Watching others eat
tabbylyn89
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How do you stay motivated when you have to sit and watch your family eat foods that you can't have?
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Find things you can eat. Popcorn, carrots, turkey pepperoni...0
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Find a substitute, work a portion into your calories for the day, or go do something other than watching them eat0
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I eat a completely different diet from my family so I'm use to it I guess. Never really bothered me0
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Why not make it fit into your daily calories?0
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Unhealthy stuff like tacos and coleslaw and bread lol0
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What is unhealthy about any of those?0
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Not one of those things is unhealthy. We have tacos about once a week. I have 2, and it comes in about 600 cals. I love coleslaw and eat it regularly. And bread is perfectly fine.
You can 'lighten up' pretty much any meal. If you don't want to use up enough calories to have those things the way your family has them, you can lighten them up. Coleslaw is salad! Just find a lighter dressing, if you don't want the one that's on it (though if you do, fine - just fit it into your day). Measure out your taco fillings and fit them into your calories! And the whole bread is bad thing is just not right. If it fits your calories, eat it. If it doesn't - make it, either by portion size or by tweaking the recipe.0 -
tabbylyn89 wrote: »Unhealthy stuff like tacos and coleslaw and bread lol
Tacos make up 50% of my diet, you can definitely eat them! Just "work it into your calorie budget" and don't go excessive with the sour cream and cheese. Bread is the other 50%.
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Agreed. Tacos are easily healthy. I use chicken for mine, skip the sour cream (not a huge fan), and I usually will choose guacamole instead of cheese. I preplan them, and make sure the toppings fit my calories. And Pico and salsa have very few calories. A lot of times I'll use more toppings and do a taco salad instead.
And coleslaw can be much better with "light" dressing, or look for some vinaigrette variations.
And bread is tasty. Look at a small roll instead of multiple pieces.0 -
None of those things need to be eliminated because you're cutting calories.
Isn't that terrific?
Coleslaw can be really lightened up if you make it yourself and use less dressing or a light version (check out some of the bottled yogurt dressings in the refrigerated dressing section of your grocery store).
Tacos? Use chicken or ground turkey or lean ground beef, lots of veggie toppings, go light on the cheese and use lots of pico or salsa since they are light on calories.
Bread? Compare different brands and choose wisely. Some have higher calorie counts than others.0 -
tabbylyn89 wrote: »Unhealthy stuff like tacos and coleslaw and bread lol
Tacos aren't necessarily unhealthy. I'm going to guess that you're eating low carb? If so, I eat the same way. One hard taco from taco bell has 8 net carbs, shell included. OR you can order a side of black beans, a hard shelled taco, then put the taco meat into the black beans. I think altogether, that's about 8 or 9 net carbs. Not bad. As for bread, bake your own low carb bread! It won't be as tall as regular bread, but it will taste the same.
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actually they watch me, everyday I eat what I want and I seriously enjoy what I'm eating.
I go and make some delicious recipes and always make them wonder like hell there's no way that's "diet food" and I'm like yes sir!
and then there are days when I consciously choose to eat what they are having and make it fit into my calories and if doesn't fit I don't care there is always another day to make it better.0 -
I agree with the above posters that it's a smart idea to find a way to make these foods fit into your calorie allowance. If it was just a couple of "treat" foods, that would be one thing, but do you really want to eat completely differently from your family for the rest of your life?
Because you can't just lose weight and then quit. You have to make permanent changes to keep the weight off permanently.0 -
Before being diagnosed with Celiacs Disease 3 years ago I was eating everything that my hubby and kids ate, only in moderation. However, now it really is harder because some of the things that I cook for them I like too. I usually get through it by telling myself that I'm finally well now and don't want to go back to where I was health wise 3 years ago. Pizza day is much better now because our local Italian restaurant makes a great Veggie Gluten free pizza.0
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If you just eat in moderation, no issues, but if it's a family of obese gluttons, that would drive me nuts. I just can't be around such people without their habits weakening my resolve.tabbylyn89 wrote: »How do you stay motivated when you have to sit and watch your family eat foods that you can't have?
I have what I call my 3 day rule. I can tolerate others for 3 days, and that is it.
After that, I GET OUT!
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Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
If you just eat in moderation, no issues, but if it's a family of obese gluttons, that would drive me nuts. I just can't be around such people without their habits weakening my resolve. Obesity is contagious, and when we sleep with dogs, we get fleas.tabbylyn89 wrote: »How do you stay motivated when you have to sit and watch your family eat foods that you can't have?
I have what I call my 3 day rule. I can tolerate others for 3 days, and that is it.
After that, I GET OUT!
What if it's your partner and kids?0 -
tabbylyn89 wrote: »Unhealthy stuff like tacos and coleslaw and bread lol
OP non snarky question but, is there a special reason of why you think bread and tacos are unhealthy?
I eat bread daily, 2 thin slices= 90 cals/17 carbs or Sara lee's 120 cals with a big salad tuna is like the bomb for me, try maybe to think ahead what you would like to eat, pre log it and go for it.
good luck!
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Alatariel75 wrote: »Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
If you just eat in moderation, no issues, but if it's a family of obese gluttons, that would drive me nuts. I just can't be around such people without their habits weakening my resolve. Obesity is contagious, and when we sleep with dogs, we get fleas.tabbylyn89 wrote: »How do you stay motivated when you have to sit and watch your family eat foods that you can't have?
I have what I call my 3 day rule. I can tolerate others for 3 days, and that is it.
After that, I GET OUT!
What if it's your partner and kids?
huh? brother #1 410 lbs, brother #2 450 lbs, brother #3 330 lbs, what do you mean you can't tolerate them?, how would you handle my obese glutton situation.
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Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
If you just eat in moderation, no issues, but if it's a family of obese gluttons, that would drive me nuts. I just can't be around such people without their habits weakening my resolve.tabbylyn89 wrote: »How do you stay motivated when you have to sit and watch your family eat foods that you can't have?
I have what I call my 3 day rule. I can tolerate others for 3 days, and that is it.
After that, I GET OUT!
What?0 -
Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
If you just eat in moderation, no issues, but if it's a family of obese gluttons, that would drive me nuts. I just can't be around such people without their habits weakening my resolve.tabbylyn89 wrote: »How do you stay motivated when you have to sit and watch your family eat foods that you can't have?
I have what I call my 3 day rule. I can tolerate others for 3 days, and that is it.
After that, I GET OUT!
Not sure about this post.
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My kids eat what we eat or go hungry.Alatariel75 wrote: »Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
If you just eat in moderation, no issues, but if it's a family of obese gluttons, that would drive me nuts. I just can't be around such people without their habits weakening my resolve. Obesity is contagious, and when we sleep with dogs, we get fleas.tabbylyn89 wrote: »How do you stay motivated when you have to sit and watch your family eat foods that you can't have?
I have what I call my 3 day rule. I can tolerate others for 3 days, and that is it.
After that, I GET OUT!
What if it's your partner and kids?
As for my wife, she and I are on the very same page with exercise and diet. We have 5 kids...all fit and healthy, and she worked herself fit after every delivery. I am the slug in this relationship.
BUT...if this were not so, I'd have to consider moving on like some spouses and partners do when one gets healthy and fit while the other remains mired in the slow death of obesity and withering incompatibility.
Such is life.
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I'd eat what they're eating, just weigh it up on a food scale so I'd know it's fitting into my calorie deficit. Sounds like yummy stuff to me. enjoy it! And still be losing weight.
http://www.myfitnesspal.com/topics/show/1235566-so-you-re-new-here0 -
Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
If you just eat in moderation, no issues, but if it's a family of obese gluttons, that would drive me nuts. I just can't be around such people without their habits weakening my resolve.tabbylyn89 wrote: »How do you stay motivated when you have to sit and watch your family eat foods that you can't have?
I have what I call my 3 day rule. I can tolerate others for 3 days, and that is it.
After that, I GET OUT!
What if..... after three days they WANT YOU TO GET OUT?0 -
I have tacos and bread regularly (cabbage is gross so no cole slaw). I've lost 60+ pounds eating the same things I ate before, just less.0
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Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
If you just eat in moderation, no issues, but if it's a family of obese gluttons, that would drive me nuts. I just can't be around such people without their habits weakening my resolve.tabbylyn89 wrote: »How do you stay motivated when you have to sit and watch your family eat foods that you can't have?
I have what I call my 3 day rule. I can tolerate others for 3 days, and that is it.
After that, I GET OUT!
Not sure about this post.
Clearly you are not the only one -.- #smh0 -
Then PROBLEM SOLVED...right?Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
If you just eat in moderation, no issues, but if it's a family of obese gluttons, that would drive me nuts. I just can't be around such people without their habits weakening my resolve.tabbylyn89 wrote: »How do you stay motivated when you have to sit and watch your family eat foods that you can't have?
I have what I call my 3 day rule. I can tolerate others for 3 days, and that is it.
After that, I GET OUT!
What if..... after three days they WANT YOU TO GET OUT?
I just don't connect well with those into unhealthy living and would never be in that position anyway.
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Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
My kids eat what we eat or go hungry.Alatariel75 wrote: »Pinnacle_IAO wrote: »
If you just eat in moderation, no issues, but if it's a family of obese gluttons, that would drive me nuts. I just can't be around such people without their habits weakening my resolve. Obesity is contagious, and when we sleep with dogs, we get fleas.tabbylyn89 wrote: »How do you stay motivated when you have to sit and watch your family eat foods that you can't have?
I have what I call my 3 day rule. I can tolerate others for 3 days, and that is it.
After that, I GET OUT!
What if it's your partner and kids?
As for my wife, she and I are on the very same page with exercise and diet. We have 5 kids...all fit and healthy, and she worked herself fit after every delivery. I am the slug in this relationship.
BUT...if this were not so, I'd have to consider moving on like some spouses and partners do when one gets healthy and fit while the other remains mired in the slow death of obesity and withering incompatibility.
Such is life.
I guess you're fortunate to have children who *can* eat what you eat.
It makes me so sad to think that you would abandon your family if they didn't prioritize health or fitness at the same level that you do. I'm doing my journey without my husband. I can't imagine leaving him because of his weight.0 -
To the OP...how I handle it is to have a small portion and to be satisfied with that. I eat more slowly. No one seems to notice because we're all eating together, I'm just eating less and more slowly so it doesn't seem less satisfying to me or awkward to them.0
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I'm in a fitness accountability group and my coach always says don't deprive yourself of things you enjoy. If it fits within your calories for the day have it. Sometimes if you don't eat things that you crave when you finally do you might indulge yourself and over eat and fall off track. I always will find healthier versions and I'm always happy that it's healthy and I got my cravings satisfied :-)0
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Actually, I have discovered that in life and in marriage, success is a choice.
I guess you're fortunate to have children who *can* eat what you eat.
It makes me so sad to think that you would abandon your family if they didn't prioritize health or fitness at the same level that you do. I'm doing my journey without my husband. I can't imagine leaving him because of his weight.
None of us are victims. Our lives are completely governed by our decisions, so I have created the exact life I always desired, including being fit and healthy with a family of like values.
Is that so bad?
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