I hate eating healthy....

Respectfully, Beachiron, it may be wise to consider that many people grow up low income, and when you do, you don't eat fresh veggies, probably not even frozen. Until I had a decent, grown-up income of my own in high school, I don't believe I'd ever tasted anything other than canned corn or canned green beans (as far as veggies go). I wanted to like veggies, and I was an athlete, so it was extra important to me. It takes an adjustment period. Your advice is spot on, but it is more likely to make someone feel inferior for asking advice than to actually help them. I agree with you, but a large part of the problem with obesity in our country stems from the cost of fresh food being so much more than canned/processed. Take a dollar to the supermarket and see how many calories you can get in junk food, then see how many you can get in the produce aisle. It's not impossible to be healthy on a tight budget by any means, but odds are stacked against some people.

At some point, our own health has to be important enough to force us to be willing to change, and I'm sorry but patting someone on the back and commiserating about hating vegetables doesn't exactly seem like a step in the right direction. It is much better to simply suck it up and start eating them. Hell, I love cookies, and cake, and ice cream, and blue cheese dressing. I also snack on carrots, celery, apples, melon, and spinach. Learning how to motivate ourself to eat right is part of growing up. And yes, I stand by the "grow up" comment. It seems a hell of a lot less rude than "jerk" in any event. I've learned not to expect much from these forums and it's why so many of my friends who have been very successful have stopped trying to help. The lazy and immature are not worth the effort and time, and the angry reactions only make it less so.

You need to just eat them. Food can be the greatest medicine ever, and fruits and veggies are a huge part of that, you don't get to skip them!

Use seasonings, steam them, roast them, make them delicious! But in the end you may never be as attracted to vegetables as other things, but so long as they're on your plate in good amounts at every meal, you don't need to love them, you just need to eat them.

Absolutely. "Not liking vegetables" sounds like a pouty five-year-old. We are programmed to prefer sweets and fats, so kids have to be helped through the picky-eating stage. As picky adults, our parents obviously failed so we have to get ourselves out of it -- and at least half of that is attitude. Everyone is entitled to certain likes and dislikes, but when you just cast a blanket "don't like it" over a whole class of foods, that's attitude! Look at those around you eating and enjoying vegetables. What do they know that you don't? For starts, they don't dismiss any group of foods as undesirable. If you cook them properly, with seasonings you enjoy, you will probably develop a taste for most, if not all vegetables (although you will find that you have preferences, and a few that you really just can't warm up to!). Failing that, you can be grown up and eat what's good for you, what makes you healthy, and what keeps you thin!

Pouty 5 year old? Seriously, I am asking for advise on how other people eat them so that I can enjoy them! Why is that so hard to understand. Because someone doesn't like something that you do then they aren't an adult??? How does that make sense! My son hates roller coasters but I love them... do I need to tell him to grow up because its what I do? Good god!

See if you can find a local farmers market.. Fresh veggies are a million times better than frozen or canned (in my opinion anyway) so you might even like things you think you dont.

Fresh is great, and so are frozen. Part of the difficulty with eating vegetables is the time-consuming preparation. I keep frozen veggies around to add to eggs and other dishes without having to chop for 20 minutes. Check out the freezer section at the grocery store and see what is there.

At some point, our own health has to be important enough to force us to be willing to change, and I'm sorry but patting someone on the back and commiserating about hating vegetables doesn't exactly seem like a step in the right direction. It is much better to simply suck it up and start eating them. Hell, I love cookies, and cake, and ice cream, and blue cheese dressing. I also snack on carrots, celery, apples, melon, and spinach. Learning how to motivate ourself to eat right is part of growing up. And yes, I stand by the "grow up" comment. It seems a hell of a lot less rude than "jerk" in any event. I've learned not to expect much from these forums and it's why so many of my friends who have been very successful have stopped trying to help. The lazy and immature are not worth the effort and time, and the angry reactions only make it less so.

Lazy and immature?????? Who do you think you are!? Seriously! If your toddler came up to you and said hey I really don't like my vegetables.. any advise on how to enjoy them so I don't continue to not like them would you tell him/her to "Grow up"? Or would you say you know what lets cook them this way and hey you might like it! I'm not asking for pity about not liking veggies im asking for advice (clearly stated before, but maybe you are just rude and don't take in the whole picture) I am soooo far from lazy it isn't even funny! I bet people hate going to the gym around you because you are horribly negative! These are supposed to help people, support them not tear them down by being called lazy or immature! Or being told to grow up! You really should learn some manners! I don't need your "pat on the back" looking for friendly advise not some JERK telling me im a child, lazy and immature. It is absolutely rude to call a perfect stranger lazy and immature, you have no idea what I do, what my struggles are in life or anything for that matter! SO if you "don't expect much from these forums" maybe you should just keep your mouth shut unless you have something positive to say to someone!

Yes, b/c I ask my toddlers permission when I want them to do something.....You're being overly sensative to what beach iron has to say. Some people coddle, some people give it to you straight. That's life. Get over it.