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ReticentJaeger
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30 Jan 2015, 5:36 pm

y-pod wrote:
ReticentJaeger wrote:
Yes.

I'll eat an entire bag of salt and vinegar chips, but most 'real' food makes me gag, whether it be the taste, smell, or both. My parents sigh and rolls their eyes at dinnertime, and sometimes my dad gets fed up and angry informs me that I'm 'too slow'. In the past year I've gone from 96 to 87 pounds, and I'm now slightly underweight. (I'm sixteen, but built like a ten-year-old.) I also have bad stomach problems and I'm iron-deficient, which doesn't help things.

Yeah, unless it's chips or ice cream, I have difficulties eating food. My parents find this annoying, but I can't really blame them for that.


I didn't know people can grow up eating chips and ice cream. 8O Surely you eat bread, pasta, potatoes and maybe some fruit?


I didn't say I ate chips and ice cream all day every day for every meal. :| Those are just some of the only things I really like. Pasta is usually all I eat for dinner, or toast with cheese. Potatoes are the only vegetables I can stand, and sometimes my mom makes me eat strawberries to go with the pasta.

General note: if anyone tries to tell me it's not healthy and I should eat more, it will be in vain. It's all I hear about nowadays, I can't control my sensitivities or stomach problems, and I'd rather not have a gagging fit every time I eat.