Desert Arabian
12-22-2003, 01:49 PM
HELLO ALL! I was wondering if anyone out there has any good advice or ideas for me with my eating problem. No, no, no, I am not anorexic or bulimic! :D :p
My problem is I am a very picky eater, and tend to eat all of the bad stuff and ignore the good stuff. I haven't touched a veggie since I was a toddler- NO JOKE! I am trying to get a good eating habit, so I grab a bag of carrots instead of a bag of tater chips.
My second problem is, I have a REALLY bad gag reflex. If I smell something disgusting, if I eat something nasty, if I eat something with a weird texture- I gag and often throw up. :o :o
Recently, I have tried eating carrots (regular, not baby) and a salad, and I couldn't do it. I just couldn't do it. I felt like a rabbit gnawing on the lettuce, and the carrot taste- BLECH!
I am oh so lost, I want to start eating cucumbers, carrots, lettuce, etc...but so far I am not having the best of luck.
I eat lots of fruit on the other hand. I LOVE oranges, apples (skinned granny smith ONLY), grapefruit, cherries, strawberries (w/ tons of sugar, which is very bad)- yummy!!!
Basically, I need advice for good eating PERIOD.
Hmm, I guess I can tell you some of my favorite things to eat, in case that may help with giving advice at all. I eat these things frequently:
~ Frosted Flakes, ugh, LOVE THEM! I could eat a whole box in a day and a half! LOVE THEM!
~ Lipton’s chicken noodles, YUMMY!
~ Kraft mac N cheese
~ Farmland packaged ham
~ Kemps chocolate milk
~ Ocean Spray grapefruit juice, 100% juice
~ Minute Maid OJ
~ Mountain Ice Water
~ Diet soda
When it comes to snacks, that's not so good. I need to start eating MORE healthy snacks. Occasionally I will get an orange, applesauce, something along those lines- but I keep catching myself grabbing the cookies and other junk. Lately its been those darn Frosted Flakes, omg, I could eat those all day everyday. :o :p :o
I have been looking all over the internet for information, mainly on WebMD- they have good advice.
Lately, I have been quite a slug, and not doing much, which does not help. In the summer I am really busy and moving around, so that helps me out a lot. Last summer I lost 6 pounds, the summer before that I lost 14 pounds. Horse camp, bike riding, and jogging make up a lot of my summer play time. Now that it is cloudy, freezing cold, and school time it is harder for me to get out and move around. Any advice there!?
I really need some help and advice!! :D :D Can anyone give me some tips or advice!?! PLEASE!?! ANYTHING!??!
THANK YOU!!!
~YLL
My problem is I am a very picky eater, and tend to eat all of the bad stuff and ignore the good stuff. I haven't touched a veggie since I was a toddler- NO JOKE! I am trying to get a good eating habit, so I grab a bag of carrots instead of a bag of tater chips.
My second problem is, I have a REALLY bad gag reflex. If I smell something disgusting, if I eat something nasty, if I eat something with a weird texture- I gag and often throw up. :o :o
Recently, I have tried eating carrots (regular, not baby) and a salad, and I couldn't do it. I just couldn't do it. I felt like a rabbit gnawing on the lettuce, and the carrot taste- BLECH!
I am oh so lost, I want to start eating cucumbers, carrots, lettuce, etc...but so far I am not having the best of luck.
I eat lots of fruit on the other hand. I LOVE oranges, apples (skinned granny smith ONLY), grapefruit, cherries, strawberries (w/ tons of sugar, which is very bad)- yummy!!!
Basically, I need advice for good eating PERIOD.
Hmm, I guess I can tell you some of my favorite things to eat, in case that may help with giving advice at all. I eat these things frequently:
~ Frosted Flakes, ugh, LOVE THEM! I could eat a whole box in a day and a half! LOVE THEM!
~ Lipton’s chicken noodles, YUMMY!
~ Kraft mac N cheese
~ Farmland packaged ham
~ Kemps chocolate milk
~ Ocean Spray grapefruit juice, 100% juice
~ Minute Maid OJ
~ Mountain Ice Water
~ Diet soda
When it comes to snacks, that's not so good. I need to start eating MORE healthy snacks. Occasionally I will get an orange, applesauce, something along those lines- but I keep catching myself grabbing the cookies and other junk. Lately its been those darn Frosted Flakes, omg, I could eat those all day everyday. :o :p :o
I have been looking all over the internet for information, mainly on WebMD- they have good advice.
Lately, I have been quite a slug, and not doing much, which does not help. In the summer I am really busy and moving around, so that helps me out a lot. Last summer I lost 6 pounds, the summer before that I lost 14 pounds. Horse camp, bike riding, and jogging make up a lot of my summer play time. Now that it is cloudy, freezing cold, and school time it is harder for me to get out and move around. Any advice there!?
I really need some help and advice!! :D :D Can anyone give me some tips or advice!?! PLEASE!?! ANYTHING!??!
THANK YOU!!!
~YLL