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Think
about a personal goal
One of the best things about
the way we do the 5 A Day Challenge
is that you're not competing
with anyone else (unless you
want to.) The challenge is between
you and yourself!
Here's why
we do it this way: everybody's
different and the challenge
has to fit.
If you're not comfortable, you
won't continue. "No pain,
no gain" is OUT, and "slow
and steady" is IN. For
most people, measured, steady
progress to a personalized
goal is the right way to make
long-term lifestyle changes
that stick.
To help you
set a realistic, personalized
goal, it's good to know your
baseline.
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Finding
your baseline
This is a good way to set your
goal and find your fit. Use
the 5 A Day scoresheet to track
your fruit and vegetable servings
for a few days. In the mean
time, ask yourself a few questions:
- what are my
5 favorite vegetables?
- does the main
cook in my life (yourself,
your spouse or partner, your
child, etc.) know ways to
cook vegetables the way I
like them?
- does the main
food-shopper in my life know
how to shop for fresh vegetables?
- Is there space
to store fresh or frozen vegetables
at home?
- am I more likely
to eat vegetables (a) in
a stew, (b) on noodles,
rice, pasta, or pizza, (c) as
a cooked side-dish, (d) raw
in a salad, or (e) as
a snack?
- do I even like
vegetables?
Ask the same
sorts of things about fruit,
then decide how easy -- or not
easy -- it will be to eat vegetables
and fruit more often. Tack this
info onto your baseline, and
pick a goal.
Nutritionists
say that the health benefits
are greatest when you eat 5-9
servings a day. They also say
that every
serving you add from 0 to 5
adds to your better health.
So find the personal pace that
fits; you'll be a winner for
life!
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