Brekky: blended salad & 2 Tbsp sunflower seeds (I eat the seeds after my workout, and the blended salad when I get home)
Lunch: last of the kale-fennel soup on steamed veggies (broccoli and cauliflower) and baby bok choy. raw carrots for dessert.
Dinner: spinach & apple & veggie salad with edamame. raw carrots & celery.
This turned out to be 2 lbs or raw veggies (!), and about 1/2 lb of cooked; 4 servings of fruit, probably 1 cup of beans, and 1.5 oz of seeds. That's twice as many raw veggies and half as many cooked as recommended. So I guess it is pretty easy to eat the recommended amount of veggies. I woke up hungry today. I wonder if the raw veggies don't digest as well as cooked so less calories are used. So if you want to lose weight, eat more raw veggies. I don't need to lose weight but I really like chewing on the raw veggies.
Today I had the usual brekky (sunflower seeds & blended salad); lunch was raw veggies and black bean hummus. Visitor Kenny confirmed that this is his favorite meal. Dinner was a yummy salad with grapefruit and leftover raw veggies from lunch. And I am a little hungry again at bedtime. So I probably need more cooked veggies. But I didn't have much time today to cook. Tomorrow will be hectic too, but I'll try to cook up my kale.
5 comments:
How much did the bag of salad greens cost, for your blended salad?
I buy organic baby greens in a plastic tub at Wal-Mart. They are $4.98, for a 10oz container. I can only get down about half the container in two green drinks a day. How do you get 15oz in a drink? Also, drinking $4.98 everyday is not in the budget. Any suggestions?
I am curious too, Dr. Fuhrman doesn't mention a distinction between the size of the person, versus amounts of veggies in weight.
I am 5'3 1/2 feet tall. I weight
@110, give or take 2 pounds. I don't worry about the weight either. I just want to be the healthiest possible. I am 48 years old.
I would love to hear your thoughts!
Hi Naina,
I see that my blended salad post can be misconstrued! I typed "1 5 oz bag" meaning "one 5 oz bag" but I can see where it looks like "15 oz bag" instead! sorry about that! I corrected the post to make it more clear. It's just a single 5 oz bag of greens. That's enough for me! so then your greens would cost more like $2.50 a day. Is that in the budget? A lot of people spend more than that at coffee shops. :)
I think the size of a person matters a lot! I think we older light-weight women don't need a lot of calories or volume. I find even though I exercise a lot, I really don't need more than 1.5 to 2 oz of nuts and seeds a day. And I think 1/2-1 cup beans a day is plenty for me. It's taken me a while to figure this out.
Let me know if you have anymore questions. I think I've seen you post on the Fuhrman forums. I haven't had much time to post this week but I think I recall seeing you and going, hey, she's almost the same age as me. I turn 50 in about 6 weeks. This is definitely a time in your life when what you eat makes a big difference on your health!
Thanks! :) That sounds like a plan! Glad you clarified that for me. I would have probably tried to force down more greens. He..hee!
I do eat a handful of walnuts most days. I also eat avocado often, it does have a good bit of fat too. I love them, and they keep my hunger from bugging me to soon.
I'm good to eat my fruit too. I don't have a scale, but your post makes me feel more confident. I always worried I wasn't eating enough.
Oh, I too love munching on carrots!
I am not currently a member of Dr. Furhman's site. I hope to be in the future. I have only been eating this way for about 5-6 weeks. I found "Eat to Live" thankfully, and went for it with both feet!
You might have noticed me on Jana's blog. That is where I found your site. :)
Thanks for your blog!
Hi Naina,
Sounds like you are doing really well! Congratulations! I just checked out your blog. Do I understand correctly that you have lupus? Dr. F. has helped a lot of people with this condition. I'm glad you found this program.
Barbara,
Well, yes I have been labled with Lupus. I truly haven't come to terms with that diagnosis. However, it is in my medical records. Honestly, auto-immune problems are rampant in my family.
I too am very excited about this way of eating/life! :)
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