Hate veggies!!!

I used to hate vegetables too. Not all but almost all. It was because I had not given them a fair chance. Salads were so boring and bland. What I did was start trying different recipe's or different vegi combinations. Once you start eating them more you will want them more, not to mention your body will feel better and you will see more weight loss results. It will be worth it!

Second of all we are all here for support not to bash people for their feelings. I grew up in a very Hispanic home and it was usually beans rice and a meat with tortilla I did not grow up with greens and salads so I did hate vegetables as well. I started eating more vegetables because I knew it was best for my body and for the future of my kids. You have to take accountability for yourself. But I have been there and I will not past judgment toward you. Good luck on your journey keep striving for better

This! I am sorry some people just came out and bashed your post. I don't believe it means you aren't "Growing Up" but that you havent experimented enough with veggies. Trying making a Cauliflower pizza crust, or use a food processor to grind it up and put it in soups, sauces, rice mixture. There are definitely creative ways to eat more veggies (I'm a Cauliflower nerd hense my suggestions).

It won't hurt to start by adding cheese, hot sauce, ranch, etc to the veggies at first and then try to ween yourself to just eat the veggies.

1. It's sad seeing the lack of support here. Think of when you were at your heaviest and everyone was telling you to lose weight, but you weren't ready. Did people coming up to you and calling you fat or telling you how disgusting you looked help? I really doubt it, and quite frankly, the amount of disregard to how the OP, who came here asking for advice, feels is quite sad in here.


OP -- I was with you 6 months ago. I still am not a big lover of veggies. I even said I HATED THEM ALL, just like you. That said here are some things I have learned:

1. Veggies in a smoothie are an amazing way to get some of the nutrients you need without the flavors you don't like. This will take some experimentation, but some of my favorites have been spinach, kale, bok choi, celery and parsley.

2. If you grew up anything like me, you're main experience with veggies was boiled until they were a complete soggy mess. For many veggies, this actually makes them release chemicals that make them taste down right nasty (for example, brussel sprouts start tasting more and more like rotten eggs). When cooked properly, they taste nothing the same. If learning to like some veggies (or, really, finding out which veggies you like but didn't know it) is important to you, trying new recipes out will be pretty vital here. The raw earth taste of raw veggies is a great description for what I taste, as well, but a well-roasted brussel sprout with some salt, pepper and garlic is amazingly nutty and tastes pretty amazing. Remember, I, too, HATED all veggies 6 months ago. I'm also seriously addicted to roasted green beans. Roasting is an amazing way to cook veggies. Do what I did, go buy a handful of a veggie (when I first tried bok choi, it cost me all of 20 cents), cook up a small portion and see what you think. If you hate it, you've learned something, but you may just like it!

3. You can hide a lot of veggies in other dishes. Soups with veggies (check the slow cooker minestrone soup on skinnytaste.com as an example) are a wonderful way to learn the flavor of veggies when combined with other things. Another example is stuffed zucchini (I stuffed mine with taco fixings and used the zucchini instead of a tortilla and then baked the whole dish. It was cravable, which is something I never thought I would say about veggies.

4. Try some fake outs. Some veggies do amazingly at playing the same role as a more carb-heavy food and you end up not thinking about them like veggies at first. I *love* mashed potatoes. Well potatos in general. Before I was watching my diet, I would have 2-3 a night! Clearly that won't fly anymore, so I tried a cauliflower puree with garlic. Tasted like the most amazing garlicy mashed potatoes ever, had nearly no calories compared to real mashed taters. It was quite good! Another good example is spaghetti squash (or so I'm told, I've not tried it myself since they are out of season now and hard to get). You can heat them up in the micronuker, fork out the flesh and now you have veggie pasta.

5. Lastly, don't give up forever. As you start eating less and less sugar, and to some extent salt, I've found that my palate has changed quite a bit to the point that some foods I used to love aren't so great anymore (cucumbers taste down right vile to me now, but I used to love onion cucumber salad) and foods you used to hate start tasting amazing (tomatoes for me).

If you don't like something, you don't like it, but, from my own personal experience, saying you hate ALL veggies, means I hated the ones I tried the way they were cooked for me. Learning to cook them differently or trying new veggies has opened lots of doors for me.

Grow up. I mean sorry, but saying you hate all veggies is just ridiculous, and that's a pretty bad example to set for your kids. If it really bothers you, try to sneak them into things. I put kale in my smoothies and can hardly taste it, and I blend carrots and spinach into my tomato sauce. Chopping up tiny little pieces to add to rice or other pasta dishes also will work.

There are tons of different veggies, and the way you cook them changes their flavor dramatically. I hate raw veggies but almost any kind of veggie tastes good roasted or grilled. I never eat them plain, always dressed up in spices or healthy sauces.

Grow up. I mean sorry, but saying you hate all veggies is just ridiculous, and that's a pretty bad example to set for your kids. If it really bothers you, try to sneak them into things. I put kale in my smoothies and can hardly taste it, and I blend carrots and spinach into my tomato sauce. Chopping up tiny little pieces to add to rice or other pasta dishes also will work.

There are tons of different veggies, and the way you cook them changes their flavor dramatically. I hate raw veggies but almost any kind of veggie tastes good roasted or grilled. I never eat them plain, always dressed up in spices or healthy sauces.

I don't think that was very nice, some people just don't like certain tastes and textures, I know I don't. I have gotten a little better over the years and I have recently bought a vitamix that I am hoping will help me with getting more veggies in my diet. I would love to love more things but the textures get me everytime, the slimy, gross, airy textures are not my thing and I know a lot of people with this same problem. I hope you know that not everyone is the same and I am sure if she could eat them she would. There is no need for that kind of rudeness on the boards. That is all

You could also try reducing your sugar intake to less than 10 grams a day for 4-5 weeks. You may begin to taste what sugars are in veggies, so they will taste less bitter for you and be more palatable. Reducing my sugar intake helped me a ton.