tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-292468952011-04-21T15:12:18.441-07:00After seeing that 17 is the recommended portions of fruit and vegetables a day in Japan, I've decided to give it a go in eating that much every day for the next 6 months. Come along for a fantastic ride.Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.comBlogger351100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1153380808739235092006-07-20T00:33:00.000-07:002006-07-20T00:40:50.546-07:00I've been eversobusy. So busy I'm knackered and don't want to go on today. We're off on holiday so there will be a hiatus for about a week or 10 days. I will be keeping a food diary, as I think it will be interesting to see how I'll be while in France. But I'll have to input everything when I get home -- M might not find it too interesting that I'm spending all my time documenting my food and none looking at the Alps. <br /><br />But someone's watching my dogs and my house is dirty and messy, a hard combo to tackle effectively. Some bits will stay dirty, some bits messy. It's about finding the balance that doesn't make you look like a madwoman -- What, another pile of papers? Ugh, look at that hair in the corner... and that corner! So I've been bustin' my butt to clean. I barely ate so I had to make a good dinner to make up for it.<br /><br />Brekkie<br /><ul>Melon - 3 portions</ul>Lunch<br /><ul>Microwave pizza<br />Apple-elderflower juice - 1 portion</ul>Snack<br /><ul>Hummus and watercress sandwich - 2 portions</ul><br />Dinner<ul>Prawn stir-fry (courgettes, beansprouts, peppers, broccoli)- 5 portions<br />Apple-rhubarb crumble with vanilla ice cream - 1 portion</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115338080873923509?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1153227079899344272006-07-18T05:43:00.000-07:002006-07-18T05:51:45.536-07:00All those peas from the 16th came back to haunt me. The loo in Tesco didn't flush properly and waving at me where about six little peas, looking as if they had just come out of the pod (well, they had... the first pod, I mean). <br /><br />"Chew your food!" they said, cheerily.<br /><br />But that's today, the 18th. As for the 17th, nothing remarkable. I didn't have much fruit or veg in the house as we're going on holiday shortly and I couldn't be bothered to purchase anything (which I did today, the 18th, anyway). So that accounts for the Doritos and orange snack combo: stopped at a corner shop.<br /><br /><i>Brekkie</i><br /><ul>2 grapes</ul><i>Lunch</i><br /><ul>remnants of a dinner long ago: pasta, peas, bacon with some parmesan, adding some sausage.<br />2 peas portions</ul>A bag of "fun size" Doritos<br />1 orange<br /><br /><i>Dinner</i><br /><ul>1 small microwave pizza<br />3 broccoli</ul>Snack: peanut butter and jam sandwich - 2 portions<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115322707989934427?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1153120876616954982006-07-17T00:12:00.001-07:002006-07-17T00:21:24.936-07:00After realising my intake was going to be pathetically low, I did what any self-respecting 17-a-dayer (which I seem to believe is only me) would do: I pea'd up. Yup, had an enormous bowl of garden peas with three-fourths a pork and Edinburgh ale sausage from Crombie's. Delish.<br /><br /><ul><i>Brekkie</i><ul>2 mango<br />6 panckes with fakey American maple syrup (of the Aunt Jemima's variety)</ul><i>Lunch</i><ul>Three-fourths of a mozarella, roasted veg and pesto sandwich, twice (first one was from a kiosk; the second from the cafe that made it, this time on a croissant and how can anyone resist the buttery-goodness of a croissant?) -- 1 portion of roasted veg<br />A honkin' huge brownie</ul>PB and J sandwich -- 2 portions<br />1 apple juice<br /><br /><i>Dinner</i><ul>7 peas<br />1 sausage</ul></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115312087661695498?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1153004351243490792006-07-15T15:49:00.000-07:002006-07-15T16:00:44.470-07:00Because the 14th was rather boring, I do not write of it. It does not exist. I am that omniscient. <br /><br />As for today, did what I do on the weekend, abstain, so why go on about it. I think I'm supposed to be giving a breakdown of my meals, I shall do it that way.<br /><br /><ul><i>Brekkie</i><ul><li>½ chocolate chip cookie<br /><li>A "big" egg and bacon roll<br /><li>Some melon, but not enough to constitute a portion</li></ul>¾ a glazed lemon and passionfruit tart<br />¾ apple and blueberry cake</ul>I think, combined with the melon, that should all count as one portion!<br /><ul>A late dim sum <i>lunch</i>, including<ul><li>Char siu buns<br /><li>A few dumplings<br /><li>Some curried baby octopus<br /><li>Sticky rice with pork and stinky, salty fish<br /><li>2 portions of bok choi (pak choi in this country)</li></ul>Other ½ of chocolate chip cookie<br />3 grapes<br />1 apple juice</ul>Which I will go to drink right now...<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115300435124349079?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1152826848975559952006-07-13T14:35:00.000-07:002006-07-13T14:40:48.983-07:00Zoiks! 18 portions. Sadly, this is only my second day ever achieving my goal, again getting there with an excessive amount of peas. 6 portions comes to a little more than a cup of peas, and really, that's nothing to eat. Doesn't take much to chew and quite easy going down. I'm a baby, I am.<br /><br /><ul>1 apple juice<br />1 banana<br />2 satsuma<br />3 dried blueberry<br />1 hummus<br />2 tomato soup<br />6 peas<br />2 aubergine parmesean wrap</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115282684897555995?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1152782398756188762006-07-13T02:08:00.000-07:002006-07-13T02:19:58.766-07:00I've been thinking of keeping a fart diary (as mentioned in <a href="http://17aday.blogspot.com/2006/06/27606-portions-14.html">another entry</a>), but haven't gotten around to it just yet. Yesterday would have been impossible to keep an accurate record as I was trumping left and right. I don't think that the fish and chips I had yesterday was sitting well with me. But I would have it again, those lovely, lovely fish and chips.<br /><br />I ran out of the house yesterday as I had an appointment in the City Centre. I had eaten nothing and Greggs was nearby. Hmmm... yum-yums. I think I did well to have only one. But then that didn't explain the egg, bacon and cheese sandwich from Burger King (that cheese was rank, some Monterray Jack-ish processed crap; just stick the regular processed "American" cheese crap on it, thank you -- and since when was brown sauce put on it) and the tall white chocolate mocha decaf with soya, no cream. Apparently, 344 calories with skimmed milk!<br /><br /><ul>1 orange juice<br />1 banana<br />1 satsuma<br />3 dried blueberry<br />1 grape jam; 1 peanut butter (PB and J, again)<br />3 cauliflower<br />2 aubergine parmesean wraps (aubergine and tomatoes in roasted peppers)</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115278239875618876?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1152655901297323692006-07-11T15:01:00.000-07:002006-07-11T15:11:51.853-07:00A lot of good this whole exercise is doing me. Am I healthier? Well... at least I'm only eating 2 Tesco's Finest Triple Chocolate Chunk cookies a day. Am I fitter? Well, how can anyone improve on how good <i>this</i> is? <br /><br />I went to the gym today. 30 minutes of the cross-trainer on the cross-country course. Then weight lifting and some ab work. Do know that I used to lift weights regularly, but now I sadly lift much, much less than before. My back is very weak and I am unable to prop my body up on right arm and elbow. I'm a mess! So what did I do upon realising this? Had some fish and chips. In my defence, I had it with garden peas and didn't eat all the fish or chips.<br /><br />Oh hell, who am I fooling? Where are the cookies!?<br /><br /><ul>1 orange juice (nearly finished, then <i>no mas</i> for me)<br />2 melon<br />1 satsuma<br />1 banana<br />2 veggie casserole (peas, chickpeas, tomatoes, spring onions)<br />1 peanut butter; 1 grape jam -- PB and J, crusts kept on<br />6 peas</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115265590129732369?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1152568206448716402006-07-10T14:45:00.000-07:002006-07-10T14:50:06.450-07:00My personal Catch-22: not doing much, especially not working, makes me less hungry; I'm less hungry because I'm not working. Maybe not a Catch-22, but definitely interesting. I had two oatcakes with Wenslydale with cranberries at 2 pm for lunch -- though I did have a smoked duck sandwich with organic mayo and organic spinach for brekkie, how odd -- cos I wasn't hungry. Completely unhungry (Kobe Bryant asks: Is that a word?) until I take the dogs a walk at 7.30. I'm disappointed about my totals in the last two days -- really I'm trying! <br /><br /><ul>1 orange juice (an old UHT carton M purchased a while ago -- I definitely didn't purchase it)<br />2 melon<br />1 banana<br />1 satsuma<br />1 spinach<br />3 broccoli, raw</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115256820644871640?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1152488879559695332006-07-09T16:44:00.000-07:002006-07-10T14:45:06.736-07:00Doing well today, now that M is back home. Shunned a full Scottish -- I am back! Well, slowly and surely.<br /><br /><ul>2 melon<br />1 spinach<br />2 mango<br />1 aubergine parmesean<br />1 pineapple juice<br />1 salad (cucumber, tomatoes, olives)<br />1 banana</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115248887955969533?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1152380144844557952006-07-08T10:28:00.000-07:002006-07-08T10:35:44.853-07:00Well, the last few days have been really hard to keep track of. I could have been eating some fruit and veg, but I'm not too sure. I ate very little. There are a couple of reasons for that: 1) school's out and I'm at home. I do very little, and as a result, I need to eat little. I know that sounds crazy (I probably mentioned previously, and how crazy I thought it sounded) but it's true. 2) My M has been away. I know M doesn't believe this, but I don't feel like making an effort when he's not around. I can get by on sad little ready meals and frozen pizzas. He's the one that encourages me to eat better, to eat more healthily and to cook proper food. Even though he's not doing this mad challenge, he's the reason I'm sticking with it, when I do it. So when he was away, I had very little compulsion to cook anything good for myself. Thankfully, he returned yesterday from a mountain biking trip with his father, looking fitter than ever and wanting something proper to eat. I was more than happy to oblige.<br /><ul><i>7/7/06 potions:</i><br />1 orange juice<br />2 bananas<br />3 strawberry<br />1 satsuma<br />3 veggie cassarole (chickpeas, garden peas, tomatoes, spring onions)</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115238014484455795?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1152054945970526352006-07-04T16:11:00.000-07:002006-07-04T16:15:45.976-07:00Met another person today. "Ah, you're 17-a-day." Indeed I am. Well, I'm supposed to be. Haven't been blogging for a week, though been earnestly trying to get the 17. Things have been hectic -- too hectic to blog. But it's settled down now that I'm on holiday. The plentiful summer fruits have been a boon to my portions.<br /><ul>1 apple juice<br />2 Galia melon (so sad that you don't have these in the States; better than a honeydew)<br />1 banana<br />1 dried blueberry<br />3 broccoli<br />2 mixed melon in vanilla-lime syrup (Galia and cantaloupe)<br />2 roasted cauliflower (Emeril's recipe)<br />1 watermelon<br />1 strawberry</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115205494597052635?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1151449473142194612006-06-27T15:50:00.000-07:002006-06-27T16:04:33.156-07:00<I>Correction on yesterday's portion numbers: it was actually 15, as I failed to mention the two portions of strawberries eaten for my first pudding. (Green and Black's Vanilla Caramel Hazelnut was the second)</i><br /><br />Today was fine, neither here nor there. Did a big shop today -- why do I want to shop for millions of things when I'm already laden down (with laptop and extra bag)? To celebrate our last week at work, we're having a potluck, though I don't know what you call it in this country. I'm going to make some aubergine parmesan in wraps. I did that once before, when I had extra grilled aubergine. First spread tomato sauce on the tortilla, then layer aubergine, cheeses (mozzarella and Parmesan) and some basil. Wrap. Grill in a frying pan to get some colour and crispiness and to melt the cheese a bit. Hope it works out again. But if it's good enough for me...<br /><br /><ul>3 melon<br />1 banana<br />1 satsuma<br />1 pear<br />2 tomato soup<br />2 strawberries<br />1 apple juice<br />3 mixed, from dinner's pasta with spinach, red onion, herbs and feta dish</ul><br />Great website to pass on -- <a href="http://www.heptune.com/farts.html">Facts on Farts</a>. Since taking on this challenge, I've been trumping like a trooper, though my life has certainly not been flatulence-free even before, as I am wedded to a vegetarian. The page consists of people asking questions, some being curious, like <i>How much gas does a normal person pass per day?</i>, others hilarious, such as <i>Why are stinky farts generally warmer and quieter than regular farts?</i>, to the downright ridiculous, <i>Is it possible to get stoned after inhaling two or three farts in a row?</i> Official answer: Don't Think So. Truly amazing.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115144947314219461?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1151358353257559712006-06-26T14:30:00.000-07:002006-06-26T14:45:53.266-07:00Yesterday was shit. Pure shite.<br /><br />Once, when I visited my mother- and father-in-law, all my mother-in-law ate for dinner was a small bowl of bland soup. She explained that she hadn't done very much that day, therefore not really very hungry. I thought she was crazy when she said that, but Sunday was my day. Didn't do anything, never left the house. And the large lot of pancakes that I made was my soup. Unfortunately, it has no fruit or veg value.<br /><br /><ul>1 apple juice<br />2 pear<br />1 satsuma<br />1 banana</ul><br /><br />Today's much better. I must subscribe to the 'be good on school days' idea. I'm gonna have a serious difficult time with this during the 6 weeks of the summer holiday, especially when I'm away on holiday in France.<br /><br /><ul>3 melon<br />1 banana<br />1 satsuma<br />2 pear<br />4 peas<br />1 spinach<br />1 apple juice</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115135835325755971?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1151188577766601832006-06-24T15:27:00.000-07:002006-06-24T15:36:17.766-07:00The weekends are my weakness. Weakends, they should be called. M's co-worker had a barbeque. Actually had some nice veg out -- a salad with pepper, cucumbers, tomatoes; kebabs with peppers and courgettes. I gravitated toward the potato salad made with salad cream (tasty, but no portions, even with the spring onions) and the sausages (I did have three pork and apple ones, shouldn't that count for something). Also on the cider again. But it was a very nice organic one. Unfortunately, it was 6.5% -- I was batting way out of my league. And as I result of all these factors, my very paltry sum. I am ashamed. Deeply, deeply ashamed.<br /><ul>1 apple-elderberry juice<br />1 banana<br />2 mixed veg (peppers, cucumbers)</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115118857776660183?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1151188035674756502006-06-24T15:24:00.000-07:002006-06-24T15:27:24.896-07:00Had some fish from the chippie's as I was feeling in a really funny mood (with a portion of curry sauce -- always with a portion of curry sauce). Had loads of garden peas with it to off-set all the 'badness'.<br /><br /><ul>1 apple-elderflower juice<br />2 pears<br />2 satsumas<br />2 bananas<br />2 spinach<br />5 peas</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115118803567475650?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1151044904975163072006-06-22T23:40:00.000-07:002006-06-22T23:41:44.983-07:00Back to normal after yesterday's stellar day.<br /><br /><ul>1 apple-elderflower juice<br />1 watermelon<br />1.5 satsumas<br />1 banana<br />1 strawberry<br />2 tomato soup<br />1 hummus<br />2 green pepper<br />3 spinach</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115104490497516307?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1150923618527701912006-06-21T13:49:00.000-07:002006-06-21T14:01:19.096-07:00So my ma says that a large banana is 2 portions. I'm totally going with that, as I'm having a hard time trying to get to 17. I try for some easy portions each day -- a cup of juice, always. My juice of choice has been, and will be for the near future, apple juice. Although I wasn't raised an orange juice drinker, I like it. However, ethically, I can't bring myself to drink it, so I drink British apple juice (if you're interested in why, click here). Which brings me to some of the rules of this endeavour. I try to eat organic and local (British) produce. If I do not get the choice of local, organic fruit and veg, I'll chose local. I just hate the idea that for my food to get to me, it produces so many CO² emissions. So, if I get the choice of organic, I'll always go for it. But if it's organic apples from New Zealand or regular apples from Britain, I'll chose the latter. Shoot, I'll even chose apples from France or Canada or the US. Anyway, here's my portions for the day -- and I've done it, the magic 17, on the back of a huge amount of peas:<br /><br /><ul>1 British apple juice<br />1 watermelon (from Spain; I have ethical issues about that as well, which I'll get into another time)<br />1 satsuma (Spain)<br />2 bananas (orgin - not sure; I was so desperate I didn't bother with the Fair Trade)<br />1 strawberry (UK - Scottish even!)<br />1 organic red pepper<br />3 spinach (UK)<br />7 organic frozen peas</ul>There's no stopping me now!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115092361852770191?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1150840461983466712006-06-20T14:51:00.000-07:002006-06-20T14:54:21.990-07:00Finally bought some fruit and had a decent amout today. Still haven't figured out if Magner's cider counts as a portion... thankfully, England won, so I can continue to research this question with drinking.<br /><br /><ul>1 apple juice<br />1 satsuma<br />2 bananas<br />1 watermelon<br />2 grapes<br />1 dried cherry<br />1 dried blueberry<br />2 tomato soup<br />1 hummus</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115084046198346671?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1150785813402823752006-06-19T23:40:00.000-07:002006-06-19T23:43:33.403-07:00The weekend is never a good time for me to get portions. I struggle a lot because I'm out with M or friends and we don't go to too many fruit and veg-friendly places! Oh, except for the Magner's. Anyway, the weekend struggle moved into Monday, as I hadn't yet bought any fruit for the week, but managed something in the end.<br /><br /><ul>1 apple juice<br />1 hummus<br />2 tomato soup<br />3 peas, asparagus and red onion (in pasta)<br />1 satsuma<br />2 banana</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115078581340282375?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1150737262755400442006-06-19T10:05:00.000-07:002006-06-19T10:14:22.756-07:00Early Sunday morning, M and I were at the Cameo theatre watching The Lost Boys. If Grease and The Rocky Horror Picture Show are 10 on the cheesiness scales, The Lost Boys has to be a 7½. Mostly for the inclusion of the 80s staple: the <em>love scene</em>. This explains the popcorn.<br /><ul>1 apple juice<br />2 mixed vegetables (broad beans, carrots, courgettes in a tomato sauce)<br />2 watermelon<br />1 dried cherry<br />1 red onion<br />4 garden peas<br />1 popcorn (I'm counting it! I ate a lot, but I'll only count it as 1 portion)</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115073726275540044?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1150627137033251072006-06-18T03:36:00.000-07:002006-06-19T10:05:24.416-07:00Yesterday saw me having dinner over at an Italian's, watching the US v Italy match. Perhaps the 1-1 draw was the bests result with an American and an Italian in the room. We had started with cantaloupe wrapped in Parma ham, then cheesy pasta with shrimp and mushrooms. Then a nice aubergine parmesean with salad. Thank God for her or I would have never gotten any portions.<br /><ul>1 apple juice<br />4 dried blueberry<br />2 tomato soup<br />1 red pepper<br />1 cantaloupe<br />1 aubergine parmesean<br />1 mushroom<br />1 tomato<br />1 cucumber</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115062713703325107?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1150499697843584652006-06-16T16:10:00.001-07:002006-06-16T16:14:57.843-07:00Still trying to get more veg in my system. Not helped by M, who was desperate for a curry before our film (<i>Thank You for Smoking</i>, if you were curious; an archetypal American film). He was supposed to bring some leaf spinach for me to stir into my curry (a move used in the past fortnight with success), but forgot. Ate a pear instead.<br /><br /><ul>2 watermelon<br />2 bananas<br />2 grapes<br />2 peas<br />2 aubergine parmesean (end of that, unfortunately)<br />1 pear<br />1 apple-elderberry juice (end of that, as well; on to regular apple juice again)</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115049969784358465?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1150411033503299682006-06-15T15:33:00.000-07:002006-06-15T15:37:13.503-07:00Again, football thwarts me. Saw England (v Trinidad and Tobago) "trying their hardest to lose and failing," as I heard some stand-up/poet say tonight at 5 pm. Was right starving, so we had some extremely salty curly fries. Ruined my dinner and now all I'm having is some lemon-corriander hummus and Walkers Sensations Thai Sweet Chilli crisps. Not good. I might have to give back some of my portions for my poor food choices of late.<br /><ul>2 watermelon<br />1 apple-elderberry juice<br />2 pears<br />2 bananas<br />2 grapes<br />2 aubergine parmesean<br />1 hummus</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115041103350329968?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1150308015523405272006-06-14T10:58:00.000-07:002006-06-15T15:33:16.520-07:00Hard to get portions; just chuffed with the double digits. It's my wedding anniversary and we went out for dinner. Before we went, I had a pre-dinner of aubergine parmesean. If you've never had it, it's lovely. Really lovely. Carnivores/omnivores and herbivores will like it alike, as it is a very meaty casserole.<br /><ul>1 apple-elderberry flower juice<br />1 hummus<br />1 grape<br />1 orange<br />2 banana<br />1 pear<br />1 red pepper<br />2 aubergine parmesean (aubergines, tomatoes, red peppers)</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115030801552340527?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1150238100913660552006-06-13T14:40:00.000-07:002006-06-13T23:11:35.706-07:00Sorry... too knackered to expand anymore than this:<ul><br />2 pears<br />1 orange<br />2 grapes<br />1 dried cherry<br />3 vegetable crumble<br />1 red pepper (assuming half a red pepper is a portion)<br />1 apple-elderberry juice<br />1 aubergine parmesean (aubergines, red peppers, tomatoes)<br />2 garden peas, frozen</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115023810091366055?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1150150536141494622006-06-12T15:06:00.000-07:002006-06-12T15:15:36.153-07:00Today was difficult. The cherries that I had were going off (that was why they were only £1.50 at the greengrocers in Bruntsfield; I threw about a £1 of them away), had nothing good for brekkie and no juice. Plus, didn't bring anything good for lunch. For some reason, I persist with raw carrots. I hate them, but always have them, just in case I was 'just kidding' about hating them or they will suddenly turn into some cheese and onion crisps. Ate them joylessly.<br /><br />Finally got on with the vegetable crumble. Would have benefited from some herbs or more salt and should have cut the carrots and cauliflower into smaller pieces, but otherwise, not too bad. Has six veggies in it -- the two previously mentioned, plus chickpeas, onions, courgettes, and tomatoes -- and I had two helpings, so I'm counting it as 4 portions. What? You gotta problem with that?<ul>Brekkie: 1 cherry<br />Snack: 1 banana, 1 orange<br />Lunch: 1 carrot<br />Snack: 1 cherry<br />Snack: 1 pear, 1 orange<br />Dinner: 4 miscellaneous veg (read above)<br />Snack: 2 grapes</ul>Also pleased to say I met a reader. Well, maybe he's only read once... anyway, I'm pleased to know that I'm not alone out here. Hurrah!<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115015053614149462?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1150134914486849692006-06-12T10:50:00.000-07:002006-06-12T10:55:14.493-07:00I was still feeling a bit queasy from the day before, when I tried to get all my portions from Magner's cider. Ha ha. Had an Innocent mango and passionfruit smoothie for breakfast -- couldn't manage anymore. Had some cherries, I think. Lunch was my new favourite meal: sausages, loads of peas and some leaf spinach. Dinner was a curry, but I did have two portions of leaf spinach with it!<ul>1 cherry<br />1 orange<br />1 fruit smoothie<br />3 peas<br />3 spinach</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115013491448684969?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1150020974003057982006-06-11T02:51:00.001-07:002006-06-11T03:16:14.023-07:00Yesterday, England played its first match in the World Cup against Paraguay. Why this has anything to do with my portions (or lack thereof) will be plain to see shortly.<br /><br />As I was saying, England played. Me and M went to a pub to see the match, though we had initially agreed to watch the match at home. I was going to cook the vegetable crumble mentioned in the featured recipe and have plenty of fruit and veg. But the pub we were watching the game at was crap and we got into an altercation with some holier-than-thou chicks sitting next to us. Plus my pal said she was sitting in a nice pub in Broughton with a whole huge table to herself, her boyfriend and his friend. So we watched the second half with them.<br /><br />I ate my lunch there, substituting the tattie wedges for "Mediterranean vegetables" (aubergines, courgettes, carrots, onions, mushrooms) with some salad. 3 portions, easily. Unfortunately, after the game, we stayed with them, for the subsequent two matches. If I knew I'd be with them until midnight, I would have brought some provisions with me. Had one portion of miscellaneous veg (from the nachos eaten as a snack: kidney beans, salsa, guacamole) and another with the deep fried cheese and chicken tortilla for dinner (the salad). This left with with my meagre sum for Saturday.<br /><br />But does all the Magner's cider count as a portion? It is made from 17 different varieties of apple. Lesson learned: always bring some thing, anything, with me.<ul><br />1 portion of cherries, fresh<br />1 apple<br />3 portions of Mediterranean veg (including the salad)<br />1 miscellaneous portion of veg<br />1 salad</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-115002097400305798?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1149885066793882042006-06-09T13:28:00.000-07:002006-06-11T02:51:04.363-07:00<ul>1 apple juice<br />2 bananas<br />1 apple<br />2 dried blueberries<br />5 peas<br />1 baby carrot<br />1 leaf spinach<br />2 grapes<br />1 miscellaneous fruit and veg (some apple-rhubarb crumble; some asparagus and rocket)</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-114988506679388204?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1149801270691228902006-06-08T13:49:00.000-07:002006-06-09T13:09:27.356-07:00<ul>3 melons<br />1 grape<br />1 apple<br />2 bananas<br />2 asparagus and rocket<br />1 carrot<br />1 hummus<br />1 apple and rhubarb crumble<br />1 roasted vegetable<br />1 apple juice</ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-114980127069122890?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1149787849543309002006-06-08T09:48:00.000-07:002006-06-08T10:30:49.573-07:00My stool is quite loose today. Some might even classify it as liquidy. It's a bit softer than normal. Just in case you were wondering.<br /><br />The <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk">Guardian</a>, the catalyst for this adventure, yesterday featured a little article entitled, <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/food/Story/0,,1791936,00.html">"Are vegetables overrated?"</a> with the by-line:<ul><h5>This week five brothers claimed to have made it into their 80s despite never having eaten any veg. So is the five-a-day rule just health-nut nonsense?</ul></h5>How terribly disconcerting. Here I am eating my heart out in veggies and fruit, only to be told that the Inuit, Masai, and these bone-headed brothers have survived just fine without any of it.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-114978784954330900?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1149747855907030842006-06-07T23:18:00.000-07:002006-06-07T23:24:15.916-07:00<ul>3 melon<br />2 banana<br />1 apple and rhubarb crumble<br />2 grapes<br />1 orange pepper and cucumber<br />1 carrot<br />1 rocket and asparagus<br />1 hummus<br />1 apple<br />1 apple juice<br />1 dried cherry</ul><br />I'm eating far too much fruit and should eat more vegetables and I'm working to rectify this, as the sugars (though not refined) can't be good for me. The Japanese are recommended to eat 13 vegetable and 4 fruits and I'm doing a more inverse ratio. Anyway, I might be eating too much fruit and veg. Details to come.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-114974785590703084?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1149701305045612962006-06-07T10:20:00.000-07:002006-06-07T10:33:25.543-07:00A very good friend of mine is living in Japan and has been living there since the 1990s -- practically native, she's even losing some of her English. Here's her reaction to my kooky scheme (originally written in MySpace):<ul><h5><br />17??? good night, that's a lot! i doubt anyone actually suceeds in doing that by buying fruits and veggies and eating them <u>sonomamade</u>. [<i>Not sure what that means.</i>] nowadays everyone cheats and drinks mixed veggie/fruit juices that claim to give you all the V..F you need for one day. one of the famous ones is called "<u>AOJIRU</u>." it literally translates to mean blue soup. i guess in the old days there was no word for green...and everything green was called blue. so it actually means green juice. (just like the traffic lights in japan -- a green light is called <u>ao shingou</u> instead of <u>midori shingou</u> [<i>obviously, </i><b>ao</b><i> is Japanese for blue; </i><b>midori<i></b> is green</i>]) anyways...enough of the japanese lesson of which you probably already know. we cheat. probably no one truly does it without cheating. but <u>ganbatte</u> [<i>good luck</i>] in trying anyways, ne.</ul></h5><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-114970130504561296?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1149632670639748212006-06-06T15:17:00.000-07:002006-06-06T15:24:30.646-07:00<ul>3 apples<br />4 grapes<br />1 banana<br />1 lentil<br />2 courgette and spinach soup (it was a friggin' huge portion!)<br />1 peas, frozen<br />1 apple juice<br />1 miscellaneous (a bit of apple-rhubarb crumble; some onion in an omelet)</ul>The fridge is heaving with veg and fruit and the food bill was enormous. I have aubergine parmesean, vegetable crumble (from the featured recipe on the sidebar), vegetable lasagna, and rocket/asparagus pasta to look forward to.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-114963267063974821?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29246895.post-1149541833342340802006-06-05T14:00:00.000-07:002006-06-05T14:10:33.356-07:00The numbers refer to portions:<ul>2 dried mango<br />4 grape<br />2 banana<br />1 apple<br />1 orange juice<br />1 lentil<br />2 miscellaneous veg (carrots, mangetout, baby corn, onion -- mixtures from lunch and dinner)<br />1 from courgette and spinach soup</ul>The soup is a real problem for me. I made it from one large courgette, 5 ounces of spinach, an onion and a potato and I've eaten a quarter. Surely that can't only be one portion? I've decided to grade myself strictly on this, even though I feel I should get two portions from the soup. I'm no cheater.<br /><br />By the way, the soup is absolutely lovely. I'll give you the recipe if you want.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/29246895-114954183334234080?l=17aday.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Autumnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14849491756751120342noreply@blogger.com0