Extremely picky eater

brucedelaney

laurafentress - besides the few you mentioned:
What vegetables *do* you like?
What fruits *do* you like?

Do you eat beans?

Do you eat tofu?

Perhaps if you were comfortable sharing what you *will* eat, it will be a better focus for you to work with?

Not all of the posts were rude... there were several really good posts....

I agree, and this is another one of the good posts.

MIMITIME

If you have never had fresh veggies try picking up some at a local farmer's market. There is a world of difference in fresh than canned or frozen although frozen is a close second. If you can stand it, V8 is a good way to get in veggies. Have you tried dried beans or chilli with beans? I was never overly fond of yogurt until I tried the Choboni Greek Yogurt - love it. There are also some frozen fruit bars called whole fruit. I am not a big fruit lover but love these bars and the strawberry is like 70 calories. I make smoothies with 8 oz milk, 4 pecan halves and a banana. You can also use peach, strawberries, whatever you have. I usually only put pecans in the banana smoothie. Maybe something here will help you. Good Luck

laurafentress

No I completely agree that there were good posts, I said to all u rude people thanks but no thanks.. I appreciated the ones that said try this or that, or try veggies a little and see if ur taste buds change.. I wanted options.. thats all....Not rude bring u down comments...I wanted encouragment that I had choices...

cramernh

No I completely agree that there were good posts, I said to all u rude people thanks but no thanks.. I appreciated the ones that said try this or that, or try veggies a little and see if ur taste buds change.. I wanted options.. thats all....Not rude bring u down comments...I wanted encouragment that I had choices...

To give you suggestions of specific food items, well.. sometimes its difficult to contribute them for fear you or someone posting a topic like this, might get frustrated because that suggestion is one of those "I dont like that"....

There are always going to be other options, but really... it helps if you could list what you 'do' like to eat... and then suggestions could sprout from there...

Every day at work, I cook up meals like no tomorrow... making options for gluten-free customers, dairy-free customers, low-carb customers... and Im one of the few who know how on-the-fly... but, they have to tell me they have these issues...

If you could truly share with us what you DO eat... I betcha ideas would be flying so fast, we could bulk up this thread with TONS of suggestions! LOL! Heck, we might even flood the server handling this thread! (its happened on my facebook page ! HILLARIOUS!)

HMonsterX

This is exactly the kind of talk that stops many people trying to lose weight before they even start...

You do NOT need to eat like a rabbit to lose fat!

I'm the same OP. I dont eat any veg, and very little fruit. I take my vitamins+minerals tablet, and my fish oil. I watch my calories, exercise 6 times a week, and I've never felt better.

If i forced myself to eat crap i dont like, there's no one in hell it'd last. Doing what i do means i can do this forever. And sustainability is the most important thing in order to not put it back on again.

cramernh

This is exactly the kind of talk that stops many people trying to lose weight before they even start...

You do NOT need to eat like a rabbit to lose fat!

I'm the same OP. I dont eat any veg, and very little fruit. I take my vitamins+minerals tablet, and my fish oil. I watch my calories, exercise 6 times a week, and I've never felt better.

If i forced myself to eat crap i dont like, there's no one in hell it'd last. Doing what i do means i can do this forever. And sustainability is the most important thing in order to not put it back on again.

no one said she had to eat like a rabbit.... she is looking for options as she self admits being an extremely picky eater...

HMonsterX

Yes, and she can eat what she likes, just in moderation, and achieve her goals, same way i am!

krbn2

I have a problem eating plants, and the best advice I ever heard was to try them prepared in different ways.

I don't like leafy salads--a few months ago I stared down a gladware container full of "baby greens" and swore to never salad as lunch again. But I like spinach in omelets. I like kale in stir-fry. I'll eat chard in a veggie lasagna.

Vegetables can be roasted, steamed, sautéed, boiled, baked, grilled...and I probably missed a few other ways they can be prepared. If you don't like your veggies raw, try them roasted. Then try them steamed. Bake them in an omelet! You get the idea. Add some lemon juice. Or soy sauce.

Like I said, I'm no fan of leafy salads, but I'll eat a whole cucumber that's spent time in my lunchbox soaking in white wine vinegar and soy sauce, with lots of black pepper. I spent my childhood disgusted by asparagus, but now I'll eat it the way I cook it: in a skillet so hot it crisps burnt spots on the sides touching the pan. (I have to turn the vent on above the stove or the smoke detector goes off.) Then I add some lemon juice. I can be convinced to eat baby carrots and broccoli with ranch dressing, if I have to. But I don't have to be convinced to eat a bowl full of shredded carrots that have been sauteed with cinnamon and curry powder. Or roasted broccoli with plenty of salt.

The problem isn't necessarily that you don't like vegetables. It could be that you just haven't found the right ones, cooked the right way. Look up some vegetarian websites, or peruse food network or allrecipes or the gourmet/bon appetite archives for veggie recipes. Change the texture and the spices if you dislike something: do you like mushy carrots (my mom does, with butter and lemon juice) or completely raw (my husband, with basalmic vinegar) or just slightly cooked (me, as evidenced above)? Good luck!

Patovader

I have only recently started to eat more vegetables, how about having fresh soup everyday for lunch to get your vegetable count? Thats what I started to do and now I actually quite enjoy my veg. I have also started eating lots of chicken casseroles and things like that, plenty of fresh carrots, green beans and onions go into them

Patovader

I hit post then thought of something else, one of the main reasons that I did not like vegetables in the first place was because they were generally tinned or not fresh, it has been mentioned lots of times but to reiterate - fresh vegetables are much tastier than tinned, and another thing people do often is over cook them which completely spoils them.

Good luck!

Ruby11222

Steam some veggies like broccoli, carrot, sweet potato. Pop them in the blender with a tiny bit of water and mix that with whatever ground meat you like to make meat balls or rissoles. I would add a bit of ketchup, breadcrumbs, an egg, finely chopped onion, garlic. Eventually add raw grated zucchini also.

Edit...I mean fresh vegetables!

jetscreaminagain

Yes, and she can eat what she likes, just in moderation, and achieve her goals, same way i am!

But if she was content with eating how she's eating, then she wouldn't be asking for opinions would she?

However, as a nod to what you are saying, I did say, "change or don't are your options" (or something to that effect), though I suppose that is chalked up as coming from "u rude people" given that there was a list of "correct" answers that she would've found acceptable and though I offered not to overcook, not to eat canned, and to try something that looks luscious, it wasn't in the narrow range of answers she had already decided would be ok, so that means I'm rude. That's the problem with wading in and answering an unanswerable question like that. Answer one way and its "I don't like that" answer "ahhh, that's ok, no worries" you're not necessarily being truthful and helpful and you're dismissing her concerns. No winning. So I'm gonna think twice before I answer things where folks might not seriously want a serious answer but want to play the guessing game with somehow managing to answer the "right" answer.

Pebble321

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The problem isn't necessarily that you don't like vegetables. It could be that you just haven't found the right ones, cooked the right way. Look up some vegetarian websites, or peruse food network or allrecipes or the gourmet/bon appetite archives for veggie recipes. Change the texture and the spices if you dislike something: do you like mushy carrots (my mom does, with butter and lemon juice) or completely raw (my husband, with basalmic vinegar) or just slightly cooked (me, as evidenced above)? Good luck!

I think this is great.... there are so many different fruit and veggies and so many ways to prepare them that there probably are others that you will like, you just haven't found them yet. My best suggestion if you want to expand the range of foods that you eat is to pick one different thing from the supermarket each week, buy just a little bit of it and try it out. Google a recipe that uses other ingredients that you like and give it a go. If you haven't spent much money on it then you don't have much to lose by trying and you might be surprised.
Some veggies don't have a strong taste - zuccini for example. I really don't like it much if it is just cooked as it is and sits in a heap on my plate but if you grate it up and make corn fritters with it you have a yummy meal. See if there are combos you are willing to try.

melanie_J

I'm utterly amazed at how many people are just telling the OP to suck it up and eat what is clearly not appetizing.

Statements of that nature are what cause people to up and quit their weight loss journey.

One thing I'm sure many of us can agree on is this isn't a diet it's a lifestyle and if you force yourself to do things against your own nature chances are you're setting yourself up for failure.


Now that being said, you stated the few fruits and veggies and grains you do like, try having more of them in a fresh rather then processed manner, you can save youself a bunch of calories and sodium by using frozen or fresh foods and staying away from processed foods.... You'd mentioned chicken, this is a great "diet" food... It's typically low in fat, high in protein and 90% of the ways you can prepare it no carbs. Buy Fresh Chicken, stay away from chicken patties or nuggets because from the anatomy I've seen of a chicken they don't have patties or nuggets naturally LOL.

As for the Fruits and vegetables. If you know what you like do some research find ones that might be similar and promise yourself you'll try one new fruit or vegetable a week. You might surprise yourself. Look for recipes that don't add a ton of fats or sodium but seem like they might add a ton of flavor. I recommend boiling and mashing up cauliflower, add a tiny bit of milk salt and butter for taste... it really does taste just like mashed potatoes if you happen to like them

The sky is the limit and feel free to use your imagination, it's amazing what people come up with.

Lastly, congratulations for joining MFP and turning to a community for help, this place has literally changed my life.

I like this. Much better than harping on her. Good god people, we're here to help each other not be judgemental. Just because her way is not your own doesn't mean you have to be awful about it.