Chick chick chick chick chickpea, lay a little egg for me - 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

apple
banana
raisins
peas
corn
kidney beans
banana
raisins
strawberries

9

raisins
apple
grapes
hummus
spinach and rocket
tomatoes
more salad leaves
carrot
pepper
raspberries
orange juice

11 - STICKAAAAH!

Maritime museum? Observatory bit?

the maritime museum has a little cafe section at the edge of a vast mostly empty space
i think we could buy an expensive french pastry each (bloody nice) and then eat our marmite sandwiches under the table, while the children run around madly look at the educational exhibits

salad
tomatoes
rocket humous got to be double points theer
sweet potatoes, actually they were bloody nice, perfectly cooked.

no, I haven't looked at teh fruiterers' rules and regulations, fran. It's more... er... dynamic to pick things up as you go along.

I feel like asking, how come houmous counts but sunflower and pumpkin seeds don't. But I fear I will be referred to section 8.2 rule 97, so I won't ask .

I skim over all mention of meet-up, trix, because it scares me. PLus, if it's London-way I can't make it. I'm too far away.

re dairy free, bunny, no cock-ups today. dd2 had a dairy free lunch at school. She accepted a toffee from a friend, though. I told her she was BAD (no, not really). We had spaghetti and pasta sauce for tea, without any grated cheese .

It's been nearly a week and no real evidence of any improvement in her skin yet. She was getting changed for PE today and a girl (who dd2 doesn't get on with) said 'ohh, smallpointy, that looks sore, is it very sore?'

pointy i think skin things do take a while to work through sometimes. am hopeful for you

hummus is made of chickpeas btw
so ner

MIL troubles here
poor dp

I know it is made of chickpeas - lol. But (and this is where I am lacking planty intelligence) do chickpeas come under the fruit and veg category?

yes

if you want to know what counts and what doesn't please feel free to read link in OP
if you prefer to just carry on announcing random food stuffs that is also ok
but you won't get so many stickers and i may be tetchy at you

meanwhile

titles

we are not having one about seasons in the sun as we have done that at least twice

pointy give us a title

Have we had anything like:
I am one in ten, a vegetable on a list?
I can't remember.

Red red grapes?

Kingston sprout?

If it apples again I'm leafing

Fine, just bugger off when I'm on a roll of sheer genius

TooT - I luff them all Darlink!

Esp if it apples again I'm leafing - genius.

Wombling, I love you

Actually, did we have I am one in ten, cucumber on a list?

Pointy, I do hope there is some improvement soon. If DF doesn't help, what would be the next step?

Sorry for MIL troubles.

I like 'If it apples again I'm leafing' but if it is a song title, I don't get it.

aforementioned seven + banana (2), strawberries, ratatouille (2)

TWELVE. Ha!

If I could turn back thyme ?

Thyme after thyme ?

I had planned to come to the meet up, but my parents have offered to take us on holiday this year, but they don't know where or when yet (don't ask) so I can't really commit to anything at the moment. Which is a bit of a bummer really.

toot i am LOLing at your devotion to UB40
the apples one is very good actually, shall we have that? (it's a UB40 song bunny)

lemur as it is a picnic you can just say you'd like to come and then see how things go, can't you? it's not like we have to book and pay for a restaurant or anything