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DH has serious food issues. It's bad. Please help...

ShweensickleShweensickle
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When DH was growing up, his mother was admittedly lazy with cooking, and hardly ever served DH and his brother anything other than frozen fish sticks or a grilled cheese sandwich.

Cut to today - here is a list of what he eats. I'm not exaggerating, and if it's not on this list, he doesn't eat it. 

-cheese burgers (plain with no condiments)

-chicken and steak (off the bone, grilled or roasted with minimal or no seasoning)

-grilled cheese

-pb&j

-cheerios & rice crispies 

-plain vanilla ice cream/oreos/chips ahoy 

-applesauce 

-pancakes & french toast 

-pizza  

No potatoes in any form, no condiments, no fresh fruits or veggies, no rice, no cold cuts, no "ethnic" foods (chinese, indian, mexican, etc), no anything!

I told him when the day comes that DD says, "i'm not eating this b/c daddy isn't eating it," i'm shoving it down his throat. 

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Re: DH has serious food issues. It's bad. Please help...

  • adamwifeadamwife
    You need to get him a book of nutrition and explain to him what he is doing to his body with that diet.  He needs to get healthy for the sake of your daughter.
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  • ShweensickleShweensickle

    imageadamwife:
    You need to get him a book of nutrition and explain to him what he is doing to his body with that diet.  He needs to get healthy for the sake of your daughter.

    He's 34 and has been eating this way since he was a kid. He tries new foods but doesn't like anything. How am I supposed to force it down his throat? 

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  • KamiSuzanneKamiSuzanne
    DH isn't a big veggies fan, I told him that if DS has to eat it, he has to eat it. Also, I am the one cooking supper and if he doesn't like it tough noogies that's what he's getting. Maybe start with something that has the flavors of something else that he likes, perhaps pizza hotdish.
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  • adamwifeadamwife
    imageShweensickle:

    imageadamwife:
    You need to get him a book of nutrition and explain to him what he is doing to his body with that diet.  He needs to get healthy for the sake of your daughter.

    He's 34 and has been eating this way since he was a kid. He tries new foods but doesn't like anything. How am I supposed to force it down his throat? 

    Do what I do with my toddler.  lol

    I add veggies to his burger patties (usually frozen greens) and used pureed fruits and veggies in just about everything he eats.  He doesn't even notice them.

    I used to be a very picky eater and DH is very willing to try anything.  We decided that I needed to start trying new things so that my son sees his mommy eating lots of different foods.  Now we do this thing where we try a new food every Friday - we call it Tryday.  You'd be amazed at the foods I have eaten in the past 6 months - cow tongue, heart, chicken gizzards, anchovies, etc. 

    Once I started doing this it changed my whole outlook on food.  There is so much fun food out there that I have never tried and now I just want to try it all.

    Also, let your DH know that your taste buds can change.  Maybe if you make a challenge out of it and do something like my family is doing he would be willing to try.  Men like competition!

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  • lisabowmanlisabowman
    what about starting to sneak new foods in?  That way he can develop a taste for them slowly?  Like mixing in some other fruits with applesauce?  Or adding new toppings to pizza?  And I think AW has a point that he might be more willing to try new things if he knew how much he was jeopardizing his health by eating like this
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  • laurenbuglaurenbug

    His list is only *slightly* shorter than my DH's!  I have noticed that if I fix DH's plate (as opposed to letting him fix it...and only put what he thinks he likes on it) and put just a small amount of something on his plate (ex. edamame the other day) he'll usually at least try it.  I also am really working to make sure DS is exposed to many different foods, so that hopefully he'll like them before he realizes DH doesn't eat them...and it won't matter as much.  I also sneak healthier foods in (veggies in spaghetti sauce and chili, mashed potatoes with cauliflower, etc.).  I think the cookbook Deceptively Delicious is supposed to be good.

    ETA: I also fix meals that I know DS and I will eat, and that DH may eat.  If he doesn't want to eat it, he can figure out what to fix himself.  Usually he's lazy (lol) and will just eat what I fixed rather than trying to cook for himself.

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  • EastCoastBrideEastCoastBride member

    Some of this is a mental thing.  As adamswife said- our taste buds change as we get older.  For him to be stuck on this same list of foods - it's mental.

    He is an adult - he can make a choice to be more open to new foods and to REALLY give them a try before saying "I dont' like it". 

    I am absolutely the pickier of the two of us.  But my food repitoire has GREATLY expanded over the years, largely due to DH.  And it was a CHOICE I made.  I wanted to be open to trying new things.

    There are still things I just do NOT like.  It is valid to not like food- no question.  But when you dislike more stuff than you like, and your list of what you like looks like a childs list....  I'm still saying its more of a mental issue w/ him than anything else.

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