How do you deal with being the only one dieting?

I don't feed my family any differently when I'm trying to lose weight. I always prioritize healthy eating, and I think as the cook in the family it is an act of love to feed them lots of veggies, fruits, whole grains, beans, etc. The difference is, I'll measure out my portions and track it.

My mom puts junk in the house. Its so hard to resist

I make a big portion and measure it all (to find the "serving size" to log). Then I eat my serving and SO eats however much he wants. He gets good, healthy food, but more of it, because he needs more calories.

Occasionally I'll make a "pasta" dish where I sub in spaghetti squash or brown rice for myself because I don't want to spent the calories for pasta. Then I'll just boil up some pasta for him.

My family eats what I eat, I just eat smaller portions...buy less fat meats, skip the cheese, creams and such. I usually always fix a big salad with the meal and my husband and children have their own dressings and I have my own low fat low cal dressing. I do buy my own snacks and their own snacks. I buy myself yogurt, light popcorn, and fruits, and I buy them ice cream (they usually end up eating my snacks anyway because they are just as good).

Example of a meal. If I fix tacos, I get turkey meat and I make one soft taco with a tablespoon of cheese and a lot of salsa. They use gobs of cheese and sour cream, I would just skip the sour cream all together. For a side I will fix Mexican rice where they would eat a half cup to a cup, I don't fix more than 1/4 cup for myself and I make a huge a salad. Plenty of food for me, plus I get to have a snack later on.

My family is big on "snack food" ... so my parents will bring home bags of chips and donutes and cookies, and it's very hard at times to say NO!!

But, I've discovered that as long as I'm moderate with my eating, I can eat what I want

Other times, if I get a big craving for something sweet or "junk food", I go work out instead Lol

I know the feeling all to well and it is hard. My husband fixes brownies, fresh baked cookies and cakes, he buys pizza for himself and the kids on Friday and I have to stick to my diet. I start with breakfast. I make it quite easy for me to start my day. I take 8 eggs and sautee a little bit of ham cubes chesse and mix it all together and spray a muffin pan that cooks 12 muffins, I fill half way and bake 350 for about 15 to 20 minute, I take out 2 or 3 at a time and pop them in the microwave for one minute and my breakfast is done. you can also fix bacon, egg and cheese, or you can do sausage also add bell peppers onions mushrooms and make western omelet muffins. Foe lunch and dinner, every week I shop I buy a bag of frozen chicken tenders or boneless chicken sometimes even steak and cook it all at one time I cut them in small pieces in a container and also buy bell peppers and cut them and keep them in a gallon ziplock bag, I keep a bag of onions and mushrooms, garlic or minced garlic, my life is so easy when it comes to my lunch and dinner. I put olive oil in a pan add garlic and while it is getting a little hot I add my bell peppers onions and put the meat on top, cut it down to medium heat and let it cook, it takes about 10 minute stirring maybe one or two times. I serve over brown rice sometimes but not all the time just a half of cup is enough with the veggies and meat, you can do the same thing and use whole grain wraps to change it up a little.I also keep broccolli salad and chicken salad made even fresh veggies like cukes etc to grab when I need a snack. If I have something for dinner for my family that U can eat I eat what I can and add some of my food with it. It can be done. I eat so much cheaper now than I ever have. Wow! You have a lot of reading to do.

I find it really hard when I cook because I'm on the diet, not my family or husband. I'm fine when hubby's working and I make dinner for myself. When I have to cook for both of us it's different. Am i the only one? How do you deal? Make seperate meals? Just eat less? And it's not that my husband does support me because he does but why should he cut back and restrict what he eats. Help!

I eat what the other do for dinner. I set my breakfast lunch and snacks geared towards me because I"m the only one at home during the day. At dinner I just measure my portions so that I'm keeping inside my counts.

Fat is healthy. Cut the empty carbs and add delicious natural fats to your meat and vegetables and no one is going to complain, they're not even going to realize it's "diet food". I'm serious -- best thing I've ever done was start eating delicious real food that just so happens is also nutritious.

http://www.dietdoctor.com/lchf

I do all the shopping and all the cooking, so I serve whatever I feel like having that day. I used to joke that I wanted my own cooking show titled "Shut up and Eat",

But seriously, it's just me, hubby, and our 18 year old daughter at home now, as the boys have their own apartments. Hubby is just as into clean eating as I am because he's got some heart issues and our daughter is trying to eat healthier as well. I buy little treats (ice cream and cookies and such) for them so they're not totally deprived.

I don't generally have the problem of cooking for others.
However, despite generally managing to be 1000 calories under, I still mostly eat more than others in the house - probably both food and calorie values - as I generally get at least 1000 calories or so 'burn' in a day.

I just eat a smaller portion.

My wife complains about my diet when she's trying to cook for me because she always wants to make potatoes and stuff outside of my carb windows. Then she complains when I'm eating ice cream at 10PM and telling me what a hypocrite I am because I wouldn't eat a "healthy" potato earlier, but I'll eat "unhealthy" ice cream. My response is always, "Honey, I'm down 28 lbs in four months and I'm stronger than I've ever been. I'm going to go count my abs now while you add up my PL total." She usually makes a face, but it typically reminds her that I study this stuff all the time, there's a plan, and it's working, so she can live with it and be happy that I'm stronger and healthier.

My youngest is 5'10 and 110lbs... so she has to eat like a pig just to keep up.

They're supportive, though. I make mostly healthy stuff and give myself smaller portions or just skip the dish. Why the like mac 'n cheese is beyond me!

I don't cook seperate meals often--I do all the cooking so it makes it easier for me to keep track of what goes into the meals, and I try to keep them healthy and/or healthy portions, DH is a picky eater so sometimes if I want extra veggies in my meal I cook them seperate, others I just mix in and he eats them. He is not a fish eater so on days that I want fish I cook a second meat for him but the base of the meal stays the same.

As far as snacking I try to limit the junk foods in the house, it also helps that DH doesn't have a huge sweet tooth mainly snacking on apples and tortilla chips (I don't like the kind he loves so that makes it easy to stay away) and salsa.

I don't diet, I don't see the point as it's just short term. You want something you can continue to do for life.