How do you get enough fiber?
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Anonymous
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This is why I have trouble getting fiber:
Breakfast - wheat toast and 1 egg, tomato - 3 grams Lunch - yogurt, small salad with tomatoes, bell peppers, olives - 3/4 grams fiber if I’m being generous Dinner - cheeseburger (homemade), corn on the cob, grilled zucchini. 6 grams That’s only 12-13 grams but I don’t want to eat any more food than that. Completely satiated. |
Anonymous
There are substitutions you can make to add more fiber without eating more food. Add a half cup of beans or lentils to your lunch salad and skip the yogurt. That’s 6-8 grams of fiber. Add 1 cup of berries (lunch or dinner or 1/2 c for each) instead of tomatoes. That’s 8 grams of fiber. Swap the low fiber zucchini with a higher fiber vegetable. |
Anonymous
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But this is what was in our CSA this week and I like eating seasonally what the local farms are producing. And yogurt helps my digestive system with the probiotics.
Anyway, some days I easily get 30 grams of fiber, but many I do not - even on days I consider relatively healthy. (I know it could be better) |
Anonymous
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Yes, I have to be intentional about hitting 25 + grams of fiber per day even though I eat relatively healthy.
I think beans or lentils with my lunch is the key for me. |
Anonymous
Just add an apple and a pear to your breakfast and lunch and you’re done. |
Anonymous
This whole thread is women who barely eat and are so scared to eat more they are measuring food in dust to figure out how to squeeze fiber in. |