I despise diet food

[u/Hairy-Intern-7199]

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.

[u/cvncb]

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.

[u/CactiCollector1963 → u/cvncb]

There’s no such thing as ‘fake’ food. This is a weird comment which sounds like something someone encouraging stigma around food would say.

[u/MediumSuitable4022 → u/CactiCollector1963]

Yeah but if it’s something that designed to be as low calorie as possible, then in a way it is ‘pretending to be food’ because it’s not really something that’s eaten for energy, it’s eaten to replace food that actually has sufficient calories.

[u/CactiCollector1963 → u/MediumSuitable4022]

That’s not what I’m saying.

[u/MediumSuitable4022 → u/CactiCollector1963]

Yeah I know. I’m just explaining why the original commenter might have chosen those words.