Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed talking about eating the rainbow refers to fruits and veggies.

I had leftovers for breakfast so that included riced cauliflower and broccoli.

Lunch just now was a salad that included romaine lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes. Also some freeze-dried edamame but I don't really think that counts.

Snack later will be lowfat yogurt with fresh blueberries.

Dinner menu tonight includes corn and tomatoes.

Let me guess, you are middle-aged woman.

DP: what an ignorant and strange response. So only "middle aged women" eat these things?

DP. Only people obsessed with their weight eat that little.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Agreed talking about eating the rainbow refers to fruits and veggies.

I had leftovers for breakfast so that included riced cauliflower and broccoli.

Lunch just now was a salad that included romaine lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes. Also some freeze-dried edamame but I don't really think that counts.

Snack later will be lowfat yogurt with fresh blueberries.

Dinner menu tonight includes corn and tomatoes.

Let me guess, you are middle-aged woman.

DP: what an ignorant and strange response. So only "middle aged women" eat these things?

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need green, OP. That's the most important one. FTY when people say "eat the rainbow" they don't count beef or wheat, but the plants.

The colorful plants I ate yesterday:
- watermelon
- big salad for dinner (mixed leafy greens, shallots, corn, cucumbers, carrots, onion, avocado, sweet potatoes).

Why don't they count wheat and meet? Makes no sense to me. Should not count oatmeal?

Because while meat and grains have some value, they don't have nearly the vitamin and mineral benefits that fruits and vegetables have, and most of which can only be found in plants. And yes, green is the most important color to eat. But I might add the colors you get from beans as also valuable (red kidney beans, beige chickpeas, green lima beans, black beans, etc).

Another thing that helps is to work towards 30 disparate plants per week. That will help with colors and nutrients.

Anonymous wrote:red, yellow, orange, green, and purple skittles

Anonymous wrote:Agreed talking about eating the rainbow refers to fruits and veggies.

I had leftovers for breakfast so that included riced cauliflower and broccoli.

Lunch just now was a salad that included romaine lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes. Also some freeze-dried edamame but I don't really think that counts.

Snack later will be lowfat yogurt with fresh blueberries.

Dinner menu tonight includes corn and tomatoes.

Let me guess, you are middle-aged woman.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am wondering about how good or bad I am at eating fruits, veggies, and how others are doing. Obviously not so much colors, but different foods.
Friday, I ate,
two bananas,
one apple
bowl of cherries
Stew (little bit of beef, carrots, potatoes and onions were in it)
Trout with lemon
Banana bread (wheat, bananas in it.)
I think that is 10 different foods/color?
Is that good?
What about you, how are you doing with different foods/color?

That's a lot of sugar for one day though.

I disagree. Fruit is healthy and good for me and natural sugar is good and healthy. I am absolutely never going to be indoctrinated that fruit is bad. I leave that for keto cult followers who are brain washed like any other cult followers.

Anonymous wrote:Agreed talking about eating the rainbow refers to fruits and veggies.

I had leftovers for breakfast so that included riced cauliflower and broccoli.

Lunch just now was a salad that included romaine lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes. Also some freeze-dried edamame but I don't really think that counts.

Snack later will be lowfat yogurt with fresh blueberries.

Dinner menu tonight includes corn and tomatoes.

For breakfast riced cauliflower and broccoli? Well, to each their own.
Are you able to fill even 1/4 full from what you wrote? Sounds like bird food.

Anonymous wrote:I am wondering about how good or bad I am at eating fruits, veggies, and how others are doing. Obviously not so much colors, but different foods.
Friday, I ate,
two bananas,
one apple
bowl of cherries
Stew (little bit of beef, carrots, potatoes and onions were in it)
Trout with lemon
Banana bread (wheat, bananas in it.)
I think that is 10 different foods/color?
Is that good?
What about you, how are you doing with different foods/color?

That's a lot of sugar for one day though.

Agreed talking about eating the rainbow refers to fruits and veggies.

I had leftovers for breakfast so that included riced cauliflower and broccoli.

Lunch just now was a salad that included romaine lettuce, cucumbers and tomatoes. Also some freeze-dried edamame but I don't really think that counts.

Snack later will be lowfat yogurt with fresh blueberries.

Dinner menu tonight includes corn and tomatoes.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:You need green, OP. That's the most important one. FTY when people say "eat the rainbow" they don't count beef or wheat, but the plants.

The colorful plants I ate yesterday:
- watermelon
- big salad for dinner (mixed leafy greens, shallots, corn, cucumbers, carrots, onion, avocado, sweet potatoes).

Why don't they count wheat and meet? Makes no sense to me. Should not count oatmeal?

When they talk about the colors, they mean a variety of vitamins, minerals and other healthy RDA nutrition. Meat and wheat generally don't have a lot of those. Red meat has iron. wheat has some minor amounts of vitamins, but nowhere near as much as fruits and vegetables.

So OP has 3, white, red, orange. Unless you are eating the banana or lemon peels, you don't get yellow out of what you ate. And if you peel your apples (e.g. don't eat the skin) then you don't get credit for red.

As another PP mentioned, you are missing the most critical one, green. You want to have as much green and variety as possible. So you want some leafy, cruciferous greens plus other greens like legumes or green fruits.

Some ways to increase colors:
- rainbow carrots or cauliflower
- mix in some red cabbage and shredded carrots on salads
- red and green grapes, mix of berries, or just fruit salad
- mix of bell pepper colors

Anonymous wrote:You need green, OP. That's the most important one. FTY when people say "eat the rainbow" they don't count beef or wheat, but the plants.

The colorful plants I ate yesterday:
- watermelon
- big salad for dinner (mixed leafy greens, shallots, corn, cucumbers, carrots, onion, avocado, sweet potatoes).

Why don't they count wheat and meet? Makes no sense to me. Should not count oatmeal?

red, yellow, orange, green, and purple skittles

You need green, OP. That's the most important one. FTY when people say "eat the rainbow" they don't count beef or wheat, but the plants.

The colorful plants I ate yesterday:
- watermelon
- big salad for dinner (mixed leafy greens, shallots, corn, cucumbers, carrots, onion, avocado, sweet potatoes).

I am wondering about how good or bad I am at eating fruits, veggies, and how others are doing. Obviously not so much colors, but different foods.
Friday, I ate,
two bananas,
one apple
bowl of cherries
Stew (little bit of beef, carrots, potatoes and onions were in it)
Trout with lemon
Banana bread (wheat, bananas in it.)
I think that is 10 different foods/color?
Is that good?
What about you, how are you doing with different foods/color?