So, it has apparently taken me this long to realize that I have this problem...

[Darth Urious]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/40357712/ns/health-diet_and_nutrition/

I have always considered myself a very picky eater. It is a running joke among a lot of my friends and family that I'm the "chicken tenders and fries" type of guy, regardless of what restaurant we're going to...

The thread about working out before work got me thinking, especially with how bad I have been feeling physically as of late, that I need to start eating a lot better and being a lot more active...

Growing up, and even still, I am allergic to a lot of foods... This obviously was/is a major factor in how I have been conditioned towards food... I see things as "safe" instead of safe and healthy...

Thinking about what I eat now is actually pretty sad... I could probably list every single thing I eat on one sheet of notebook paper, and the only variance would be the restaurant it comes from or the package it is wrapped in...

My diet really doesn't include any vegetables aside from starches or beans, rarely any fruits even though I love most of them, and is rich in fried/greasy things... It is a joke in a way, but it isn't really funny anymore...

I think I'm going to try and start fixing this, as I think it will make me feel/function better on a daily basis...

I don't know why it took so long for this revelation and for me to want to try and correct it... I just hope I'm not too far gone!

[The Saltman]

Im in your same boat being picky. I dont have any food allergies so thats good but the reason why I eat so much better is cause my wife is a health nut. Thats what saved me.

[CLTPanther]

Put down the fried chicken and back away

[Darth Urious]

Put down the fried chicken and back away

lol... I don't even like fried chicken all that much... I'm too lazy to pick around the bone...

[Darth Urious]

French Fries

Hamburgers with a combination of ketchup, bacon, or cheese only

Chicken Tenders

White Bread

Peanut Butter

Grape Jelly

Baked Potatoes

Potato skins (a prepackaged TGI Friday's thing)

Mozzarella sticks

Chicken in most any form

Garlic Bread

Baked Potato soup (Campbell's Chunky)

Zesta saltine crackers

various cheezes

Beef and bean burritos

doughnuts (Britt's FTW!!!)

baked beans

Breakfast biscuits

biscuits n' gravy

pancakes

the occasional apple, orange, pineapple, or other fruit

sometimes a cup of yogurt here and there

oreos

doritos

various other junk food chips/dips

pizza

FML that is like everything I have eaten all year, just over and over, and different combinations... holy poo how sad...

[CLTPanther]

You might be in for a bypass later in life.. In all seriousness, if you want to live a longer life, gotta stop the junk food and fried food.

[Darth Urious]

You might be in for a bypass later in life.. In all seriousness, if you want to live a longer life, gotta stop the junk food and fried food.

Oh, I can see it coming...

[The Saltman]

French Fries

Hamburgers with a combination of ketchup, bacon, or cheese only

Chicken Tenders

White Bread

Peanut Butter

Grape Jelly

Baked Potatoes

Potato skins (a prepackaged TGI Friday's thing)

Mozzarella sticks

Chicken in most any form

Garlic Bread

Baked Potato soup (Campbell's Chunky)

Zesta saltine crackers

various cheezes

Beef and bean burritos

doughnuts (Britt's FTW!!!)

baked beans

Breakfast biscuits

biscuits n' gravy

pancakes

the occasional apple, orange, pineapple, or other fruit

sometimes a cup of yogurt here and there

oreos

doritos

various other junk food chips/dips

pizza

FML that is like everything I have eaten all year, just over and over, and different combinations... holy poo how sad...

dude u better go to a doctor and get your blood tested and hope ure not dead at 35. I'm surprised u dont have diabetes

[Henne Given Sunday]

looks like you forgot to list the "humble pie" you just ate...........

[Darth Urious]

dude u better go to a doctor and get your blood tested and hope ure not dead at 35. I'm surprised u dont have diabetes

me too, honestly... holy poo... just holy poo...

[Jangler]

I changed the way I ate about 4 years ago. Good thing was, I ate everything anyway, so it wasn't that hard to do without some foods. The hardest thing is still fighting the urge to eat a steak or a hamburger once or twice a week, down to once or twice a year now...very sad. But I feel a lot better and have more energy...and man that steak or burger is fantastic now.

One other thing, since I started eating healthier, I have fewer stomach aches hardly any anymore.

[Crixtala]

i stopped eating red meat upon returning home from my honeymoon at the beginning of November, and i've noticed a substantial difference in the way i feel on a daily basis

[Henne Given Sunday]

i eat everything, just smaller portions.....lost 74 pounds that way, and im still dropping.

oh and i drink only water....

[CLTPanther]

I have found that people who know something is wrong with them tend not to go to the Dr because they are afraid of the truth. Knew a woman once whose mother knew something was up, waited a few years to get it checked out, basically when she couldn't walk. Found out she had advanced cancer and she died like 2 months later. Sad thing is if she would have gotten checked out when she first noticed something, she would probably still be alive here 7 years later.