Have you ever looked at your picky eater and wondered "will they ever grow out of this?"
For more than 29 years I was that picky eater and those were my parents and we went to psychologists, pediatricians and doctors and were told over and over again, "Oh, she'll just grow out of it."
Except I didn't.
I went from being an extremely picky child to a picky eating teenager to a picky eating adult out in the real world with a severely limited diet who could only eat french fries out at restaurants. I remember sitting at the table with my parent's with a wonderful homemade meal in front of us and my Mom would put a little bit on my plate and say, "Just take 1 little bite Jessie." I wanted to but I just couldn't and when I was younger I remember this materializing as crying and screaming fits. I would get so frustrated and my parents would get frustrated and everyone was so upset!
I was so frustrated that there wasn't more guidance provided to my Mom and Dad when I was growing up. The information we were given was usually misinformed or not very helpful. My picky eating wasn't identified for what it was. It was NOT just the conventional stage of fussy eating that a toddler go through and so my picky eating grew worse as I grew older instead of better.
As I got older the frustration turned into severe anxiety and stress around social events where food was involved, which there are a lot of! It could range from a pizza party where I couldn't have the pizza with everyone, to going out on dates, to a set menu for a friend's wedding. It could be going out to lunch with co-workers and not being able to order out the same food or just getting a side and have someone ask, "Aren't you going to have something more that that?"
But I couldn't, my diet mostly consisted of PB & Js, grilled cheese sandwiches, and french fries. If you were to ask me, "Well don't you eat ...fill in the blank...?" most likely my answer was "No." I didn't eat any meat (no bacon, no burgers, no chicken no fish, no shrimp), no vegetables, no salads, no eggs, no pasta, no rice and the list just goes on and on. I had this severely limited diet and I didn't just grow out of it.
That is… until I FINALLY discovered how to overcome my picky eating and am thrilled to say I am no longer a picky eater and can now eat anything and everything!
That’s why I wrote this book. So I can give you the knowledge and resources to help you and your picky eater... before middle school... before high school... before college... even if you’ve tried everything you could think of to get your son or daughter to try new foods.
If you want to help your child overcome their picky eating and save YEARS of trying to figure it out on your own then click the Click Here button below.
Inside this book you'll learn:
- Why some children don't grow out of their picky eating on their own and how to identify if you have an extremely picky eater
- A scientifically backed approach extremely picky eaters can start using right away regardless of age
- The surprising first step to help picky eaters try new foods (Hint: it is NOT “just take a bite”)
- How to raise your child to be healthy and happy with a positive relationship with food
- How to remove the stress around mealtime, relax, spark your child’s curiosity, and have fun with food
- The biggest mistakes, misunderstandings and misconceptions to avoid that will only make things worse
- How to determine if you’re picky eater is ready for change even if they’ve said it’s impossible to change in the past
About Your Author Jessica Rohrer
After 29 years of struggling as an extremely picky eater with a severely limited diet as well as a fear of food, Jessica Rohrer did the near impossible and overcame her picky eating.
Not only was she able to try new foods for the first time in her life, but she went on to become a complete "foodie" -- able to eat anything!
Through her book, Picky Eater, Jessica hopes that her life-changing experience will encourage other picky eaters, or anyone who has a picky eater in their life, to recognize that it is possible to change and experience food differently.
Most importantly, she wants picky eaters to know they are not alone, and there are things that can be done to help them start trying new foods!
"I love that Jessica brooches an overlooked facet in the health realm. Bringing to life the imperfectness of life while providing functional insight, knowledge and comfort to people who may have felt alone."
- STEPHANIE MALSED, Certified Nutrition Consultant