Anyone else really picky?

I eat things I don't like. I just call it a have too! I think all of us would much rather have a piece of cake instead of a salad but it's a have too. You just have to force yourself. JUST MY OPINION..:flowerforyou:

I eat my avocados dipped in yoghurt, scrummylicious! try it?

My 11 year old son is extremely picky. And it's a battle switching him over t healthier foods. And I too had healthy food issues when I was young. But slowly but surely I changed my brain and though processes. I had been brainwashed by television and commercials my whole life and eventually just had to tune out. (Those people are just trying to sell me things anyway that I don't want to buy.) One by one by one I'd eventually have whatever I didn't like prepared in a way that was enjoyable. And over the years my taste buds completely changed. I got tired of eating hamburgers and pizza all the time and even sweets are now a thing of the past. I never get dessert. Not even interested. I know right where it goes and I'll pass.

Good luck!

I don't like avocados, mushrooms, tomatoes, or onions either. What I do like to do, though, is add veggies that I do like to basic salad blends like snap peas and celery - YUM!



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Wanna talk about picky?? I'm uber picky. And it sucks. Try Allrecipes.com There are a lot of recipes on there and of course, you can adjust the recipes to your liking. You'd be surprised how many different ways you can make something...

yes. very picky, I don't eat anything that's nailed down, can outrun me, is still crawling or bleeding. Oh and I don't eat anything bigger than me.
I don't drink buttermilk, blue stuff or beer.

Not to sound like a jerk, or anything...but there are a lot more than 6 or 7 kinds of food out there. Are you sure you don't like cooked vegetables? Maybe you just don't like the way you've been cooking them? I really dislike a lot of microwaved vegetables. I'd rather stir fry, sautee, grill or roast a lot of my veggies.

It sounds more like you take issue with the textures of certain foods, and that you'd rather have more crispy foods. Celery? Peppers? Broccoli?

I don't consider my self super picky but to be honest I don't like most veggies which can make it hard. Unlike the previous post I don't believe in forcing myself to eat things I don't like (mushrooms are a big one for me too). I believe you can almost always find some kind of veggie that works for you (like you said, you like salad) and I just stick with those. For me its onion (I saute a whole bunch ever so often and will make that my major veggie with dinner topping everything with it), cooked broccoli, tomatoes, raw carrots, green beans, salad (particular romaine, spring mixes and baby spinach), and ironically spaghetti squash, I hate regular squash but the spaghetti kind topped with my favorite sauce is really good. Every one is different and has there own taste, as well as having to do things that work best for them to stay on track. For me, trying to force myself to eat things I don't like would be the quickest way to fail, but for some it may work for them. I will say, when I am eating those things they I don't like as well as others I always make sure to eat them first so that I walk away from the meal ending with the best tasting part of the meal rather then a veggie that I am just tolerating. Oh, also, if veggies are your main hang up and you like fruit the the V8 fusion juices. They are very good and if you believe the marketing they have a whole serving of veggies hidden by the sweet fruit taste. As with any juice you have to watch out for the sugar but it is an option. Good luck, there are things out there, you just have to get creative sometime.

I also really like the site skinnytaste.com as the author makes tasty tasty foods into low cal versions mmm

I second skinnytaste.com, if you haven't checked it out your really should. Don't know how this hits you but I recently made her spinach artichoke dip and it was some of the best I've ever had.

well excluding the things you named there are tons of other healthy foods.

Taste is 90% mental. If you start eating healthy your body will begin to prefer / crave healthy foods.

You should force yourself to try new healthy foods. Try it several times (3-5) before you make up your mind that you don't like it.

I think finding a wide variety of good tasting healthy food is key to sticking to a balanced diet

I'm the pickiest person I know. It's the texture of foods thats actually makes me gag. I've tried to force myself to eat other foods but I can't handle it. I don't know what to do anymore!

I'm the same. All the veg I've tried makes me literally want to hurl.

My tastes are extremely limited, and theres no way i'm forcing myself to eat that crap. Sure, lots of vomit would help with my calories, but it's not so good for a lifelong change!

So, i just eat pretty much everything i used to, just now in moderation, and with plenty of exercise. Job done! You really dont NEED to eat all the stuff most people here repeat ad nauseum (fruit, veg, whole grains, etc etc) to lose weight. To become uber healthy, sure, you do, but to just lose weight, no.

The main thing is making sure that whatever you do you're HAPPY doing, and could carry it on indefinitely.

I'm sure many people give up/dont bother to try to lose weight because they have had this whole "you must eat clean and cut the nice stuff out" thing shoved down their throats!

I think finding a wide variety of good tasting healthy food is key to sticking to a balanced diet

If your aim is to be healthy, sure. If your aim is to be lose weight and be a bit healthier, it isnt. Finding a way to lose calories and enjoy it so its sustainable is more important.

My daughter is VERY picky, and I get her to eat tomatoes, cucumbers, celery, yogurt, whole grain "white bread" and then I put shredded carrots in a meatloaf made with ground chicken.