There’s been a steady climb with my vegetables consumption over the years. It started with nill. Hated ’em. Found out a way to like ’em (which is a cheat code in itself). Now? I have a simple way to deal with my vegetable eating. Step one: find a bow that’s about the size of your head. Mine [...]
There’s been a steady climb with my vegetables consumption over the years. It started with nill. Hated ’em. Found out a way to like ’em (which is a cheat code in itself). Now? I have a simple way to deal with my vegetable eating.
- Step one: find a bow that’s about the size of your head. Mine says it’s three liters.
- Step two: fill the bowl with vegetables.
- Step three: eat that bowl full of vegetables in one entire day, any way you can.
- Step four: repeat day after day.
What about the cost of all these veggies? Isn’t this insane? Unfeasible?
Look, I’m just as cheap as you are. I don’t take my health as seriously as I should. I sacrifice my health for “teh gainz” at times. But I always eat my vegetables by filling most of the bowl with cheap things. Cabbage and carrots are my fillers, lately.
I usually grab a head of cabbage, cut the thing in half, slice it up, and throw it in the bowl. This leaves me with some wiggle room. Whatever else I have, I’ll throw in there. Consider using the wiggle room for the more top shelf produce. Buy some exotic things to get a variety of nutrients into your body.
And yes, this is all raw. It doesn’t have to be, but it usually is for me. I’ve grown into eating most of my produce raw just because I’m lazy.
I recommend this strategy for a few reasons:
First, the nutrients. Most people need more nutrients from food. I know a lot of people take multivitamins, but I believe there’s a difference between food and pill, regardless of what the labels say.
Second, the bulk. Eat this bowl full of vegetables (the size of your head) every day, and I bet you don’t eat as much of the other junk you normally would. This is another reason why I eat it raw. Downing raw vegetables is infinitely more filling than cooking them down into soup.
Third, well, poop.
All in all, there’s a strange correlation between my vegetable consumption and my overall hold on my body composition. Correlations aren’t causation, but this is one of the tips I’m not afraid to Force choke someone over.
It’s simple. Don’t over think it. Bowl. Size of your head. Fill. Eat. Repeat.
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Consider this post a test. Do you like these short form nutrition and kitchen tricks? Let me know in the comments!