800g Challenge

I’ve talked to many of you about this new challenge I’ve been undertaking. I first mentioned it to the Fall Nutrition Group way back in November and wrote a blog post about it in early December called Breakfast Salad.

Many people have been intrigued by this undertaking, but most ask, “how much is 800 grams?”

I’m learning as I get older the answer to most questions is: it depends. Tuesday was a great example of how I’m eating this many veggies. I had two big meals, both of which I got all my veggies for the day and two other small meals that didn’t have veggies at all. What I’m saying is that it isn’t impossible to do if you’re busy.

My first meal of the day was a Perfect Bar after an at home workout. This was around 8am.

At 11am I ate my big ass salad. Romaine, red and white cabbage, peppers, onion, and cherry tomatoes all counted towards the 375 grams you see below. I also added sliced almonds, olives, Parmesan cheese, sunflower seeds and some Primal Kitchen salad dressing.

A couple hours later, I had a chicken salad sandwich that I made.

When I got home later that night, I had 1 cup of rice, 4 eggs and a whole bunch of veggies. The shredded brussels, whole yellow pepper and whole zucchini added up to 408 grams.

Now if you’re doing the math at home, you’re right, I fell 17 grams short. Truthfully, I don’t care. The purpose of the challenge (to me) is to eat more vegetables, I checked that box on this day.

Justin Miner

@justinminergain