Beets and carrot sticks: foods with no brakes?

[notacommittee]

I can't believe this is even an issue, but I'm having trouble sticking to reasonable servings of beets (especially roasted beets) and carrot sticks. I know those are two high-sugar veggies, but it just seems completely ridiculous to be having sugar cravings for carrot sticks! But I can go through a pound of carrot sticks happily and look around for more; that can't be normal. Is this actually a thing? Would it help to cut them out for the rest of the W30 (today is my Day 14; I'm already doing W30 with no nuts/nut butters or Larabars or anything like that because I have no control around them.)

I have the same problem with squash (any kind, but especially butternut) although not really with sweet potatoes.

I know the guidelines say that if you're not hungry enough to eat veggies you're just craving, which implies that if you ARE hungry enough to eat veggies, you're hungry. But I don't feel hungry when I want these things; I just want to eat because I enjoy the texture and the taste of them. And I'm eating lots of protein and fat at every meal and carbs post workout so I doubt it's that I'm actually hungry and need more food.

To further complicate everything, I'm on a low-FODMAPS diet for IBS, so beets, carrots, and squash are some of a very few veggies I can actually eat without wanting to puncture my stomach like a balloon to let out the gas. I don't want to eat nothing but spinach and kale at every meal but I'm willing to do it as a temporary thing if it'll be helpful.

I realize this is a totally ridiculous problem but has anyone been here? Any advice?

[Robin Strathdee]

notacommittee -

I don't know that you need to cut them out, but I would definitely advise keeping to your main meals and not allowing yourself to snack mindlessly - even on veggies. That will help you keep the portion sizes reasonable. But you know what, in the end, if the worst mistake you make is too many carrots....you're in a good place

[DebbieK]

I'm loving the roasted veggies, too, especially beets. I am not snacking at all between meals, but I'm allowing myself to eat LOTS of veggies with meals. I keep protein portions to palm-sized, but them literally FILL my plate with veggies. I just can't believe that veggies can do very much harm. It might help if you're worried about high-sugar veggies to have a lot of veggie variety on hand, so you're not eating the same ones each time. I have been filling two cookie sheets with a wide range of veggies (carrots, sweet potatoes, asarapus, muchrooms, beets, eggplant, zucchini, and others) and roasting them all at once once on the weekend. I put them in separate containersw in the fridge and make sure I select different ones throughout the weekdays for my meals. Yes, I particularly enjoy beet day, but it's easier to control my consumption of them when I have lots of other choices readily available.