What's the strangest diet you've heard/witnessed someone being on? (Not fad diets.)
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Maybe not weird, but kind of grossed me out... I know a guy who eats a whole roasted garlic everyday. Sometimes, he will roast several of them and eat them all in one sitting.0
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Remembered one more thing that my friends consider weird. I'll have alcohol in desserts and liqueur chocolates just fine, but I rarely drink it, and when I do it's in very small amounts. Imagine someone pouring less than 1/4 cup of beer at a party? That's me. I'll drink "several cups" of alcohol that barely add up to one serving. I LOVE Bloody Mary, but I doubt you can even call it that because my idea of one is 5-8 grams of vodka per cup. I get plenty of banter over this.2
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You're my long-lost sibling, aren't you? I rarely have more than a thimble-full of wine, but I cook with brandy and liqueurs.0
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That is why I always make a point to check in the drive through, in front of the window where you get your food before driving awayJeepHair77 wrote: »court_alacarte wrote: »ElvisPedro wrote: »Not really diet but I know a few people who will not let food types touch each other on their plate and have to eat items separately. Eg if baked beans touched a sausage the whole meal would be ruined and they'd refuse to eat it.
this. knew a guy who hated tomatoes, and once when dining out with him and he ordered a sandwich, the restaurant forgot to leave off the tomatoes. he couldn't just take tomatoes off the sandwich, it had to be completely re-made since the juice had tainted everything else.
another interesting quirk i've witnessed: people who eat meals in sections; my ex would do this. basically if he ordered a burger and fries, he would eat the burger first and then work on the fries; if he had meat and sides, he'd eat all of one side first and then start on the meat, etc.. his sister did the same thing... i personally saw it as a very inefficient way of eating since one of those foods is going to be cold by the time you got to it! his perspective was that he wanted to enjoy the food in its purity without having other flavors in the mix?? whatever, he's a loser.
Well, this coulda been describing me. Lol
I have a serious hatred of pickles. I cant stand the taste or smell of them, and then the pickle juice always seeps into the bread. Its gross. I wont send back a sandwich over it, but I definitely don't enjoy it.
Also, I am definitely a person who can only eat one part of my meal at a time. I usually eat the thing I least like on the plate first, saving the favorite part for last. So if I have broccoli, mac & cheese and steak, I will eat the broccoli, then the steak, then the mac&cheese.
I am weird, I know. Lol. I just like to enjoy the flavors separately. There is only like 2-3 foods I will mix all together. Chipotle Burrito Bowl and Shepherds pie are all that come to mind at the moment.
When I was young, I use to eat either white bread with butter, or white bread with ketchup. Nothing else, not even toasted. Little weirdo.
I get you. I'll pick off tomatoes and eat the sandwich, but if pickle juice has sogged the bread? I'm out.
And I'll tell you straight up, the REAL reason I don't eat McDonald's is because you always ask for no onions, and then they put those f*ckers on there, anyway, and they're chopped up and mixed with the ketchup and stuck in the cheese, and you have to SCRAPE the whole thing off, and then you've got a dry sandwich except that you're still going to get a little bit of onion, guaranteed.
And this only happens in the drive-through. I'm pretty sure they do it on purpose "Ha! She'll discover those onions after she's already home and taken off her shoes and locked up the garage and there's NO WAY she's coming back!" I'll bet they take bets and everything.
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My husband was born without a sense of smell, so he's really particular about foods that don't have a strong taste because to him they have NO taste. So he won't eat pasta, rice, oatmeal anything like that because he says it just feels like a glob in his mouth. So when I make spaghetti he eats the sauce on chow mein noodles so that it's crunchy. Now the kids have started mixing them in with their regular pasta noodles as well.4
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My husband worked with someone that was trying to lose weight by eating two whole chickens a day.
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girl at work who wants to diet because of my success wont listen when i tell her shes stupid, But shes on a pineapple diet...she read online somewhere you can snack on and eat as much pineapple as you want and it has no calories because the acid...LOL6
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I haven't read this entire thread yet, so I hope i'm not repeating something...
But I read an article about a celebrity who used to eat her meals nude in front of a mirror as a way to keep from overeating.2 -
goodkoalie wrote: »
That is why I always make a point to check in the drive through, in front of the window where you get your food before driving away
Pardon Leo's language...
https://youtu.be/lWfaiTLPUKQ 9 -
My dad when I was growing up. Supper wasn't supper unless there was a russet potato involved. Mashed, baked, fried. Didn't matter, so long as it was there.
Rice, sweet potato, or some other starchy vegetable, along with a protein and some other vegetable? Not supper! I can remember him getting actually angry because supper comes with a potato by god! Then demanding to know where were the potatoes?!?!
He's chilled out a bit now, but most evening meals still have a potato dish involved.7 -
livingleanlivingclean wrote: »ElvisPedro wrote: »Not really diet but I know a few people who will not let food types touch each other on their plate and have to eat items separately. Eg if baked beans touched a sausage the whole meal would be ruined and they'd refuse to eat it.
I wouldn't eat mixed foods when I was little. I had to see all the ingredients separately.
I was the same way. Even though I love all types of flavors and mixings now, as a kid I'd be picky about things touching. Sometimes I just wanted pasta with no sauce. Also, steak sauce upsets my stomach. So many good foods I didn't eat back then and love now! Childhood was a strange time.
My nephew is a really picky eater. He's much better now, but when he was little he pretty much would only eat white bread with butter, plain Tostitos (had to be that brand), Kraft macaroni and cheese, and peanut butter on a spoon never on bread.0 -
nevadavis1 wrote: »My old boss's husband went on a "cereal diet" where he ate nothing but cereal until he lost the weight he wanted to lose. Me, I love cereal so much I'd probably gain doing that.
When I was a teenager I went through a phase where I'd eat 2-3 bowls of cereal mid-morning and nothing else the rest of the day. I always thought I was too fat. I cringe when I look back and how disordered it was.0 -
To tell on myself...
There is a proper way to eat certain items. Chips, crackers, fries, etc...should be eaten so that the most "perfect" specimen is last. Small broken pieces first, then larger and more intact, etc., until the most perfect ones remain, which are also eaten in that manner until only the #1 perfect specimen remains, which is then eaten.
M&M, Skittles, and anything else that comes in multi-colors are eaten so that you have equal numbers of each color. For instance, if you have 7 red, 5 blue, 4 yellow, 4 brown and 3 green...you eat two red, then a red, and blue, then a red, blue, yellow, and brown, leaving you with three of each color, which are then eaten in reverse order - green, brown, yellow, blue red, green, brown...etc. But you must also pay attention to attractiveness and perfection. Large, misshapen ones get eaten first and you may choose to vary this by color - because you never want to end on a brown.
I swear to you, I do not have OCD.
These rules do not apply when you eat from the bag so that you can't see the items sufficiently to be picky. Then you just scarf them down.
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When we were growing up my brother put A1 sauce on everything, eggs, potatoes,sandwiches, everything. My only thing now is i can't have maple syrup touching anything but my french toast or pancake. The mcgriddles at mcdonalds grossed me out when they came out, still do and i have no intention of ever trying one. I used to always leave the last bite of whatever i was eating. i never even noticed it til a co-worker pointed it out one day. I've managed to break that habit mostly now that i weigh everything so i don't have to go back and reweigh. I still do it when i go out sometimes though.0
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When we were growing up my brother put A1 sauce on everything, eggs, potatoes,sandwiches, everything. My only thing now is i can't have maple syrup touching anything but my french toast or pancake. The mcgriddles at mcdonalds grossed me out when they came out, still do and i have no intention of ever trying one. I used to always leave the last bite of whatever i was eating. i never even noticed it til a co-worker pointed it out one day. I've managed to break that habit mostly now that i weigh everything so i don't have to go back and reweigh. I still do it when i go out sometimes though.
My two dogs get the last two (small) bites of whatever I'm eating at home (as long as it's dog friendly). They have to be patient and sit quietly through the meal, first though
. I never go back and re-weigh, I just count it as a few bonus calories that I'm not consuming. 4 -
joeyzuraski wrote: »If I was to pick people's weirdo diets, it's those who eat inedible objects like newspapers that has no nutrition.
*slowly raises hand* But I like eating paper! Not newspaper, the ink rubs off, but I like eating plain white copy paper.
(and yes, I do have a diagnosis of Pica ans asd before people ask)
My housemate hates coffee from freshly ground coffee beans but loves instant coffee. I thinks that's odd.3 -
I currently eat a diet void of fruits (with exception on melon and bananas), vegetables (except lettuce), legumes, and whole grains. Its also very low in dietary fats. My diet consists of lean proteins, refined carbs, water, juice (no pulp), jello, Ensure and Orgain nutritional drinks, lowfat dairy, and a few type of produce. Unfortunately, it's still difficult for me to reach my daily calories. I reach 1,100 if I'm lucky. Many people assumed I have an eating disorder. God forbid they develop Gastroparesis someday. I assure you it ain't fun.1
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My older sister would put brown sugar in her food and never used white sugar. Upon asking her why she said "because brown sugar is healthier and not bleached like white sugar." Once I finished laughing and was able to compose myself I asked her if she ever read the ingredients. That's the day she learned brown sugar is simply sugar with added molasses. Delicious, YES! Healthier, not even slightly. Apparently brown = healthy in her world.
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amusedmonkey wrote: »Remembered one more thing that my friends consider weird. I'll have alcohol in desserts and liqueur chocolates just fine, but I rarely drink it, and when I do it's in very small amounts. Imagine someone pouring less than 1/4 cup of beer at a party? That's me. I'll drink "several cups" of alcohol that barely add up to one serving. I LOVE Bloody Mary, but I doubt you can even call it that because my idea of one is 5-8 grams of vodka per cup. I get plenty of banter over this.
I do thisLadyLilion wrote: »To tell on myself...
There is a proper way to eat certain items. Chips, crackers, fries, etc...should be eaten so that the most "perfect" specimen is last. Small broken pieces first, then larger and more intact, etc., until the most perfect ones remain, which are also eaten in that manner until only the #1 perfect specimen remains, which is then eaten.
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My older sister would put brown sugar in her food and never used white sugar. Upon asking her why she said "because brown sugar is healthier and not bleached like white sugar." Once I finished laughing and was able to compose myself I asked her if she ever read the ingredients. That's the day she learned brown sugar is simply sugar with added molasses. Delicious, YES! Healthier, not even slightly. Apparently brown = healthy in her world.
While regular white cane sugar generally IS bleached using bone char derived from cows, you can buy brown and (off) white sugar than wasn't bleached.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/01/05/sugar-vegan-bone-char-yikes_n_6391496.html2 -
goodkoalie wrote: »
That is why I always make a point to check in the drive through, in front of the window where you get your food before driving awayJeepHair77 wrote: »court_alacarte wrote: »ElvisPedro wrote: »Not really diet but I know a few people who will not let food types touch each other on their plate and have to eat items separately. Eg if baked beans touched a sausage the whole meal would be ruined and they'd refuse to eat it.
this. knew a guy who hated tomatoes, and once when dining out with him and he ordered a sandwich, the restaurant forgot to leave off the tomatoes. he couldn't just take tomatoes off the sandwich, it had to be completely re-made since the juice had tainted everything else.
another interesting quirk i've witnessed: people who eat meals in sections; my ex would do this. basically if he ordered a burger and fries, he would eat the burger first and then work on the fries; if he had meat and sides, he'd eat all of one side first and then start on the meat, etc.. his sister did the same thing... i personally saw it as a very inefficient way of eating since one of those foods is going to be cold by the time you got to it! his perspective was that he wanted to enjoy the food in its purity without having other flavors in the mix?? whatever, he's a loser.
Well, this coulda been describing me. Lol
I have a serious hatred of pickles. I cant stand the taste or smell of them, and then the pickle juice always seeps into the bread. Its gross. I wont send back a sandwich over it, but I definitely don't enjoy it.
Also, I am definitely a person who can only eat one part of my meal at a time. I usually eat the thing I least like on the plate first, saving the favorite part for last. So if I have broccoli, mac & cheese and steak, I will eat the broccoli, then the steak, then the mac&cheese.
I am weird, I know. Lol. I just like to enjoy the flavors separately. There is only like 2-3 foods I will mix all together. Chipotle Burrito Bowl and Shepherds pie are all that come to mind at the moment.
When I was young, I use to eat either white bread with butter, or white bread with ketchup. Nothing else, not even toasted. Little weirdo.
I get you. I'll pick off tomatoes and eat the sandwich, but if pickle juice has sogged the bread? I'm out.
And I'll tell you straight up, the REAL reason I don't eat McDonald's is because you always ask for no onions, and then they put those f*ckers on there, anyway, and they're chopped up and mixed with the ketchup and stuck in the cheese, and you have to SCRAPE the whole thing off, and then you've got a dry sandwich except that you're still going to get a little bit of onion, guaranteed.
And this only happens in the drive-through. I'm pretty sure they do it on purpose "Ha! She'll discover those onions after she's already home and taken off her shoes and locked up the garage and there's NO WAY she's coming back!" I'll bet they take bets and everything.
Yup, that's where I check to make sure no nasty raw tomato ended up on my chicken.0 -
Yeah, it's really normal for people not to develop tastes for foods they didn't grow up eating. It's really common for people who grew up in poorer households not to like the taste of fresh vegetables because they were never exposed to them. I'm not saying that's the case for this particular woman, but it is the case for other people. So maybe don't judge people for their eating habits because it's a *kitten* thing to do.Not a diet--but this one woman I knew was *LEGIT* grossed out from any vegetables because she had been eating crap her whole life.
Ya, I had a coworker who would not eat any vegetables she had not had as a kid.
And my OH has a hard time with some fresh herbs because his mother didn't cook with them much. I was going crazy wondering why sometimes he liked one of my Thai dishes and sometimes he didn't until I finally figured out that sometimes I would add fresh ginger and sometimes not. With other herbs I'm usually ok if I decrease the amount called for.1 -
My nephew, now in his twenties, eats very limited foods: Plain white spaghetti with dry parmesan cheese from a can, cheese pizza, tortilla chips with cheese, a few kinds of cookies, some chocolate . . . not much else. At holidays, while everyone feasts on the yummy things his grandma (my SIL) makes - like roast turkey or baked ham, cheesy potatoes or potatoes/gravy, baked beans, candied sweet potatoes, various salads, pie with ice cream - he makes himself spaghetti with parmesan dust from the shaker can.
One Thanksgiving years back when he was a kid, his grandparents said they'd buy him the recently-released new model of Playstation (a big deal then) if he'd eat one bite of turkey. He couldn't make himself do it.
I don't know how the boy lives.
In the "one weird food habit" category: When I was a kid, I liked to eat frozen breaded fishsticks . . . still frozen.
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I'll tell on myself first; I also don't like my food to touch, I won't get a new plate, but I will eat around the offending items. The exception is that I don't mind if maple syrup gets on my sausage or bacon- that's delicious. But no, syrup can not touch the eggs. I also tend to eat one thing at a time and I save the best/ perfect bite for last. I can also go for months on end and eat the same thing everyday. (or at least same breakfast, same lunch)
I don't like whole tomatoes, but I will eat tomato sauce or ketchup. I like pickles, but not on a burger/sandwich. There are not a lot of vegetables that I care for - but I've tried to eat/try/cook more since I've had kids. It's mostly a texture thing for me.
I have a friend who will not eat sauces, dips, or condiments of any kind. Thinks they are gross. No guac, salsa, ketchup, dressing, etc.
I had a friend in HS and she and her mom would eat breakfast at night before bed, so that they didn't have to waste time in the morning, and they could sleep longer. 0 -
KrazyKrissyy wrote: »I currently eat a diet void of fruits (with exception on melon and bananas), vegetables (except lettuce), legumes, and whole grains. Its also very low in dietary fats. My diet consists of lean proteins, refined carbs, water, juice (no pulp), jello, Ensure and Orgain nutritional drinks, lowfat dairy, and a few type of produce. Unfortunately, it's still difficult for me to reach my daily calories. I reach 1,100 if I'm lucky. Many people assumed I have an eating disorder. God forbid they develop Gastroparesis someday. I assure you it ain't fun.
Sounds similar to my diet up until recently but I was able to eat moderate fat. I have crohn's though. My diet is now expanding because I had my colon and rectum removed and have a permanent ileostomy. Still can't do high fiber, nuts, seeds, legumes but can eat more veggies than before (without skin). Have to eat according to how my output is each day as dehydration is a major issue without a colon.0 -
Those idiots who claim to live on nothing but light and air. Liars...8
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Those idiots who claim to live on nothing but light and air. Liars...
Maybe they're photosynthesising?
I did a lot of this stuff as a kid, not allowing food to touch, eating meal components separately. I used to vomit if I couldn't cope with the texture. I still can't eat anything like porridge or rice pudding. Makes my stomach turn just thinking of it. When I started cooking for myself i would get super agitated if I didn't have one ingredient a recipie was "supposed to" have and would end up scrapping the whole thing.
I'm mostly better now, or at least I've come a long way. I can tell when my anxiety is kicking off though because I start to get worked up about food.
From being a thread that started, I think, in a rather mean spirited and slightly mocking tone it's ended up making me feel a lot more normal. I grew up being the only person I knew with food issues, everyone else just seemed to eat normally.3 -
When I was a camp counsellor, there was a kid (maybe 13-14 years old) who would only, only drink diet coke. No water, no tea, no juice, just diet coke. I repeat - no water. She came for the two+ weeks, outdoor camping in a very hot climate, hikes, swims, etc, with a couple of boxes of 2-liter diet coke bottles, and her parents brought another set when they came for the visit day.
I wasn't closely involved with her so I don't know if it was a temporary teenage thing, a more serious long-term issue, a fad diet of some kind or what - I just know we were all concerned and keeping an eye on her because there was a serious expectation that she would just get seriously dehydrated. There was a substantial debate whether we should even allow her to stay, as a safety issue.0 -
joeyzuraski wrote: »If I was to pick people's weirdo diets, it's those who eat inedible objects like newspapers that has no nutrition.
I was that weird kid who ate paper. Thankfully I outgrew it, but I would sit there doing my homework and could finish an entire sheet of notebook paper. I think I liked the way that it dissolved in my mouth? I'm not even sure, but I probably did that from the time that I was 5 or so until 10ish.
That's Pica. I used to do the same, but would also roll rocks and other hard objects, like beads, around my mouth. Then I would chew ice.0
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