Reply #91: it's time to re-train that oldest daughter

[grasswire]

I'm the main shopper and cook in a family where one teenage girl has wreaked havoc with her pickiness for some years now. Goodness, what a royal pain in the ass that is. Everyone else suffers because menu planning is skewed.

We got tired of that. Her preferences were capricious and silly. And we took the advice of a nutritionist, and implemented three steps. 1. No sugar for her. 2. Substitute white grains with brown. (She previously would only eat sourdough bread. Now she eats whole grains with gusto. 3. No skipping meals, because the highs and lows of blood sugar swings were just too much drama. At night she eats a baked potato, for the tryptophan and the carb that will carry her 'til breakfast.

The difference in her health and wellbeing is phenomenal. She was prone to pneumonia each winter. Not this year. It has been amazing. She still craves sugar -- really really craves it. And she sneaks a bit sometimes. But by and large, her pickiness has improved quite a bit.

Help her kick that. You'll do her a huge favor.