Okay finally someone spoke up about the lack of ‘green’ in my diet!

Most of you can see that my food journals are not covered with veggies!

Sometimes I get focused on the protein and the meal spacing that I forget about the veggies.  I am not perfect, please keep that between us!

Sometimes I eat vegetables and I don’t put them on the journal because they seem non-important, most of them have such a low caloric value and they don’t have many carbs and no protein so I guess I just toss them aside as non-significant.

You know what else, vegetables make you feel very full before you even get to the big calories with the good protein in it and some people use vegetables just for that reason to feel full without many calories.  Well as you know it is very hard to reach that number at the end of the day so I need all the calories I can get and I am only trying to get to 2100 (I should be eating more like 2,600)

BUT fruits and vegetables are so important when trying to achieve optimal health and sometimes I get so tied up in the ‘numbers’ at the end of the day I don’t eat enough of the really healthy stuff.

So my good friend, fellow boot camper and my Acupuncurist, Jennifer Everett sent me an email with concern for my lack of fruits and vegetables.

Sometimes all I need is gentle reminder but maybe in this case I could persuade Jen to write up a short post that I can share with all of you about the benefits of fruits and vegetables.  Maybe something other than  they have good fiber because I get that and I know an apple a day keeps the doctor away.  But why?

Don’t get me wrong I actually like vegetables.  Sometimes I get on a salad bender that will last a few months (I got off of one shortly before I started journaling) I am still not wanting to see another salad for a long while.

Anyhow, I am asking, Jen or anyone that has some expertise in this area – please post your comments below on the real benefits to veggies so I can get motivated and eat them

Here is my colorless journal.  But soon I will be going green!

	9/24/2008
		Goal	2100	70	210	158	25
	Time	Food/Beverage Description	Calories	Fat	Carbs	Protein	Fiber
Meal
#1	7:00	Isagenix	231	6	28	23	7
	9:00	Fit Body Bar	242	7	38	10	4
Snack
#1
	11:00	4 oz. Pepper Crusted Beef	183	6.1	0	28.4	0
Meal		Organic Mozz. Stick	80	6	0	7	0
#2		Asian Pear	51	0	13	0	4.4
	1:30	Mojo Bar	180	8	21	9	2
Snack
#2
	3:30	Mix 1 Protein Drink	200	2.5	29	15	3
Meal
#3	5:00	Greek Yogurt 4 oz, with 1 tsp olive oil	70	9	4.5	12	0
	7:15	Chocolate Milk (Post Workout)	170	3	27	8	0
	8:00	3 oz ham	139	7.3	3.3	14.1	1
Snack		1 slice cheese	113	9.3	0	7	0
#3		2 slices organic whole wheat bread   & some cucumbers	220	2	42	8	3
		Greek Yogurt 4 oz, with 1 tsp olive oil	70	9	4.5	12	0
h2o		Daily Totals	1949	75.2	210.3	153.5	24.4

Hey, just like the preplanning on the chicken breasts at the beginning of the week, bagging up those veggies really helps to get them all in. I spent 1 hour yesterday doing the veggie prep on Sunday! Don't forget to enjoy the fall harvest of squashes, and if you haven't tried mashed cauliflower (precision Nutrition) you are missing out! ;)