How to eat healthy if you HATE veggies?! HELP!

Seeing as it's marketed as a "cleanse", it's already a bad idea. Seeing as you hate the food they want you to eat, doubly so. Knock it off, just eat what you like at a calorie deficit.

I eat potatoes all the time, and fresh corn all summer. And I like grilled or roasted zucchini better than fried.

I was never a big fan of veggies until I started grilling and roasting them. Olive or coconut oil and a little balsamic vinegar does wonders for almost any veggie, and roasting or grilling brings out their natural sweetness.

Zucchini - slice it up, toss in some sliced red bell peppers, sliced onions, mushrooms, and toss it all with a little oil and a few shakes of balsamic. A little garlic powder, or herbs de provence, dried or fresh rosemary - whatever you've got, and a bit of salt and pepper, and roast it on a cookie sheet around 350º for 20 minutes or so, stirring occasionally. Also awesome on the grill in summer - just get one of those grill baskets or woks to go on the grill so the smaller veggies don't fall through (and go easy on the oil which of course will flare up).

Butternut squash is so tasty roasted - cube it up (or buy the precut stuff), toss with coconut oil, salt & pepper and some dried sage. 425º, 20-30 minutes or so, stir occasionally.

Sweet potatoes are super tasty - bake in their skin (microwave or oven), scoop out of the yummy flesh and top it with a little butter (yes, BUTTER!), and sprinkle a little cinnamon on it if you like. If you like it sweeter, a drizzle of honey.

Check Pinterest or Google recipes for other roasted veggies - brocooli, squashes, green beans, asparagus - there's lots of good sources out there. And roasting/grilling them opens up a whole new world of flavor!

Because maybe I'm trying to find foods that are better for me instead of the regular pizza, lasagna, chips, pop & chocolate that I stuff in my face now. Thanks for not helping at all. I asked for specific recipes because I'm trying to better myself...not your irrelevant comments.

Well good luck to you. I'm sure with that attitude you'll do terrific.

^^^ exactly what I thought! Not a very nice response to her simple question which I think was more a curiosity since there are other ways ie: weight watchers that seem to be more realistic since you hate everything you are supposed to eat on your cleanse. You could also just add fresh fruit& vegetable juice to a healthier diet to get the benefits and nutrients from veggies without eating them!

Why would you pick a diet full of foods you hate?! How is that at all sustainable?!

I understand what this person is saying, even if it wasn't said very elegantly. I have tried many occasions to drop foods I like and try to eat food I don't like (e.g., salads, tomatoes, celery, etc.). In the end I just got angry and upset, and gained more weight after going back to my regular diet. Hence it isn't sustainable. I don't like veggies, especially raw. Right now I am content on eating steamed broccoli, carrots, and brussels sprouts with supper. And maybe that might lead my taste buds into a better direction in the future.

I don't know what this diet is you are referring to is (never heard of it). But from experience, take it slow. Trying to completely change your eating habits cold turkey has never worked for me. Try finding foods you like that still are healthy. Make homemade pizza's out of pita bread, where you have control over the toppings, instead of buying one from dominos, for example.

Like others have said, just track everything. Eat at a deficit, and try to have some kind of balance.

That might not have helped you at all if you are set on the diet you mentioned, but I guess my response is just a warning that a lot of the time they just don't work out, and you don't have to put yourself through emotional turmoil to reach your goals.

I've lost almost 100lbs in the past year & I absolutely hate veggies too, the only veg I have eaten the entire year is potatoes but very limited of those. So its def possible to do. I eat more fruit to accommodate my lack of veggies, I eat portions, I eat only chicken or fish for my supper, have cut out some foods entirely, allow take out only once a week & then only on my weigh in days & if I do good. There are ways around everything and yes I did try to get myself to like them but it just wasn't happening. My hubby can eat broccoli as a snack, I would sooner be shot :-)

Good luck!

Have you tried raw veggies or always cooked? I know I can't stand most vegetables, but I can eat raw carrots, peas in pods, cucumbers, green beans sometimes but once any of those are cooked I can't eat them because they've turned disgusting.

Because maybe I'm trying to find foods that are better for me instead of the regular pizza, lasagna, chips, pop & chocolate that I stuff in my face now. Thanks for not helping at all. I asked for specific recipes because I'm trying to better myself...not your irrelevant comments.

maybe you should take the time to actually ponder some of the things that very successful people here mention. The point being that the most important aspect of all of this is going to be adherence and sustainability...if you can't do either then you are wasting your time.

Also...you'll just have to learn to like veggies...I mean my four year old can get away with that nonsense but you're an adult...cook them in different ways...I generally prefer mine sauteed or roasted....try different varieties and combinations...eat them raw with some awesome humus, etc. Really...you can't get proper nutrition through your diet without veggies, and that's just the way it is.

Honestly I think you should just try every single vegetable until you find some you like. My bff was the same way and she had an open mind (as you say you do) and now she eats all kinds of new veggies she had never even tried before (even though she swore on a stack of bibles she hated ALL veggies). Obviously you can lose weight without eating a lot of veggies but I don't think it's sustainable and I really do believe you get the best nutrients from veggies. Try boiling, roasting, baking, sauteing, chopping it up in itty bitty pieces and putting it in meat sauce or mashes. Try skinnytaste . com they have GREAT recipes.

At the end of the day, where there is will there's a way. Good luck!