This is tricky...

robin79

My fiancé is trying to gain weight, and I'm trying to lose weight. How the heck am I supposed to cook!?

richln

You can both eat the same meal, just adjust portion size appropriately.

robin79

Good call....but still...ha!

KarenJanine

No reason you can't eat the same things, just amend portion size accordingly. Add more calorie-dense items (e.g. nuts, avocado, butter, ice-cream) for your fiance if required to help get adequate calorie intake.

Use MFP to track your intake and make sure you are both hitting your calorie and macro goals.

TavistockToad

richln wrote: »

You can both eat the same meal, just adjust portion size appropriately.

this. my husband is trying to gain while I lose... there's no drama.

DancingMoosie

I went through this when trying to lose. I made one meal, but I took more veggies, and he got bread and butter with his, or cheese on something. He can always add a glass of milk or something. NBD...

GrammyPeachy

My husband is trying to gain while I lose as well. We mostly eat the same things, but I do have something different from him for some meals or I eat them differently, ie. dressings, added cheeses, side dishes, he drinks soda pop, or like when he eats tacos and burritos, I have a taco salad. It's not complicated.

yesimpson

Extra portion of carbs/fatty sides for him - easy for him to get a larger amount of calories in a small volume of food, without needing to cook nearly two separate meals. At the moment my mum is dieting whilst I am eating at maintenance, but trying to support a lot of running. Tonight we are having fajitas, so it will go like this:

Mum - 1 or 2 tortillas, plenty of the spicy Quorn & veg mix, 1 tablespoon of guacamole etc.
Me - 3 tortillas with a reasonable amount of filling, lots of guac, a little bit of cheese.

We do a similar thing in my house as we have 3 stocky, active boys/men living with two much shorter women with desk jobs. There's always extras (garlic bread, bread & butter, avocado, cheese, extra meat, more potatoes) to supplement them so we aren't fussing around too much at dinner time.

robin79

Thanks everyone! I guess that's sort of what we're doing as is. I guess it's just a test to my will power as well. If I make cornbread with a healthy turkey chili, I just have to have a sliver. I guess I should've said, it's just tricky for me!