How do you picky eaters eat good and lose weight?

time to put on your big boy pants on

Humans are amazing eating machines. We can get used to and even enjoy eating just about anything after about 3 weeks. This is why all the other bi-pedal intelligent apes went extinct, but we are still here (or so the theory goes).

Since you like burgers, try adding finely chopped (or even pureed) veggies to the meat. Use just a tiny amount and probably start with something that is really mild in flavor like carrots or zucchini. Even though you won't be able to taste it, your body is going to develop a desire for those foods after a while. You will begin producing the digestive enzymes to break down the nutrients in those foods, and the added hit of vitamins is going to have you feeling great.

It is like a flavor vaccine.

There is a cook book on the market called "Deceptively Delicious" by Jessica Seinfeild. The idea is to get nutrition into kids who are picky eaters. I bought it to get nutrition into my extremely picky husband. It worked!

After a lifetime of eschewing anything vegetable, I served him a shrimp salad made with bell peppers, quinoa, cabbage, onion, tomatoes and topped with cilantro. He not only ate the portion I served him, he went back for seconds and took the leftovers with him for lunch the next day.

I was shocked and amazed. I know my husband will eat things like the shrimp salad when I serve it to him because he knows it's good for him, but I've never seen him seek out a salad because he enjoyed it. It can be done, you just have to keep at it. :flowerforyou:

I also create "healthier" versions of foods that I like, which really only means substituting certain things like Greek yogurt for sour cream. That adds protein yet subtracts total calories.

But in the end, I just make sure that my calorie deficit is in place and eat what I want. As long as you meet your calorie and macro goals, the "what" you eat makes little difference.

I eat what I want. Just not as much of it. That simple. That said try some new food you might find you like it!

My father is an extremely picky eater, and I mean extremely. You know what it means? Every single family dinner has to revolve around his picky eating habits. We are limited to the restaurants he can find something to eat at, or Mom has to host everything because even food he loves he won't eat if someone other than her makes it just the way he wants it. It is not fun, and it is very frustrating and at times downright insulting for people who love him and want to enjoy their time with him socially.

I'll give you this thought... is this what you want to subject your current and future family to?

Expand your tastebuds and be willing to try something new. I grew up finicky because of my Dad to the point where going to an ethnic restaurant terrified me, but I've since learned to love and eat almost anything. Be bold and try something new. You never know what you might find that you love and have never tried because you had a mental block about it.

You will find life so much more enjoyable.

I had to become A LOT less picky!

Either..

1. Eat less of the high-calorie foods that you do like.
2. Eat more of the low-calorie foods that you might not like.

Both take willpower.

No silver bullet.

Some picky eaters just can't change. I am helping a friend with her diet. She has tried hard to eat more foods, but just can't seem to do it. But she is watching calories and eating her same old foods and doing good. She doesn't eat any meat and only a few vegetables. But she is staying in her calorie range, taking a multi vitamin, eating more fruits and is losing weight. You can do it.

You're 19. Are you going to spend the rest of your life living on burgers and fries because you can't wrap your mind around trying other foods? Maybe you can get your mommy to grind up some veggies and hide them in your food? It seriously is as easy as growing up and making better choices.

I'm a picky eater. I want to eat only good delicious food which is often too expensive...