Hate Veggies, Most Fruits

I have a mental thing with veggies (except corn, potatoes and spinach salads) and most fruits (except pineapple and berries). I almost puke at the site and smell of a green pepper. I am a meat and potatoes guy. Most weight loss success stories I have read, their diet is full of veggies and fruit. Will this prevent me from achieving my weight goal and keeping it off long term. To date I have been loading up on proteins, smart carbs and taking a general vitamin and fiber tablets to help with the lack of veggies.

Corn is starchy.....think of this as another serving of bread

Potatoes are starchy.....think of them as another serving of bread

Spinach as your ONLY veggie is going to get old really fast. Can you maintain a weight loss with spinach as your only veggie......doubt it.

I would try a new veggie every week. Try them canned,try them frozen, try them fresh. Then try them grilled, try them roasted, try them raw, try them steamed.

Try them in smoothies, try them in soups (puree them if it's a texture thing). Try them seasoned. After trying them so many ways, so many times....you will "get over it." Do I like all veggies? No, but I like an assortment of them.

Veggies are low calorie (mostly) high volume & high fiber. This is something to fill your plate up with. A small plate of calorie dense food (forever) & pills.....good luck with that.

No this will not hurt you at all!! Also, spinach salads are awesome!


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You have a choice:

1) Try vegetables -- grilled, steamed, sauteed, every way you can -- and keep trying them until you can choke something down.

OR

2) Continue eating very small amounts of meat and bread, and force yourself to stop before you feel full.

Either way, you'll be forcing yourself -- either forcing yourself not to eat, or forcing yourself to eat.

I have a mental thing with veggies (except corn, potatoes and spinach salads) and most fruits (except pineapple and berries). I almost puke at the site and smell of a green pepper. I am a meat and potatoes guy. Most weight loss success stories I have read, their diet is full of veggies and fruit. Will this prevent me from achieving my weight goal and keeping it off long term. To date I have been loading up on proteins, smart carbs and taking a general vitamin and fiber tablets to help with the lack of veggies.

Have you tried juicing those vegetables...its a great way of incorporating vegetables, specially those that we don't like....give it a try...

Have you tried adding some flavouring to make them more appetising? I get no pleasure from plain steamed veg, but add a bit of butter and salt and the difference is HUGE.

Also, whilst it may not affect your weight loss initially, there are a ton of nutrients in fruit and veg that are in very small quantities in other foods and vitamin deficiencies certainly can stall weight loss. Also, if you don't get enough fibre your digestion will suffer and put you at risk of faecal impaction and colon cancer and toxic overload from your body not being able to rid itself of toxins.

the thing with fruit in veg is that they have low calorie values but add volume and bulk to a meal that will keep you satisfied and this is key in keeping hunger at bay and sticking with your plan. Starches like corn and potatoes are much more calorie dense than other veg. You'll find it much more difficult to stick within calorie goals trying to make up all your meals of meat, fat and starch.

Also, whilst a calorie deficit is needed to lose weight, if you don't give your body the right nutrition it won't have the tools it needs to effectively let go of the excess fat. Eating foods that are low in nutritional value might help you lose weight initially, but it won't come off as fast as if you consider what you eat as well as how much.

You should be fine for awhile but your calories will drop as you lose weight and you may have trouble staying full. Since you like spinach have you tried other leafy greens and lettuces? I add a ton of celery, onion and mushrooms to stews, chilies and sloppy Joes to boost up volume. Good luck.

If you really want a change you're going to have to learn to get around your hatred and find a way of eating them. Curry them (I use a reduced fat/calorie butter instead of oil in my curries) if you need to or make veggie burgers or whatever, just make sure you find a way to consume them. Sure, people can and do lose weight without veg (I have) but the fact that you're taking a fiber supplement is a huge red flag showing that you need to increase your fiber intake.

good! go low carb. meat, sweet potatoes, spinach.
as the lady above me said, its calorie deficit.
when i went to Malta i lost 9 pounds by eating chicken nuggets, french fries (only once or twice a day, it was too hot) and drinking 12 tequila shots every night. still a deficit