The biggest eater I know is a woman, “I’ll have the Rack 'o Ribs, what’re you guys having?” and yet, well into her forties she remains slim and healthy. She is one of those people who won’t sit still (despite the best efforts of the considerable amount of cannabis she consumes) and I’ve heard that can characterize people who “eat whatever they want and don’t gain weight”
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No, that’s just literally how many of us are treated on a daily basis.
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I’ll just say that I didn’t read the article as really referring to people with the kinds of food disorders that have been referenced here. It seems like the guys he talks about eat a pretty wide variety of food, actually,but just have an aversion to unfamiliar and healthier food. Take Brad:
steak, pasta, burgers, nuggets and pizza bagels, gummi bears, capri sun, chocolate milk, hot dogs, chicken lo mein (picked out the veggies)
I don’t pretend to have any credentials to diagnose anyone, nor would I, which is probably part of the problem with my post, since it wouldn’t occur to me to. To me though, the descriptions of the men in the article don’t fit the symptoms.
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I’d be super curious to see a study breakdown of gender and pickyness. I def have known many picky eating women, but I wonder if it is more noticable culturally with men. We are used to catering to the whims of men who trained to loudly ask for what they want at all times and even turning it into a thing to be proud and identify with.
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No, that’s just literally how many of us are treated on a daily basis.
No argument there. I was a contributor to that nasty culture back in my teens, but I’d like to think I grew two, possibly three, brain cells since. Today I at least speak against it when I encounter it. It’s not much and I don’t claim any credit, but it’s better than nothing.
But retaliation does not justice make.
But she breaks just like a … little girl.
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I hope so… It’s better for all involved, but it’s an unfortunate regular issue for many women.
I don’t think that’s what this is, though.
But overall, many of us probably need a better, more veggie centric diet.
Pop songs are some of the worst offenders. It’s one of the reasons I really love Tori Amos’ “Strange Little Girl” album.
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Taking gender out of it for just a sec; far too many Americans have completely shit diets - there’s a reason why obesity and other dietary health issues which are nonhereditary are so prevalent here.
That said, our society traditionally places the role of ‘caregiver’ on women’s shoulders, meaning we’re often expected to be ‘the responsible adult in the room.’
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Yes, that would be my son. He used to have a great appetite but his tastes regressed at about the same time as his speech until he ate practically nothing. Every dinner thereafter for years was a struggle. He finally settled on eating white foods (bread, pasta, fish, cheese pizza without sauce, chicken nuggets), and since he was otherwise healthy we didnt fight it.
I didnt want to go down the road about talking about folk on the spectrum because I didnt think that’s who this topic was really aimed at.
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My brother is on the spectrum, and he was the same with food when he was a kid. That’s very different from being an individual who is neurotypical yet still has shitty eating habits as an adult.
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It’s a man writing for a men’s life magazine, what way it it retaliation?
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My gal was exactly like the article when I met her. Never ate anything other than the standard midwestern faire of burger and fries, meat with mashed potatoes with one vegetable, tater tot hot dish (so many hot dishes), and ketchup was spicy.
Years later, after much cooking by me and many many restaurant trips, we enjoy well seasoned Indian, Ethiopian, spicy Mexican, sushi, pho, and pretty much anything we can get our hands on. She admits she ate like (insert white Midwestern farmer here), and is glad of the change. She is now a vegetarian.
I dare say, there’s an equal amount of women out there who eat the same shit as when they were kids. Lots of people equate food with comfort, and comfort for many is the ‘good ol days’ when the big scary world was mitigated by mom and dad and a plate of pizza rolls that burned the fuck out of your upper palate.
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I’m guessing because this was posted by a female BB Contributor, many respondents just assumed she’s the author, and started having knee jerk reactions…
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I’m not a picky eater and I’ll try most anything, but I eat really, really fast. That’s been a really hard habit to break. I guess I just don’t like wasting time eating - I’d rather be doing something else.
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“Chew it now, taste it later?”
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As a kid I’d hear “It’s not a race!”
But I don’t think I am super fast eating.
My kid is super slow, though.
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Shit, as an adult I hear this.
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A colleague of mine used to do that. When he ate with the team, he’d finish his meal in 5 minutes or less. We asked him why he ate so fast, and he’d trained himself into it so he could eat dinner quickly and spend more time with his kids after work before they fell asleep. I couldn’t eat lunch across from him without mentally reviewing the Heimlich maneuver. Hopefully, he got to a point where that wasn’t necessary. It was really disturbing to watch.
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Thanks for pointing that out. I came here to do the same. I’m autistic to a degree, and both my children are more autistic. Both son and daughter have dietary issues. For ten years my son ate only apples, crisps, chocolate, and pepperami sausages. It was a red-letter day when he agreed to taste an onion-ring, and liked it. He eats more normally now - and as I’ve had occasion to point out to Mothers worrying about their children, he is six feet tall and has a good degree in Computer Science. It’s a feature of autism, but it mostly eases up as children grow. My son once made us laugh when he described his sister’s improved diet: in tones of disbelief he said “She eats vegetables!”
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I remember a story now.
I remarked one time to my mom that grandpa sure ate fast. And she said it was probably from growing up during the depression where if you at fast you might get a few of the last morsels in the pot. 
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