Im such a fussy eater!

sophielou01

Hi all
I'm finding it so hard to find a diet plan.
I'm such a fussy eater, all these dishes look so nice and healthy and I'm over here like "Oh its chicken and rice again for tea!" Does anyone know of any wonderfully low calorie meals which I wont want to dissect?
Soph x x

yesimpson

What can't/won't you eat?

Sued0nim

What do you eat?

And are you ready to expand your dieatary pallette?

mbaker566

well, there are other meats. I also usually eat a vegetable rather than a starch

I hear you on a picky eater. that is/was me.

I also find that spices can make a huge difference. very big

sophielou01

I'm not a spice lover in the slightest.
I do eat Pork and will occasionally eat Beef.
Its just what to have with it that i struggle with.
I like a lot of fruit so my snacking is no longer an issue as I can cut the bad stuff out.
Are there any veggies that don't really taste of much?

Sued0nim

If you like fruit .. do you like salads?

sophielou01

Id a salad can be just Cucumber and Lettuce then yes.

ncfitbit

sophielou01 wrote: »

I'm not a spice lover in the slightest.
I do eat Pork and will occasionally eat Beef.
Its just what to have with it that i struggle with.
I like a lot of fruit so my snacking is no longer an issue as I can cut the bad stuff out.
Are there any veggies that don't really taste of much?

Eggplant and zucchini don't have strong flavors. If you like mind onion, I stir fry these together to bulk up my meat dishes. I love basil so I add that.

You don't have to expand your diet all at once, either. Not that I'm a picky eater, but I certainly did not like vegetables as much before I started using MFP. I thought salads were boring, but I have found over the last six months that I've slowly increased the vegetables I enjoy eating. Just keep trying different things until you find a few thingst that you enjoy eating. It's worth it!

ncfitbit

ncfitbit wrote: »

sophielou01 wrote: »

I'm not a spice lover in the slightest.
I do eat Pork and will occasionally eat Beef.
Its just what to have with it that i struggle with.
I like a lot of fruit so my snacking is no longer an issue as I can cut the bad stuff out.
Are there any veggies that don't really taste of much?

Eggplant and zucchini don't have strong flavors. If you like mind onion, I stir fry these together to bulk up my meat dishes. I love basil so I add that.

You don't have to expand your diet all at once, either. Not that I'm a picky eater, but I certainly did not like vegetables as much before I started using MFP. I thought salads were boring, but I have found over the last six months that I've slowly increased the vegetables I enjoy eating. Just keep trying different things until you find a few thingst that you enjoy eating. It's worth it!

Lol. There's no such thing as a "mind onion". I meant to say if you like or don't mind onion!

BoxerBrawler

I have found that the cleaner I eat the more flavorful foods like veggies become. I have also started eating more raw veggies vs. cooked. I'm not sure if you like that. Just start small... add one or two new items and get used to them, develop a taste for them. I tend to incorporate eggs into a lot of meals/snacks. Great protein and light taste if you just use the egg whites. I am not a picky eater but find that less is more and keeping things very simple focusing on my macro's makes life easier. I don't get bored with my food choices.

punkrockgoth

There were a lot of foods I dispised when I started. Oatmeal, kale, turnip, rice, cilantro, quinoa, chicken come to mind. There were foods that I knew I liked. Spinach, salmon, carrots, eggs, sweet potatoes. Also pizza, ice cream and cake, but they got me into this situation.

Then I remembered how when my brother was a baby, he refused to eat pretty much everything, so my mom would hide mashed up fruit in his cereal. She started with really small amounts and as he built a tolerance, increased the amounts until he was eating things besides baby ceral.

So I embarked on an experiment to do essentially the same thing to me. I started hiding kale in my spinach salad. With oatmeal, I found I didn't completely hate the packets of brown sugar cinnamon oatmeal, so I started with that and then started cutting it with plain oatmeal. Rice and quinoa I cooked in curry powder, and chicken I hid in stir frys with tons of veggies I loved.

I tried lentils and discovered I love them. I tried steaming artichokes and discovered I didn't like them. I tried random vegetables and fruits from the grocery store and experimented with different ways of preparing them until I found a rag-tag group of healthy foods that were tasty, cost effective, versatile and easy to prepare. They are foods I cook regularly.

I still think turnip and cilantro are nasty. I will probably never be excited to eat oatmeal, but I tolerate it with a ton of cinnamon because it's quick and easy for me to make and eat. You do not have to like everything. Some things you'll build a taste for over time. You'll learn what works for you.

DeguelloTex

Yes, listing a bunch of food so a fussy eater can say "I don't like that" should end well.

earias04

Have you tried pork or beef with your salad before? I've found that having a nice salad (which i'm discovering that in my work cafeteria i really dont like the taste of their grape tomatoes or cucumbers anymore, which i did at first), with a protein that i enjoy, and no dressing, is a really well balanced meal, and doesnt derail my macro-nutrients.

mpat81

Cauliflower, corn, spaghetti squash, peas, white beans, and chick peas are very healthy and don't have a strong flavor. Pasta with shrimp, peas, lemon, garlic and butter would be a good easy option, (sub the shrimp for chicken if seafood is yucky to you). It is so important to get dark leafy greens into your diet so if you do make a salad, throw some baby spinach in with your lettuce, you wont even notice it!

Liftng4Lis

You have 2 pounds to lose. Eat what you normally do only less.

Sued0nim

Liftng4Lis wrote: »

You have 2 pounds to lose. Eat what you normally do only less.

LOL

totally missed that

Lis is right

sophielou01

Thank you everyone. I'm definitely going to try disguise things with flavours I like!

And thank you also to the unhelpful idiot who thought he'd join in.

sophielou01

I want to lose more than 2lbs! I want to lose 1st.

Lounmoun

Eat what you normally eat but in appropriate portions for your calorie goal.

callsitlikeiseeit

if youre as picky as you say you are, then only YOU can think of other things you'd eat.

I'm not sure what anyone here can do for you? You're an adult. You select, buy and cook your meals (I'm assuming so, anyways). Buy different stuff and try it. try different foods in restaurants. Look at recipes on pinterest. Look at food diaries here. Take a cooking class.

limetree683

^ Yep. Sorry, OP, not to sound mean but whenever I hear 'picky eater' I just tend to think - what are you, 12?! lol Some behaviours can be grown out of. We all have foods we don't like, but to have such a restrictive diet is harming only you. Try new things, build up a tolerance and soon you will find yourself enjoying them. Not everything, but a lot of things.

1966spen

I used to be a picky and fussy eater till I met my husband. Can't believe what I eat now. Love love love chillies in everything and spices. Any meat can taste delicious. Even eating veggie meals. I like a few salad leaves with hot meat. Lovely lunch. We have a microwave at work so can heat the meat up and mix with the salad with balsamic. I cook all dinners from scratch so can leave out ingredients I don't like. Surprising what weird and wonderful dishes you can create. I even make pizza even though I don't eat tomato or cheese!

AdamImadA

DeguelloTex wrote: »

Yes, listing a bunch of food so a fussy eater can say "I don't like that" should end well.

Like!

DKG28

i sort of always equated veggies I didn't like with "not fun" and food should be fun to eat. I bought a spiral slicer, and I love using it, and it's really made a difference to veggie intake to have a bowl of "curly oven-baked beet fries", for example, instead of choking down a couple boring slices. It helps too with making cucumbers and other veggies I like a lot but get boring, to be more appealing.

DKG28

also used to hate onions. picked them out of everything. it was an irrational hatred. improved my own cooking skills and learned how valuable they are to enhancing flavor, and that they taste exquisite when caramelized (cooked long and slow until they turn deep brown. you can add them to almost anything). Doesn't mean i'll eat them raw, but at least i'll eat them!

Emily3907

I am picky too and eat like a child. This past spring, and so far this summer, every week I try a new vegetable or fruit that I would normally not eat. I have found that I love asparagus, brussels sprouts, broccoli, blueberries, kiwi and many other things. I also have found that if I do not like something the first time I try it, I will prepare it or cook it differently next time and end up liking the food. This was especially true with brussels sprouts. I have found, for me, that roasting vegetables is the way I like most of them.

That is kind of what makes this journey rewarding and fun. When you find those new foods or ways of cooking that can change your mind about a certain food. It just gives you more options for when you are in a food rut.