Picky Eater Alert ... Veggies are a Problem !!!

You are destined to be whatever you want to be. Vegetables are not required for weight loss. Eat whatever you like but stay within your calorie goals and you will lose weight. If you are worried about nutrition, take a multivitamin.

There ard a lot of ways to eat vegetables that are not plain and steamed. There are probably a lot of things you have not tried at all.
Eat them raw and crunchy- plain or with dips.
Put them is sauces, soups, stews, caseroles, stir fry, eggs, pizza. Grill or roast them. Season them differently. Combine them with other vegetables. Have them with a tasty sauce.
Look at vegetable dishes on pinterest.

Molly Katzen has some tasty vegetable recipes in her books. My carrot hating husband liked the coconut ginger carrots from this book-> https://www.amazon.com/Vegetable-Dishes-Cant-Live-Without/dp/1401322328/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/239616/buffalo-cauliflower/
https://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/classic-creamed-spinach
http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/oven-roasted-broccoli-206184?soc=socialsharingpinterest
https://barefeetinthekitchen.com/turmeric-roasted-green-beans-and-potatoes-recipe
https://www.ciaochowbambina.com/sweet-potato-fritters-sriracha-mayo/
https://www.melskitchencafe.com/summer-corn-salad/#_a5y_p=3883902
https://www.saveur.com/article/Recipes/Classic-Cream-Tomato-Soup?uYGQXdRTTGehVjOP.32
http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/cucumber-and-onion-salad-182382?soc=socialsharingpinterest
https://www.saveur.com/green-beans-feta-mint?gjggVI3tkkKCQsbL.32
http://www.geniuskitchen.com/recipe/copycat-olive-garden-minestrone-soup-by-todd-wilbur-77585

It's true that you don't have to eat what you don't like. But I think it's admirable to try and eat more vegetables. Roasting is a good idea if you're not sure how to prepare.
Some veggies that are liked by a lot of people:
Sugar snap peas (raw)
Frozen peas
Roasted potatoes
Corn on the cob with butter and salt
Green beans

Try 'em raw dipped in dressing, hot and topped with tomato sauce and some parmesan cheese, roasted with a generous sprinkle of salt and pepper, stir fried with garlic and soy sauce, microwave then mix in a little butter and hot sauce.

Well, some tips from someone who was in the same boat. Some of these were covered already:

1. There are tons of great meals (soups, stews, sauces, sandwiches, etc.) that include veggies along with other things that may make it more palatable. I admit I rarely eat just plain veggies, as I think they're often a little boring, but I cook with vegetables all the time. It could be a simple homemade tomato sauce (tomato, onion, herbs, mushrooms, etc.), or meat braised with a french-style mirepoix, or a cajun-inspired gumbo - and two of the three members of the cajun "holy trinity" are on your list already so you'd only be adding celery

2. Try veggies in many different forms. How they are cooked (or not cooked) can alter their flavor and texture completely, as does what you accompany them with. Salt and fat greatly enhance flavor, and acid can often add a depth of flavor - it's no coincidence that oil and vinegar are the basis for many very popular salad dressings. Read about what pairs with what - for example, a somewhat bitter vegetable can pair very nicely with a rich and savory meal, because a certain amount of bitterness has a "palate cleansing" effect that prevents you from getting tired of the savory meal.

3. In terms of trying to be less picky and expanding your horizons, I can definitely offer some advice. I was a very picky eater well into adulthood. I was certainly never as bad as the guy on TV who only ate hamburgers for 30 years, but I was probably closer to that guy than I was to a normal person in terms of breadth of food I'd eat. A little over a year ago, I made a big push to change, and now I can say that when I go out to eat with others, I'm almost always one of the least picky people at the table. For me, it was definitely a phobia of new foods that was at the heart of my pickiness; even the thought of eating new foods would make me nauseous, while now it makes me excited.

My basic method to get over my picky eating was:

I made a list of foods I wanted to learn to eat but couldn't, and sorted the list from least to most "scary". Then I systematically worked my way down the list, so each new food I was trying was always the least scary food still on the list. I would use either take-out or TV dinners for this, as it meant I didn't have to cook. That helped because a) I didn't know what the food was supposed to taste like so I couldn't know if I cooked it right, and b) cooking with a food phobia can often increase anxiety because it means unfamiliar smells for a long period of time, and I wanted to do everything I could to reduce my anxiety. If you have someone else who cooks, have them prepare the meal while you're out of the house.

When I'd actually get the meal, I'd sit comfortably, do anything I could to relax (listen to music, etc.) and then eat at whatever pace I wanted. Sometimes it would mean just smelling the food until I was comfortable with the aroma, or taking one bite and putting the fork down until I calmed back down a bit.

The nice thing I can tell you is, if your problem is also a food phobia, each new food you add to your list gets easier and easier, because these aren't separate phobias, but one phobia that manifests in many ways. The first food on my list (which was a chinese-style chicken fried rice dish) was really hard to eat, to the point that the first two bites probably took me twenty minutes to eat, but each successive food was easier and easier (and I actually do like the chicken fried rice now).