Weight-Loss For those with families/partners - do they eat the same as you?

Weight-Loss
oh hell no... i would be so glad if i had someone here to go through all this with me together. but unfortunately, my husband is so skinny and he gaines no weight. no matter what and how much he eats.

just for e.g. when we go to DQ ... he takes one flame thrower (half pounder) and two ultimates (quater pounder ea.) ... plus coke ... and he eates all that and very often. and he eat the same amound of food every day.

my problem is, i can eat a lot either and i really savor food, but i really gain weight very quick.

i really don't want him to lose more weight, because he is 6.3 food and just weights 171 pound ... but it's really hard for me to eat just less and just salad, when he eats a lot and really yummy things, right beside me...
 
I'm the only one in my house that eats clean. Everyone else eats crap. I just make sure not to eat the crap, but it does have its advantages. When I crave something, its easy to find a bite of something, and get over the craving instead of having to buy a whole bag or pack of something I'd rather not buy at all.
 
I do ALL of the cooking in my house as my boyfriend is a bit of a lazy bum when it comes to all things domestic. However, if I need a carborator or engine part repaired or built, or basically anything that involves wiring, computers or sound systems, he's the man for the job! hehehe

Anyway, I mostly cook separate food for him. When I do make us the same thing, it's the lower calorie version of a food we normally ate before I went on my "diet". For example, we like chesseburgers in the summer, so I still make those. Now I use 93% lean meat, low calorie cheese, and wheat buns, making it about 150 calories lighter than the burgers we used to make. I also switched out a lot of basic things like sodas and snack items, breads, etc to healthier versions, and he actually likes them better- go figure! He's even told me to never buy real coke again (which was a amjor bad habit of mine.. at least 3 cans a day)- stick with coke zero he says. So he is pretty supportive in that he lets me do my thing and fully supports the food changes I've made for him too. I think as long as he doesn't have to cook and the food doesn't taste like rubber, he's happy! He's 6'2" and about 190lbs, so he looks pretty darn good already, but I've noticed over the last 2 months that the tiny little gut he has is getting firmer thanks to the small changes I've made in his food too. Now if I could only get him to go to the gym with me!! baby steps, baby steps....:)


 
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Nope. It's just me and my girlfriend and we have always eaten different things, both before and after my lifestyle change.

Basically she is stick thin with a very high metabolism (and she's quite active) and finds it very hard to put on weight. She's also a picky eater and though she likes to eat healthy she will sometimes eat high fat processed foods for convenince sake.

I am not at all picky and love to try new foods. I have a normal matabolism I guess (I'm not going to say it's slow because that would probably be a lie, but it's certainly not fast). I find it very easy to put on weight!

To top that off she has a very weird working schedule so it isn't too often that we can eat meals together. I like to eat together though so before I started eating healthily I would eat what I normally eat and then eat again with her! That has, of course, changed.

So, to sum up, nope me and my partner rarely eat the same things.
 
I WISH my husband and kids would want to eat healthy things. But if its not dripping in grease, caked with calories, etc, then they won't eat it.

I tried to serve them grilled chicken salads one evening for dinner, and not one of them ate. Instead my husband took them and went to McDonald's. He even called me on his way home from work today to see what I wanted from Wendy's for lunch. *sigh*

When my husband eats, he eats. He can eat 4 full sized hot dogs with chili and cheese, chips and about 3 cokes. The poor food doesn't stand a chance. He's not obese, but he's certainly not slim. He ran a marathon about 2 years ago when he ripped his meniscus in both knees. So, that ended his running/exercising all together.

The rest of my family is just as bad. my father is pretty overweight and so is my mother (who has type 2 diabetes because of weight issues). My sister is 6 feet tall and weighs about 304 lbs. So, as you can see, eating unhealthy and big sizes are a part of my family. It makes losing really hard. But I'm determined to prove everyone wrong.
 
Well, I usually eat with my family (6 people including me). My sisters are two so they automatically eat small portions. My brother is very athletic, he eats twice as much as me yet he doesn't gain a pound (and I'm the overweight one, lol). I mean literally, the other day, he took a mixing bowl for cake, filled it with Frooty Loops and ate them with whole milk. My father is not necessarily unhealthy in the foods he eats, but not healthy either. My step mother eats pretty healthy, but it seems as if all she eats is salads, which is not particularly a favorite of mine.
 
For the most part my BF does eat the same as me. He's got less willpower, though, so he's more apt to cheat. Which is hard when he does it right in front of me. :toetap05:
 
I am lucky to be in a relationship with a registered dietitian, so she keeps me in line most of the time. I will be the first one to say that it helps out immensely to have your partner support your good eating habits. Nutrition is the foundation of being healthy and maintaining an ideal body weight.

If your partner does not eat the same as you, or you both do not eat very healthy, try going on a diet together. Both of you could add some fruit in the morning, for example.
 
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