Spinach
 

After three weeks, I had my first spinach smoothie when I remembered the blender that was down deep in my kitchen cabinet! So surprised that it was so good and may even put 1 1/2 cups of "real" spinach in it today! I would definitely just throw the spinach into the omelette when cooking. It will wilt fast and be more nutritious.

Spinach
 

There, again, is an example of why this forum is so beneficial to us. Since my "coach" knows hardly anything about IP, it has kept me from being discouraged in my weight loss using IP.

Maybe what the coach might mean is that fresh spinach is a free food like lettuce. Otherwise, no idea, haha

When you measure your fresh spinach from a bag to get a cup for the day, you just throw your leaves into a measuring cup and see what one cup is right? Or do ya'll measure it using a food scale?

The only food I weigh is the meat to make sure I'm getting the full 8 oz. every day. If the spinach leaves are large, I might tear them into 2 - 3 pieces before measuring.

That coach needs to attend some training!

Spinach is under select veggies, so I don't think it's free like lettuce.

I used the Wildberry Yogurt packet and water and a handful of fresh spinach in the ol' Magic Bullet. It was tasty and satisfying. I will definitely be doing that again.

I am glad this thread got bumped up, forgot how much I lol'd the first time I read that coach's veggie advice!

My coach told me that spinach needed to be measured before cooking. I would not know how much frozen spinach to eat.

She also told me that fresh spinach is the best veggie to eat when you are having slow weight loss.

Is there a chance that she might have meant frest spinach was freee, that canned spinach needs to be counted as a vegetable. That would make sense. My coach told me that when I get to needing something to eat to just grab a handful of fresh spinach and eat any time I want.