Fiber anyone?

I am new to the site and the program, but I am finding it really hard to get enough fiber everyday.  I try to eat fruits and vegetables high in fiber like apples and broccoli but I am still only averaging about 11 grams/day and I read you are supposed to shoot for 25. 

Does anyone have an suggestions about how to get more fiber in your diet?

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Try eating at least one of the products listed below with your meals and snacks:

•  1 slice of whole grain toast with your breakfast, something that has 4 or more grams of fiber with it. Rudi's Brand breads are good
• Granola
• Kashi Products
• Optimum Slim breakfast cereal
• Lara Bars
• Cliff bars
• Air popped pop corn

Read your labels. Make sure all of your whole grain products contain at least 3g of fiber. If it doesn't leave it alone. That way, if you eat 5 meals a day with 5 or more grams of fiber, you've reached your goal.

I eat a serving of all bran cereal on low days.  It's like 80 calories for  a serving and has 40% of your daily fiber.  

Thanks so much for all the info, i will have to get some all bran cereal.

Sprinkle a little Fiber One cereal in your oatmeal or over your morning cereal.  Also really good in yogurt or on sf/ff pudding.  It's really high in fiber but low in sugar, fat and calories.

Fiber 1 for sure!! I like the one with honey clusters--it has like 50% of your daily fiber needs.  I eat mine with a banana and skim milk.  For me, it was an acquired taste--I hated it at first but now  I LOVE IT!! And eat it every morning :-)

I will check out the Fiber One for sure!

Kraft South Beach Diet Frozen breakfasts and lunches. They have 10-15 per meal. For me, a SB Breakfast Burrito and a SB Chicken Pizza for lunch has 25 grams of fiber, so the rest of the day is just fluff!

Thanks futuremrshaifley I haven't tried any of the South Beach stuff in the frozen section because I don't usually have trouble with carbs but I'm going to the store in a half hour I'm going to check out the breakfasts and the pizzas.

I mix blueberries, all bran (buds), and plain non-fat yougurt. 

I found it difficult at the beginning too, but once you find high-fibre foods that you enjoy it will be easier to get all the fibre you need every day.

When I see that I'm low in my fibre intake,  I grab an All-Bran bar or eat some veggies.

I bought the Fiber One Honey Clusters cereal and I had a bowl this morning, it left me feeling kind of heavy and ill, but it didn't taste too bad and the fullness feeling went away after about 20 minutes.  That's 14 grams of fiber so my days will be getting off to a good start now :)

im with the all-bran people - i like all bran buds - 75 cals (my box says 70), for .33 of a cup, and 48% of your daily need. two servings and you are good to go. i have oatmeal every morning, and i just dump some in there. give my oatmeal a little crunchy-crunch. :D

also, pears have like 6g of fibre, and berries are good. i eat frozen raspberries (thawed), and they have 9g a serving (about 2/3 of a cup).

just check labels and go for some sort of bran cereal.

*depending on my day and what i've eaten, i can get as high as 70g of fibre..make sure to drink lots of water when you eat that much!! helps keep things moving... :P

Don't forget cooked dry beans, like chickpeas and black beans etc.  They have lots of fiber and protein too, with almost no fat.

I can't seem to find the all bran buds you're all talking about.  I have checked with cereals and with supliments.  Where are they normally located? 

I would like to add some to my yogurt that I have for dessert each night.  With the fiber one and the south beach cereal and breakfast burritos I am doing much better, but I would like to add the all bran.

A great bread to try is Milton's Whole Grain Bread (on the databank on this site). There are a lot of different Milton's brands...this one has the red label.

What's great about this is that it has 5 grams of fiber perslice, but only 90 kcals per slice, too. If you notice some of the high-fiber breads on the shelf, the ones that have a lot of fiber tend to also have a lot of calories (from 120 to 140 per slice!). If you have a sandwich with the Milton's Whole grain, you're already at 10 grams.

I also add ground flaxseed meal to my cereal, oatmeal, and occasionally to my soup (just a little gives it a thicker consistency). The brand they have @ Trader Joe's that I like is Bob's Red Mill.

The truth is - once you start incorporating more healthy, nutritious foods into your diet, the fibre will find its way in.  That's what happened to me. 

How does this happen?  Well, if you:

• switch to whole grain products (bread, rice, pasta, oatmeal etc)
• eat more fruits and veggies,
• look for high fibre/protein cereals (instead of sugary ones),

  then BAM - you'll be getting 25g a day no problem.