2012 Vegetables
I was inspired by this video. So now, I’m committed to eating nine cups of fresh fruits and vegetables a day. Its not that hard, but it is a lot of vegetables. I’m noticing that although I’m not a vegetarian, I feel like eating meat takes up too much room in my stomach. If I’m going to be able to fit in all the vegetables, its going to push other stuff out of my diet. Yesterday I started off with a mango. But it wasn’t ripe. It was so sour, I only had two bites and threw it away. Sad. I had an apple instead. Then, for lunch, I heated up some leftover dinner, which was beef, cauliflower, kale, parsnips, potatoes and rutabagas. I had about two cups of that heated up on top of four cups of chopped and steamed Swiss chard. After my afternoon workout, I was hungry again, so I had a cup each of roasted cauliflower, roasted beets, raw cucumber and raw spinach with a handful of almonds and topped with lemon juice and olive oil. About five hou...