MORE VEGGIES, PLEASE!

So, I lost 2.8 pounds this week! This is actually a bit of a miracle because I’ve been a cheaty little monkey in the diet department — at least toward the end of the week, when I got this BRUTAL COLD and was too lazy to tell my inner diet devil to SHUDDUUUUP!

This week, I’m going hard core, though. My plan, based on Lori’s sage advice, is to CLEAN OUT THE FRIDGE and MAKE ROOM FOR THE VEGGIES!

My problem with veggies is that I CAN’T BE BOTHERED. With two kids under 3, there’s no freaking time to chop chop chop. AND, I’m CRAZY — it takes me forever to wash a fruit. LORD HELP US ALL when I buy berries; I’m standing over the sink rinsing and soaking and re-rinsing those berries…. It’s ridiculous. And, it’s ridiculously time-consuming and exhausting.

SO, Lori gave me the best advice:

1) Buy as much as you can PRE-CHOPPED and PRE-WASHED. Pre-chopped green beans, pre-chopped carrots, etc., etc.. It may cost a WEE bit extra, but it’s worth it. “But,” I asked her, “Is that healthy? They’re sitting in the plastic bag, likely not organic, etc., etc.?” “It’s much better for you than not eating them at all, Haley,” she replied…. Point taken!

2) Chop chop chop all your vegetables asap after buying them so that you can just GRAB them out of the fridge. Lori says she does this on Sundays…. I think that’s a good habit to get in to. I’m there….

So, tomorrow we start. Clean fridge. Clean eating. Loading up on the veggies….

Now, to get some sleep so I can be strong and get FIT and HEALTHY!

What are YOUR secrets to getting your veggies in? Please share!

Junction Mama June 13th, 2008 at 8:50 am

a) I get a lot of fruit in my morning smoothie, usually apple, banana, blueberries or strawberries or both, sometimes avocado or pear

b) To get my veggies, I eat a huge salad (mixed greens with chopped up (lol) peppers/cucumber/green onion/tomato/whatever’s in the fridge) before every meal, that way I don’t have to think about it, plus it fills me up and Idon’t eat as much of the other stuff

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Heather June 13th, 2008 at 10:30 am

Stir fry. Then all the bad stuff that wasn’t washed properly is killed in the cooking process ?

Salad. Then it’s a meal instead of a snack.

I always eat a fruit at lunch.

LAVENDULA June 13th, 2008 at 12:04 pm

i go through periods where ALL i eat is healthy and lots of fruit and vegetables.and then times like now where too lazy to wash and chop it all…

Teena in Toronto June 15th, 2008 at 3:10 pm

I’m not into veggies at all. That’s part of my problem :(

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A Cheaty Little Father’s Day June 16th, 2008 at 12:49 am

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LG June 16th, 2008 at 7:57 am

I’m really enjoying this column. It’s interesting to hear your dialogue with Lori, and I liked finding out about the protein bar breakdown because I buy bars sometimes.

Love your other branches too!

Sarah June 16th, 2008 at 9:16 am

mid snack is cottage cheese with blueberries or strawberries. Lunch is chicken w/ salad (with red pepper/cuc/carrots etc) or brocoli w/ protien and dinner I always have 3 veggies .. usually brocoli/asparagus and salad..with chicken/fish.

Multi-Tasking Mommy June 16th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

I definitely find that when I chop up my veggies (like carrots, peppers, cukes, etc.) and put them in a container in the fridge, they get eaten up much faster than they do if I leave them whole. We are even likely to snack on them in between meals this way!

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