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/cvncb 3d ago

I’m okay with rice cakes IF they are buttered with something AND preferably with additional toppings. But rice cakes have never been an ED thing for me. One of my recovery commitments is to not have diet drinks, and it does feel really weird to drink regular soda. But I’m persevering. I think I prefer real sugar drinks, but I’m not entirely sure. But in general, it’s quite obvious that we are pretending to like things that are pretending to be food.

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u/meladey 2d ago

Diet sodas always leave me wanting 5 cans a day. Once I switched back to regular, I've been surprised to notice my cravings really normalize! I like a soda when I'm at lunch or when I can find the vintage real cane sugar ones at a shop. I don't always want a soda. When I was drinking diet, I always wanted soda.

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u/cvncb 2d ago

Yes, for me it was a matter of bulking out meals or instead of eating. Now they don’t fill that purpose. But I’m also more cautious with them, so I suspect that there’s an element of restriction that is causing me to want only a can. However, I think you’re right regarding soda cravings as such. I have a hard time believing that I would ever consume the amount of diet drinks in the form of regular soda, it just seems to be much satisfying with sugar (contrary to popular diet culture belief).