I HATE VEGETABLES!!!

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Food is medicine. When you start thinking about it that way, vegetables become so much more appealing. I eat mostly vegan, so the idea of hating vegetables is foreign to me these days, but it wasn't always. I was raised eating junk food and if I ever even had vegetables, they were out of a can. I transitioned slowly. I thought I'd never like mushrooms, and then I started grilling and frying them. Kale sauteed is one of my favorite things. Sweet potatoes, steamed asparagus, grilled corn, roasted root vegetables (carrots, potatoes, etc.) – this stuff was all weird to me at once but these are now my comfort foods. Use the internet to your advantage! If you don't know how to prepare something, look it up. Preparing something the wrong way, especially a vegetable, can definitely leave a bad taste in your mouth.

For starters I'd say just eat the foods you enjoy within your calorie goal. Then if you want to add more veggies you can do it gradually. IMO it's ill-advised to change too much at once.

Stop dieting. If you want this to be permanent you need to make it sustainable in the long term. However you lose the weight needs to be how you are willing to live for the rest of your life, otherwise it's gonna come back when you stop. Eat the foods you like, but eat them WITHIN your calories and/or exercise to earn them. Over time, start substituting healthier versions of things. Try something new each week, but don't over-restrict or eliminate too many things or you won't last. :flowerforyou:

EXACTLY. Don't give yourself excuses to not eat them. Learn to like them. Learn to love them. You need them. It's not negotiable!

So does my 4 year old. I'll give you the same advice I gave him.

You won't grow up to be happy and strong if you don't eat your veg. Try it, you might like it.

Cauliflower and tomatoes are a great start...limit the potatoes. how many veggies have you tried? There maybe some out there u like but don't know it yet. What about tuna, cod, flounder, haddock, tilapia...there are lots of lean proteins in the fish world besides shell fish. Also chicken turkey, egg whites, are all good sources of lean protein. Whole grains like spelt. flax. millet etc not white bread...I buy Delands gluten free millet bread at wholefoods. There are any number of online sites you can buy good grains.
www.vitacost.com is a good one. I toast the bread it isn't bad then...I don't think I could eat it plain.
To me cottage cheese always looked like pristine vomit! But because of the protein in it I started forcing myself...finally out of desperation I started cutting up fresh pine-apple, or strawberries, nectarines, or apples and putting the dices pieces of fruit in it. If I have a piece of fruit with each bite I can get a whole cup down without a problem.
For cereal in the morning I like,
Natures path, cascadian farms and arrowhead mills they all make cereals that are corn and gluten free, and sweetened with fruit juice. a little milk is all you need.
There is a noodle called Miracle noodle that is 0 everything....thats right zero carbs, calories, everything. They are pure fiber. I use them for tuna noodle casserole, spaghetti and meatballs etc etc....great pasta replacement. They have an odor when you open the bag, (they are packed in water). I just pour them into a strainer and let cold water run on them for about a minute..use my hands to push as much excess water thru the strainer as possible, then pat them dry with a paper towel. They are wonderful! They take on the flavor of whatever sauce you put over them. They sell all shapes, fettuccine , angel hair, linguine, even rice.
These are just a few of my suggestions, and as I said all these things can be delivered right to your door from vitacost.com.
If you wanna chat let me know, I am no expert, but I know a little, and where there's a will there's a way! Beth Ann

Yep, I don't like veggies or fruit, so I hide them by blending them in a smoothie-type of concoction when I can. But I just discovered avocados and I ADORE them! I could eat them all day long. Mangoes are pretty good, too, but hard to cut up (I had to watch a YouTube video to figure that one out!) But as far as veggies go, I used to smother them with butter or cheese to get them down. Now I just steam them and eat them, because I know they are good for me - or as someone else put it, they are "medicine." Sure beats the McDonald's I was eating daily about a month ago. Now, if I can just lose some of this weight...

I dont like vegetables either and i have still managed to lose 82 kilos/182 pounds....you could either juice them up....throw things like baby spinach in smoothies (you wont taste it) ...chop them up small/grate them (things like carrots, mushrooms,capsicums etc) so you cannot taste them. You did say you like cauliflower...theres a vegie...tomatos throw them in the oven and roast them....try and step out the box and try some you have no preconceived idea about (i did this and discoverred i dont mind eggplant, mushroooms, avocado etc) As to fish...ill only eat tuna and barramundi...so if you dont like fish ... eat different forms of protein. You need to think outside the box....also try and eat some of the foods you like but make them healthier....research around the net.

I hate most veggies too. I bought a juicer awhile back and this is honestly one of the only ways I love vegetables. I'm eating (drinking) vegetables I never had before, beets, kale, cabbage! I even juiced a clove of garlic. Juicers are expensive, so maybe if you know someone you can experiment with theirs to see if you like it. Don't get me wrong, I'm not on a juice fast, but I do like it and it makes me feel really good.

Hmmmm, maybe you could find recipes with vegetables added, like pizza, spaghetti sauce, stew, soup, etc. Plus try different ways of preparing vegetables. Tossed in oil with your favorite spices and roasted can be divine!

When I was a child, my mother used to open a can and boil the vegetables. Ick! I thought I hated vegetables too. Turns out that I like quite a few of them. Garlic green beans with lemon is one of my favorites, and green beans used to be my absolute most hated vegetable.

I so agree! Preparation and freshness are key! My hubby now loves several vegetable that he used to snear at, the most memorable being asparagus. No one in his life had ever fixed it properly, so he thought he hated it. He is now an asparagus lover. Asparagus season is right around the corner, people! I can't wait! Yum!

As a mother to be (hopefully) .. let's look at what are you going to teach your child(ren) with food and diet. Leadership by example! (it's truly a monkey see - monkey do world.. I'm a mother!) They will mimic everything you do!

I know it's tough if you don't like it .. but bacon and garlic can become your best friend with some veggies! Yum yum! In and over time .. gradually try different things .. as others have stated.. make the adjust gradually and first start with eating at a sensible calorie deficit :flowerforyou: don't worry about your veggies at first .. work on living within your calorie goals first!

Walk for exercise if you don't like exercise .. at least a little stroll is better than no exercise at all. start off for 15 minutes and work up.

You're having to make a lifestyle change .. and it should be permanent and easy for you and your family to follow for the rest of your lives.

I'll be happy to be your friend here if you want :flowerforyou:

I wish you the best of luck!

I can totally relate! I can't stand most veggies either, when I first started out potatoes, corn, and lettuce were pretty much it. Seriously my idea of a salad was a piece of limp lettuce in my bacon cheeseburger. And ketchup totally had tomato ya know? Speaking from my own experience, changing your entire way of eating too quickly is just setting yourself up for a binge later on. Eat the foods you like trying to incorporate healthier choices as you go along such as baking your french fries instead of frying them, using 93/7 lean meat for your burgers etc. To get in some form of greens I make homemade smoothies consisting of 1 cup of frozen fruit such as mixed berries, pineapple, mango, or strawberries (whatever you like really), a small banana, 4oz of Trop 50 orange juice, 1 cup of spinach, 1/2 cup kale, and ice. The smoothie is a booger green color (depending on the paleness of your fruit) and isn't exactly aesthetically pleasing but the taste of the fruit COMPLETELY overpowers the taste of the veggies, and it really is quite delicious. For the past 11 months I've been trying to find ways to hide veggies in my food or exploring my own recipes to figure out what I like and how to make them taste less like *kitten*. Low calorie dips also help as well, and make it a little more bearable.

Good luck!

Or, you know, just get over it and eat them because they're good for your body and you love your body because it's the only one you're gonna get.

This^^^^ - your body will get used to it. I can't go a day without having several serves of fresh vegetables. If i miss a day, I don't feel myself and get all lethargic and yucky.

You can do it!