I hate vegetables

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not sure how to help.....i know a carb diet isnt the way to go.....starches turn into sugar in the blood stream. i love all fruits and veggies and all meat except pork. maybe look up stuff online.

Get a juicer. Sometimes a little grainy a good way to get you veggies and fruit.

Ok, I don't mean to go all Dr Phil on you, but how's not eating fruits and vegetables working for you? I get texture issues, but not all fruit and veg has the same texture. There has to be something out there that you will eat.

eating healthy is hard for a lot of us.. because it isn't what we normally eat. but the desire to lose weight, for me, is so strong, that i'm willing to step out of my comfort zone. I LOVE fruit.

you seriously don't like fruit? that is just so hard for me to believe.. strawberries? grapes? pineapple? blueberries? apples? bananas?

I have a 3 year old that hates fruits and veggies, too AND I'm a vegetarian so I don't cook meat. He loves waffles with applesauce and pumpkin, though. Mac and cheese can have any yellow, orange or white veggie puree blended in the cheese sauce and he'll eat it. Baked goods with prunes (if they are chocolate or dark) or applesauce (if they are light) instead of oil and half the white flour with wheat. There are several cookbooks out right now (like Jessica Seinfeld's Deceptively Delicious) that sneak fruits and veggies into lots of different foods. Hummus (bean spread) can be made from lots of different beans and he likes that on bread or crackers. He likes Dave Butternut Squash Pasta sauce (amazingly). Puree your veggie soups and put wheat pasta or barley in there. He eats Boca Burgers and veggie sausage. Is any of this helpful? I can go on all day

If you want to loose the weight you want, you can't make excuses. You really need to cut a lot of you diet, and eat more of the fruits and veggies, and make yourself like at least some of it. There are some foods I cannot stand, but sometimes I eat it over the junk because I know it is good for my body. I don't even buy the junk or keep it in my house, but you do have to treat yourself some of the time or you will binge. I am not trying to be offensive at all, but at your weight you are going to have to change a lot to lose the weight you say you want to lose. A long time ago, I said I would never consume raw veggies, but here I am, eating veggies with no dressing, and I actually like the taste of it now. It takes time, persistence, and hard work. You can do it, I promise, but you have to tell yourself you can do it.

Keep in mind, too, that while you won't be your healthiest or leanest eating what you currently do, you absolutely can lose weight by eating LESS of it. Weigh, measure, and log everything BEFORE you eat it and STOP when you are out of calories on your plan. Make a plan to move every day. Get a pedometer and log your steps every day, adding steps as your health allows. Consider working with a speech pathologist; some specialize in desensitization therapy for people with food/texture aversions.

I don't like cooked vegies all that much. I like them crunchy and raw so I eat a lot of salad. It's easy to chop up raw spinach real small and put it into spaghetti sauce or soups, though, and you never notice it's there. If you've had the problem forever it might be a sensory thing in your brain somewhere. I'm not sure what you could do about that.

Sarah, can you eat things like fried rice that has small amounts of veg in it?

nuts eggs cheese n crackers cottage cheese yogurt beef jerky dif ways of chicken tuna good fat/protien helps me . wheat bread or whole grain pasta

This sounds so bad, but I have to hide veggies in my food. You know how you give meds to a dog by hiding it in cheese? That's me. When I make a sandwich, I hide a few pieces of spinach in between pieces of meat. I HAVE to eat beans/peas/basically anything with a bite of meat or just something else. It's how I've always been. I only eat a few fruits (green apples, green grapes, pineapple). It's hard. I really do hate it. I can usually force myself to slam a low sodium V8 once, sometimes even twice a day. I'm just not a fruit or veggie person.

So my suggestion is to hide it. It's sounds horrible but it's better than forcing it down straight.

@ sarackr The only fruit I can eat whole is an apple...without the skin. I cant eat anything else whole. Bananas are too mushy, strawberries have seeds and hair on them. Blueberries are rubbery. I wish I didnt have this problem. You dont know how many times I have sat at the table WANTING to eat these things and gagging on my plate.

Yay! you like apples! Eat at least one apple a day! It's a start!

@shoechick5 I have had this issue since I was a kid. My parents tried all kind of things with me since I was little. Cooking it different ways, hiding it in food, trying TONS of fruits and vegetables. I cant even put them in my mouth. I start chewing and I immediately start gagging. I dont know if its a mental thing or what but its that nasty texture of fruits and vegetables that I dont like. Some are slimey, chewy, rubbery, crunchy with skin. Just all gross. Even when I blend up the fruit, I cant stand strawberries because of the seeds. Its that bad. Ive considered seeing a hypnotist. I WANT to like vegetables. Trust me I do, it would be alot easier to loose weight.

I was just thinking that you may need hypnosis or a health behaviorist to figure out this taste/texture thing. So may be worth a shot. If it works to help folks quit smoking, it may work for you to eat more veggies. It may be worth a shot since you really want to make a lifestyle change, actually get some vitamins in your body, and poop on a regular basis ( you wouldn't believe the problems irregular bowels can cause and how frequently "chronic constipation" is solved with proper water and fiber intake, but I digress). I was also thinking of a desensitization protocol…start with a single food in a microsized amount and keep increasing it until you can eat the whole thing. For example, blueberry juice, then a frozen blueberry hidden in a popsicle, then a smooshed blueberry cooked in oatmeal or muffins, then a real fresh blueberry. Then repeat for the next fruit/veggie of interest.

Sometimes the way the food is prepared makes a difference…like I'm not a fan of cooked carrots but I prefer them raw…but the opposite for tomatoes.

For many folks (myself included), satiety depends a large part on volume of food. Eating high volume/low calorie foods like fruits/veggies and tons of water activates our stretch receptors to tell our brain to stop eating…where as low volume/calorie dense foods like your favorite carbs will demand we eat more until we are "full"…unfortunately we are full of extra calories!


Agree with the suggestions to juice/puree. Was gonna suggest a V8, but too much salt, much better to make your own fresh. Could try those pre-mixed drinks to get an idea of the flavors you would like, then replicate them.