How are you doing with five a day?

In the past couple months I have a made a major effort to get more fruit and vegetables in my diet. I have a lot more luck getting the fruit in than the vegetables. I am not crazy about that many veggies that are easy to make, and although a baked potato counts, the amount of carbs in them has me using them only as a rare treat. I do like onions and had been having a lot of luck putting them in my main dishes. I'll just have to try to make a bigger effort. I hate how fast the fruit goes bad though. Although the tomatoes I bought last week are still good, which surprises me. Target produce is always better than Walmart produce.

I do try. My weakness is bread. Need to leave it alone. I did manage today to eat a tortilla rather than bread with my meat. I snuck in some cheese too, but I put raw chopped onion and salsa on it too. I ate some dark purple grapes, some strawberries, and some apple juice. the kind without added sugar too!

This is harder than I thought it would be for me. It's the darn grains that trip me up. But I have also found that raw veggies seem to give me indigestion now.

I'm terrible when it comes to Fruits and Veggies, even though I like both I don't eat enough of them. I only have maybe a banana or apple at work and then some kinda vegetable with dinner. That's actually an improvement since I never even use to do that. The same with water, The only water I used to drink was the water I made coffee with but then about a year ago I really started to drink water through out the day but once I'm off on my weekend....no water till Monday

I did learn that we need to have our daily intake of veggies and fruits, that it is necessary but often times..we kinda ignore it. But luckily at home my dad is fond of vegetables so we do eat veggies..last night he made some dish out of ampalaya, squash..so we were able to eat veggies as for fruits, i am not into it..but i am trying to incorporate that.

I try to eat very healthy. I am blessed that I live next door to a wonderful organics food supermarket which sells the best brands, produce, meat, fish etc. etc. etc. I am also fortunate that I can afford to buy the food because some of the products are pricey. I am aware of the importance of fruit and vegetables in my diet. I always include some every day. I do not count my servings. But I get my fruit and vegetables in different ways. For instance, I drink a lot of fresh fruit juice. I love good preserves like strawberry preserves. I buy fresh veggies from the salad bar several times a week and use them to make spaghetti sauce or out in rice. I try to buy and eat veggies from all the groups. I have more than one salad a week and I put salad fixings in sandwiches. This morning I had egg beater and added mushrooms, green onion and red pepper to it. This evening I am having rice and sweet corn among other things. I have had a couple of glasses of apple juice thus far. I have had a couple of teaspoons of strawberry preserves. I will later have a piece of blueberry pie. I used tomato ketchup and hot pepper sauce on my egg beater omelette. I also had hash browns with it (organic hash browns) and soy sausage. I may do a salad later. Eat healthy. Be healthy. It's more fun that way.

I like spinach with my eggs, too. I pay more attention than most people I know at balancing my food intake. Almost every day I do also supplement with a super food shake, which contains lots of green leafy things and much more, and which I also distribute in order to get back some commissions on what I and my referrals spend. It is sort of expensive, but what is one's health worth, and probably I get it back on savings as I don't ever need to pay for medical stuff. I like the taste of fruit better than veggies, of course, but I eat the veggies anyway, and there are many tasty veggies, particularly when prepared in an appetizing manner.

I am hoping to increase my intake of food period, now that school is over. I rarely had time to cook, let alone eat properly..I did make a couple smoothies though, filled with spinach, banana, and other fruits and veggies, so that helped a lot..

Morning GG, Unfortunately, I do not get enough fruits in my diet. I just don't like them that much but do eat a banana here and there. I think I eat them more in the summertime when I have more of a craving for something cool like strawberries, blueberries, peaches, ets. I tried to eat cantalope last night and only had a little bit. Just have no taste for it. Now when it comes to veggies, I do much better. I love vegetables and also have put spinach in my eggs too, yummy. I eat a lot of veggies with my dinner, plus I almost eat a huge salad everyday...and I mean huge, haha. I put in chi chi beans, tomatoes, mixed lettuce, avacados, onions, celery, and sometimes cheese. I drink the V8 Low sodium and get quite a bit of nutrients from that too. You sound like you're doing great with what you're eating. Good for you!

Not so good at the moment. It's been a hectic week and we've been broke so I didn't go all out on fruits and veggies this week. Yesterday all I ate all day was a onion and mushroom calzone and a couple cookies! Today will hopefully be better.

I do not keep an account of what I eat but normally my food has vegetables and fruits besides meat, fish and other goodies.

Fruits is a bit expensive for an everyday consumption so I tried to at least eat veggies everyday, not five times a day, but with every meals (normally twice a day). I really wish I could eat ore fruits...

I used to cook mixed vegetable but does it count as a single meal??? I don't think I get five fruits and vegetables daily. Usually just two or three meals of vegetables and fruits. I used to cook foods which mixed with different ingredients but I admit that I don't get it enough~ What to do? The ingredients are limited and same goes to the budget~(^^)

I understand doing with five a day to mean that we ought to eat five kinds of fruits and vegetables respectively a day.If so, my diet is nowhere near as many as it calls for.I think there is no need for me to do that mechanically.I like fruit and vegetable very much and am not particular about my food.I know well a balanced diet is good for my health.In addition, I like to pick edible wild herbs.A couple of days ago,I went to riverside to pick the alfalfa.

I am pretty good about it. I usually get 2 servings with just dinner alone. I always make sure to get a serving at lunch and one in my afternoon snack. If I can I will squeeze a veggie in to breakfast like some onions, or green peppers. This morning I had a spinach omelet, I also had a half an orange. I have to be careful with the fruits because of the diabetes, but I still eat them, I am just careful about how much I eat at one time and pair them with proteins when needed.

I am lucky if I get any servings of either. Especially this time of the month. Any of either that there is in the house I save for my grandson. My daughter cooks so about the best I get is canned green beans. Maybe some brocolli now and then. No need making an added effort if there is none to be had.

I usually eat many times more than the suggested servings of both fruits and vegetables each day. My husband and I are vegan and eat those two food groups all day long! So no, I don't have to make any effort to eat more of healthy foods since it has been my lifestyle for a decade now. I agree with you that many cultures have an advantage over the U.S. because so many cultures don't have such a reliance on meat, dairy, and grain foods as we do here in America. As for fruits and vegetables I like better than others...my husband and I adore brussel sprouts, broccoli, eggplant, spinach, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, and bananas best. I will not eat grapefruit, as the flavor is torture to eat, in my opinion. Vegetables are some of the most versatile foods...it truly is amazing what all you can do with them and all of the varieties of meals you can make out of just a handful of them. It's not hard at all to get the five servings unless you rely too much on other food groups; on any given day I consume ten to twenty servings of vegetables, but then again, I have a high metabolism and eating is my favorite hobby! I wish you luck when it comes to incorporating new vegetables and such into your diet. If you attempt to make the vegetable dishes that you eat the main entree rather than a side, it begins to get easier and easier to eat healthy. :)

sometimes nothing sometimes lucky to get one fruit every week or two. prices are too high here and stores too far away for gas is too high. so sometimes fasting is good but wanting is another. to stick with the basic and can afford it all would be a rich or good working person..but if one could afford the basic meal good for them. one fruit a day and 2 vegs. I believe would be great if one can do that.

Hi,GardenGerty~ It's 1:20 p.m. now and I just had a chicken stake not long ago. For me,it really depends. Most of the days I eat at a cafeteria. So one dish of meat and one of veggies. Some other times I eat out. And with an American boyfriend who loves beef, we sometimes just cook some stakes for dinner. But there are times we have broccolis,celeries and carrots with ranch dressing. I'm not making an effort to balance my diets. I get whatever I'm in the mood for. Probably it's a bad thing. Maybe I should try to eat more fruit and veggies everyday. And I love broccolis and tomatoes. They are yummy~

Well, vegetables are not weird in my country. I mean to be cooked as soup. It's different kinds of soup as from the US, but it's still delicious to me. :) I eat vegetables almost everyday, and I try to drink some juice too. I don't count how many kinds of vegetables or fruit that I consume daily, I just eat it. Lol. I just try to make a balance for my health as I am a coffee lover. You know coffee also has some bad effects to the body, so I try my best to keep myself healthy. Oh, and also drink much water. :D