Strange Eating Habits... Need Advice Posted: 08-08-05 16:23pm
Ok so heres the deal:
i am a 23 year old college student and I
have very strange eating habits. I eat no
meat at all (beef, chicken, seafood, nada
lol) I also have almost no fruits or
veggies in my diet (yea thats right all I
basically eat are carbs) just the taste or
texture of anything but makes me so
nauseated that I run to the closest
bathroom and yak. I have been like this
pretty much all of my life. My docs say
that everything bloodwork wise looks fine,
and said as long as I feel ok... Not to
worry. And I do physically feel ok, but
its really starting to bug my boyfriend
because we're starting to talk about
marriage and kids and stuff, and obviously
I need to eat better when I am pregnant.
So I need any help/advice I can get to get
over this issue. I really want to eat
like a "normal" person. Help!!
Meg
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poetmcc
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 25 Mar 2005 Posts: 273
Hi Posted: 08-09-05 13:28pm
Is there a reason why you eat only carbs?
Is it part of a diet or something?
If you feel compelled to eat only the
foods you eat, there may be a
psychological factor in this...You might
be doing this to stay skinny? :?:
if you just eat carbs b/c other stuff
makes you sick, they maybe that's just the
way you are. Try eating other foods like
fruits sand veggies in small amounts and
in the way you want it. Put fruit in your
ceral. Just make sure you like it...Then
you may start to like the taste better.
I hope I helped you a little, take care.
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mks
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 06 Mar 2006 Posts: 21 Location: AL
Non-specified Ed Posted: 03-06-06 11:07am
You and I have some things in common. I
have some questions for you though, if you
don't mind...
Would you consider yourself a "picky"
eater?
Are most of the foods you eat cruncy and
you like the way they feel as opposed to
mushy foods?
Try to think about why you don't eat
certain foods. You mentioned texture, but
could it also be the way they look, how
they are made or where they come from?
Basically I am trying to figure out just
how similar our problems are. I am 27 now
and I have been trying to get help for
about 7 or 8 years now. I have done many
hours of research online trying to find a
name for what I consider my extreme
pickyness. Recently, my husband and I
have also been researching the nutritional
aspect of me getting pregnant. The one
difference in us that confuses me though
is that you throw up. I haven't ever
thrown up but have been really nauseated
if a family member or friend continually
insists that I try a new food. When I eat
it I have to eat a very tiny amount. I
wouldn't classify my disorder with the
purging, belimia, and anorexia. I watch
my weight as I feel most women do, but my
problem was not started and does not
continue because of wanting to lose/gain
weight. I just don't like foods. I eat
simply because I know my body needs food.
The problem with my age/health is that I
don't know if I have enough nutrients to
sustain pregnancy. Doctors also tell me
that I am healthy. Some things for you to
research might be obsessive compulsive
disorder a psychological thing where you
are worried about the germs that come from
the ground and are on the vegetables, or
sensory integration disorder which deals
with the textures of foods which I feel is
my problem however, unless you have good
doctors in your area you will be
discouraged with the sensory disorder
because most websites deal with children's
symptoms of this disorder. I was actually
on here looking for some answers to this.
Write if you have any questions for me.
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jsm562
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 20 Apr 2006 Posts: 1 Location: RI
Similar Eating Habits Posted: 04-20-06 21:51pm
Megalicious, I am a 43 year old male and I
have very similar eating habits. I eat
almost 100% carbs. Pizza, pasta without
sauce, crackers, chips, pretzels, bread
etc. When I was a child I vomitted at the
thought of a teacher making me eat a
peanut butter and jelly sandwich.
Jim m
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mecs1010
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 27 Mar 2008 Posts: 1
Posted: 03-27-08 16:48pm
ok i have like the same extact problem, im
19, and its like all i can eat is kid-like
foods like french fries mac n cheese
bagels cookies cake donuts macaroni and im
even picky about that, i wont eat a single
fruit or vegtable, barely any meat, if i
actually do i have to pick it apart be4 i
eat it, and if someone tries to get me to
try as food, even if its a normal food
like corn i freak out, i never thought of
it as an eating disorder until only
acouple months ago and i despritly want to
change but i cant ill buy myself good
foods but wen it comes down to eating it i
freak out n i cant do it, and due to the
extreme lack of nutrtion im always sick. i
never throw up the food, because i cant
even get it in my mouth. im 19 yet i feel
like im 50 sumtimes always so tired no
energy nothing. i dont know wat to do
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ArmyWife521
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Joined: 17 Apr 2008 Posts: 35 Location: Buford, GA USA
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Posted: 04-19-08 18:17pm
I have always been a picky eater, and ever
since I was little my parents (and others)
have told me, "You don't eat enough to
keep a bird alive."
I, too, eat mostly (I'd say 99.8%) carbs
(pastas, potatoes, etc)... but I will
occasionally eat fruit. I like bananas,
grapes, and strawberries, watermelon, and
(some) cantaloupe - although like I said,
I hardly ever eat the fruit. Oh, and I
really like chicken.
But most of the time, I can eat a few
bites, and feel full. Sometimes it even
gets to the point where I feel like if I
put another bite of food in my mouth I
will throw up. I even get a (sometimes
very severe) gagging sensation in the back
of my throat.
And like mecs1010, I am young (22) but
feel quite old at times, have no energy (I
have been known to sleep upwards of 20 a
day), I have constant headaches (to the
point where I feel strange if I DON'T have
one)
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