Water and veggies

soze

What veggies do you folks eat. I know there's Tomatoes, Carrots, celery, and green peppers. What I am looking for is variety.


Water: I have noticed that if I finish a meal and still have that lingering feeling of hunger I drink water immediately after and ta daaaa, hunger pang is gone. I've been told to drink water before eating. I just don't like that.

MysticMaiden22

I eat all kinds of veggies, I do my best to make sure they are organic or conventionally grown.

My favorites are:

green beans
broccoli
baby spinach
celery
baby carrots
persian cucumbers
zucchini squash

elmct57

i like the cherry or grape tomatoes--either yellow or red, the baby cucumbers, celery sticks (already done for you) and zucchini and yellow crookneck squash. You can also try some of the veggie platters that also offer presliced jicama for a change of pace too. try new things and avoid the starchier varieties like potatoes.

Memah

broccoli
cauliflower
carrots
tomatoes
squash
potato
sweet potato
alfalfa sprouts
string beans
sugar snap peas
zucchini
onions
green, yellow, red peppers
spinach and the various lettuces
tomato juice
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Bigpelly8

Cauliflower
Broccoli
celery
green beans
cucumbers

Water is my new best friend. Finally cut out the soda. I think I was addicted to coke. All water, all the time now!!

fitterpam

I love all kinds of veggies. Squashes are big on my list right now (favourites are spaghetti squash, butternut, acorn).

Corn
Broccoli
Cauliflower
Peas
Green Beans
Asparagus
Lettuce
Tomatoes (cherry/grape are favourites)
Zucchini
Carrots
Peppers (Love all 4 colours)
Water Chestnuts
Jicama
Fennel
Leeks
Mushrooms
Onions
Garlic
Parsnips
Turnips
Rutabaga (not a huge fan)
Sweet Potatoes

At thanksgiving this year, my cousin's wife put steamed broccoli and cauliflower into her mashed potatoes (mashed in with). I thought it was pretty creative. Her boys don't like broccoli/cauliflower so it turns the potatoes a pretty green and you get less potatoes and more of other things.

As for water, I have a 24oz water bottle. I carry it with me everywhere and drink at all times. I typically drink 3-5 fill ups of it daily. I drink water with my dinner and tea afterwards usually... The tea signifies to my brain that the meal is over and that helps me with hunger.

katkat987

http://www.whfoods.com/foodstoc.php

This website is brilliant, it has a list of different foods, and tells you lots about their nutritional value, health benefits, preperation ideas and uses well documented reliable research into the foods listed.

This website is AMAZING and always assists me with my shopping list

iDreamNEON

Hmm I Like Alot Of Veggies

Kale [Just Recently Tried]
All Varieties Of Lettuce
Cabbage
Collards
Mustard Greens
Spinach
Carrots
Celery
Corn
Squash
Cucumbers
Peppers [Including Bell Peppers Through Jalapenos]
Mushrooms
Tomatoes [I Only Like Big Red Ones For Some Reason. I Cut Them Up To Fit Whatever Purpose]
Onions make anything take great
Broccoli
Sweet Potatoes [Looooove Sweet Potato Fries]
Zucchini
Peas
Green Beans

If only I had time to cook like I did before school started. That's when I got to experiment the most with veggies.

melbhall

Honestly, brussel sprouts are my favorite! I love asparagus, also. When my husband and I grill out we throw some veggies on the grill too. We have a skillet for the grill and usually cook onions, green peppers, squash and zuchinni with a little seasoning. It's yummy! Check out spaghetti squash, it's a vegetable but can be used in place of pasta.

stephensrp4100

Big fan of green beans, spinach (I use spinach leaves for salad in lieu of lettuce), broccoli florets and baby carrots (with a bit of light ranch dressing). Be careful w/ the starchy veggies, i.e. corn - lots of hidden calories there. As for the water, I like to carry a large container to work and drink it throughout the day. For some reason, it's easier for me to do that than it is to remember to have multiple smaller amounts of water throughout the day. At least, with the big container, I know I'm getting the water I need.

Just don't try to "supercharge" your weight loss by eating nothing but water and veggies... if you skimp too much on the calories, your body could go into survival mode, making it really hard to lose the weight.

As for eating dinner and still being hungry: Please don't go back for seconds! Just have a ton of veggies WITH dinner, so that way, you still get to eat your meal (and stick to the serving size!) and you'll be full. Eating slower helps with that, too.

UpToAnyCool

I have been eating seasonally, mostly because there's a little farmer's market near my apartment. Some of the stuff
is still overpriced, but I try to keep to the basics.

Recently I've been eating the following:
- Kale
- Chard
- Eggplant
- Zucchini
- Cauliflower
- Brussels Sprouts
- Potatos (I don't know if that's a vegetable, technically.)
- Peppers (I like the RED ones!)
- Tomatos (End of the season, at least in the northeast.)
- Greenbeans (End of the season, at least in the northeast.)

egbkid

There is a year round Market near my house, so i go there and get:
Potatoes
Carrots
Sweet Potatoes
peppers (mostly green)
onions
lettuce
celery
An lately i have tried:
Spaghetti squash
Zucchini
eggplant.
I do not like tomatoes, never had. but i will use the, in salads once in awhile.

As for water, i carry a bottle with me. I buy one on Monday and usually refill it all week. I drink usually 3 refills, plus a mug full for each meal.

sarahliftsUP

Zucchini is hands down my favourite vegetable.. sorry, broccoli but you just don't do it for me anymore!

I especially love it in my stir fry or pasta.. or just as a side fried up with onions and green peppers and whatever vegetables are available.

fitbot

drinking water after eating is actually really bad for your digestion. what you are doing is helping partially digested food slosh down your digestive system. i would high recommend against this. same goes for drinking with your meals.
One should drink 20-15 min before a meal or 1.5-2 hours after