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[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

TooT, I have the same heer!
Thgough the squash you gave me seems ot be groweing now so I will be bale to tellt he differenec. MIL was v impressed with it

We are off to Suffolk on hols in couple of weeks.

Are you getting excited about seeing your friend LR? Hopefully the sun will shine for you here

Oh yes, can't wait. She was v impressed with yur list of things to do!
And we'll get ot see her baby....she is 6 months now.

Fingers crossed for sun.

Apples.

and I have a nice looking mango....

Hey all.

I haven't got pumpkins and the apples all fell off my tree

peach
apple
cucumber
tomato
lettuce

i am turning my back very pointedly on the pumpkins

my dad has just given me many plants from the compost heap out the back of his work so i am off to plant them. also to store my onions in tights.

if i put them in a purple pair, i won't get purple onions, will i?

lol at purple onions

well, all I can say is, I went on holiday and left my pumpkins to it, and when I came back...babies

I also appear to ahve grow a 16 inch marrow

which was a teeny tiny courgette before I went away

Oh I harvested one of those yesterday, FK.
They grow so quickly.

It was dd2's party today. We had it in a soft play hell. It wasn't too bad. Though the food was minging.
And 4 children didn't turn up, grrr.

Coleslaw
nectarine
tomato
apple and blackberry crumble.

Not many people seem to have turned up for Bootcamp

Just as well really as I've only had 6 portions.

Did go for a brisk walk run though

(I bet if I said lets all jump in the pit and eat mars bars you'd be here like a shot)

banana
blueberries
cucumber
beans
apples
chick peas
onions

What does your courgette chutney taste like LR? I am not convinced with courgettes as they're all a bit nothingy, however I adore cucumber. Go figure

Hello.

Have eaten not well today. And have got very fed up with DS espeically and DD a bit. And my lack of ability to tidy house. Whimpered all over DH when he got back home.

Maybe I should grow some vegetables one day. What is easy to grow?

courgettes are easy

They taste a bit not that much though. But it would be nice to see them appearing (actually, do courgettes grow under the soil? at lack of knowledge).

No, they grow above ground. Are they gourds? I think they are. They have beautiful big yellow flowers.

Cook them with lots of garlic.

Funnily enough Valentine was cooking courgettes (and their flowers) on his programme last night. I have a serious crush on Valentine. He's not really good looking or owt, but he's got something about him.

Valentine's battered courgettes looked very nice indeed. I rather liked the tomato lady too, I'd love to be a mad old bat with a greenhouse full of tomatoes I'm with you Lemur, there's something about him that makes me swoon a bit. DH finds him intensely annoying and goes off to Do Something Less Boring Instead when he's on the telly.

I completely missed the fact that we were bootcamping . Yesterday I did a lot of walking and ate some nectarines. [glow] I was a bit silly on Sunday and washed floors and did weeding and stuff, so my back is a bit buggered atm.

morning

Courgette flowers are divine when fried. And I had them stuffed with panneer once, swoon.

Courgette chutney is nice. It has lots of garlic and chiili in.
There is a brilliant website called allotment.org that has reciped for all veg on it.

Morning all

Courgette flowers look like too much faff - but then my three courgette plants only seem to produce one flower every couple of days

sorry not been on here for ages but am trying to be good and do family stuff and be tidier.....

I am bootcamping myself as my stomach has started to blob over the top of my trousers in a distressing doughy manner. Anyone know if sit ups actually work at all for toning?

ooh I have baby pumpkins too [bounce bounce] and no interfering from me

Another Valentine fan He's got that slightly posh, slightly naughty thing about him, I think that's what I like

I bet the courgette chutney on a cheese scone is DIVINE.

Sit ups do work on toning, but the muscle is below the fat, so you have to get rid of the fat for the six pack to show. Or something like that.

salutations

dammit i need to bootcamp. but again it is pouring

perhaps i need to look and see if dh has any dusty keep fit dvds...seriously i think i will. i am going a bit mad not being able to stride several times round town per day...

peach
raspberries

but my fruit bowl is full full full with stuff no-one likes ecept me mwah ha ha ha.

plus my dad gave me marrow and bean chutney and my grandad gave me...drum roll..more courgettes!!! but they are a different type and i lurve courgettes anyway

My sister made some gooseberry chutney and it was divine.

I am considering making some marrow

We also had one in our veg box although it wasn;t quite as big as mine ...two marrows in one week is too much do do anything else with, I think?

Bootcamp schmootcamp here.

banana
blueberries
sweetcorn
cucumber
apple
tomatoes
peppers

Baby Lemur and I went for a lovely walk today and just managed to dodge the showers. So I've got the 10 for exercise but am woefully lacking on the f&v front.