well, at least you can try to vary the way you cook those foods and use some new ingredients there (like herbs, etc.).

ya except i dont really eat a lot of food that gets cooked lol...for instance, top ramen, noodles with butter, garlic bread...and i think thats about it with maybe just a few more. I think the most complex (as far as number of ingredients) thing i eat is salsa, and i have just barely discovered that...i wont eat the chunks still.

Hi kyosk
I have exactly the same problem as you and finally getting to the point where i have had enough i want help and to do aomething about it.
I can count the amount of meals i will eat on one hand also. there is a couple of main reasons why i am finally looking at getting over this, firstly because i feel unhealthy. second because i have a 4yr old and a nearly 2yr old who i do not want to end up like me and im setting them up to be the same. Next because i live in a smaller town where the restaurant selection is small and i cant go out for dinner because i dont eat whats on the menu or i have to say 'can i get this without this this this or this please'
im tired and over it!

ive searched the net for the last hour and it has lead me to your help question.
the only thing i can think of doing at this stage is explaining to my doctor the problem and seeing whether or not they suggest seeing a pychologist or even hypnosis (which both are going to be really dam expensive)

all i know is that im not going to live abother 50 years with the same problem.


goodluck with it all

Yeah i dint have time to have my food properly and i have junk foods than having cooked foods,,,,

I was actually beginning to believe i would never find somebody out there with my same problem, its apparently a rare problem that people just dont understand. the only thing i ever hear is "just try new things" when its not that easy. I have the fear that someday when i have kids they will follow my traits also. i tried hypnotherapy once but the lady had terrible methods, and the only other hypnotherapist in town just told me to try new things which really made me angry. if you find anything else that might help let me know and i'll do the same for you. It really is an inconvenience when i miss out on social events because of this problem...hope we can help each other out, i dont feel like living the rest of my life like this either lol

me too to everything! How wonderful not to be alone. Somewhere in my childhood I decided limiting my diet was a good attnetion-getter and it stuck. Now my diet is very limited and I can't even sit down to dinner with my little kids for fear of questions. I simply have to find a way through this. Has anyone had success? Is online, downloadable therapy worth it? I went to a therapist and was told to "just try a little bit of new food". What a joke. Does anyone have any more suggestions?

Hey I'm 15 and have the same problem if not worse I only like bread and butter, cheese, one type of pot noodle, bacon, sasauge and junk food. I also have a family that doesnt realise what im going through as they just tell me to try this and that but dont understand its not as easy for me as it is them. I would love to try methods to help me stop as the only thing i eat when our family goes to a resturant is bread.

well first of all you are certainly not alone. I spent hours and hours with my parents bargaining, coaxing, pleading with me to try even a little something new. It just didn't work well. Your diet is pretty close to mine. The only life-saver I got into in the last few years was pepperoni pizza but only without sauce (which is a bit embarassing to order sometimes).

I think you being here is a great step towards beating this problem. I just joined here yesterday and already I'm glad I'm not alone.

i cant believe that therapist would just say to try little bits of new foods...
if you could, you wouldnt needed therapy in the first place!! they really arnt that smart are they!
ive just found the number of a hypnotherapist who comes to my town so when i can afford it i will ring him and try that option first. i think that it will be a great idea becuase i think if i can change the way my innerself and subconscience think then it will work from there. and thats what hypnotherapy is about.
kyosk.. i would try another hypno before giving up on that idea. as a pychology student (lol, i should be able to fix my own issues shouldnt i?) i believe hypno, with the right person, will work.
fingers crossed anyway.
Regards
claire

wow this is amazing. i always thought i was the pickyst person on earth and no one else could possibley be as picky as me. the same thing happened to me 2 when i was 6. just 1 day i hated everything i used to love like carrots and grapes.. all nasty now. there r basicly only 6 meals i eat. kraft original mac and cheese. pb&j. spegetti.ramen noddles. a hotdog and fries. and pizza. all of which have to be made my own certain picky way. like with pizza i take off ALL the toppings. i basicly eat a sauce pizza. then of corse anything else i lik is junkfood. i dont like soda or anything. all i basicly drink is water. i hate going out to dinner with my family and only eating bread or ordering off the dessert menu like choclate cake. i am to also very sensative to texture. i take of the crust on bread soely because the texture is different. i am sick and tired of people saying you dont know what ur missing out on.. and come on just tryit. because nomatter how much i try anything. its still nasty as hell and i will never like it.. i would lik to eaat more foods but i just cant and people just cant get that.

I'm actually researching this for family...I have a younger brother who also only eats PB&J and pizza. When he was a baby he had sensory, texture and reflux problems, which caused him to gag every time he ate. He no longer has reflux, but still doesn't want to try new foods. I didn't realize there were other people out there with the same problems. My family like yours has tried to get him to try new foods many different ways and has never succeeded. Does anyone have any suggestions? Do you think hynotherapy works? Has it been successful for anyone? Any suggestions or ideas are greatly appreciated!!

I have been the same way my WHOLE life!!

I would eat pizza, but without the sause.

I would eat noodles plain..no butter, no sauce, no seasonings.

I would eat peanut butter sandwiches but NO jelly.

I never and still don't eat ketup, mustard, or mayo.

I never ate salad dressings or other types of sauces.

Just in the past few years (I'm almost 28 ) I've started eating different things and have found that I like them.

Some things I don't like but they aren't awful either.

Things that I can tolorate I try to keep eating them so that I can get use to them. It seems to work and I eventually like them just fine.

I now east pizza sause and some salad dressings. I no longer eat my noodles plain.

I don't eat a whole lot of new things but I'm working on it.

It's def. a mental thing, for me at least. I have to just stop thinking about it and try it. That's easier for me to say than actually do.

I try something new maybe once every few months.

I can say in the past few years of trying new things I have gained weight which I'm not happy about but currently working on.

My daughter is right on par with what you all describe. She likes about 8 meals and that's it. All pretty carb and cheese based and sometimes chicken or pork. Carrots and corn are the only veggies she'll eat. Its really worrisome and difficult. We are trying to understand and realize she isn't doing it on purpose. The post from justforfun is encouraging though - the idea that working on those foods at the edge and trying to get over them a bit might be helpful. But its very frustrating and its hard not to push her, but I suspect that that won't help.