I have asked a lot of people and never really get a satisfactory answer, just a lot of platitudes, but what about people like myself who works out, don’t smoke or drink, and know that the only flaw in my plan is my diet, yet I hate, despise, etc. most vegetables. They just taste incredible bitter or feel slimey and I just cannot get past that.
The few that I like, red beans, corn, black beans, can eat green beans and black eyed peas, but outside of that, nothing.
If I don’t enjoy eating, what is the point? How does one “learn/condition myself to like the things I know I need and that last stumbling block to getting the body I desire?
For information sake, I am 60 years old, so a lot of years of bad eating and conditioning have gone into this body. About 5 years ago I got serious about my health, lost about 40 pounds and kept it off, but I still need that last little boost and I know it involves a diet that I just don’t like.
Hi Galen,
I agree, your diet plays a big role in your body transformation.
Have you ever thought maybe you have had past bad veggie experiences influencing your decision? OR not….Maybe it’s purely the palate. If you have had a bad experience, create a new image and experience of veggies. I’m not a veggie psychologist, haha. But these past experiences can play a role in influencing what we like and dislike now. What you like and dislike change so try different foods periodically. What you can try is a smoothie- blend apple, a carrot, and an orange. then from there gradually an another piece of veggie like 1/4 cucumber or a couple spinach leaves. Wishing you wellness and losing those last couple of lbs.! Kardena
I have been a vegetarian(mostly uncooked,unprocessed)foods for about a year. They are mostly real simple things like fruit and veggies that are easy to carry around with me. I lost about 25 pounds and had tons of energy - I was training for my first half marathon too. I don’t like cold weather much so when I completed my marathon my training ceased too, I gained about 10 lbs. I still eat the same but seem to have reached a plateau. Will you offer some suggestions as to what I can do to remove those 10 lbs and have the energy to pick up my training again?
I started keeping a food journal this week and have noticed that I reach for a sugary snack about the same time around 2pm, any suggestions, what would be better for me to reach for instead of the Twizzlers?
Thanks, Anna
Kardena - instead of sweets try some fruit, any fruit is better than Twizzlers. In general staying away from processed foods of any type will help.
I’ve only recently become interested in becoming a vegetarian/vegan living after seeing how well it can for for real athletes (Brendan Brazier of Thrive Diet, Mike Mahler, UFC Fighter Mac Danzig, and of course Craig Ballantyne of Turbulence Training). Only after seeing I could have the body I want on a vegan diet it it become a viable option (most vegetarians/vegans I’ve seen in person don’t have a body I’d want and most are unhealthy by my standards - overweight or twiggy). I grabbed Kardena’s Easy Veggie Meal Plans to supplement info from the Thrive Diet and other sources.
Right now I’m in a transition stage, I eat about 75% raw vegan or vegan with some organic eggs, fish, or poultry. Been off dairy for a little while as an experiment. Never had any of the violently ill (or even moderately ill) issues some people describe as a meat eater, just trying vegan for environmental/moral reasons.
I have just (as in, minutes ago) purchased the deluxe version of Easy Veggie Meal Plans. I’m very grateful for the detailed, 90 day layout, but something that would be REALLY helpful would be a grocery list. I’m not seeing that in any of the files. Is there any chance of something like that being included in future versions, or added to the website?
I know it may seem like a trivial thing, but I am totally overwhelmed by dietary changes and my brief attempts at vegetarian eating in the past have been thwarted by things like buying too much of one veggie, not enough of others (or, lack of variety… all due to simple ignorance)…. and in the end, a lot of produce ended up going bad while I resorted to eating my old standby packaged foods. I grew up on frozen foods and microwave dinners, so even under the best of circumstances, healthy, balanced, whole foods preparation is NOT intuitive for me. Vegetarian food prep is even more overwhelming, and a seemingly small thing like a basic start-up veggie grocery list would be a big help.
I’m looking forward to using the EVMP and hopefully I’ll have a success story to post soon!
I have asked a lot of people and never really get a satisfactory answer, just a lot of platitudes, but what about people like myself who works out, don’t smoke or drink, and know that the only flaw in my plan is my diet, yet I hate, despise, etc. most vegetables. They just taste incredible bitter or feel slimey and I just cannot get past that.
The few that I like, red beans, corn, black beans, can eat green beans and black eyed peas, but outside of that, nothing.
If I don’t enjoy eating, what is the point? How does one “learn/condition myself to like the things I know I need and that last stumbling block to getting the body I desire?
For information sake, I am 60 years old, so a lot of years of bad eating and conditioning have gone into this body. About 5 years ago I got serious about my health, lost about 40 pounds and kept it off, but I still need that last little boost and I know it involves a diet that I just don’t like.
Any suggestions?
Hi Galen,
I agree, your diet plays a big role in your body transformation.
Have you ever thought maybe you have had past bad veggie experiences influencing your decision? OR not….Maybe it’s purely the palate. If you have had a bad experience, create a new image and experience of veggies. I’m not a veggie psychologist, haha. But these past experiences can play a role in influencing what we like and dislike now. What you like and dislike change so try different foods periodically. What you can try is a smoothie- blend apple, a carrot, and an orange. then from there gradually an another piece of veggie like 1/4 cucumber or a couple spinach leaves. Wishing you wellness and losing those last couple of lbs.! Kardena
Kardena,
I have been a vegetarian(mostly uncooked,unprocessed)foods for about a year. They are mostly real simple things like fruit and veggies that are easy to carry around with me. I lost about 25 pounds and had tons of energy - I was training for my first half marathon too. I don’t like cold weather much so when I completed my marathon my training ceased too, I gained about 10 lbs. I still eat the same but seem to have reached a plateau. Will you offer some suggestions as to what I can do to remove those 10 lbs and have the energy to pick up my training again?
I started keeping a food journal this week and have noticed that I reach for a sugary snack about the same time around 2pm, any suggestions, what would be better for me to reach for instead of the Twizzlers?
Thanks, Anna
Kardena - instead of sweets try some fruit, any fruit is better than Twizzlers. In general staying away from processed foods of any type will help.
I’ve only recently become interested in becoming a vegetarian/vegan living after seeing how well it can for for real athletes (Brendan Brazier of Thrive Diet, Mike Mahler, UFC Fighter Mac Danzig, and of course Craig Ballantyne of Turbulence Training). Only after seeing I could have the body I want on a vegan diet it it become a viable option (most vegetarians/vegans I’ve seen in person don’t have a body I’d want and most are unhealthy by my standards - overweight or twiggy). I grabbed Kardena’s Easy Veggie Meal Plans to supplement info from the Thrive Diet and other sources.
Right now I’m in a transition stage, I eat about 75% raw vegan or vegan with some organic eggs, fish, or poultry. Been off dairy for a little while as an experiment. Never had any of the violently ill (or even moderately ill) issues some people describe as a meat eater, just trying vegan for environmental/moral reasons.
Hi Kardena,
I have just (as in, minutes ago) purchased the deluxe version of Easy Veggie Meal Plans. I’m very grateful for the detailed, 90 day layout, but something that would be REALLY helpful would be a grocery list. I’m not seeing that in any of the files. Is there any chance of something like that being included in future versions, or added to the website?
I know it may seem like a trivial thing, but I am totally overwhelmed by dietary changes and my brief attempts at vegetarian eating in the past have been thwarted by things like buying too much of one veggie, not enough of others (or, lack of variety… all due to simple ignorance)…. and in the end, a lot of produce ended up going bad while I resorted to eating my old standby packaged foods. I grew up on frozen foods and microwave dinners, so even under the best of circumstances, healthy, balanced, whole foods preparation is NOT intuitive for me. Vegetarian food prep is even more overwhelming, and a seemingly small thing like a basic start-up veggie grocery list would be a big help.
I’m looking forward to using the EVMP and hopefully I’ll have a success story to post soon!