NO Veggies Diet? Would it work?
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hahahh thanks - like I said I do try to eat healthy and by that, it always means eating your veggies even if you really don't like it. I eat brocolli, carrots, peppers, onions, celery, asparagus, cauliflower, cucumber, salads, eggplants, okra... yeah I eat them because I have to - my body needs the nutrients from all these... but do I "want" to? No, I don't like vegetables and if I have a choice I wouldn't eat it at all. And when I say "choice" it means I just know we need to have these in our health..."Healthier food enthusiasts" keep searching until they find a veggie they like. How about brussel sprouts cooked in bacon. Maybe a little hollandaise on that broccoli? Succotash - sauteed corn and red peppers with chipotle?
I'm sorry I'm tired of people jumping the gun on this forum stating "you don't have to" or why you have a choice...etc... it's aggreviating to see those kind of comments. Because I woudn't have asked for alternatives .... if I think that I "don't" have to.... duh.
To be clear, you asked if anyone has been successful with eating a diet with no veggies. People have answered accordingly.
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Also: you say in your profile you hate broccoli but you eat it for the fiber. There are plenty of other ways to get fiber in your diet, so if you don't like broccoli, don't eat broccoli, eat something else with fiber in it.
There are so many vegetables and so many ways to cook them that I honestly don't believe you when you say you hate all vegetables. It's impossible.0 -
You might be a supertaster like me.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/body/articles/senses/supertaster.shtml
I say, keep experimenting until you find a preparation or texture that works for you.
You might be able to replace your veggies with vitamin and fiber pills but really? Aren't pills the epitome of boring?0 -
lisaabenjamin wrote: »Also: you say in your profile you hate broccoli but you eat it for the fiber. There are plenty of other ways to get fiber in your diet, so if you don't like broccoli, don't eat broccoli, eat something else with fiber in it.
There are so many vegetables and so many ways to cook them that I honestly don't believe you when you say you hate all vegetables. It's impossible.
I also did say - I think it's more of mentality issues towards vegetables than anything else. Because I know I like squash before I learned it's a vegetable then i stopped eating it and dont want to eat it any more. Hating something specific is really possible, my cousin since birth will not eat any type of fruits, he hides and screams when there's any fruit close by... he's 28 and still the same.
I know there are other source of fibers and I know there are vegetables. Like I also said, if given the choice, I would rather not eat any of them but because the vitamins and minerals that we get from these are so essentials, that it outweighs what I think of these to why I should learn to like them and eat them.0 -
I have a nephew who was a very picky eater, especially when he was younger. What my sister-in-law did was tell him that he had to try one new food every week. It was okay not to like it, but he had to try it to find out. What he found out was that he actually liked a lot of things he'd been saying he didn't, just because he hadn't tried them or had tried them in one way he didn't like them.
Why don't you try an extension of this yourself? Go to the grocery store on your next trip and buy a veggie you have never tried or have only tried one way and didn't like. Do a little research and find at least three ways to serve it (raw, steamed, stir-fried, cooked in a dish, etc.) During that week's meals find a way to fit it in. Raw is easy, of course. I say this because vegetables change when you cook them and you might find that the nasty canned spinach your mom served you as a kid isn't the only way to eat it and fresh spinach is lovely as a wilted salad with bacon grease. Me? I love broccoli cooked and hate it raw (the texture), love cauliflower raw but hate it cooked and I'll eat carrots anyway you serve them to me.
Also, our tastes change and something you didn't like as a child you may like now. Adding veggies to fruit smoothies is another way to get them in.
There's also nothing wrong with covering them in cheese or sauce or dipping them in ranch if it helps.
Wow thanks so much for the time and effort it took to write this! It's funny when you said that - there's a song that my 4 years old sings "You gotta try new food.... it might taste gooooddd... try a little bit of this and a little bit of thaattt.." it's sooo cute and it's so true! I really appreciate your feedback and will sure to put them in use!
Welcome! I had another thought... if you like fruit, many of the same nutritional benefits you can get in veggies are in fruit. The trick is, veggies have so many less calories than most fruit because of the sugar that you can eat more of them so get more benefits. So, if you can fit it into your calorie goals for the day, eat fruit instead. Or a combination. If you really find it just doesn't work for you, get a good multivitamin. It's not exactly the same thing but you're at least getting those if not the antioxidants, etc.
I have an aunt who always hated vegetables. To this day she really doesn't eat many of them. She's in her mid-50s and it hasn't killed her yet. Of course, I don't see her often because she lives in CT and I'm in AZ and she's also a bit overweight so I don't know if I can honestly say her diet is "healthy".
I love fruits, I cant get enough of them, I eat all and any varities, but the sugar on them are killers. I think I will try to make a smoothie/shakes out of them so it will mask the taste, maybe spinach, carrots with my berries drink so I can get my good amount of veggies.
I also want to live past 50 if all possible ....0 -
Kids shouldn't have a choice about eating vegetables. Parents should make them eat them and teach them why it's important. They should teach them this so that when they are adults they will eat them. As an adult, you should eat vegetables even though you have a choice.0 -
I don't eat a whole lot of vegetables at all (some spinach, broccoli, and sweet potatoes), I lost my weight just fine, and I'd say I'm pretty darn healthy, so my advice is to eat what you like. Weight loss is about eating at a calorie deficit, not getting in the recommended amount of vegetables daily.
"Adults have to do things they don't want to do, like eat vegetables," is just stupid. I once had a smoker lecture me about not eating enough greens. Uh, I don't think so. I can't stand hypocrisy - unless you don't do anything that is potentially harmful to your body, shut the hell up about what other people choose to eat or not eat. We all do things that aren't necessarily "healthy." And guess what? We all die of something - chances are the reason you die won't be due to a severe lack of broccoli.0 -
You can try eating more organ meats.0
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cant stand really green veggies like spinach or string beans etc etc. I stick to cucumbers, pickles etc etc... not the best choice of veggies but whatever.0
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LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »I don't eat a whole lot of vegetables at all (some spinach, broccoli, and sweet potatoes), I lost my weight just fine, and I'd say I'm pretty darn healthy, so my advice is to eat what you like. Weight loss is about eating at a calorie deficit, not getting in the recommended amount of vegetables daily.
"Adults have to do things they don't want to do, like eat vegetables," is just stupid. I once had a smoker lecture me about not eating enough greens. Uh, I don't think so. I can't stand hypocrisy - unless you don't do anything that is potentially harmful to your body, shut the hell up about what other people choose to eat or not eat. We all do things that aren't necessarily "healthy." And guess what? We all die of something - chances are the reason you die won't be due to a severe lack of broccoli.
You couldn't have said better than I would have! Thank you for your input!!! I do love sweet potatoes.... I just always have this idea that vegetables has to be leafy and earthy... if that makes sense at all... but thank you thank you!0 -
sure why not?
I mean it can't be any more nonsensical then the "eliminate sugar" diets out there..
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successgal1 wrote: »I've lived my entire life on pretty much no veggies. I also just don't care to EAT them. But I do DRINK them. Your concern is probably, are you getting the vitamins and minerals you need from actual food, to be healthy? Its pretty easy and tasteless to throw some kale into a blueberry and pineapple smoothie.
Exactly - I dont think I will get enough vitamins and minerals by just eating potatoes, rice, corn and proteins... these are all starch, I know I need the fiber etc... which is greatly found from veggies which if I can choose would rather not eat. But I will try the smoothie part, I actually love smoothies and maybe throw some spinach in there. Thanks for the advise!
That worked for me - I'm a veggie hater as well (although I can do them raw with dip aka a salad) - I actually really enjoyed the smoothies and got a LOT of dark greens crammed in there. Normally dark greens are an absolute no-no for me and those are the veggies I really wanted to incorporate into my diet. Check in the Recipes forum, there are plenty of threads dedicated to different smoothies.0 -
LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »I don't eat a whole lot of vegetables at all (some spinach, broccoli, and sweet potatoes), I lost my weight just fine, and I'd say I'm pretty darn healthy, so my advice is to eat what you like. Weight loss is about eating at a calorie deficit, not getting in the recommended amount of vegetables daily.
"Adults have to do things they don't want to do, like eat vegetables," is just stupid. I once had a smoker lecture me about not eating enough greens. Uh, I don't think so. I can't stand hypocrisy - unless you don't do anything that is potentially harmful to your body, shut the hell up about what other people choose to eat or not eat. We all do things that aren't necessarily "healthy." And guess what? We all die of something - chances are the reason you die won't be due to a severe lack of broccoli.LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »I don't eat a whole lot of vegetables at all (some spinach, broccoli, and sweet potatoes), I lost my weight just fine, and I'd say I'm pretty darn healthy, so my advice is to eat what you like. Weight loss is about eating at a calorie deficit, not getting in the recommended amount of vegetables daily.
"Adults have to do things they don't want to do, like eat vegetables," is just stupid. I once had a smoker lecture me about not eating enough greens. Uh, I don't think so. I can't stand hypocrisy - unless you don't do anything that is potentially harmful to your body, shut the hell up about what other people choose to eat or not eat. We all do things that aren't necessarily "healthy." And guess what? We all die of something - chances are the reason you die won't be due to a severe lack of broccoli.
Not eating a "whole lot of vegetables" and not eating vegetables are not the same things. I'm not sure what "I'd say I'm pretty darn heatlhy" means but you are only 25 yo according to your profile. Try another 25 with no vegetables and see how healthy you are.0 -
Sure it will work. For weight loss.I just can't stand the taste of ANY vegetables, except "some" lettuce... I specially not like brocolli but I manage to add it in my daily intakes for the nutrients. Anyway, I thought I'd ask if anyone here have/had successful diet without any vegies consumption?
I love my rice or brown rice, corn, peppers (cooked) but any others, I just can't stand it. I have to put it really deep in my chicken so I can swallow 1 florette of brocolli.
this is sad but true.
Is it a good idea to live the rest of your life without veggies? Absolutely not.
Skip broccoli, for sure, but for health, for the long run, vegetables are important.
Does this resonate at all?
http://summertomato.com/i-love-you-mom-but-you-suck-at-cooking-vegetables/
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LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »I don't eat a whole lot of vegetables at all (some spinach, broccoli, and sweet potatoes), I lost my weight just fine, and I'd say I'm pretty darn healthy, so my advice is to eat what you like. Weight loss is about eating at a calorie deficit, not getting in the recommended amount of vegetables daily.
"Adults have to do things they don't want to do, like eat vegetables," is just stupid. I once had a smoker lecture me about not eating enough greens. Uh, I don't think so. I can't stand hypocrisy - unless you don't do anything that is potentially harmful to your body, shut the hell up about what other people choose to eat or not eat. We all do things that aren't necessarily "healthy." And guess what? We all die of something - chances are the reason you die won't be due to a severe lack of broccoli.
BS - no one is lecturing anyone. The OP comes on and asks if anyone had went on a diet of no vegetables and was successful. Sorry, the answer is no. She didn't say some vegetables. She said no vegetables. If you want to recommend that to the OP, go right ahead, but it's a dumb recommendation no matter how you spin it.
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lisaabenjamin wrote: »Also: you say in your profile you hate broccoli but you eat it for the fiber. There are plenty of other ways to get fiber in your diet, so if you don't like broccoli, don't eat broccoli, eat something else with fiber in it.
There are so many vegetables and so many ways to cook them that I honestly don't believe you when you say you hate all vegetables. It's impossible.
I also did say - I think it's more of mentality issues towards vegetables than anything else. Because I know I like squash before I learned it's a vegetable then i stopped eating it and dont want to eat it any more. Hating something specific is really possible, my cousin since birth will not eat any type of fruits, he hides and screams when there's any fruit close by... he's 28 and still the same.
I know there are other source of fibers and I know there are vegetables. Like I also said, if given the choice, I would rather not eat any of them but because the vitamins and minerals that we get from these are so essentials, that it outweighs what I think of these to why I should learn to like them and eat them.
If it's not a taste/texture issue all round then maybe you need to talk to a psychologist about it. The whole liking squash until you found out it was a vegetable seems to be a bit of a red flag that the issue is not with the food itself but with you.
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I practically never eat veggies, I just don't like them. I'll nibble a bit of carrot once in a blue moon, but everything else is a struggle, and any green veg makes me want to retch. I could totally live on potatoes, lol but otherwise, I only eat fruit. I'm successfully losing weight. I wouldn't recommend it long-term health-wise of course, I know practically zilch about micros but there are probably things you get from veg that you don't from fruit.0
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While I agree that you don't have to eat anything you don't want to eat, I also think that as an adult, you need to figure out a way to like vegetables.
yep. I'm on board with this. Plus, baked zucchini is awesome. and sugar snaps, raw. fresh green beans; asparagus is pretty yummy - especially if it's seasoned, it just makes my pee stinky.
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A diet without veggies is a diet not worth eating.
I'm biased, though, I LOVE veggies.
Find a way to prepare them that you will enjoy them.
My husband used to HATE veggies, then I started roasting them with olive oil, salt and pepper...now he begs for them.0 -
Don't get scurvy. Eat Veggies.0
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You liked squash until you found out it was a vegetable and then you didn't like it anymore? That statement says it all. You were doing so well, willing to take suggestions and try new things...then you had to go and say that....0
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0somuchbetter0 wrote: »You liked squash until you found out it was a vegetable and then you didn't like it anymore? That statement says it all. You were doing so well, willing to take suggestions and try new things...then you had to go and say that....
This was to that extent - but like I said I been eating brocolli even though it's vegies, if you going to read some part of the thread, please read them all before jumping the gun. Thanks! I openly said that I think it's all through mentality and psychological. Thanks for your 2 cents.-1 -
+1 on Jessica Seinfeld's cookbook 'Deceptively Delicious'. I have a spinach protein smoothie breakfast a few times a week.
1 cup almond milk
1/2 frozen banana
1 scoop vanilla flavor whey protein powder
about 2 cups (2 handfuls) raw baby spinach
I know it doesn't sound great but I really don't taste the spinach at all. Sometimes I might add a tablespoon of peanut or almond butter. Makes me feel good getting a giant serving of leafy green veggies in before I've even had my coffee 0 -
disasterman wrote: »+1 on Jessica Seinfeld's cookbook 'Deceptively Delicious'. I have a spinach protein smoothie breakfast a few times a week.
1 cup almond milk
1/2 frozen banana
1 scoop vanilla flavor whey protein powder
about 2 cups (2 handfuls) raw baby spinach
I know it doesn't sound great but I really don't taste the spinach at all. Sometimes I might add a tablespoon of peanut or almond butter. Makes me feel good getting a giant serving of leafy green veggies in before I've even had my coffee
This sounds delish - I never freeze my banana but have heard how good it can be and how it taste like ice cream. I'm going to need to try this out. I dont have Whey protein powder either.... can I use yogurt? or is this a staple for this recipe. Thanks!0 -
0somuchbetter0 wrote: »You liked squash until you found out it was a vegetable and then you didn't like it anymore? That statement says it all. You were doing so well, willing to take suggestions and try new things...then you had to go and say that....
This was to that extent - but like I said I been eating brocolli even though it's vegies, if you going to read some part of the thread, please read them all before jumping the gun. Thanks! I openly said that I think it's all through mentality and psychological. Thanks for your 2 cents.
You also might be a "supertaster" like me and experience bitter flavor more intensely than most people. It would make sense that you would be avoidant of things that in your experience have tasted awful. Do you find alcohol tasty or nasty? How about coffee? For me, even light beer tastes very bitter. Of course, I drink it anyway...<g>
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LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »I don't eat a whole lot of vegetables at all (some spinach, broccoli, and sweet potatoes), I lost my weight just fine, and I'd say I'm pretty darn healthy, so my advice is to eat what you like. Weight loss is about eating at a calorie deficit, not getting in the recommended amount of vegetables daily.
"Adults have to do things they don't want to do, like eat vegetables," is just stupid. I once had a smoker lecture me about not eating enough greens. Uh, I don't think so. I can't stand hypocrisy - unless you don't do anything that is potentially harmful to your body, shut the hell up about what other people choose to eat or not eat. We all do things that aren't necessarily "healthy." And guess what? We all die of something - chances are the reason you die won't be due to a severe lack of broccoli.
BS - no one is lecturing anyone. The OP comes on and asks if anyone had went on a diet of no vegetables and was successful. Sorry, the answer is no. She didn't say some vegetables. She said no vegetables. If you want to recommend that to the OP, go right ahead, but it's a dumb recommendation no matter how you spin it.
So no one has ever lost weight without eating vegetables? I find that very hard to believe.
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Probably yogurt would work. Keep in mind that the protein powder adds some flavor and sweetness- if you went with an unflavored greek yogurt it wouldn't be the same. I probably do a vanilla Dannon or something similarly sweet.0
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0somuchbetter0 wrote: »You liked squash until you found out it was a vegetable and then you didn't like it anymore? That statement says it all. You were doing so well, willing to take suggestions and try new things...then you had to go and say that....
This was to that extent - but like I said I been eating brocolli even though it's vegies, if you going to read some part of the thread, please read them all before jumping the gun. Thanks! I openly said that I think it's all through mentality and psychological. Thanks for your 2 cents.
You also might be a "supertaster" like me and experience bitter flavor more intensely than most people. It would make sense that you would be avoidant of things that in your experience have tasted awful. Do you find alcohol tasty or nasty? How about coffee? For me, even light beer tastes very bitter. Of course, I drink it anyway...<g>
Yes and Yes - I cannot drink alcohol because it's sooo bitter, it doesnt matter what it is. I tried to but I can't stand it. Nor beer - doesn't like the taste either. I LOVE coffee, but has to be with lots of cream and sugar so I gave up on that. I just drink green tea now the Strawberry/Grapefruit flavored one.0 -
LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »LyndseyLovesToLift wrote: »I don't eat a whole lot of vegetables at all (some spinach, broccoli, and sweet potatoes), I lost my weight just fine, and I'd say I'm pretty darn healthy, so my advice is to eat what you like. Weight loss is about eating at a calorie deficit, not getting in the recommended amount of vegetables daily.
"Adults have to do things they don't want to do, like eat vegetables," is just stupid. I once had a smoker lecture me about not eating enough greens. Uh, I don't think so. I can't stand hypocrisy - unless you don't do anything that is potentially harmful to your body, shut the hell up about what other people choose to eat or not eat. We all do things that aren't necessarily "healthy." And guess what? We all die of something - chances are the reason you die won't be due to a severe lack of broccoli.
BS - no one is lecturing anyone. The OP comes on and asks if anyone had went on a diet of no vegetables and was successful. Sorry, the answer is no. She didn't say some vegetables. She said no vegetables. If you want to recommend that to the OP, go right ahead, but it's a dumb recommendation no matter how you spin it.
So no one has ever lost weight without eating vegetables? I find that very hard to believe.
I guess it depends on what the OP considers a "successful diet". If weight loss is the only criteria, then vegetables are not required.0
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