How do I learn to eat better?
What’s your reaction to juice? Maybe you could start by buying a juicer and get some healthy food in you that way. If your goal is to have a healthier diet this may be a way to achieve the goal while avoiding your dislike of certain textures. Otherwise, the only way you’re going to overcome your repulsion to these foods, imo, is to force yourself to eat them. Maybe start with a little at a time. This worked for me with sushi. I used to hate the taste (and texture) of it but hearing friends go on about how good it was, forced me to keep trying it until eventually I came to love it.
I had exactly the same thing. I got over the vegetables, mostly, by eating a lot at a girlfriend’s house (this was when I was younger). Her parents were big on vegetables, and would give me so much grief if I didn’t eat them, that my natural boy-impress-girl instinct force me to scoff them. I still struggle with fruit. It’s the texture, it’s the sharpness. Too used to bland, stodgy foods, or sugar hits with the edges taken off. I’m used to fruit flavouring coming as 5% of the total experience, not 100%. I got into apples via Braeburn, which is kinda mellow, but still struggle with bananas, pears, etc etc. I think time will be the only answer. Time, and sitting a fruit bowl right next to the couch. Laziness works well here.
You may be malnourished if all you’ve been eating is fast food and junk, so congratulations, anon, on deciding to balance out your diet with healthy stuff! I used to hate and fear vegetables and fruits as a (super-skinny) child and now I love them. Preparation is key to making the transition. 1) If you really can’t let go of the fast food, try veggie burgers. Try the veggie versions of anything. Add more vegetables to your pizza, if you’re not having an entirely veg one. Go for the guacamole, the salsa, the spinach-artichoke cheese dip. Go for spinach-and-herb pasta noodles instead of plain ones. Indulge in carrot cakes and banana loaves. Gradually mix more and more vegetables in with your tasty meat. In the beginning it’s not so much about the actual nutritive value as it is about conditioning yourself into making the healthier choice. 2) Ease yourself into veggie love by starting with the safer vegetables, like potatoes. Only instead of french fries, have more potato salad. Also, thi
