Eating foods that tast horrible in order to be healthy

jwblue · Nov 20, 2009

Considering previous food posts on this board, this is probably the wrong place to ask this this question, but I will ask anyway.

Does anyone eat a food that they dislike the taste of in order to eat healthy?

I eat these Snyder sourdough pretzel bits that taste like cardboard. It is a test of manhood just to eat a handful of them. It is either eat these, or eat Doritos all the time and die of a heart attack at 40.

I guess I could put peanut butter on them to make them more edible, but that would defeat the purpose.

Is there anyone else on this board suffering with me? It might make me feel better.

Boxer22 · Nov 20, 2009

When I am training really hard I eat original Oatmeal with no flavor for breakfast. It taste like complete shit. Currently I am not training for anything just working out so I am eating whatever I want, but I feel your pain.

msubulldog · Nov 20, 2009

I quit drinking and started eating healthy foods for 14 days. all I lost was 2 weeks.

jwblue · Nov 20, 2009

Boxer22 said:
When I am training really hard I eat original Oatmeal with no flavor for breakfast. It taste like complete shit. Currently I am not training for anything just working out so I am eating whatever I want, but I feel your pain.

I do the same thing every other morning. I actually eat the regular oatmeal and cook it and add a very small amount of brown sugar.

I saw your post in the cereal thread about loving sugared cereal and milk. I am the same way. I can put down in one sitting half a box of just about any cereal easily. Cereal is just not that filling for me. I have to use self control when eating cereal. I generally stick to Cheerios, corn flakes, and rice crispies. Once every few months I will get Captain Crunch or something like that.

Back to the pretzels. I promise you, eating those Snyder pretzels is a lot more challenging than eating the oatmeal. I can barely put them down.

FairWarning · Nov 20, 2009

Fish oil capsules are disgusting.

KingofNicotine · Nov 20, 2009

I bought a juicer. I put all kinds of crap in there and try to juice it with some fruit to take away the nasty taste and then I just down it as fast as I can.

terps1313 · Nov 20, 2009

Wow I don't think Snyder's pretzels are that bad. You probably already know this, but it isn't like pretzels are that healthy anyways being they are packed with sodium. If you struggle this much to eat something which isn't all that healthy anyways, why not just eat a handful of carrots instead?

FairWarning · Nov 20, 2009

Watch it In Spades. I sell Snyders pretzels.

jwblue · Nov 20, 2009

terps1313 said:
Wow I don't think Snyder's pretzels are that bad. You probably already know this, but it isn't like pretzels are that healthy anyways being they are packed with sodium. If you struggle this much to eat something which isn't all that healthy anyways, why not just eat a handful of carrots instead?

Compared to Doritos they are.

It also depends on the pretzels.

A 30g gram serving of the pretzels I eat contain 0g of fat and 200mg of sodium and 120 calories

A 49g serving of nacho cheese Doritos contain 13 grams of fat and 310 grams of sodium and 250 calories.

Since the grams are different, I don't know if it is comparing apples to apples.

And I do eat a carrot every day.

FairWarning said:
Watch it In Spades. I sell Snyders pretzels.

The other Snyders pretzels are actually ok. The ones I eat aren't but seem the healthiest.

FairWarning · Nov 20, 2009

terps1313 said:
Wow I don't think Snyder's pretzels are that bad. You probably already know this, but it isn't like pretzels are that healthy anyways being they are packed with sodium. If you struggle this much to eat something which isn't all that healthy anyways, why not just eat a handful of carrots instead?

Prtezels are baked. Healthier than potato chips, which are fried. Snyders has a no-salt pretzel.

Doug · Nov 20, 2009

I don't get the rice cake things, no way I'd eat that cardboard !

add tofu

nothing wrong with most fruits and veggies.

Boxer22 · Nov 20, 2009

InSpades said:
I saw your post in the cereal thread about loving sugared cereal and milk. I am the same way. I can put down in one sitting half a box of just about any cereal easily. Cereal is just not that filling for me. I have to use self control when eating cereal. I generally stick to Cheerios, corn flakes, and rice crispies. Once every few months I will get Captain Crunch or something like that.

Back to the pretzels. I promise you, eating those Snyder pretzels is a lot more challenging than eating the oatmeal. I can barely put them down.

I rarely eat hard pretzels. I am fortunate enough to live in Philly, where the soft pretzels here are unreal, but when I buy a bag of hard pretzels I always buy this jalapeno cheddar dip that Heinz makes.

FairWarning · Nov 20, 2009

Doug said:
I don't get the rice cake things, no way I'd eat that cardboard !

add tofu

nothing wrong with most fruits and veggies.

I don't get tofu either. Any chips made from soy is horrible also.

Boxer22 · Nov 20, 2009

FairWarning said:
I don't get tofu either. Any chips made from soy is horrible also.

Im a vegetarian and I have never even tried tofu.

Doug · Nov 20, 2009

near as I know, it is sort of like Hamburger helper....sort of a neutral tasteless substance that you can toss into a casserole or such, picks up the flavor of the other stuff.

looks like a cheese.

mightyminnow · Nov 20, 2009

Nope, if you're working out hard enough everything tastes good.

D2bets · Nov 20, 2009

Doesn't seem like preztels should be that essential that you need to force them down. Why not eat some broccoli, artichokes and carrots if you're forcing down?

HAT · Nov 20, 2009

Doug said:
I don't get the rice cake things, no way I'd eat that cardboard !

add tofu

nothing wrong with most fruits and veggies.

The flavored Quaker rice snacks are great IMO. The cheddar cheese ones taste & feel almost exactly like eating Cheetos.

70cal & 2 grams of fat per serving.

Also come in chocolate, carmel corn, BBQ, ranch, sour cream and onion, apple cinnamon and a few others. The nutritional info is about the same on all of them. Great snack food replacement for chips.

bigbet1234 · Nov 20, 2009

Inspades:

Get the baked dorito's, they aren't too bad. I don't think eating Dorito's will give you a heart attack.

Every morning and night I drink "Amazing Green Superfood" Green Grass.

Imagine going on in your lawn mower bag grabbing a handful of fresh cut grass, blending it with a little water and adding a touch of dog urine....wuuula

bigbet1234 · Nov 20, 2009

Tofu is great if prepared riight

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