Hi I'm Scott, I'm 25 years old. Have had a limited diet for all my life (started off extremely limited and slowly getting wider variety), my picky eating caused me great anxiety at sleepovers/get togethers/boys outs and school lunches etc as a kid/young teen. Only new foods that I have tried and enjoyed regularly in roughly 5-6 years are plain small cheeseburgers w/ ketchup, basic salads, and recently scrambled eggs. I remember distinctively being grossed out by eggs only a few years ago, and recently after trying well made scrambled eggs with ketchup did I begin actually liking them, and built it up to a regular food (still not 100% percent of times it's made though). So I know that I can in fact discover new foods and slowly help my lifelong condition, I only hope others can get a "win" like I have and hopefully more in the near future. I was lucky enough to date a girl for 5 years who ate everything (western and all ethnic) and all our friends ate everything but they were great and accommodating. Probably one of the worst things people can do to me is ask me a second time if I want something after I say no/keep pushing me. That really gets me uncomfortable and anxious and a bit angry. In the last couple years I have gotten so bored of the few foods I did eat at home that I have honestly eaten fast food every days for multiple years. Very rarely would it be 6 out of 7 days a week. I am roughly 50-60 lbs overweight and wanting to change/learn how to cook/exercise/increase my rate of trying new foods. Texture is my worst problem I believe (thought of mixing many ingredients always gets to me like a burger/subway with all toppings or the dreaded Xmas/thanksgiving dinners (PUKE!) I have no clue how people put 8 different dishes on one plate and it's all floating around together, wet, mixing, all smells etc lol. - I eat all the wrong foods and basically no "real" food or cooked food. YES LIST: sugary snacks, candy, most breads, most cheeses, most yogurt, lots of milk, peanut butter/jam/honey, chips, all pop, juices, all coffee and liquor coincidentally lol... Ice cream, fries/chicken nuggets, tenders, pepperoni or cheese pizza with dips, crackers, dry cereal. I also try to avoid having new people find out I'm a picky eater so lol avoid new social food gatherings etc but will tell people if it comes to it. Things I do eat generally have to be made to my liking/certain way. I want to change for my health and the part of life I am missing out on, and also want to date again. All the best to everyone else!