{"items": [{"author": "Gianna", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/480633911992310?comment_id=480669728655395", "anchor": "fb-480669728655395", "service": "fb", "text": "Sounds like an effective strategy. Do you dislike vegetables, or do you not wish to prepare them as a dish unto themselves? I think if I added raw vegetables on top of whatever I happened to be eating, I would not really enjoy them, but sauteing them in a bit of olive oil and various spices is more work, I suppose. I love veggies though, so I don't mind doing this. I'm curious if your strategy has resulted in substituting more vegetables as a total percentage of your diet, or if you find you eat what you were eating before, plus vegetables, and where your original goal of eating more vegetables came from.", "timestamp": "1362628567"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/480633911992310?comment_id=480705798651788", "anchor": "fb-480705798651788", "service": "fb", "text": "My thoughts are similar to Gianna's. If it works, it works, but maybe you could also consider ways to make the veggies more palatable rather than just ways to get yourself to eat them despite how unpalatable you find them. What sort of food is the stuff you want to eat? Can you incorporate the veggies into the same dish? Even if it's just mixing half a bag of frozen veggies into your mac and cheese, it doesn't always take that much effort. You may find you like it better, in addition to the fact that it's good for you.", "timestamp": "1362638879"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/480633911992310?comment_id=480809601974741", "anchor": "fb-480809601974741", "service": "fb", "text": "@Gianna: \"Do you dislike vegetables, or do you not wish to prepare them as a dish unto themselves?\"
Some I dislike, some I'm just indifferent to. I'd be happy to put in effort if I thought it would help.
\"I'm curious if your strategy has resulted in substituting more vegetables as a total percentage of your diet, or if you find you eat what you were eating before, plus vegetables\"
More vegetables. Because I eat the vegetables first, and they fill me up some, then I am not hungry enough to eat as much other things.
\"where your original goal of eating more vegetables came from.\"
My understanding is that eating vegetables is good for you.", "timestamp": "1362662472"}, {"author": "Jeff Kaufman", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/480633911992310?comment_id=480810668641301", "anchor": "fb-480810668641301", "service": "fb", "text": "@Daniel: \"incorporate the veggies into the same dish\"
I've tried a bunch of things, including this. I've found that for any quantity of vegetables I enjoy my overall meal more if I first eat mostly vegetables and then mostly other things. The counterexamples people have tried to show me (ex: vegetables on pizza or in mac and cheese) and point out that I don't really notice the vegetables usually have very small amounts.", "timestamp": "1362662668"}, {"author": "Gianna", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/480633911992310?comment_id=480846611971040", "anchor": "fb-480846611971040", "service": "fb", "text": "Jeff Kaufman Daniel I wasn't really suggesting that you change what you're doing (i.e. incorporate vegetables rather than just adding them) - I was more curious about the reasons behind your strategy for eating more veggies. I'd say whatever helps you meet your goal of both getting more veggies and enjoying your food at the amount of effort you wish to expend is the best choice.", "timestamp": "1362669752"}, {"author": "Daniel", "source_link": "https://www.facebook.com/jefftk/posts/480633911992310?comment_id=480868211968880", "anchor": "fb-480868211968880", "service": "fb", "text": "I was just suspecting from the choice of worda -- having to eat through vegetables to get to what you want -- that the veggies were an unenjoyable nuisance that you deal with because it's good for you. Other methods probably wouldn't further increase your veggie intake but might allow you to enjoy it more.
I rarely make salads because veggies are already the main ingredient in almost every dish I make, and I generally enjoy it more that way. (i do eat meat, but it's usually just one more ingredient in a dish rather than the centerpiece/focus of each meal.)
To each his own, though. If it works, keep doing what you're doing.", "timestamp": "1362673875"}]}