Cooking meals for others while you're on a diet?

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  • summer144012
    summer144012 Posts: 41
    He could have gotten those healthy fats from lean steaks I would prepare in one sitting. He could drink whole milk or even 2% milk with a good balanced cereal. No, he chose to eat Pop Tarts and BK. BK may be food too but it is loaded with sodium and fat. He loves junk food and if I ate like my son who has pretty much 0% body fat, I would be way over 200 pounds! I agree eating fast food or ice cream or chocolate in moderation is the key to healthy living. Heck so is my wine drinking. Moderation is key.

    I may eat a McDonalds hamburger once a month if I am out running errands and am hungry but that is my limit. I know what my body needs to stay healthy and I was not going to compromise my health once he hit his teens and could drive and start making his own food choices. Plus, when I did prepare the foods he loved, I would eat them and over-eat because the truth is I love them too. I couldn't stop at one serving.

    I am in my 50's and not on any type of medication. I am healthy and have been eating this way most of my life. If my son wants to eat that way, that's fine with me but some day it may catch up to him. We shall see.
  • SuzCSFA
    SuzCSFA Posts: 2
    My fiance came from an ex wife who only cooked hamburger helper and anything out of a box. He may be a thin, "fit" man but his eating habits were out of control.I always like to remind him that just because he's thin, doesn't mean that he doesn't have a heart and arteries. When we got together, he didn't realize that he liked vegetables at all. Now he's eating EVERYTHING from asparagus to kale to brussel sprouts. Every week I write out a menu filled with lean meats and veggies with 100% whole wheat pasta, brown rice, couscous and quinoa. We go grocery shopping and buy what's on the list. It saves time, money and the headache of not knowing what's for dinner. Nothing ever goes to waste and we have a great list to pick from when we're not sure what we're feeling for the next evening. I have a huge selection that I pick from and we are never found eating the same things. Sometimes I throw in some not-so-good choices for one dinner and have a tiny bit myself while he finishes the rest. It keeps me honest and gives me more motivation to work out. It surely works for us, and he's excited to actually eat healthy food!
  • Athijade
    Athijade Posts: 3,300 Member
    I would be eating the crab cakes and pasta. So I really don't see the issues.

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