Cure for Hating Vegetables

Hi! I’ve been a longtime lurker, but this is my first time posting. I wish someone would have told me this information years ago so now I want to shout it from the rooftops!

I’ve been dieting on and off for as long as I can remember and my biggest pitfall was always that I hated vegetables too much to actually fill up on them. I’m finding 1200 calories a day fairly easy and definitely sustainable now that I’m actually focused on filling half of my plate with the the healthy stuff.

When I say I hated vegetables, I mean I liked carrots. And that’s it. I tried so hard to like others like green beans and squash, but I genuinely just...didn’t. I’d sometimes make them or order them, but I’d ultimately toss them aside, which left me pretty hungry.

Over the last 30 days, I have literally trained myself to not only tolerate vegetables, but legitimately enjoy them! I got a large capacity air fryer during Black Friday (the Ninja Foodi Digital Air Fry Oven—the one that flips), but I think you can probably do most of these techniques in a regular oven.

-MAKE IT CRISPY. It turns out, a lot of veggies, like broccoli, asparagus, and omfg Brussels sprouts are absolutely delicious if you roast them until they’re crispy! An air fryer will be easier for this, but make sure you don’t drown it in oil and season away.

-Seasoning! I really can’t handle spicy food and I kind of thought all food was either spicy...or not. There’s a whole world of flavor out there beyond heat! My favorite blends are from Trader Joe’s and The Spice House, but you can use anything that smells or tastes good to you to dress up your veg.

-Consistency. I think this was the biggest thing for me: I was super consistent for about two weeks of eating at least a full serving of veggies every day, even if I didn’t love them. This forced my body to want them, which has now triggered actual cravings for vegetables!

-Don’t rely on your fallbacks. I still have my beloved carrots, but not too often. And when I do have them, I make sure they’re mixed with something new(er) to me.

-Don’t focus on swaps until you have the foundations down. What I mean is like, hell yeah I like French fries, but cooking butternut squash like French fries did not satisfy me and instead just made me mad at the squash for not being fries. Instead, I’m focusing on enjoying squash for what it is, and then I’ll try fun ways of cooking it, like as fries, down the road.

-GARLIC. That’s it—that’s the tip. Put garlic on it and it will taste better.

I really hope this can help someone because it’s certainly helped me more than any other weight loss truck I’ve ever tried. I used to not be satisfied if I didn’t have a starch during a meal, but now I find Brussels sprouts just as satisfying as potatoes. Let me know what other fun air fryer or vegetable tips you have!!

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30 Day Accountability Challenge - January 2021 Sign Ups!

Hello losers & happy almost New Year! Pucker up & get ready to kiss 2020 goodbye!

A new month is starting which means a new Daily Accountability Challenge!

This is the sign up post to make your goals for the month.

There will be a daily post for you to post your progress on said goals.

At the end of the month, there will be a wrap up to talk about your general progress & how you feel about everything! If you miss the sign up post, you're always welcome to hop in, the waters fine! You can also read everyone else's progress & commiserate, congratulate & whatever else needs ating. Your goals can be weight loss or general health related, creative, self care or whatever else you need to focus your mental energy on. We try to foster a supportive place to chat about your successes & failures & what you've learned from both.

Leading by example, here are my goals!

Weigh in daily, enter into Libra & report here: lbs, lbs trend weight. This feels important even when it’s not good. Because it’s not good or bad sometimes. It’s just a number. I want to take the power away and become a little more objective about it. It’s a fluctuating number that reflects my choices, the good, bad & ugly.

Stay within calorie range (1800): I need to get back to what made this more successful in early 2020. Meal prep, pre planning dinners & homemade coffee beverages. X/X days.

Exercise 5 days a week: I want to be chasing higher intensity stuff but this is pretty habitual. Also ordered an indoor exercise bike so I can have another at home option for cardio. X/X days.

Self-care time (journaling, beauty treatments, anything that fills the bucket): Always self care. So important.

Try a new recipe once a week: Hoping to try new meal preps. X/5 weeks.

Express mindfulness and or gratitude: Trying to stay grounded over yonder. Fighting the good fight.

Now your turn!

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25 pounds 3 months

Went from 203 to 178.

https://imgur.com/gallery/gElLUOB

I know this sub is usually about massive weight loss but this sub inspired me so I thought I’d try to inspire. For background I’m 21 and played high school sports. But being three years removed from practice everyday to beers everyday in college I certainly was packing on pounds. If this sub taught me anything it’s that the time you should start is today. So inspired by all of you souls I committed to calories and weights. I didn’t pay attention to the exact numbers but would check out the labels and try to get all my food to around 2,200 calories a day. If you’re hungry eat vegetables that’s a pro tip. I eventually got down to 1,800 a day and that seemed the same becuase I did it slowly. Basically eat what you want but calories matter, so track them-“ish”. And then I worked out to look how I wanted. For example I wanted abs, so I did a shit ton of abs. If you want arms do arms. Don’t let the gym rats shame you into lifting “only to look big”. If you need cardio (I did clearly) that sort of needed too. It sucks and can be avoided but it slows down the results and honestly cardio highs are worth getting to. Enough of that shit and you’re gonna feel like Jordan Belfort. And to further emphasize how the numbers don’t matter of the weights, I promise you no girl has every asked me my bench. Don’t get caught up in the weight number get caught up with the mirror. Be in tune with how you want to look and always keep that thought in your head when you work out. I missed days and I ate bad some days, but through this sub I learned, who cares becuase it is what it is, what are you gona do about it now that you’re regretting it. It always made me get back to the grind without giving up. So thank you all, and I hope to help and inspire someone along the way.

And yes my mom painted my bathroom in those three months ahah.

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Need weight loss insight

Hi Community,

I’ve been thinking about writing this post now for weeks; but didn’t know where to start and didn’t want to be long winded. I feel quite stuck. I’m 42F and gained 20 lbs since last year. I will bullet point for the sake of brevity.

*First diet was at 11 years old. I calorie restricted and lost about 20-25 lbs

*Weight fluctuated but truly remember 3 big loses throughout adolescence (11 to 19 years old)

*Starting at 20 years old, I managed to maintain weight for almost 20 years (diet and exercise).

*Now I’m bigger than I’ve been in my adult life and have very little will power to continue whatever diet changes I attempt to implement.

*I feel sluggish and all I want to do is sleep.

*I don’t feel as big as I know I look now. Pictures of myself are eye opening. My dad made a comment about my weight gain days ago that stayed with me. My mom would have been the one to help me with weight loss, but was diagnosed with an awful disease 4 years ago and isn’t aware of this change.

*I eat out of boredom, anxiety, when socializing, or I just convince myself that I’m not overweight and can eat some more. I eat on autopilot.

I would love to hear some insight and/or your experiences on taking control of my life.

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Starting over...but the "right" way.

I've been on this subreddit for a few years through various accounts and had made significant progress with my weight loss in days past. However, with quarantine happening along with school stress and a breakup, I have managed to backtrack almost 3 years of progress within the span of 4 months. And looking back at the way that I achieved my previous results I realized that I MAY have achieved those results in a way that did not ensure long-term success.

I started my journey during the spring semester of my freshman year in college. I would go to the gym 3-4 days out of the week and do only cardio, oftentimes running 3-4 miles on an elliptical each time. this trend continued for about 2 months until I somehow thought that I could lose weight by eating whatever I wanted as long as I did not go over my calorie limit. This lead to me eating the usual college student diet but on a "budget" which I feel was my first mistake.

Then I started doing intermittent fasting along with this diet, which helped me lose weight by helping me create a caloric deficit SO great that I would lose 3-4 lbs within a week. Often times after my eating period was done, I would go on long walks around campus to achieve a 500-750 calorie extra deficit on top of my 1000 calorie deficit, which is too much of a deficit per day.

This way of living along with insufficient nutrition and no physical stimulus is what I believe attributed most to my eventual downward spiral. I spent 3 years of my life worried the most about how little I should be eating that I didn't realize that there were more aspects to manageable and sustained weight loss and weight management such as:

1. resistance training to build muscle mass for an increased metabolism
2. optimal nutrition for said muscle growth and overall health
3. creating a better relationship with food (my problem is that I like the taste and I eat when I'm bored)
4. daily exercise (even if it's just walking)
5. building willpower and determination to overcome social influences of food
6. listening to my body to know when to stop/start eating
7. Eating enough and not going to extremes

My plan for the upcoming new year is nothing so intense that I will fall off the boat like many who will try to lose weight this year. I will attempt to add on habits that will eventually lead to my long-term success such as eating more whole foods, cutting out processed goods, doing beginner workouts, and not eating impulsively. I feel like if I can create good habits while tracking my calories and making good decisions I could be at my goal weight by the end of 2021!

If you have any other advice or insights please feel free to leave a comment!

thanks for taking the time to read this post! I will continue to update this subreddit and my social media on my progress.

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I have a new respect for people struggling with weight loss and addiction to food

I’m not overweight nor have I been since I gained the freshman 15 back in college. I usually don’t think about my weight as I’ve never had trouble maintaining a healthy weight and I’m generally active and try to maintain a good diet.

However, during the craziness of this year I was thrown for a loop (as many of us were) with the extreme disruption in my schedule and life. I was suddenly spending much more time at home being bored and isolated. Unsurprisingly, I began a cycle of eating more, gaining weight unexpectedly, and desperately trying to lose the weight that I’d gained before using food to stimulate myself during my boredom when it returned.

Overall, I’ve only gained about 10 lbs during the pandemic (which is obviously not horrible) but I never realized the mental and emotional toll that it takes on me. I am now constantly thinking about my body and worrying about if I gained any more weight. I’m always trying to set goals for myself for when I can lose the weight and ultimately failing. I’m always looking at pictures of myself from the end of last year and the beginning of this year when I was 10 lbs lighter. I’m always re-entering this very exhausting cycle of eating healthy and then trying to fill a void with food before I get frustrated with how my clothes feel tighter.

All of this is to say that I have gained an immense amount of respect for people who have gone through this for years or possibly their whole lives. Also people who are actually overweight or obese and are unfairly faced ridicule by society. When I started lurking on this subreddit, I was enlightened a lot through the stories of some of you and it has challenged my understanding of the psychology behind weight loss and what it’s like to struggle with it.

Here’s to a 2021 where we achieve all of our goals!

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Starting over, looking for advice

Dear all, I am new on reddit but so far I have really enjoyed this sub and the progresspics sub. As for many, weight loss has been a much present theme for me for a few years, without ever reaching my goal. But the people on these subs show me what is possible, and are so kind to share all their advice and try to motivate others.

I am a woman, 23 years, 5 ft 9 and weigh 210 pounds (sorry for any wrong formatting, I’m used to meters and kg). I want to lose 40-50 pounds.

I have wanted to lose some weight for a long time, but rarely succeeded in trying for longer than a few weeks. A few years back I managed to loose 20 pounds by working really hard. But during COVID, I avoided stepping on the scale because I knew I gained, but now I am heavier than I’ve ever been. My clothes fit very poorly (and I avoid buying bigger ones), it physically bothers me, and I don’t like the way I look.

So I really want to turn things around, I think I should change my methods, because I don’t want to fail again. I know about what food is healthy and stuff, and I manage to eat relatively healthy meals (but I will have to step up this game). I mainly have issues with portion control, snacking (binging) and exercising.

I think because I have big issues with discipline and motivation, both for eating and exercising. I often eat out of boredom, because I can’t resist it, or because I join my boyfriend in his unhealthy habits (he has a metabolism to be jealous of). And I just don’t really enjoy exercising.

What helped you to become and remain disciplined and motivated? I am looking for all kinds of advice/tips/experience. Did you use strict plans, routine, remove all temptations etc. And what if you are feeling down? How do you pick yourself up again and continue working on your goals?

Thanks in advance for your answers, hope they contain some great advice and inspirations from others too!!

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