Are You A Picky Eater?

vegetarians not always under weight but it's easier for us to keep fit and in shape, eating a lot of carbohydrate (like potato and rice) can make you over-weight even if you are a strict vegetarian.. personally I'm on the slim side as I don't eat much as a nature but it wasn't too hard to gain muscle with weight training as some people say, I drink milk and it helps unlike vegans who don't consume any animal products.

Thanks for the return comment. It was very enlightening and was something I have always wondered about. Have a nice day.

Since you are a vegetarian and have been all your life, I sincerely want to know the answer to a question I have always wondered about: Do vegetarians ever gain weight, or are you the opposite and have trouble keeping your weight up to a level which is healthy for you? I am really interested? Thanks for the response.

You are rather picky in a discriminating sort of way. There's nothing wrong with that either. You seem to like most all foods but you have a taste for the best. I would say you have refined taste in food. Thanks for the response TheCatLady.

Well I have no problem with peppers of any kind. I especially like the hot ones (which is another discussion I plan to start soon). Bell peppers, to me, are sweet like candy and are great stuffed. I've eaten conch but never sea urchin, but I will try anything once. Thanks for the comment.

I know. My food snobbishness turned me into a really good cook. The only real food I have always refused to eat are bell peppers and other types of peppers. I wouldn't even try it until I was in my twenties. For a person who always loved veggies including brussel sprouts and spinach and has eaten such things as snails and raw sea urchins just to prove I'm not a wimp, it was odd. I found out as an adult I'm allergic to peppers. My aversion to them was my bodies way of letting me know not to eat them.I can smell a few tiny pieces in a frozen dinner while it's still frozen. I also don't like colas, but it's not really a food.

Liver is one thing I did learn to eat. It all depends on how it is prepared. It has to be firm; such as beef liver. And it has to be prepared with a gravy made from the liver and served on a bed of rice. That is the only way I will eat it. I will eat liverworst only if I have to. I don't consider myself a picky eater. I will eat any normal food (exotic or not) except raw onions. This other thing you mentioned about the food touching. Have you ever seen a psychologist about that? Do you ever catch yourself imagining what is happening to the food once it reaches your stomach?

I know that when your food hits your stomach it is all combined and churned together but when I eat I don't like my food touching. Is that so bad? I don't think I need to go to a psychologist either.

Thanks for your response sunnflr. Wow! You must do a lot of repetitive meals. I agree with the onions. I'll bet you like things like steak & regular baked potatoes and maybe green beans as a side dish. My daughter-in-law is much like you. She will not eat anything other than the most common food. I wouldn't say you were a picky eater; you are discriminating in your food choices. You do seem to lack a variety in your diet though.

Well, I have diabetes so eat a low carb diet mostly. I have a meat and low starch veges for supper. Salads are good for lunch, and I usually have a EAS shake for breakfast. I eat strawberries for fruits.

Thanks for the response punkix. Believe it or not, I have eaten something similar to dinuguan. It is called black pudding in England. I ate it before I knew what it was. I made the mistake of asking my brother-in-law to fix me a typical English breakfast. I wouldn't want any more of it, but I was glad to have had the experience. Betamax is probably the same type of thing.