Abdulla P M
New member
Hello, this is my first post on these forums, and I really need advice from someone who might have heard of this. I'm 24, I'm very physically fit, and my lifestyle does not match what I eat..this may sound weird or unbelievable to people..but I don't have conscious memories (and i've never had amnesia, or memory loss, i'm quite sharp) of ever eating anything different than what I eat now. I for a long while thought I had a phobia, because i was literally afraid to get near food that I hadn't eaten before..and that includes everything. but when I was growing up my parents tried to force feed me and such, but all I would ever eat was french fries, and relative junk food, like candy, popcorn, potato chips, nuts. I have never tried a vegetable, and I have never had meat in my body. thats not the weird part..for a long while i just looked over all this and so did my parents because my doctors didn't know about my diet, they just figured i had a normal diet, i've never had any health problems nor have I ever enlisted the help of supplements or vitamins. I've been in martial arts for 20 of my 24 years, I used to train 6-8 hours a day, hardcore training, and now I work out..and I have great stamina, muscles that are in good shape, and above average performance on anything physical fitness related for my age/weight bracket. I recently decided that i wanted to start eating healthier, I conditioned myself to have no problem with being around food, and mentally NOW I want to try food so i can get a healthier diet. When I first started to try new things..It was limited. I only wanted to eat healthy things (because my profession by choice was personal trainer), so I tried eathing chicken and fish and the such for meats, plain nothing on them, I actually found myself before trying them, craving them due to smell. when I had the food in my mouth..I had no problem with the taste, but i had this gag reaction, no matter how much I liked it (as in, pleasing taste) I could not get rid of this gag reaction, still can't. For example: I tried tilapia for the first time, first food i actually did try (don't ask), I got over the initial shock, and started liking it. the gag reaction got lesser and lesser, but then all the sudden the gag reaction would just come back full force. I got more and more frustrated because i wanted to keep trying foods but it was becoming publically impossible for me to try new things, (and I couldn't cook to save my life, and i refuse to put junk in my system anymore, so I'm not even going to fathom trying fast food). Has anyone ever heard of anything like this? P.S. I personally don't believe i have anorexia, because what i do eat, i enjoy eating and generally eat till i'm full and i'm very happy with the way my body looks; and i have never purposely purged anything. Any advice would help (I personally don't want to go on anything mind altering like medicines, i want to be able to do this on my own, but if its not possible i guess i do understand). - Thanks for your time and patience with reading this mess of a paragraph.