I realized how far I've come as I ate my dinner tonight. Gone are my veggie loathing days with no green at all on my plate. I realized very quickly when I embarked on my journey (I like to think of it as a journey and not a diet... because you can quit a diet) that I needed to pile my plate high with food at least once a day and frankly the only way to get the volume and to keep the calories low is with vegetables. I tend to need variety to keep me interested (not a steamed fish and broccoli girl at all!) and tonight I had grilled radicchio, fenyl, and green beans with carrots... 4 veggies that I wouldn't have eaten 1 year ago.
The key for me is in finding the right way to prepare the veggie because that makes all the difference (eg I could never grill eggplant). I also like to go to the vegetable section of my produce store and pick up things I've never tried before... the weirder the better...
Me July 2008 and Me Now
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