Eat more fruits and vegetables

Ohh! I was doing so well and somehow got off track. Gonna get back on it soon-I promise. There are some grapes in my fridge, I’m going to get them out right now!

It’s been a while since I wrote in and a lot has happened. Some how breaking up with my boyfriend has helped my eating habits-not a surprise since he was a habitual “go out to eater”...now I am cooking more which means actually going to the grocery store on a regular basis and being around better-self made-choices for food. I cleaned out my fridge (lower level) yesterday and organized my fruits and veggies in a very visible manner so that my choices are clear, there’s not much else in the fridge anyway. I’ve also really lowered my purchase of meat products-just some ground turkey and some turkey deli cuts this week. I’m still struggling with eating more vegetables, I think it’s because they are not as “ready to eat” as fruits but, EXCELLENT progress on the fruit front. I’m now eating fruits and some nuts or other small nutritious things for breakfeast/lunch. Traveling less (my job had entailed me to be quite a road warrior these past two months) has also made it easier for me to keep fruits and veggies around during the day.

Well that’s all for now, if anyone has any suggestions on how to better incorporate veggies, especially things that don’t have to be cooked let me know. Good luck team “Eat more fruits and vegetables” :)

Breakfeast- woke up much too late to eat BF, not good.
Lunch-Eating cucumbers with lime juice and chili powder (reminds me of my childhood-mom had the right idea), an orange and plain tostadas.
Dinner-Yet to think of what I’m going to eat for dinner, maybe this is part of the problem because when I get home I eat what’s around and ready-which is almost never fruits or vegetables…hmm…

WOW I made it on the team, good thing I just went to the grocery store at the beginning of the week and bought a load of fruits-I just can’t get the vegetables part together…bad news though I just ate some hot cheetos instead of eating an orange-damn! Bad choices-but I’m going to make up for it!!!!!

This is going excellently! I am definitely eating more fruits-which is great because they are taking the place of unhealthy snacks and I feel like my metabolism is working faster, which is also great because it gets me to eat smaller meals more often through out the day instead of one huge meal at the end. I’ve also started having breakfeast-simple things like an apple, a bannana, an orange because in order to get as many as I need through out the day I’ve got to do this so again, I’m getting a steady string of energy through out the day. I feel great!

So, I’ve been getting sick a lot and gaining weight and hmm eating out way too much- I think I need more fruits and vegetables so I’m taking the 5 a day challenege! http://www.5aday.com/html/consumers/track.php

I’m very exited, today’s immediate goal is to read up on what I need to do, I’ve been trying to eat more fruits already and I know that the vegetable part is going to be my real challenege…