Advice please for limited food likes while loosing weight

I'm a picky eater too, and some vegetables I just can't stomach, mushrooms are more or less the most disgusting food on the planet. You can always cut up bulk veg like zucchini or peppers small and cook it with stews/casseroles, I hate the stuff but you honestly can't taste it.

As for food that will help with weight loss, just eat what fits within your allowances/macros. It will take a bit of experimenting to figure out what makes you feel full without going over your targets. Good luck!

Good morning, just saw your message. My whole life, I have struggled with a lot of veggies. Over time I have slowly found some different ways to eat them that helps me. For me the struggle depends on the veggie, the preparation and the flavor finish. First try to figure out what it is you don't like about a veggie, and try to compensate for it - I found for me fresh is best (some on occasion and dependent on preparation - frozen). I ALWAYS hated brussell sprouts and spinach. I have found I can incorporate fresh spinach onto a sandwich, in place of lettuce, I can toss a little into soups & Greek style omelette (egg whites, onion, tomato, spinach and feta). For the brussell sprouts I basically like them roasted - actually most veggies roasted are awesome (the carmelization sweetens them and changes the flavor quite a bit). They are also very yumming if you carmelize them in a pan with just a little bacon and onions. I HATE carrots, but I make a super simple carrot/orange soup that I can literally live on - it's soooo yummy: saute 1/2 of a chopped onion in 1 tbsp of butter, then add 7-8 carrots cut any way (will process later) and 4 cups of no sodium or low sodium chicken or veggie stock/broth boil until soft - throw into a blend or processer until smooth - place back in pot, add 1 cup of orange juice and bring back to temperature. It makes about 8 - 1 cup servings and calories low. Great with a little ginger (fresh or powdered) added as well. I also just found out that I LOVE the Asian preparation of julienned carrots and daikon radish pickled, so I am working on learning that recipe. I can not and probably won't ever be able (cause I've tried every preparation I can think of) eat beets - just a mouthful of dirt to me and no matter how you prep or season dirt, will still taste like dirt. LOL Asparagus - fresh/frozen grilled and with lemon - yummy. Seriously as a kid I would have died before eating any of these. Cauliflower - have you tried it roasted with parmesean? or Au Gratin baked? Let me know your thoughts on my suggestions - would love to hear! Hope any of this helps, have a fantastic Sunday!

one more thing, roast veggies, blend them and throw them into sauce or chili. Then you won't see them, feel them and they become part of the flavor profile of what you are cooking.

We're not huge veggie lovers in my house either, though I probably like the most. But it's hell trying to get my daughter to eat nearly all of them. Currently she eats potatoes (which she loves) and carrots (but only sweet carrots) any other kind and she will spit them out lol. The only times I can get her to eat other veggies is if they are buried in other foods.

I'm not sure whether I can add anything constructive here, except to say that there are so many great recipes online, it's almost impossible not to find one that appeals, for almost any dish. Personally, I am pretty much equally focused on weight loss and macronutrient balance, AND variety and micronutrient content. My GF and I try to eat 3 to 5 servings of fruit and 5 to 9 servings of vegetables (mostly raw) per day. There is practically no vegetable that I won't chop up raw in a salad. I tend to dice things pretty finely, usually 1/8" or smaller, so it's more of a flavor burst than a texture thing.

The other technique we use is the smoothie. A base of almond milk and a good protein powder, then raw greens like kale, chard, watercress...berries, and for texture, bananas (enough banana will mask almost anything!) or avocado. Using a richly flavored chocolate protein powder, with raw cacao, and raspberries is an awesome combo, and will mask the flavor of pretty much any veggies. We like Garden Of Life's Raw Protein...good clean plant-based protein with no added anything. The flavored one's are sweetened with stevia.

I won't say "just eat the vegetables", but I will say if you're concerned about overall health, there are plenty of ways to get a balanced diet into yourself. Good Luck!

BTW...I agree with SingingSingleTracker, above: "...I find what works for me is a consistent couple of meals that I know the exact calorie count of before eating, like the taste, and look forward to eating. So I found a breakfast and a lunch that I am able to eat on nearly a daily basis which tastes good to me, is routine...".

"Routinizing" my diet has helped a lot. I also have a series of predetermined meals that I don't really have to think about, other than making sure I have shopped correctly so the stuff is on hand. Also, I have found several takeout options that fit my lifestyle, calorie limits, and taste. For example, Chipotle's Barbacoa Salad, with lettuce, barbacoa, fajita veggies, mild salsa and guacamole, is roughly 500 calories (according to their own web site), depending on how generous the server is. I also talked to the owner of a local eatery that does grilled chicken salads and he agreed to let me get the "house" salad my way - no feta cheese, no chick peas, no pita bread on the side - just mixed lettuce, tomato, chopped raw carrot, onion, radish, cucumber, green pepper, and kalamata olives, topped with his amazing grilled chicken. I brought one home and deconstructed it and weighed each item, and it came to 518 calories, including the dressing.

The other thing that works for me is getting into "Warrior Mode" about all of this. I get totally focused on it, and I can eat the same thing everyday for a week or two, because I know where I'm at and where I want to get to, and it works.

Good luck everyone! Losing is winning...!