you know what I mean, right?

Anyway, had some cantaloupe and some galia melon slices, so far...which is better than I have been in the past few weeks...because, I sort of forgot all about breakfast and stuff...

Yes, crochet is brilliant. I do that.

SB and Dooney are in other places, Feasther just keeps odd hours.

Our snow is all but gone

I cannot crochet

It is beyond me.

I can knit ( a little teeny scarf kinda thing) and sew/embroider and use basic sewing machine.
But not crochet.

I have been to Aldi.
They have bargainous F&V. Mangoes (hopefully non c ones), tomatoes, broccoli, 5K of potatoes, oranges, all for 49p

And numerous other cheapy like cox apples for 99p a bag.

It is just damp here today. Icky damp. And chilly but not freezing.

have ot go to work in a mo. Am taking humous and carrot sandwiches. Hopefully they won't go soggy.

LOL MamaG

anyway....wow....having more fruit and vegetable...well...lets say it has kicked my digestive system into action ....yikes....

there is yurt talk on the mouldie thread...admit it...who is dippythehippy????

Gosh, I can tell I'm going to have to up my posting rate to fit in on this thread

Have a big hairy zero so far today as have been to the dentist but was wondering how many a veg packed soup would count as? And if it contained lentils?

Thank you oh knowledgeable ones

Depend on veg and whether it is whizzed up I htink.

And kentils do count.

[smile

Hi MamaG, how are you?

MamaG come back and we can talk eyeshadow and shoes
damn these hippie types

i would guess a bowl of soup could be a few portions
i don't really know though
perhaps someone else knows
bunny is usually quite good on portion control? bunny can we make you portion monitor?

now Franny...didn't we to have a fight disagreement about this in the past...where I said that a Juice should count for as many portions of f&v you put in...and you said, no to that
obviously whizzed up is not quite the same as Juice , but I suppose my argument in this case would be the same as it was for Juice....i.e. depends which way you look at it...i.e. if it is about vit/minerals, etc...than it should count as many as what is in it...if it is fiber, than you can't fully count juiced or whizzed f&v, because the fiber is either removed or "broken down"...iykwim....

anyway, so Franny, when did you become so "mellow" and non-committical about this, eh?

oh...can now add more "moorish chickpeas" (i.e. toms, peppers, chickpease, sweetcorn and onion) and a Banana to my daily f&v count

is this a trick Franny?

god we go round in circles with this juice thing don't we!
it isn't just the vitamins and minerals, it's the fibre as well
there isn't the fibre in juice, it's been removed, so it doesn't have all the health benefits
the fibre is still there in liquidised food although it has been more broken down
i said in an earlier post that the ultimate way to get your 10 would be to eat the raw fruit and veg
then i suppose on a sliding scale it would be whole but cooked, then things like blended soup
but who is counting, really?
the thing you can;t do is have all your portions as juice, because of the lack of fibre
but when we were talking about soup, i was wondering how many portions of veg it contained, nothing to do with whether it was liquidised or not
i don't know how many portions of veg would be ina a bowl of soup? does anyone?

mamag come hither
tell me of this ruby and millie
and how's that baby

oh dear...I wasn't really being serious you know....

like I said I realise the fiber is an important part of f&v...

honest peace

still madly busy, someone is stealing my time...

hello all!

Onions,
raspberries,
grapes,
juice,
tomatoes,

exercise ..walking and cleaning very energetically!

Must dash!

Blows kisses to all.

MamaG!! How's it going? Tell me how easy it is to have a new baby [hopeful]

I had 2 portions worth of kiwi, grapes, blueberries and satsuma after lunch. But I might have forgotten to have any fruit with breakfast. What can I have for dinner?

Guad when you said you had kiwis I was reading as i scrolled up and I read that you'd eaten kids!!

Depends on how big your bowl is - you'd need to weigh your soup. Aren't the portions based on 85g or something? Then you'd have to allow for the water

no more dissent 3 or it's the pit
am grumpy as have weekly babysitter but as usual ds2 slightly fretful and needs carrying around (i don't mean as usual for ds2, but as usual when i have babysitter)
so am basically paying someone to play with ds1 while i enjoy privilege of standing up jigging ds2 about

Have just had a mouthful of foulmouthed abuse off DS because I said I was going to share the raspberries out equally and not give him more.

Sorry to rant but I am gobsmacked.

and oh no about your Babysitter-going -ons....that sounds like a nightmare....

but lol at Tiny, on getting foulmouthed abuse over fruit....sorry, for ....but...

I would share them equally between anyone who has been polite today [hard-nosed bitch]