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fussy eater

sarahhough473
sarahhough473 Posts: 1 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Hiya all, I'm starting to get my diet in order loose a little bit of weight but also gain muscle. Buttt I'm a really fussy eater and unsure what I should or would like to eat and when I should be eating. I'm starting training to do a bikini comp next year so need all the help I can get any help will be appreciated.

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  • Mehmed2
    Mehmed2 Posts: 10 Member
    Well what do you eat? Normally there are better alternatives that can help you maintain your preferences
  • Christine_72
    Christine_72 Posts: 16,049 Member
    I eat plenty of foods I'm not keen on, veggies being one of them. It's called being a grown up :wink: It's bad enough seeing fussy children.... But Adults :huh:
  • RodaRose
    RodaRose Posts: 9,562 Member
    Most people have food preferences. Instead of announcing that you are fussy, tell us what you like to eat.
  • shadowfax_c11
    shadowfax_c11 Posts: 1,942 Member
    Try lots of new things. You gotta grow up some time.
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    edited May 2015
    christinev297 wrote: »
    I eat plenty of foods I'm not keen on, veggies being one of them. It's called being a grown up :wink: It's bad enough seeing fussy children.... But Adults :huh:

    ^^This. Seeing an adult avoid foods because they're "icky" gets on my last nerve. Especially when it's a food that they tried once when they were 9 and have stayed away from it ever since. Tastes change. There are things I wouldn't go near as a kid (broccoli rabe, eggplant, lentils) that I love now.



  • hollyrayburn
    hollyrayburn Posts: 905 Member
    Incorporate foods into your "fussy" diet. Our palate and taste buds change over the years, and we can develop new tastes by "training" our tastes. Example? I used to hate plain yogurt, he only kind of eat is those little containers with like 150 calories. I now can have an entire cup of greek plain for 130 AND it has a crapton more protein.

    It sounds harsh but like everyone said, basically: grow up. Try new things.
  • beankid
    beankid Posts: 91 Member
    If you share what little things you do like to eat, it would be easier for people to help you with ideas. There's nothing wrong with having food preferences.
  • zoeysasha37
    zoeysasha37 Posts: 7,088 Member
    Well it sounds like you have a lot to learn yet if you want to be a bikini competitor. First of all, grown up adults don't start threads about how fussy they are, which leads me to believe you are very young. ( or maybe young minded) so write a list of foods that you do like and take them to your coach and ask him to create a meal plan for your competition prep. Then you can just follow his plan to make sure your hitting your macros.
    If you don't have a professional coach and trainers to guide you through your first competition, then I'd start there. A lot more goes into it then just throwing on a bikini and getting on a stage.
  • booksandchocolate12
    booksandchocolate12 Posts: 1,741 Member
    Try foods that you *think* you don't like, prepared in different ways.

    When I see threads like "I hate all vegetables", I always wonder, "Really? You've tried every single vegetable prepared every single way, and hate all of them?"

    I know you didn't say that, but really....expand your horizons and you'll be surprised at what you like.
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