Do you have to eat vegetables in order to lose weight??
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No, you do not need to eat veggies in order to lose weight. You need to eat fewer calories than you are burning in order to lose weight.
But for me, personally ... I love veggies! I crave veggies. A day without veggies just doesn't seem right ... I feel like I'm missing something important.
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No, you do not need to eat veggies in order to lose weight. You need to eat fewer calories than you are burning in order to lose weight.
But for me, personally ... I love veggies! I crave veggies. A day without veggies just doesn't seem right ... I feel like I'm missing something important.
Same here! And that roasted broccoli/cauliflower concoction I posted up thread is all I had for dinner last night, and it was most filling.
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No.
But I eat a load of them daily because I like good results!0 -
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I love them too, but I can totally see how much it would suck to have to eat them everyday if I didn't love them. For instance if someone tried to make me eat liver everyday
on a happy note I would be the weight I am aiming at in very short order from lack of eating anything at all. Try a few things, do some recipes, see if you can make them palatable to you. If not make sure you are getting your vitamins and stuff so you are healthy. 0 -
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Yes. Always eat them in order! It's like food combining, but alphabetical. First asparagus, then broccoli, then cabbage......0
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arditarose wrote: »She got you though. Tomato is fruit, right?
Aha, yes. If that is what she meant. I should say those were his fruits/veggies so far this week. (Not an exaggeration, those are really it.)0 -
OP - all you need for weight loss is a calorie deficit. However, you should eat some vegetables and fruits to make sure that you are getting adequate nutrition.
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arditarose wrote: »She got you though. Tomato is fruit, right?
Not from a culinary standpoint. (Or according to the USSC.)
From a botanical one, sure.0 -
rileysowner wrote: »No. The ones who say yes seem to think there is something magical about the calories that come from veggies. There isn't. Veggies are packed with nutrition, which is a good thing. They have lots of fiber which is good to help fill you up and keep you full among other things maybe making it easier to stick to your calories, but none of that makes it absolutely necessary to eat them to lose weight especially if you don't like them.
Who doesn't like vegetables??? Who are you people?!0 -
Vegetables have a lot of health qualities: micronutrients, fiber, and high satiety.
Being necessary for weight loss isn't one though. For weight loss is calories in versus calories out.0 -
gardensneeze wrote: »rileysowner wrote: »No. The ones who say yes seem to think there is something magical about the calories that come from veggies. There isn't. Veggies are packed with nutrition, which is a good thing. They have lots of fiber which is good to help fill you up and keep you full among other things maybe making it easier to stick to your calories, but none of that makes it absolutely necessary to eat them to lose weight especially if you don't like them.
Who doesn't like vegetables??? Who are you people?!
For me it's not really about "not liking", I neither like nor dislike the veggies I can't eat. I have ARFID which is a type of eating disorder, really a phobia around certain foods. Some foods are fine, others induce panic, nausea, even vomiting. There's no rational basis for it, it's a phobia.
I can learn to tolerate and ultimately enjoy new foods by repeated exposure, but it tends to be an uphill battle on a food-by-food basis. Many vegetables are still on the "can't eat" side of the great divide, since I only slowly gain new ground on expanding my food horizons, and there's just so many types of food out there.0 -
[/quote] For me it's not really about "not liking", I neither like nor dislike the veggies I can't eat. I have ARFID which is a type of eating disorder, really a phobia around certain foods. Some foods are fine, others induce panic, nausea, even vomiting. There's no rational basis for it, it's a phobia.
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That sounds horrendous! Have you had psychological support?
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gardensneeze wrote: »For me it's not really about "not liking", I neither like nor dislike the veggies I can't eat. I have ARFID which is a type of eating disorder, really a phobia around certain foods. Some foods are fine, others induce panic, nausea, even vomiting. There's no rational basis for it, it's a phobia.
That sounds horrendous! Have you had psychological support?
Not really, I just muddle through on my own. Probably could use some actual professional help, but I sort of just follow some of the principles of graded exposure therapy on my own.0 -
OP - all you need for weight loss is a calorie deficit. However, you should eat some vegetables and fruits to make sure that you are getting adequate nutrition.
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This!
For weight loss ,its not necessary to eat veggies.
Nutrition is a whole different story. You asked about weight loss op, so as far as weight loss goes veggies are not needed ( for godnesss sakes, I've looked at diaries on here where the person drinks 900 calories of whipping cream a day lol !!! )
For me, I prefer personally to have a well balanced diet that hits my macros and micros .so I do include veggies in my day but it's certainly not required to lose weight!!0 -
samiamorisseau wrote: »
I avoid believing and go with actual evidence so I can instead know.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/
At the least, there's one point that a person can lose weight without eating vegetables.0 -
samiamorisseau wrote: »
I avoid believing and go with actual evidence so I can instead know.
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/
At the least, there's one point that a person can lose weight without eating vegetables.
He actually did eat some canned veggies to avoid scurvy, if i recall.
OP If you're still a vegetarian but don't like eating vegetables anymore, you're going to have bigger problems.0 -
arditarose wrote: »She got you though. Tomato is fruit, right?
Yiu are correct. It's not a vegetable at all. The plant is from the nightshade family.0 -
lemurcat12 wrote: »arditarose wrote: »She got you though. Tomato is fruit, right?
Not from a culinary standpoint. (Or according to the USSC.)
From a botanical one, sure.
As a gardener, I'm sticking with fruit. I see the Supreme Court went with vegetable in 1886 using the rationale that tomatoes are not eaten for dessert: http://theplate.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/09/fruit-or-vegetable/
None of you remember the Reagan-era Ketchup as a Vegetable Controversy?0 -
kshama2001 wrote: »lemurcat12 wrote: »arditarose wrote: »She got you though. Tomato is fruit, right?
Not from a culinary standpoint. (Or according to the USSC.)
From a botanical one, sure.
As a gardener, I'm sticking with fruit. I see the Supreme Court went with vegetable in 1886 using the rationale that tomatoes are not eaten for dessert: http://theplate.nationalgeographic.com/2015/02/09/fruit-or-vegetable/
None of you remember the Reagan-era Ketchup as a Vegetable Controversy?
http://www.bonappetit.com/recipes/slideshow/tomatoes-for-dessert-8-recipes-for-ice-pops-cakes-tarts-cookies-and-more0 -
No, but its a good source of vitamins. It also makes your meals a lot larger for significantly less calories.
There's also really good health benefits to eating greens like reducing the risk of cancer and keeping your arteries clear of disease. The junk food can sometimes negatively effect your body because you do not provide enough good nutrition for your body to survive but if you eat the junk food within the range of your daily calories, you still do shed weight in your fat stores. I have lost a lot of weight from eating unhealthy foods in small quantities. I have also lost weight eating healthy foods within my calorie goals.0 -
+1gardensneeze wrote: »I'm not sure whether you're joking or not, but for complete health, functioning bowels, and all the nutrients you need to LIVE, yeah I'd be eating vegetables. Every. Day. They fill you up, taste amazing and are so good for you. Let me know if you want to tips or recipes on working with veg. Losing weight without including vegetables is extremely unhealthy and not recommended - you'd be starving yourself and depriving yourself of essential micronutrients, plus it's likely that you'd put all the weight back on because your habits haven't changed.
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I guess the only way veggies could help you lose weight is if you replaced your regular high calorie foods with low cal veggies. You can have a plate loaded with veggies for not many calories, plus they can be very filling. But veggies on their own on top of your regular food wont do diddly for weight loss.0
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I eat vegetables but rarely "just" on the side. We eat a lot of stuffed vegetables with more vegetables, meats and sauces mixed in, soups, stews and chilis with them chopped and added in, crust less quiche/egg bakes with veggies, mixed into any ground meat - meatballs, meatloaf, nuggets, casseroles, etc.0
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The benefit of fiber for dieters, per the link you posted, is not due to health qualities. Rather, it is due to fiber's filling properties.
-->"It fills your stomach, stimulating receptors that tell your brain that it’s time to stop eating."0 -
there are tons of veggies to choose from and numerous ways they can be prepared...i eat all the veggies...0
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