Im such a fussy eater!

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sophielou01 wrote: »

I'm not a spice lover in the slightest.
I do eat Pork and will occasionally eat Beef.
Its just what to have with it that i struggle with.
I like a lot of fruit so my snacking is no longer an issue as I can cut the bad stuff out.
Are there any veggies that don't really taste of much?

Eggplant and zucchini don't have strong flavors. If you like mind onion, I stir fry these together to bulk up my meat dishes. I love basil so I add that.

You don't have to expand your diet all at once, either. Not that I'm a picky eater, but I certainly did not like vegetables as much before I started using MFP. I thought salads were boring, but I have found over the last six months that I've slowly increased the vegetables I enjoy eating. Just keep trying different things until you find a few thingst that you enjoy eating. It's worth it!

Lol. There's no such thing as a "mind onion". I meant to say if you like or don't mind onion!

There were a lot of foods I dispised when I started. Oatmeal, kale, turnip, rice, cilantro, quinoa, chicken come to mind. There were foods that I knew I liked. Spinach, salmon, carrots, eggs, sweet potatoes. Also pizza, ice cream and cake, but they got me into this situation.

Then I remembered how when my brother was a baby, he refused to eat pretty much everything, so my mom would hide mashed up fruit in his cereal. She started with really small amounts and as he built a tolerance, increased the amounts until he was eating things besides baby ceral.

So I embarked on an experiment to do essentially the same thing to me. I started hiding kale in my spinach salad. With oatmeal, I found I didn't completely hate the packets of brown sugar cinnamon oatmeal, so I started with that and then started cutting it with plain oatmeal. Rice and quinoa I cooked in curry powder, and chicken I hid in stir frys with tons of veggies I loved.

I tried lentils and discovered I love them. I tried steaming artichokes and discovered I didn't like them. I tried random vegetables and fruits from the grocery store and experimented with different ways of preparing them until I found a rag-tag group of healthy foods that were tasty, cost effective, versatile and easy to prepare. They are foods I cook regularly.

I still think turnip and cilantro are nasty. I will probably never be excited to eat oatmeal, but I tolerate it with a ton of cinnamon because it's quick and easy for me to make and eat. You do not have to like everything. Some things you'll build a taste for over time. You'll learn what works for you.

Have you tried pork or beef with your salad before? I've found that having a nice salad (which i'm discovering that in my work cafeteria i really dont like the taste of their grape tomatoes or cucumbers anymore, which i did at first), with a protein that i enjoy, and no dressing, is a really well balanced meal, and doesnt derail my macro-nutrients.

You have 2 pounds to lose. Eat what you normally do only less.

Eat what you normally eat but in appropriate portions for your calorie goal.

^ Yep. Sorry, OP, not to sound mean but whenever I hear 'picky eater' I just tend to think - what are you, 12?! lol Some behaviours can be grown out of. We all have foods we don't like, but to have such a restrictive diet is harming only you. Try new things, build up a tolerance and soon you will find yourself enjoying them. Not everything, but a lot of things.

DeguelloTex wrote: »

Yes, listing a bunch of food so a fussy eater can say "I don't like that" should end well.

Like!

also used to hate onions. picked them out of everything. it was an irrational hatred. improved my own cooking skills and learned how valuable they are to enhancing flavor, and that they taste exquisite when caramelized (cooked long and slow until they turn deep brown. you can add them to almost anything). Doesn't mean i'll eat them raw, but at least i'll eat them!