HELP!! picky eater here!!

Hi Rachael and welcome aboard!

I took your favourite food list and commented on them, hope you don't mind.



Pasta, - wholemeal pasta is great, use in moderation with a tomato based sauce and maybe some peppers and chicken
Pizza, - Avoid! lol
Meatballs, - make your own lean ones with turkey mince - much lower cals and fat
Turkey Kieves, - I DARE you to check out the fat and cals in one of these?
Turkey Drummers, - not too bad if baked and not fried
Beans, - again ok in moderation
Chicken, - I LIVE on grilled chicken lol
Noodles, - go for the low cal versions and again in moderation
Peppers, Iceberg lettuce, - WOOT! Add to everything!
Turkey, - nice low cal option - have it grilled, in salads, in pasta or on sandwiches
Cous Cous, - can't really comment as I rarely eat it but I think it is relatively low in cals
Cabbage, Turnip - eat them!
and Gammon oh oh and Potatos any kind of potatoes lol - Grilled gammon is high in protein but low in fat! Have it as a weekly thing but avoid having too many potatoes - maybe a small baked potato occasionally?

Your favourite foods are pretty ok really! Just remember to log everything you eat into your diary!

Add flavour to things with hot sauce or low cal dressings

You will do fine!

You do not have to avoid pizza!!! Just make it a healthier way. Dont order it! Take an english muffin, top it with a little tomato paste and seasoning (basil or italian.. season of your choice) then add a little fat free mozzarella and turkey pepperoni. There you have it! A low calorie pizza!

Have you ever had shakeology? Im not a beachbody coach.. so im not "selling" the product. But i drink it myself. It is a delicious chocolate drink that has so many healthy ingredients in it!

I find going for veggie meals easier as it's a healthy low fat, low calorie option. Try making your own soups, and stews. Veggie curries or curries in general.

http://lowfatcooking.about.com/od/vegetablevegetariandishes/r/vegcurry.htm

I will give you some examples of food i cant stand :sick:

Any kind of fish!!! Yuck!! Eggs unless scrambled with backed beans(to help with the taste) Red meat such as steaks but i can eat sausage ect ect, Mushrooms, Brockely, Tomatoes (but i like tomatoe sauces and things just not a raw tomatoe), Any cream preducts exept ice cream lol, and banana's!!

And someof the foods i love

Pasta, Pizza, Meatballs, Turkey Kieves, Turkey Drummers, Beans, Chicken, Noodles, Pepers, Iceberg lettuce, Turkey, Cous Cous, Cabbage, Turnip and Gammon oh oh and Potatos any kind of potatoes lol

And i get that the foods im eating now arnt realy the healthyest of things so i would like some advice on any recipies for chicken dishes or even a good sandwich for lunch anything would realy help me out here!! i am willing to try new things but none of the above stuff sorry but i cant even pretent that i would eat that stuff! :sick:

Rach,

I have to be honest with you.

Part of making a "lifestyle change" is to change the way you think, feel and see food. You don't have to do it in one day or in a week. But, to be really honest, if you want to see the pounds shed, you will have to start disliking some of the food on your "like list" and start liking some of the food on your "dislike list". You don't have to drop everything or like everything, but I really feel that you have to start liking some of the "dislike list" and start not liking some of the "like list".

For me, the hard foods that I had to drop, or eat less of are: noodles, Starbucks frappaccinos, tapioca tea, duck meat, fried chicken... I know some of these things are probably disgusting to you. But, I wanted a new and healthy lifestyle. Drinking my calories was what made me gain 20 lbs overnight. I didn't all of a sudden stop eating or drinking these things on my "I LOVE LIST"... but I gradually ate less of them b/c I wanted to be thin more than I wanted to eat them.

When you gradually do this and start living a new lifestyle, you will start to see these foods differently and your opinions will change, after a while.