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

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  • Brenda_Pancakes
    Brenda_Pancakes Posts: 288 Member
    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
    xoyasminxo Posts: 132
    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.

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