Watching others eat
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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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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 know, if I had a partner break her leg, I'd do the humane thing and take her outback in preparation for the glue factory.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.
Clearly you are not the only one -.- #smh
It was good for a laugh.
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Psshh, life's not worth living without Tacos. Or bread. I could take or leave the coleslaw though.
OP, you don't need to cut foods out, just the amounts. Fit the foods you love into your calorie goal.0 -
tabbylyn89 wrote: »Unhealthy stuff like tacos and coleslaw and bread lol
@tabbylyn89 Tacos contain protein, fat and carbs. What's not to love? Meat, cheese and salad... They're a superfood!
Coleslaw is my healthy lunch of vitamins, combined with meat and cheese for around 250 calories.
Bread is more of a treat, but if I can fit it into my daily limit, I'm happy.
You see, foods are not good or bad as such. For weight loss, only the calorie amount matters.
To lose weight and keep it off for life, you need to allow yourself foods you love, and eat amounts that will mean you love yourself. Best wishes!0 -
I'm always baffled when people act like tacos are somehow unhealthy or high calorie. When we have tacos it's usually one of my lower-calorie dinners.0
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I've actually found that since I cut back on sweets and carbs (junk food, pizza, cake) that I don't crave them. There was leftover cake and pizza from a co workers bday celebration at work and both were laying around in their respective boxes...if that had been before the start of my wt loss journey I would have dived in..but, now, after 8 months of watching my calorie intake and cutting out excesses, I didn't even give the leftovers a second look. No craving, no interest.0
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