Another picky eater - no lectures please (long post)

Suck it up, buttercup. You're acting like a baby.

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No, I'm pretty sure she just HAD a baby. And that's when this problem started. Let's treat people with post pregnancy problems rudely. It's just so fun.

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Suck it up, buttercup. You're acting like a baby.

See. No lecture.

Succintly spoken! I have to agree. You can retrain your taste buds if you want to.

Full disclosure: I'm a vegan , so I may be taken as having a bias here, but there are just about an infinite amount of vegetarian or vegan recipes that you could try. I like vegweb.com. For many things, you can cut them up very very small or even blend them and slowly increase their presence in your food over time. It is possible that you are an supertaster, but it's not a death sentence. If you would like help, feel free to add me. I work in IT now, but I do have plenty of experience in the Culinary Arts and I cook nearly everything at home. I'd be happy to help. Healthy food is important. If you don't make time to eat healthy now, you'll have to make time for illness later.

Regarding my recipe from earlier, you could substitute mashed berries in place of the banana and it should taste good also. After skimming your diary, you eat an awful lot of processed and fast foods. Having them once in a while won't hurt you but they will impact your diet significantly when eaten often.

You had at least a couple of meals in the few days that I looked at that were very high calorie, I saw one at around the 900 mark. That's a lot for your body to metabolize at one time, try keeping meals a little smaller and evenly distributed at around 400-500 calories.

This is most likely a bad learned behavior. If you eat fast food and trash all the time, it will screw up your taste buds...nothing will be salty enough, nothing tastes right because all the flavor enhancers have messed you up.

My only advice is to cut out the fast food. Period. Until you can get over this, eating that is going to make it worse. (And I have nothing against fast food as a general rule) Take two weeks. Promise yourself you will only eat food made at home that doesn't come from a box. Even if its boring or less than perfect. See what happens. You might be surprised.

I have to agree with this. When I first cut out soda (even diet), fast food, and candy, chips, and other "junk" food, I definitely noticed a difference in how things tasted. I remember later on into my journey when I had a diet iced tea from a convenience store because I was thirsty, I barely got three sips down before I had to toss it. It was WAY too sweet! My tastebuds had changed from my new healthy eating. They will adapt to eating foods that are less processed and with less salt, fat, and sugar.

Also, have you tried fresh herbs or the Mrs. Dash salt free blends? I noticed that a lot of veggies and such that I disliked before just needed to be cooked properly and seasoned. I didn't miss the added calories, salt, fat, and sugar one bit. Good luck!

The answer probably isn't in finding new recipes or meal ideas, but rather in finding a good therapist that can work with you through this problem. No shame in that. Best of luck to you!

Thanks for those who have actually replied. I do like meat. I do not like tofu or vegetables nearly enough to become vegetarian, but love to substitute beans. So as many of you have requested, here's a list of foods I do like:

I know you're not a fan of veggies, but what about green leafy things; spinach (raw or cooked), romaine, kale, even iceberg lettuce? How about parsley?

I love lettuce. I like romaine too even. Not a huge fan of kale. Spinach I am alright with cooked, but it tastes much better in a smoother I'm sure.

Okay, you're not as crippled as you though. I'm not wild about kale either... mostly thinking about some of the macros like potassium that can be found in the dark greens. Parsley is especially good, so if you can stomach tabbouleh would be good (though you'd likely have to make your own if you don't like onions and tomatoes).

I think the suggestion to "become vegetarian" is the best approach... plan eating as if you were a vegetarian so you can find ways to get your macro nutrients in. Vegetarian cookbooks and recipe sites are typically pretty good at listing nutritional values, so you can start there and add in meat here and there as you wish. I was vegetarian for 5 years, but still ate too much

The one thing it did teach me was to look at what was in my food, and to plan better. I found a lot of new foods as a result, too... so there is that.

Thanks for those who have actually replied. I do like meat. I do not like tofu or vegetables nearly enough to become vegetarian, but love to substitute beans. So as many of you have requested, here's a list of foods I do like:

Oh and by the way, i didn't add eggs to my list, but can't stand their taste and I've had them so many different ways. Just tried quiche the other week (couldn't even tolerate) and an omelet last night that also didn't go over well.

Foods I love:
Avocados
Stir fry (with beef & broccoli, noodles, carrots, soy sauce, that sort of thing)
Most fruits except bananas
yogurt (if there's not fruit chunks, the texture bothers me)
Sam's Club chicken
Rice
Pasta
Hot dogs - beef only
Pesto
Bagels
English Muffins
Sour cream
Cream cheese
Cheese (sharp cheddar, pepperjack)
Ranch (sadly so fatty)
Cucumbers
Tortillas
Potatoes (in any form)
Peanut Butter
Most condiments except mayo & ketchup
Popcorn

Also, for others, here's an article that perfectly describes how it is for me:
http://mealtimehostage.wordpress.com/2012/12/13/picky-eating-vs-selective-eating-disorder/
I have OCD with cleaning BIG time, cannot touch raw meat, and get very anxious when eating socially per my selectiveness. I wanted to start this topic to have someone to relate to and for assistance as it's been a constant struggle for me.

Eat what you like. Focus on lean meats and eggs for protein. Eat the veggies you like. Eat the fruits you like. Brown rice if you can do it. Whole grains if you like them. If 40-30-30 is hard for you to reach (sometimes it is hard for me too), aim for at least 20% protein. Make sure you have a protein source at every meal. The easiest way for me to get my protein is to eat 4-5 times a day.

Don't be quick to label your food preferences with a disorder, especially without seeing a licensed psychiatrist. I think that sometimes we learn to hate foods because of the way they are prepared and presented. And sometimes the texture. I would suggest digging deep and figuring out why you hate all of those foods. You may surprise yourself.

For example, I spent 28 years of my life hating eggs. (I'm 30.) I hated the texture, the smell, and the taste. I did not just hate them--I was convinced that I was allergic because every time I bit into some eggs, I would literally vomit. And now? I have an omelet almost every day. I figured out that I need my eggs to have lots of other stuff in them (meat, veggies, cheese), and to be topped with some kind of sauce. No squishy texture, no smell, no egginess. I now use hot sauce, salsa, greek yogurt, or sometimes ketchup. So it is something you can get over, if you really want to. I could have gone the rest of my life without eggs, but I needed more lean protein in my diet, and I got really sick of chicken and turkey all the time LOL. I still will not touch deviled or hard boiled eggs, but that's okay by me.

I still hate apples, which sucks because I'd really like to keep the doctor away... But there are many other foods out there that you can include on a healthy diet. Focus on what you do like. If you can try other things, great. Good luck.

Suck it up, buttercup. You're acting like a baby.

See. No lecture.

It's called google... search recipes of food you like.