"Orlando Enrique Fiol" > wrote in message
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> Julie Bove > wrote:
>>She doesn't like meat really, except for chicken and I hate chicken.
>
> Can you not make her chicken more often as you did a few weeks ago?

That chicken is still in the freezer. We have just not been home to eat it.
>
>>As for the fish, she will eat tuna, fish sticks and gluten free breaded
>>cod.
> I don't personally think fish is a very good thing for children to eat
> very
>>much of because of the mercury in it and I can't stand most fish. So it's
>>just not something I keep around much. The gluten free cod is very
>>expensive so I only get it every few months. She also likes it with
>>French
>>fries, so that's not a very good meal.
>
> Fish are so amazingly varied in flavor and texture that I'm sure you and
> Angela
> could find fish you both like, and it doesn't all have to be breaded. I
> love
> seared fish with Thai curry poured over it at the last minute so that the
> fish
> doesn't get soggy. The crispness comes from searing rather than breading.

I absolutely hate fish! I can't stand curry either. You could not pay me
to eat fish except for the occasional tuna from a can. My parents went on
Weight Watchers and I was forced to eat fish night after night. I also have
a severe fish phobia that I'm not going to get into here. So, no. Not
gonna happen. Fish is very common in restaurants here. If she wants to try
it, she can try it there. She doesn't and I won't push the issue.
>
>>The problem is... When I let her get her own food, she doesn't eat a good
>>healthy meal. I have been letting her do that. She will eat nothing but
>>rice cakes. Or just some popcorn. She will not usually eat vegetables on
>>her own and rarely gets any protein.
>
> Angela is twelve! Twelve! You can control everything she eats in your
> presence,
> as long as it stays within her permissible foods, which you're good at.
> She
> just needs to eat what you give her and quit fussing.

If I try to give her something she doesn't like, she just throws it out and
gets something she does like. She is almost as big as I am and very strong.
She works out with weights and takes a lot of exercise. There is no way I
can make her eat something.
>
>>She has nut allergies so nut butter is
>>out of the question. I do keep cooked chicken and turkey in the fridge.
>>Sometimes she will eat that but I generally have to push her to do it.
>
> It's easy to get anyone to eat something if there's nothing else around or
> prepared. The more choices you give her, the less healthy items she'll
> pick. I
> was a picky eater as a child and finally learned to like many foods
> because I
> had no choice but to eat them.

I was a picky eater and still am. I learned all sorts of ways of disposing
of food that I didn't like. And I'd much rather go hungry that try to gag
down something I don't like.
>
>>No. She has outgrown a dairy allergy and can have dairy only twice a
>>week.
>>She can not have Slim Fast because of the soy in it.
>
> There are plenty of protein powder options without dairy or soy. You could
> make
> her shakes with yogurt and fresh fruit, which would be better than half
> the
> processed foods she seems to want.

Yogurt is dairy! The only protein powder I know of that isn't dairy or soy
is rice protein. I don't know that it is a good option. It's pretty high
in carbs. I bought some for myself when I was first diagnosed with food
allergies. I didn't know how to consume it. I was told to mix it with
pudding or yogurt. Neither of which I can or will eat. So I wound up
throwing it out.
>
> Don't give up.

Thanks.