Will you eat it if you hate the taste?

FellyFabulous
FellyFabulous Posts: 32 Member
edited November 20 in Food and Nutrition
I've had a couple of debates recently that the taste of food is meaningless and food serves no purpose other than fueling the body. I tend to disagree - if something doesn't taste good, even if I'm trying to lose weight, I can't eat it - I'd rather starve, as dramatic as that sounds. Today, I have tilapia and green beans for lunch. I'm feeling the green beans but the tilapia, not so much. I hate, hate, hate fish but I can suck it up and have salmon and shell fish. I'm debating going out for lunch and picking up something healthy-ish in the area (that something has yet to be determined).

Do you eat it if you hate the taste or do you opt for something different?
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  • RuNaRoUnDaFiEld
    RuNaRoUnDaFiEld Posts: 5,864 Member
    If I don't like it I'm not eating it.
  • AngryViking1970
    AngryViking1970 Posts: 2,847 Member
    Of course not. Why would I eat something I didn't like?
  • shrinkingletters
    shrinkingletters Posts: 1,008 Member
    How is that a question? Why would I eat something I hate?
  • kailibertsch
    kailibertsch Posts: 139 Member
    Different. I have to like my food. Otherwise I figure it isn't worth the calories...even if it is low in calories.
  • Need2Exerc1se
    Need2Exerc1se Posts: 13,575 Member
    I am not, never have been, and don't expect I every will be, a "food is nothing more than fuel" kind of person. But even if I were, I still wouldn't eat something I don't enjoy. I like way too many foods to think I need to eat something I don't like to fuel myself.
  • Alyssa_Is_LosingIt
    Alyssa_Is_LosingIt Posts: 4,696 Member
    ^^ All of the above.
  • sullus
    sullus Posts: 2,839 Member
    I eat many things I don't prefer, but nothing I don't like.

    e.g. I'd prefer the bacon cheeseburger, but I like a turkey burger with grilled onions too ..
  • lishie_rebooted
    lishie_rebooted Posts: 2,973 Member
    I refuse to eat kale or quinoa just because some faceless authority tells me that they're good for me.
    I think they're disgusting and I won't eat them.
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  • mbaker566
    mbaker566 Posts: 11,233 Member
    nope, can't get it down
  • salembambi
    salembambi Posts: 5,585 Member
    i like everything i eat and its a bonus that most of it is very healthy

    if i think something is gross i do not eat it . i want to enjoy my food not hate it
  • Jenfromtheblock84
    Jenfromtheblock84 Posts: 140 Member
    I feel the same way Sullus, I'll eat the healthy alternative, but I will not cringe while putting something in my mouth, there are so many different variations and ways to make something healthy to eat cardboard or other things that taste horrible. lol.
  • cwolfman13
    cwolfman13 Posts: 41,865 Member
    the only people I know personally who only think of food as fuel are some pretty high caliber athletes I know...I think most people like to actually enjoy what they eat. So no...I don't go around eating stuff that I can't stand...that just seems stupid to me.
  • jddnw
    jddnw Posts: 319 Member
    "Hate" seems an awfully melodramatic response to tilapia.
  • jaga13
    jaga13 Posts: 1,149 Member
    No, I will not eat something I hate. Why?? There are plenty of options! I guess I am lucky that I am not picky and do enjoy a lot of healthier food. Maybe it would be more difficult if I despised most of the healthy food I eat. Thankfully, I like it!
  • vypressme
    vypressme Posts: 228 Member
    I thought his thread was about grapefruit.
  • ForeverSunshine09
    ForeverSunshine09 Posts: 966 Member
    I have only met one person my entire life that eats just because his body required fuel. I can't imagine eating something I do not like. I can nake healthier choices though like sullus said. I like beefy grounD chuck tacos and chili but, I also enjoy ground turkey in them. I am a picky eater but, I still try to eat a variety. Sometimes that means "hiding" things I don't really like in foods that I do like. I still won't eat seafood of any kind because it smells like feet and dirty water all mixed together all of it. Shrimp, salmon, tialpia, lobster and crab. If I can't stand the smell it is definitely not going in my mouth.
  • Agathokakological
    Agathokakological Posts: 136 Member
    I will try something a few times a few different ways. I used to hate broccoli, but now I love it. If I decide I don't like something for sure, it won't find it's way into my shopping cart. I'd rather use my calories on foods I enjoy.
  • Cocoa1020
    Cocoa1020 Posts: 197 Member
    If you hate it then don't eat it. There are plenty of yummy healthy foods out there. By forcing yourself to eat something you hate, you wil give up on your diet.... Its not like you arent going to lose weight because you are not eating fish.
  • glevinso
    glevinso Posts: 1,895 Member
    Well while I am definitely a "food is just fuel" type, there is a difference between tasty fuel and yucky fuel. I eat good food that I like. Why would I suffer through eating bad tasting stuff? But yes, it *is* just "fuel" to me.
  • Lounmoun
    Lounmoun Posts: 8,423 Member
    FellyFabulous wrote: »
    I've had a couple of debates recently that the taste of food is meaningless and food serves no purpose other than fueling the body. I tend to disagree - if something doesn't taste good, even if I'm trying to lose weight, I can't eat it - I'd rather starve, as dramatic as that sounds. Today, I have tilapia and green beans for lunch. I'm feeling the green beans but the tilapia, not so much. I hate, hate, hate fish but I can suck it up and have salmon and shell fish. I'm debating going out for lunch and picking up something healthy-ish in the area (that something has yet to be determined).

    Do you eat it if you hate the taste or do you opt for something different?

    Depends on my options. I'm not going to starve myself just because something doesn't taste great. I hate cilantro but if the choice is starve or eat cilantro then I'd eat it. I'd eat bugs before starving. If I can eat something else I like better I would though. I enjoy food and it is definitely more than just fuel to me.

    I don't like seafood much and I don't force myself to eat it. There are so many other foods I do like.
  • CatKaren
    CatKaren Posts: 19 Member
    jddnw wrote: »
    "Hate" seems an awfully melodramatic response to tilapia.

    I'm adding my two cents. I HATE, seriously HATE fish. I don't eat it. Periodddd!!!
    I don't know how others do it, but I won't touch those nasty protein powders, or premades. I've spent far to much money on, "try this flavor" "add this to it". Yadda. They suck! I have my tastless, non thickening, can add to HOT beverages, Genepro protein powder, and I am happy.
    I also do not like, at all
  • CatKaren
    CatKaren Posts: 19 Member
    GREEK yogurt, ick
  • Vune
    Vune Posts: 674 Member
    Would I eat something I hated the taste of just to fuel my body? Yeah. I've done it a million times. They weren't exactly 4 star chefs at the homeless shelter. I've also eaten food I didn't like out of politeness. When my friend with Parkinson's Disease makes me dinner, I'm going to eat that dinner. A neighbor spilled her wine into the scalloped potatoes at Christmas one year and looked mortified. I dug into those potatoes and ate them up.

    My boyfriend has eaten my gross brussel sprouts and eggplant, and I've eaten his icky spinach and his kale and carrot smoothies. I've happily eaten durian and sea urchin because new things are exciting, even if they're not 100% pleasant.

    But if you're asking me to eat frozen peas, gtfo.
  • Furbuster
    Furbuster Posts: 254 Member
    I don't like kale it's vile, but I mask the flavour with other things or chop it up and put it in a stew. Yep I eat it because I have problems absorbing nutrients and need the boost. I can't taste it but it's there.
  • allbarrett
    allbarrett Posts: 159 Member
    Food can be so much more than fuel; an experience, a way to see the world and experience other cultures, a way to experiment, etc. I can't imagine eating because you must and only what you must (people like that are probably hoping for a "eat this one pill per day and it will take care of all your nutritional needs" future).

    I like food. I enjoy preparing it, eating it, enjoying it. I don't eat food I don't like because then the experience is a negative one. We all get enough of those in life, we don't need to actively pursue them.
  • rainbowbow
    rainbowbow Posts: 7,490 Member
    I wont eat anything i dont like. With the incredibly vast option of food sources, why would i?
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  • callsitlikeiseeit
    callsitlikeiseeit Posts: 8,626 Member
    barring literal starvation, No. why would I?

    If I am a guest somewhere, I may take one or two bites out of politeness, but I'm not going to force myself to eat something I truly dislike.

    I am a very picky eater (really I just have rules regarding food, but I call it picky anyways), but I will try almost anything at least once.
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