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Being able to enjoy most foods. Most fruits and vegetables are like grass to me: I acknowledge that they are edible, but my brain doesn't register them as "food". It has impacted a lot of things in my life: my weight has obviously been difficult to manage; a couple years ago I was close to 300 lbs (I've since plateaued at 245). Relationships have been strained more than you might think, as girlfriends have to plan around which restaurants we go to, and some have blamed me for weight gain (a bit more than I deserved, but I almost certainly played a role in it). Friends have gradually stopped inviting me over to dinner parties, due to the fact that they weren't making anything that I would like.
I would love to travel and have a skillset that would work well in other countries, but one of the greatest barriers is the fear of "what would I eat?" I had an opportunity to be an exchange student back in college, but the fear of my host family needing to plan their meals around me spooked me out of it.
