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uamaverick
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This is a topic I don't hear many people talk about, but I think it's important to anybody's overall fitness goals. I remember when I first got serious about bodybuilding four years ago, I knew I was going to have to make some big changes in my diet. I loved the taste of hamburgers and various other slop, but I wasn't addicted to it and I didn't crave it.
I DID have a huge issue with eating certain foods. I had a big problem with canned tuna. The slightest smell of canned tuna anywhere in the house would catch my nose and make me nauseated. For my entire life I refused to eat the stuff. I remember the first time I ate an entire can of tuna. I had to hold my nose shut and take it like a man. It felt like it took 20 minutes to eat that can of tuna.
Another problem I always had was eating veggies with nothing on them. I always ate broccoli with lots of butter or holandaise sauce on it. Corn and potatoes always with lots of butter and salt. Basically, when I ate vegetables, I put so much stuff on it that it was more like eating ice cream. I had to condition myself to not only tolerate eating vegetables with nothing on them, but truly enjoy eating them like that.
I laugh at that now, because today I could probably throw down 6-8 cans of tuna in one sitting. I actually prefer the taste of plain green beans and broccoli over all this garbage you usually see on buffet lines, soaked in butter, salt, and what have you. My friends think I'm crazy, but I literally conditioned my brain and my taste preferences to love the smell and taste of these "plain" foods. I thought of the process like lifting weights for your mind.
I think another aspect that is important is when you really dial into your diet, and understand what purpose a certain food has for your body, whether it's to provide nutrients for more effecient enzyme production, protein synthesis, or just raw macronutrients for muscle mass, you really have an appreciation for what you're eating. I think a lot of us here know what that feels like. It's almost as if you can actually feel the food going straight to your muscles, or your bloodstream, or anywhere else. That kind of feeling makes the food taste better in your brain, because you're no longer eating for taste, but you're eating to gain sustenance for your body, to reward every part of your body from bones to organs to muscles what it needs to become a more efficient machine.
If there's a certain food that you know would help your body function better but you absolutely hate it, just try conditioning your mind into loving it. Eventually, it will happen.
I DID have a huge issue with eating certain foods. I had a big problem with canned tuna. The slightest smell of canned tuna anywhere in the house would catch my nose and make me nauseated. For my entire life I refused to eat the stuff. I remember the first time I ate an entire can of tuna. I had to hold my nose shut and take it like a man. It felt like it took 20 minutes to eat that can of tuna.
Another problem I always had was eating veggies with nothing on them. I always ate broccoli with lots of butter or holandaise sauce on it. Corn and potatoes always with lots of butter and salt. Basically, when I ate vegetables, I put so much stuff on it that it was more like eating ice cream. I had to condition myself to not only tolerate eating vegetables with nothing on them, but truly enjoy eating them like that.
I laugh at that now, because today I could probably throw down 6-8 cans of tuna in one sitting. I actually prefer the taste of plain green beans and broccoli over all this garbage you usually see on buffet lines, soaked in butter, salt, and what have you. My friends think I'm crazy, but I literally conditioned my brain and my taste preferences to love the smell and taste of these "plain" foods. I thought of the process like lifting weights for your mind.
I think another aspect that is important is when you really dial into your diet, and understand what purpose a certain food has for your body, whether it's to provide nutrients for more effecient enzyme production, protein synthesis, or just raw macronutrients for muscle mass, you really have an appreciation for what you're eating. I think a lot of us here know what that feels like. It's almost as if you can actually feel the food going straight to your muscles, or your bloodstream, or anywhere else. That kind of feeling makes the food taste better in your brain, because you're no longer eating for taste, but you're eating to gain sustenance for your body, to reward every part of your body from bones to organs to muscles what it needs to become a more efficient machine.
If there's a certain food that you know would help your body function better but you absolutely hate it, just try conditioning your mind into loving it. Eventually, it will happen.
