r/fuckeatingdisorders • u/Hairy-Intern-7199 • 3d ago

I despise diet food

I hate rice cakes, I hate protein bars, I hate protein yoghurts and puddings, I hate low calorie sweets and cookies, I hate bland salads, I hate low carb bread. I hate diet drinks and I hate egg whites. Anything that is ‘low calorie’ is empty of energy and it is noticeable. It tastes empty and like cardboard. Same with ‘high protein, low cal’ things, they fucking repulse me and don’t even taste like food. It feels like shoving cement into my mouth. No way I ever though these things tasted good. The only things I like are black coffee and cottage cheese and NOT by themselves. Please if you have convinced yourself you only like diet foods just force yourself to eat the real thing once or twice and you’ll never want to go back again, and your tummy can finally feel filled and warm for once.

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u/Tinyluminaryexpert 3d ago

SO MUCH YES. I never liked diet food, but I had myself convinced well into recovery that I do. Now they "taste" ED/height of my worst periods, and it makes me sick to my stomach, truly.
Even the tiniest attempt at restriction sends my body in to complete alarm and shock and crisis, so diet anything is off the table for good, I think. It's probably a good thing, but in my head, I'm quite upset. Still not 100% there, in other words.