Lately one thing we have been focusing on is trying to increase our fiber intake. We came to the realization that we were coming in under our daily fiber needs on a very regular basis. And not meeting your fiber needs leads to some very irregular things, if you know what I’m getting at. It is recommended that you have about 35 Grams of fiber each day. Sounds pretty easy. But, it can be tough some days to find good, high fiber food items. A few that I have found are:

• Pepperidge Farm Light Style 7 Grain Bread – Only 130 calories per serving (3 slices) and 4 grams of fiber.
• Sweet Potatoes – A large sweet potatoes baked in it’s skin has only 162 calories and almost 6 grams of fiber
• Beans – The magical fruit. We like Bush baked beans. The maple cured bacon kind. A single 1/2 cup serving has 140 calories and 5 grams of fiber.
• Pears – a large pear has a little less than 100 calories and a little more than 5 grams of fiber.
• Bananas – A medium banana has about 100 calories and a little more than 3 grams of fiber.
• Quaker Breakfast Cookies – Oatmeal raisin. Probably not one of the best choices. But, a great snack if you are on the go. These have 170 calories and 5 grams of fiber
• Grapefruit – a large grapefruit has about 100 calories and almost 4 grams of fiber

Those 7 items come in at around 900 calories and 32 grams of fiber. On the days when I am eating normal I like to try and have at least 2 pears or 2 bananas or sometimes 2 of 1 and one of the other, which makes up about 1/3 of the rdv. Other days it seems impossible to even have 10 grams of fiber.

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