Sticking with fresh fruits and veggies

Fresh! That’s how you should be feeling this new years Monday after a pretty decent weekend and enough recouped time anyways. Ha. We hope everyone had a safe and fun filling time with positive and influential people. It’s good to get the year off on the right foot.

How about any goals? Anyone have any that they need help reaching? Don’t feel pressured. I always say it’s easier to stick to simple and small changes rather than drastic ones. Food you ask.. well it’s funny you should mention that because it’s what we are all about lol. If you set a goal to eat an extra cup of vegetables per day, we’d say that is a reachable goal. Say you did that and continued throughout the year. Well, that would be a successful goal and a completed one at that. Pretty simple.

Sticking with fresh fruits and veggies. Let’s take a look at some varieties of these amazing gifts of nutrients. Most people don’t consume enough per day. You might be safe to presume that whatever you think is enough, is not. Up the anty on those leafy greens, tomatoes, cucumbers. As a treat after a meal, grab some fruit and indulge. You should not feel as if your consumption is ever too much. Here’s a small guideline that I follow:

One cup should fill a one-cup measuring cup. A serving of raw leafy greens is about two cups. Trust me, it seems like a lot, but will be just enough.

Did you know that just 8oz. of juicing also counts as a serving?

As you grow to learn and get accustomed to eating this daily you will notice that a serving of each of these vegetables comes out to the following:

two medium carrots
five broccoli florets
large tomato
ear of corn
sweet potato
medium potato
sweet pepper

What is pictured should get you going for any pre meal. Mixed fruits and a vegetable salad. Because of the fruit, this could be eaten raw or with your favorite dressing.

Sit back, enjoy the flavors that these foods bring to your palette, and wonder no more if you got enough veggies in your daily serving. The effects will be almost magical.

Bam, Boom, and Voilá!

Happy New Year! Thanks for being part of our journey and know that together we will do this!

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