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Hi I am new only on day two so fasting day, I really want to make this work but already struggling as I don't like veg:(. I eat peppers onions mushrooms potatoes that's it so it's very hard to find filling meals without pasta or potatoes for me. I had steak and green salad yesterday tonight the same but switching the steak for salmon but will be hungry I know after!

Also miss my breakfast as I don't think I can face bacon eggs for breakfast so have been having small pot of yogurt with raspberries not great when it's freezing outside and starving by 10 am

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Hi JDB and welcome to the forums.

You say you only like peppers, onions, mushrooms and potatoes and then say you had a green salad! So I'm guessing we can add lettuce to the list? Are you sure there's nothing else?

Dr M has said that he has increased his liking for vegetables since starting fasting so perhaps your tastes will change!

Many (most?) of us are finding that having breakfast just makes us hungrier so you might like to try saving all your calories until the evening meal and that way you would be able to have some potatoes.

They say you have to try something you don't like 10 times before you can start to like it, so you might like to try setting yourself a challenge: pick a vegetable that you think would be useful to like and try a little each day for 2 weeks. If you still don't like it, well no harm done, if you do, hurrah! Also, sometimes vegetables taste very different depending on how they are cooked so you might like to investigate different cooking styles for your chosen vegetable.

Another thought is: soup! Do you find you can eat more vegetables if they are whizzed up in a soup? My DS who is rather picky about veggies will eat all sorts if they are hidden in soup! Soup is also much more filling than solid food...could be a win win situation. A small bowl of soup before your salmon and salad would be warming and filling!

Good luck

I notice you like peppers onions & mushrooms? What about chopping them into large chunks & roasting them with a spray of oil, they're great with meat, chicken, rice, pasta, cous cous etc

Gawd yes - roasted veg and grilled meat or fish are delicious!

Try adding some sweet potato or butternut squash to your peppers onions and mushrooms. A little bit of dried rosemary makes your kitchen smell wonderful and tastes good too!