Eat Your Veggies Challenge!
Welcome to the Skinny Ms Eat Your Veggies Challenge!
For this month, we will be challenging you to:
~ Eat 2 cups of veggies before EVERY meal (yes, that includes breakfast, though adding the veggies to a breakfast smoothie is entirely acceptable.)
~ Exercise 30 minutes minimum daily (1 day of rest is fine)
~ Drink 8 glasses of water per day
Note: Fruit may not REPLACE the required veggies, but you can have as much as you like in addition to them. For breakfast, you can incorporate the veggies into a smoothie or omelet or other type of meal. But for lunch and dinner, the veggies must be eaten before the rest of the meal.
Are you up for this challenge? Let us know you’re in by leaving a comment below!
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I'm in. The veggies before every meal is the challenge, but I think V8 Juice will help pull that off.
I am totally in
Im in!
The veggies before breakfast kind of scare me, but I'm in.
I'm in!! But thought I coud have fruit too
Im totally in….
I'm going to do my very best!!!! The veggies before breakfast will be tough, but I'll have to add them to my eggs or shakes!
I'm in- just saw this, so I'll start at lunch!
I'm in! The only hard part for me would be getting all the veggies in — love veggies but fresh produce is expensive! I'm also adding Mad Abs March ( http://perf-fect.tumblr.com/post/18372769719/here… to this!
Let"s do this!!!! I'm in…..
I am in.. Veggies before breakfast will be hard, but BL I was thinking the same thing about the V8 juice…
Me, too
I'm in! Good thing I just starting making green smoothies! Those and omelets with a lot of veggies are going to be some staples for the next month for breakfast!
I am in!!!! But yeah, the veggies BEFORE breakfast is a little scary….can I add them to an omelet???
Amy, Sure…that would be fine.
I'm going to give it a try – - – thanks for the idea of V-8 juice. That will help a bunch!!
YAY! Great challenge!
OK. I'm in. Going to make a green juice right now!
I'm in. I really like the idea of put veggies into a smoothie (being that I'm not such a huge veggie eater)
I'm in but I need to find the green smoothie recipe!
Not a big veggie eater, but this is why it is called a challenge. The smoothies will help.
I put veggies in my smoothies, and I love it!!! Here is a recipe I use, it is a green smoothie:
About 1/2 cup of water (enough to get the blending started)1 Banana1 small hass avocado (you can use half if you want)1 Kiwi1/2 cup pineapple chunks1 cup baby spinach1 scoop of vanilla soy protein (optional)As much ice as you want, I put in about two handfuls of ice
You can also put in broccoli or carrots in smoothies too. You just have to do some trial and error, but a lot of smoothies I make I really can't taste the veggies I put in them. If you find that a smoothie might not be sweet enough use pineapple or pineapple juice to help sweeten it.
Christina, Yum…I'll be trying this. Thanks!
I'm in!
Fantastic!
This is the challenge for me. I am horrible at eating veggies cuz there are so few i can actually tolerate (ei. taste, or actually how my body can tolerate them)
Prettyinblack, that's why it's called a challenge. Lol. You can always juice or blend the veggies. That counts too. Add in an apple to sweeten it up a bit.
Geez, thank you sooo much for that smoothie idea! I have a very low tolerance for just fruit on an empty stomach (hypoglycemic), so I have to have protein prior to sugar, even fruit. Smoothies are so super easy and have always wanted a recipe like this!! Post more if you have them!
Glad to hear you're enjoying the recipes. Here are more smoothie recipes: http://bit.ly/JfR8dO
I'm in although I'm not sure I can meet the 2 cups of veggies before breakfast challenge… will have to get creative when I make out my grocery list…and the eight cups of water per day will be tough unless it includes tea and coffee…30 min. exercise per day is no problem. Hey…I'm willing to give it a try!!!
That's great. Use this as a resource for your grocery list: http://bit.ly/IY04Yt. You can do it. Look up creative recipes online in preparation for shopping. Enjoy!
Also, consider juicing or blending. That counts too. You can drink your veggies.
I'm in!!
Great! Keep us posted on your progress.
Awesome! Let us know how it's going.