Be a Picky Eater; Only Eat Foods You Love
by Sonja Rose on Dec. 16, 2010, under Health
Eat Only Tasty Food!
Becoming a picky eater may take a little practice. In two of my past blogs, “Think like a Thin Person,” and “Act Like a Thin Person” I touch on this topic — now I want to give you specific tips on how to replace old thinking with new.
Old thought:
Since I put the food on my plate (at home, at the buffet, at somebody else’s house, etc), I have to eat it.
New thought:
No you don’t. At home, if you don’t like it, throw it in the trash or down the garbage disposal — it’s okay, really. At the buffet, leave it on your plate — that’s the beauty of a buffet. Go try something else that you might like better — be picky! Quit caring so much what others might think. At somebody else’s house, if you really don’t like something, scoot it around on the plate a little, casually place a napkin over it, or take care of throwing it away yourself and remember – not eating somebody’s food does not mean you don’t like them, it simply means you don’t like the food. Big difference.
Old thought:
It is wasteful to leave food on my plate (see: Cancel Your Membership in the “Clean Your Plate” Club).
Sonja, having fun in Maui, Hawaii
It is more wasteful to stuff your body full of food it does not need, and have it be stored as fat and make you overweight. It does not make sense to eat food that you don’t like, simply because you would feel guilty for leaving it behind on your plate. From now on, you can eat two tiny little bites of things you really like, and if you want to leave the rest behind, you can — it’s okay.
Old thought:
Even if I don’t really like what I’m eating, I better eat it anyway. Who knows where my next meal is coming from?
New thought:
I think people are scared of the “hungry” feeling in this country today. I am here to assure you that within a few hours your next meal will probably arrive, and hopefully it will be something more to your liking. Having a strong appetite will make most food taste better anyway, so try letting yourself get a little hungry and see how that goes.
Old thought:
I ordered it so I have to eat it, even if I don’t like it.
New thought:
No you don’t. You have choices: Send what you ordered back and order something else. Or you can just pick out the things that you like (my husband says sometimes it looks like a hurricane hit my plate). Or, you can just confess that you ordered poorly and hope that you like your next meal better (sometimes when that happens my husband will take mercy on me and give me a few bites of his meal).
Old thought:
My mom says it’s bad to be a picky eater.
New thought:
That’s just because that’s what her mom told her. It’s not true anymore. From now on, I want you to savor every bite of food you place in your mouth, and only eat food you absolutely love. Read: “Calories: Like Money in the Bank, How Are you Going to Spend them Each Day?” and learn how to spend your calories wisely each day.
Become a picky eater today!
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