How to fit enough vegetables in one meal?

Dr. Berg recommends 7-10 cups of vegetables each day to make sure we get enough micronutrients. I counted -my large salad has 5 cups. Today I managed to eat my large salad and then one cup of asparagus. It left me so full, that I could barely eat my chicken salad, which had some celery also, but not a cup worth. How do you guys fit in enough vegetables. I am combining OMAD with keto, because keto is helpful to prevent migraines.
 
I'm having the same issue trying to figure that one out. I thought about making a shake with the greens and water just to get it down quick, but I just can't do it. I'm new to omad so I am making changes slowly with the foods that I'm adding or taking away. If I feel like I'm forcing or restricting this won't be something I can keep doing. So as a temporary solution, I'm looking for a good vitamin and mineral supplement (haven't found one yet) to make sure I get the micronutrients I need.

Also, measuring and weighing food can give you completely different amounts. Not sure which you use, but for me, I found that measuring was giving me way more than weighing it out so I weigh everything now, even pre-packaged foods.

If you want to see how close you're getting to your micronutrient goals pop in your meal into cronometer. It breaks macros and micros down for you.
 
I'm having the same issue trying to figure that one out. I thought about making a shake with the greens and water just to get it down quick, but I just can't do it. I'm new to omad so I am making changes slowly with the foods that I'm adding or taking away. If I feel like I'm forcing or restricting this won't be something I can keep doing. So as a temporary solution, I'm looking for a good vitamin and mineral supplement (haven't found one yet) to make sure I get the micronutrients I need.

Also, measuring and weighing food can give you completely different amounts. Not sure which you use, but for me, I found that measuring was giving me way more than weighing it out so I weigh everything now, even pre-packaged foods.

If you want to see how close you're getting to your micronutrient goals pop in your meal into cronometer. It breaks macros and micros down for you.
Yes, these are good ideas. I used to drink green smoothies, but they were mixed with mango or banana, so they would go down nicely...Now with keto, I can't do that. I could try entering on the weekend. Weighing it all and then entering takes time and I have very little of it. Come back home at seven, have to help my son and make dinner, go to bed at ten, wake up at six. That's why OMAD is very attractive to me. I like Seeking Health supplements. I found them because my son hates swallowing capsules and they have lots of chewables. Plus they had magnesium malate and glycinate powders without fillers. They taste like laundry detergent though, so I still have to stuff them myself into capsules. But then I know it has no fillers and it is cheaper as well.
 
I used to have a notion that when on a diet, going vegan is better. But perhaps my body was reared on meat so I should not skip meat. Besides, vegetables are easier to digest that I get hungry after 2 hours no matter the volume of vegetables that I eat. I think I really need meat in my diet because eating just once a day is taxing to the stomach and aside from feeling hungry I am afraid that I might have complications due to the hunger. It’s a good thing that I am not diabetic and have no major issues with my digestive system.
 
I think shakes might be a solution to this although I myself would really prefer just to eat the vegetables instead because I don't like my vegetables ground up. Whenever I want to eat more vegetables I just eliminate other types of food which usually is carbohydrates and honestly they don't really fill me up that much so I'm able to eat a lot but if you do get filled up too quickly then I personally wouldn't worry about it as long as you eat a good amount of it everyday. Forcing the standard amount, I feel, probably isn't too necessary as long as you get close to it or just have a good amount of it in general regularly.
 
Dr. Berg recommends 7-10 cups of vegetables each day to make sure we get enough micronutrients. I counted -my large salad has 5 cups. Today I managed to eat my large salad and then one cup of asparagus. It left me so full, that I could barely eat my chicken salad, which had some celery also, but not a cup worth. How do you guys fit in enough vegetables. I am combining OMAD with keto, because keto is helpful to prevent migraines.

7-10 cups a day of veggies is too much for me. I mean if I eat that much vegetables then I won't have any room left for meat and dairy. Wouldn't it be simpler to just take a realistic amount of vegetables and just take some vitamin and mineral supplements?
 
I think that it would not be possible to have that many cups of veggies in only one meal, and even if we did, then we would not be eating enough of protein foods to get our requirement of protein, although we only need 4-6 oz of meat per day to provide the required amount of protein.
Having a green smoothie is an easy way to get more greens in your diet, and that could be done as part of the meal.
Dr. Berg recommends that you can eat the salad/greens, and then an hour later eat your meal because the greens do not have enough carbs to affect insulin much, and as long as you are using a simple vinegar and oil dressing, then that would not spike insulin either.
 
Getting enough greens in my diet is something that I’ve been struggling with myself, especially when trying to do OMAD. 7-10 cups of vegetables are definitely not an insignificant amount of greens, and can be really difficult to scarf down, especially in one sitting. I prefer to eat my veggies raw so as to get the maximum amount of benefits, but eating them raw makes the task even harder.

A good method of doing things is to try and steam them. Steaming helps retain their nutritional value but helps soften them up so that they’re easier to digest. Boiling is a last result, as you’re going to be losing a lot of nutrition value in the process.

All in all, I’d recommend steaming your vegetables so as to avoid overstuffing yourself.
 
I try to take in as many veggie as possible because they keep me full all day.I have experimented with about 6 cups of different veggie garnishing it with a bit of rich and I was purging, so I had to go with about 4 cups and it has been working perfectly for me.So I think the best bet is going with what our body can absorbed without a problem since our bodies work differently.
 
I incorporate my vegetables in my smoothies. That is how I fit the recommended amount per day. And I also make my one meal a day eating one hour per day. So I am giving myself one hour to eat everything I need. For example I will eat 3 cups of vegetables at the start and about 15 minutes before my time ends, I eat the another 3 cups. I dont really worry about the lacking 1 cup because that is what supplements are for. Taking supplements in OMAD diet is nice too.
 
I also remembered that incorporating vegetable based soups can also be a helpful addition to your diet if you are having trouble increasing your vegetable intake. This way you can have a lot more vegetables without even noticing it all that much. Some good examples could be vegetables in broth, tomato soup, or even pumpkin soup although you'd have to be a bit careful with adding cream on that one but I suppose eating it just once a day really wouldn't affect you that much anyway.
 
Dr. Berg recommends 7-10 cups of vegetables each day to make sure we get enough micronutrients. I counted -my large salad has 5 cups. Today I managed to eat my large salad and then one cup of asparagus. It left me so full, that I could barely eat my chicken salad, which had some celery also, but not a cup worth. How do you guys fit in enough vegetables. I am combining OMAD with keto, because keto is helpful to prevent migraines.

I always have a huge salad and 12 oz steamed broccoli with every meal, plus a cup of kimchi along with whatever my wife makes , so yesterday was brown rice and beans with avocado and some root vegetables. I think for me it’s easy to get all that in as I do not fill up on meat. Some meals may have seafood but that really won’t fill me up. Olive oil is also used in copious amounts with everything, also plenty of chia seed and flax seed in the salad. Smoothies would be a great way to get it in as well.
 
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