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chrissyrun
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 3:04 pm Post subject: I can't eat anything!!!!

I can't eat meat (vegetarain) I can't eat ketchup (woshtechier sauce=fishies) I can;t eat cheese with meat rennet (aside from one brand, it is most of the cheese in the world) I can't eat gelatin (cough, cough, animal parts) I can't eat eggs (grosses me out) I can't eat yeast (it grows, it is alive) I can't eat peanut butter (tastes bad) I can't eat broccoli (one of my favorite foods, but it makes me sick to my stomach) I can't eat a lot of other foods aside from on occasion because they upset my stomach I can't eat a lot of other foods because if they smell bad they tend to taste bad In essence, I can't eat very much. Am I doomed? doomed to not date in college? Social systems are around food, and this will probably be my only chance because I get a new start in college doomed to starve? That's what my parents say *doomed to grow fat? This is what I say, because I'll be only eating a limited diet and I lean towards the few comfort foods that I have I AM DOOMED! Am I? Thanks, I'm feeling pretty depressed about this especially since I need to fuel for an 18 mile run today.

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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 4:52 pm Post subject:

I never travel anywhere for the very same reasons, I don't ever go to lunch at some other people's homes, cafeterias and I'm used to it. (IBS, GERD, yeast infections, dyspepsia etc.) Not everything is in food though it can be frustrating to wake up vomiting even though you have eaten only according to most strict regimes. I use blenders, juicer, which enable me to have a healthy diet after all - fruit and vegetable juices etc. It just needs a bit of adjusting - if you're a runner, you can eat pasta, rice, cereals, honey, malt, fish (or soy products, tempeh, seitan), potatoes, good quality olive oil, sweet potatoes, protein shakes, etc. I don't eat anything you have listed either, and even though I have to be very careful with what I eat, I think I'm leading a healthy life after all. Perhaps you can talk to your doctor, or inform yourself more on healthy diet? in any case I'm wishing you all the best - I know how frustrating it can be when food takes control. Last edited by Booyakasha on Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:09 pm; edited 1 time in total

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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:03 pm Post subject:

I had difficulties as a child eating a wide variety of foods. I refused to eat meat, and I wouldn't eat anything with a bad smell or a slimy texture, like eggs, yogurt, or tomato sauce. As I got older, dealing with bad smells and textures got easier. Maybe my nose isn't as sensitive now? I think our sense of taste changes as we hit our twenties. You don't see adults going nuts over Hi-C and Fruit Roll-ups the way young kids do. Being comfortable helps a lot. My exroommate would encourage me to eat; she wouldn't howl at me that I was going to starve to death. She'd even tell me it was ok if I didn't finish everything. If she knew I didn't like a particular food, she would offer to not use it if she was cooking for the two of us. Sometimes I would try it just to so it would be easier on her, and it would be ok. But if I'm around people I don't know well, and I feel pressured to fit in, it's hard to eat things unless they're really familiar. As for fueling for a run, eating carbs like rice or pasta should do it, unless you have trouble with those. Pasta and rice with stir-fried vegetables is generally pretty easy on me.

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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:32 pm Post subject: Re: I can't eat anything!!!!

chrissyrun wrote:

In essence, I can't eat very much.
Am I doomed?

*doomed to not date in college? Social systems are around food, and this will probably be my only chance because I get a new start in college
*doomed to starve? That's what my parents say
*doomed to grow fat? This is what I say, because I'll be only eating a limited diet and I lean towards the few comfort foods that I have

I AM DOOMED!
Am I?

Thanks, I'm feeling pretty depressed about this especially since I need to fuel for an 18 mile run today.

Not doomed, not at all. You're just challenged.

As a vegetarian, I get most of my protein from tofu and quinoa. Quinoa is a complete protein (like meat) and easy to make. It cooks like rice and can be flavored in any way you wish - if you haven't tried it, I suggest it. It's mild and easily digestible, even though it's high in fiber. Millet is another good grain for ease of preparation and protein content.

I'd wager you haven't tried all the vegetables in your grocery store - you might try a new one each week, after finding a recipe online for it... and see what you can work into your diet?

With some internet research, you can find alternatives that will give you the nutrients you need. Consider it a puzzle, if you wish - or a scavenger hunt. Where there is a will, there's a way. Good luck!
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 5:51 pm Post subject:

There's amaranth as well - staple food of the Incas, very rich in protein (like quinoa mentioned above). Also there are quorn, soy milk, rice milk, oat milk ( I also saw corn/wheat milk ), almond milk, veggie/vegetable burgers. I even heard of almond cheese. Soy puddings (alpro/provamel) are very delicious. bananas - prepared in shakes or raw...

Nier
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 6:03 pm Post subject:

I wouldn't worry, it sounds less restrictive than the basic vegan diet, but that depends on what 'other foods' you also react to / hate eating as to how varied you can make your diet. You do have to make an effort to keep the variety though, I know it's easy to eat the same things given the effects the bad foods have but if you're like me it's easy to end up not eating enough of the food groups or vits/minerals you do need - protein, fibre, iron and so on. It's not dooming your life though, you'll just have to put up with a few silly comments about being a fussy eater at college, but it shouldn't stop you doing anything. Maybe eating out or takeaway food might need a bit of thought. If you don't have to avoid wheat then that's a lot easier - bread, pasta, flour get everywhere it seems. For your running, you need fuel in the form of carbohydrates to keep you going, so the pasta or grains suggested should do the trick. If you eat them with protein (peas, beans, nuts, lentils, quinoa, millet) that should help fill you up and avoid too much comfort eating.

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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:04 pm Post subject:

Booyakasha wrote:

it can be frustrating to wake up vomiting even though you have eaten only according to most strict regimes.

That must really stink, I don't throw up though, I just get really sick. Have you gotten that checked out with your doctor? That sounds serious.

Sholf wrote:

or tomato sauce.

I don't eat eggs or yogurt now, but that is part of the vegetarian thing, and the vegetarian thing started with textures and moved onto empathy....but how do you find tomato sauce slimy? Until I knew that there was fish in ketchup, I absolutely adored it, and I make tortilla soup all the time with tomatoes. Though i wouldn't eat just a plain out (or cut) tomato, i don't have a problem with the sauce.

Sholf wrote:

ou don't see adults going nuts over Hi-C and Fruit Roll-ups the way young kids do.

Haha,

I LOVE fruit roll-ups. Maybe not Hi-C because I think fruit drinks are just a waste of calories (aside from gatorade) and I am technically an adult.

mox wrote:

I'd wager you haven't tried all the vegetables in your grocery store

Id wager that you don't know how intolerant my stomach is, and how many times I would get sick because I don't have the patience to cook vegetables for the time they take.

But thanks for the luck. It just feels like there is a missing piece to the puzzle.

Nier wrote:

it sounds less restrictive than the basic vegan diet

Hhahahahahahahaha, No. It is more restrictive.

Nier wrote:

If you don't have to avoid wheat

I am not avoiding wheat, I am avoiding yeast. I have no problem with wheat, yet it seems the two are a couple.

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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:05 pm Post subject: The list of what you guys say I should eat

The list of what you guys say I should eat: (and tf= too fancy, my stomach takes in simple foods most of the time, tmt= to much time to cook) pasta, rice, cereals, honey, malt, fish (or soy products, tempeh, seitan), potatoes, good quality olive oil, sweet potatoes, protein shakes, stir-fried vegetables, tofu and quinoa, quorn, soy milk, rice milk, oat milk ( I also saw corn/wheat milk ), almond milk, veggie/vegetable burgers, I even heard of almond cheese, Soy puddings, bananas pasta-yes, rice-yes, cereals-maybe, honey-yes, malt-idk probably no, fish-NO, Potatoes-yes, olive oil-idk what to eat with?, sweet potatoes-ew no, protein shakes- ew no stir-fried vegetables- makes me sick, tofu and quinoa-hard on my system...too fancy for my stomach to digest, quorn-TMT TF ,soy milk, rice milk, oat milk ( I also saw corn/wheat milk ), almond milk-I'm good with milk veggie/vegetable burgers-too much like real ones I even heard of almond cheese-good with the one cheese I have now, just kinda expensive Soy puddings-tf bananas-yes

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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:25 pm Post subject:

chrissyrun wrote:

Until I knew that there was fish in ketchup, I absolutely adored it, and I make tortilla soup all the time with tomatoes. Though i wouldn't eat just a plain out (or cut) tomato, i don't have a problem with the sauce.

mox wrote:

I'd wager you haven't tried all the vegetables in your grocery store

I see your struggle w/ the veggies then... and if your stomach is that intolerant, it probably wouldn't like them raw, so the time to cook would be necessary. I do have a homemade recipe for ketchup, though, that I use because I didn't like the high fructose corn syrup in store brands... I will PM it to you. Maybe it will be something you can use? If not, no problem.
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chrissyrun
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Posted: Sat Apr 30, 2011 9:41 pm Post subject:

Mox wrote:

Yea, my body can't take raw foods very well. On the easy reaction I will get diarrhea and a stomach ache, on the awful reaction I once was sick for an entire day because I ate some raw peppers and went to disneyland :/

Exactly, I am in HS now, so time isn't too strained, but I am going to college soon and I want to try and have a semblance of a social life, a church life, a school life, and a good life. I won't have that much time to cook veggies.

I don't mind hfcs, though I used to avoid it like the plague (that was on my health-food spree, and when I wasn't a runner).

I got it, thank you.

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Posted: Sun May 01, 2011 4:31 am Post subject: Re: The list of what you guys say I should eat

chrissyrun wrote:

The list of what you guys say I should eat:
(and tf= too fancy, my stomach takes in simple foods most of the time, tmt= to much time to cook)

pasta, rice, cereals, honey, malt, fish (or soy products, tempeh, seitan), potatoes, good quality olive oil, sweet potatoes, protein shakes, stir-fried vegetables, tofu and quinoa, quorn, soy milk, rice milk, oat milk ( I also saw corn/wheat milk ), almond milk, veggie/vegetable burgers, I even heard of almond cheese, Soy puddings, bananas

pasta-yes, rice-yes, cereals-maybe, honey-yes, malt-idk probably no, fish-NO, Potatoes-yes, olive oil-idk what to eat with?, sweet potatoes-ew no, protein shakes- ew no stir-fried vegetables- makes me sick, tofu and quinoa-hard on my system...too fancy for my stomach to digest, quorn-TMT TF ,soy milk, rice milk, oat milk ( I also saw corn/wheat milk ), almond milk-I'm good with milk veggie/vegetable burgers-too much like real ones I even heard of almond cheese-good with the one cheese I have now, just kinda expensive Soy puddings-tf bananas-yes

Re olive oil - you can can use it basically for anything, raw or cooked, except for frying - it's too expensive for that use.

Beans per chance? lentils, peas? Good as a source of protein, if you can digest them.

Mushrooms as well. scratch

I think you can find some good (cooked) meals even in cafeterias - depending on where you live? Also there are some good already prepared meals, in health food stores, depending again on where you live and how expensive it is.

Have you checked for possible irritable bowel syndrome, or dyspepsia/GERD, food intolerance, allergies etc?

As for your question, I did go to see my physician - it's a part of having dyspepsia combined with stress. shrug

Luckily it doesn't occur too often.

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