can your body get used to certain tastes?

i'm finding now that all this overeating i've been doing.. well that stuff is the only thing i can eat

try to eat something healthy like a peace of veg or cerial, i just gag and can't stomach it

wonder if that has something to do with the fact my body is so used to taking sugary stuff, and nothing else.

i am struggling with the same issues.......i swear i will die without carbs and sugar......i was sick all of july with stomach issues and just saw a specialist as well as a nutritionist. she told me the referral was for weight loss which offended me because the issue was my stomach issues. i know i dont eat healthy and i agreed to go to learn how to eat better, not because i was fat. i have long been working on eating better very slowly but my main issue is bingeing on junk. i dont eat all day and then eat nonstop at night. a box of ice cream bars, 1/2 a bag of caramels........i just cant stop myself. so i am working on eating healthier stuff when i binge. what sweet healthy things can i eat. i find the dannon light and fit greek yogurts are good and i add fruit to them and kashi cereal. the chocolate diet shakes. i have a custard powder i bought so i make custard with splenda and nonfat milk so i get my sweet with only the calories of the milk. today i am going to look into the sugar free chocolate and see if that is an option. the nutritionist gave me a snack list and it is all fruits and i am thinking how is that snacks? that isnt snacks, where are the sweets? is she nuts? LOL

Hello fellow sufferers. I've gone through all of the eating disorders. Been hospitalised for bulimia, anorexia and binge/purge issues. I don't know whether it's my BPD that makes me think in black and white only, so it's all or nothing BUT, I can't ever substitute so called ''good'' sweet food stuffs. I find it's either headlong into real rubbish sweet stuff or I abstain totally, though this doesn't last for very long. After a life time of this, 30 plus years to be precise, I've given up trying to fool myself. I've found some ''wonder food'' which is only ever a substitute for a very short time. I'm pretty sure it's the Borderline disorder which does this, as it does the exact same with my moods ~~ from so depressed I do nothing, to something like mania where I don't even have time to eat, let alone anything else.
I absolutely HATE with a vengeance what these ED's have done to me, they have taken soooooooooo much away, plus the time I've spent inpatient in Psych hospitals. The thing is, I HATE ME, the physical me. Checking myself in the mirror in the morning makes my day either awful or about OK. I feel so very happy and confident when I've kept to my diet plan and not touched sweet stuff or general rubbish. I constantly watch/observe other people around me and wonder why I have got to go through this **** that I have. I don't know what it's like to eat without guilt, I can't eat infront of other people. Well, I guess that's it for now ................................ it's just ................. I wish, and all of that jazz!! XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

I don't know... I don't have a problem with eating healthy food, just that I tend to be sensitive about flavors and textures. Maybe something that will let you feel like you're cheating a bit without actually breaking the rules will bring the impulse back in line?

Have you tried butter mints? I don't really count calories, so I don't really know how many are good for you in a day. I think 5 of them count as a serving, for whatever that's worth. Get some butter mints and a couple of cans of whatever nuts you like (I prefer a blend of cashews and caramel salted peanuts). Every couple of hours between meals give yourself 5 butter mints and some peanuts. Don't eat until you're full, just until you feel the edge taken off, and then promise yourself you can have something real later. I like to keep boiled eggs ready in my fridge when I need a go to snack, or cottage cheese with peach slices. You get sweet and healthy-ish that way. I did that for a few days before I ran out of money and couldn't afford snacks, but the difference in my energy levels these last few days is noticeable. Also, by regularly snacking on butter mints and nuts I was eating less and better able to stick to real food. I don't think it completely gets rid of the cravings, but having something that tastes like candy mixed in with proteins helped take the edge off so meals didn't have quite the same urgency. Maybe some trail mix with dried fruit? You could alternate the fruit and nut mixes and keep an extra side of butter mints until you've weaned yourself onto a healthier eating style.

There's a blog called empowered sustenance that has a recipe for healthy butter mints that have sugar alternatives, if you don't mind cooking your own food you can control what goes into it. Personally, I just grabbed a bag from the wedding section of the party planning at Walmart. You can just have them already made without having to put in extra effort, and special extra bonus, I didn't have to walk down an aisle of brightly colored bags of chocolate to get to them.

are you on Lithium? I had a lot of trouble with food when I started taking Lithium. Some food just tasted like they had a pound of salt sprinkled on ton