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Jixby Phillips · #1

I am bad at eating, and I don't think I ever will have a good diet. Theres so little food I can eat without wanting to puke. My taste is very picky, and mostly all I eat is crap.

What can I do to like... make myself healthier outside of actually changing my diet. I feel pretty good most of the time, but sometimes I feel sluggish and I know it's probably my diet. I'm extremely ignorant as to what I'm SUPPOSED to be eating, or what IS healthy. Could I just take vitimans every day? What vitimans should I take?

oh yeah ps this thread is no fags allowed

Anonymous · #2

South Beach is more of a diet that's guidelines for what's good for you. Certain kinds of fat are good for you in moderation (legumes, dairy), and so are certain carbs (vegetables, legumes again come to mind). So, even if you don't want to diet to lose weight, I'd recommend picking up the South Beach Diet book, because it's written by a cardiologist and intended to help you eat healthy instead of burn fat (Atkins), although the two generally go hand-in-hand.

But for general guidelines, eat lots of lean meats, cheeses, vegetables, and nuts and avoid sugars.

Alive · #3

so that kinda rules out bk's and mickey d's, and pizza hut, and the big breakfast menu at denny's, and the late night fly thru's at taco bell and wendys huh?

Jixby Phillips · #4

I am not looking to lose weight at all. The problem is that there is so little I can actually eat without wanting to vomit. Generally I dislike food. MOST food I just hate, and absolutely can't stand to eat. What I can stand to eat is very limited to me. I'm like the pickiest eater in the universe. Sometimes I'll eat a hamburger and fries every fucking day of the week. And when I eat a hamburger, it's plain, just meat and bun, with fries and ketchup. If even a spec of lettuce is on the burger, it makes me gag and I have to spit it out. That's what most food does to me, just makes me gag. The stuff I like I don't even like that much. I just eat it because I have to eat something and it's what I hate the least. Eating is always an awful joyless chore.

I am very much afraid to try a lot of things, and that's all my problem, but it seems like what I do try just tastes so disgusting to me. Also, its not like I have tons of different food around the house to try. I'd have to spend money if I want to try something new. Usually I put off eating untill I feel like I'm going to faint unless I eat (and a lot of times I'm at school or its late at night or its while I'm working, so I HAVE to wait).

I mean, I get by fine, considering how fucked up my eating is. Sometimes I'll eat something healthy if it's something I can stand and actually in the house. But I wanna do something about it before I like, die or something.

Jixby Phillips · #5

Also, I generally avoid fast food, but the stuff i do eat probably isn't that much better. I like Wendy's, and maybe eat it once every few weeks. I get weird cravings for McDonalds sometimes, but they are usually stamped as soon as I take the first bite of their awful food.

thebiggameover · #6

tofu and bbq sauce. you will live for ever...

executioneer · #7

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thebiggameover · #8

what? jixby cant eat anything because jixby hates the taste of everything. but everybody likes bbq sauce, and tofu tastes like air so maybe jixby can live on that.

i dated a girl with this problem and it would piss me off because i would pay for all this food she wanted, then she would take one bite and toss the rest in the trash....

ItalianStereotype · #9

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Originally Posted by Jixby Phillips

The problem is that there is so little I can actually eat without wanting to vomit.

if this is true, you might have a really rare disorder. so rare, in fact, that I don't remember what it's called. if you really can't eat anything without wanting to vomit, you should get checked out by your doctor.

LacrimansTaurne · #10

Eosiniphilic esophagitis?

Dole · #11

was that the big long nosed thing in sesame street?

What about fruit jixby? Can you eat fruit without wanting to puke? that would be a start.

SMN · #12

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da blob · #13

I'm with Dole - fruit would be a good start.

Anonymous · #14

Jixby - you sound exactly like Rog. That's really scary if you eat like he does. It will cause health problems but at least you're concerned about it.
He thinks everything is gross except plain hamburger fries or plain cheese pizza. He hates all fruits except bananas and won't eat vegetables. He thinks lettuce smells bad and makes him want to throw up.

I don't think there's anything else for you to do to be healthier without changing your diet (but you should exercise of course). You could take some vitamins if you are like him and are worried about ending up with some weirdo deficency. But there are probably a lot of things lacking in your diet like fiber and omega3.

If the list of what you actually will eat is so small - you just make a list of that. And then do a little research into what you should be eating. Eat whatever it is on your list that is best as often as you can - like Rog eats bananas all the time. Do the best you can- really you should do something.

sadie · #15

this thread has made me feel a lot better about my own picky eating habits.

Matt Harty · #16

Take vitamins and make sure you at least drink enough. Do you spit out lettuce and stuff like that because it actually tastes bad to you (bitter?), or does it look disgusting or you hate the feeling in your mouth?

This usually happens with kids, like a phase. Parents introduce the hated food over and over and usually they'll start to tolerate it. What you're dealing with seems more like a syndrome where you've created a fear of foods, like the texture or smell.

Has it been like this since you were young?

Mockery · #17

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Originally Posted by Doopa

Jixby - you sound exactly like Rog. That's really scary if you eat like he does. It will cause health problems but at least you're concerned about it.
He thinks everything is gross except plain hamburger fries or plain cheese pizza. He hates all fruits except bananas and won't eat vegetables. He thinks lettuce smells bad and makes him want to throw up.

It's scary how much he sounds like me, isn't it? And yeah, I hate just about all vegetables except corn. But I did manage to find some peas that I like. I used to eat them when I was a kid. It's a very particular kind of pea though, the only kind I'll eat:

As for vitamins 'n stuff, I just take a generic multi-vitamin each day (ie: something like Centrum). Excercise is definitely important though... especially if you feel like you don't have any energy. I feel like I have a lot more ever since I started martial arts. The gym never really makes me feel better and I'll probably stop going there anyway now that I'm working full time heheh.

ultra perfect cell · #18

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Originally Posted by sadie

this thread has made me feel a lot better about my own picky eating habits.

Same here.

Captain Robo · #19

I can eat dessert before finishing my meal

ziggytrix · #20

I've been training myself to tolerate onions for the past few years. Never did like em, but I've gotten past feeling like gagging when I taste them.

I dunno if I'll ever like em, but damn it if they aren't in EVERY dish.

Geggy · #21

eating food is bliss for me. whenever i'm eating, i'm on cloud 9. and quite frankly, jixby's eating disorder scares me of the idea not being able to enjoy food. it is a serious problem.