Fruits and veggies

For one of my classes we had to choose an aspect of our personal health to "work on". Some people are working on quitting smoking, others on exercising more, that sort of thing. When I went through the assessment the only thing that I noticed was really off in my health was a large lack of fruits and vegetables. Supposedly I should eat four fruits and five vegetables a day. This did not sound difficult when I began, but I was very wrong.

Today is the last day of my project. For the past few days I have failed miserably [one and three, two and four]. I am tired of eating fruits and vegetables, even though I gained an appreciation for them these past six weeks. As I am writing this I am munching on some baby carrots and drinking some V8 Splash, and I won't reach my goal for the day.

Here's what I've learned. Fruits are easy. One or two at breakfast, a couple during the day to snack on. Easy. Getting enough veggies on the other hand, is quite the task. Think about it. Rarely does one eat any vegetables for breakfast. If I'm lucky I can get a salad for lunch with maybe three veggie servings, but say I only get one serving of veggies at lunch, that means I need to have three or four at dinner. One trick is the V8 Splash, as it's one serving of both fruits and veggies. Regardless, it's a challenge. And now that it is over, I will probably consider three servings of each a day a pretty decent amount.

On a positive note, I did eat and learn to enjoy some new foods, including: artichokes [thanks to Steph], oranges, tangelos and mangos. It all sounds very tropical, but let's be honest, it hasn't helped winter die at all. I thought my beard would be sacrifice enough, but apparently winter wants to see what May is like. However, I've heard that today was the last day of coldness, so I'm holding on to that rumour. Tightly. you have my love.