anyone else trying to up their veg? just ordered 10 a day the easy way

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I was flicking through book people catalogue and have just seen James wong has released a new book called 10 a day the easy way; I loved his last book and have been meaning to tackle my shocking 1 a day veg habbit so ordered it straight away to arrive this evening on amazon prime for 6.99. So excited

Been meaning to start a thread like this for a while as I can't decide what diet to do and keep chopping and changing but the main thing is that I know I need to eat more veg and no matter what the diet when my veg is up I am usually loosing weight. I have been on a couple of these threads and to be honest they don't tend to last BUT it does usually focus my mind on eating more veg at least for a while. Is anyone else on a diet but trying to eat more veg at the same time? I would like to lose a good 40 lbs and might have a stint at BSD while doing this but please don't be put off - any or no diet is welcome!

I've been trying to up my veg intake for the last few months and it's been going pretty well. I aim to have at least half of my plate made up of veg for lunch and dinner. So for instance where previously I might have put a bit of veg into Bolognese then had it with spaghetti and cheese, now I'll put lots more in the sauce (usually onions, celery, peppers, courgette, carrot, leek) and fill half my plate with the sauce and spaghetti. Then I have a couple of types of boiled or roasted veg on the other half. Once you get used to planning meals like that it becomes automatic. I don't have the James Wong book, I'll give it a look next time I'm in a bookshop. My current favourite is Hugh Fearnley Whittingstall 'Much More Veg' - everything I've made from there has been delicious.

Hi Blue thanks I will look into that HFW book. I definitely need to shift my focus.

I was done 1lb this morning but today hasn't been perfect so I doubt I will have lost again tomorrow. I didn't get organised this morning and have breakfast and nearly bought a sandwich from greggs on my way to work but luckily I went for a fruit salad at the last minute - I didn't think I like kiwi which was in it but actually was really nice!

Had quite a high cal day in the end today but have worked out and tweaked a plan on mfp tomorrow which should be about 1500 cals.

My dinner was huge with 5/6 portions of veg -shallots, kale, asparagus, peas, mushrooms and sweet potato fries. I thought it would be really expensive but have done some rough adding up and in terms of veg approx. £2 per person, about an additional 75p each for the protein (eggs/veggie sausages) so actually not that bad.

I have not had a very healthy day. Breakfast was ok-ish - porridge with tinned peaches, half a bagel with peanut butter and sliced banana - probably 1 portion in total. Salad with tuna for lunch then grapes and blueberries - 3-4 portions. But then instead of eating the carrot and celery sticks with pea dip I had packed for an afternoon snack I ate a Lindt bunny. Dinner was Dominos (DH's choice for his birthday). I had a veggie pizza so probably 1 more portion but soooooo much fat!

Blue my day was almost snap good breakfast (greek yog with some flaxseeds, banana, figs, strawberries) but too busy for lunch so some choc and crisps crept in. We ordered small Pizza hut pizzas for the kids to have with a side of veg and dd gave me 2 pieces of hers! I think I have had about 6 portions of f&v in total (at a push) as managed to have some shallots, peas and avocado and veggie sausages with the pizza.

PS happy birthday to your DH!

Well I’ve been managing 6-8 portions, before I was about 5 a day.

I’ve also upped the kids veg and they haven’t moaned at all! I’ve haven’t used the book yet, just been more generous with veg when I’m plating up.

I’m snacking on cut up veg and cubes of cheese when cooking tea, rather than crackers just to squeeze in an extra couple of portions.

Well done plum. I have bee surprised that when I leave more chopped veg for my children on the table it will often gradually disappear. Cooked veg more of an issue though.

I haven't been super on it but think I have been making better choices - yesterday dp and I decided to get a meal deal and we went for mushroom stroganoff, greens and a fruit crumble which was prob the most veg filled option.