Im such a fussy eater!

ncfitbit wrote: »

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.