dinner ideas for a non diet boyfriend and a girl on a diet

Brenda_Pancakes

I love my husband. I do the cooking. He's supportive of me getting healthy - and allows me to spend endless amounts of money at Trader Joes for my "weirdo healthy stuff".

In no way, shape, or form - is him NOT wanting to eat rice cakes and low fat granola bars; him telling me he's "not being supportive". He just doesn't like those kind of foods.

I hear ya.

He's a carnivor. He likes meat... and potatos... and rice... and cheese... All the things I too, love. And that's why I got chunky. But he's an electrician, and has a much more manual job that my 8-5 desk job at a college.

Here's what I typically do:

He wants spaghetti with meat sauce and sausage? Cool. I do LEAN ground beef (93% fat) and turkey or chicken sausage. We are doing tacos? Cool. I just skip the extra cheese and stuff in mine, and I use low carb or corn tortillas. He wants sloppy joes and chips with dip? No prob. I again use the lean beef (he can't stand ground turkey - unless I do a 25% to 75% portion of it with ground beef... just doesn't like the taste, or else I'd use it more)... and instead of chips n' dip, I make myself a salad with whatever vege's I want.

Typically, I make us the same main dish... using the healthiest products I can that will still taste good to him... substituting healthier meats and things where there is typically a fatty ingredient. And then I always have a bunch of vege's for my side, but I still make him his baked potato or whatever he wants.

Honestly, it hasn't become a problem. He just cares that things taste good. And I make sure they do. If I can't get away with making healthy ingredient swamps, then I just watch my portion size and eat tons of vege's with it to fill up.

Good luck. Just make healthy swaps when you can.

xoyasminxo

Well who cooks?

You? He can eat it or go hungry

Exactly. My husband likes me to cook and I love cooking so I do not mind. When I started eating clean and healthy (not dieting) I just stopped buying junk and making a lot of meals that were healthy and he had no choice of food. I still include meat in most of the meals, but we eat a lot more salads and vegetables and fruit. If you are cooking and he doesn't like it, he can make his own food.