Those of you with a significant other?

Not to go off topic here - but I am bit concerned over some of the people who have said things like "he never gains weight, so it's ok." Being healthy is not just about weight - it is about what you are putting into your body. Even if someone doesn't gain weight, eating sugar and other not so healthy things, too much of the time, will still have adverse health effects if done so for long periods of time.

I have loads of guy friends who eat lots of junk and fast food, and they say "well I never gain weight, so it's fine." No it's not! The old adage here proves true: "garbage in, garbage out".

Baking cookies for someone doesn't mean they're going to eat the entire dozen in one sitting, though. When I bake cookies or a cake, my boyfriend has a couple cookies after dinner. He eats it like any other treat - in moderation. If he had a binging disorder, I wouldn't bake anything.

That said, he's 38 years old and can make his own decisions. Even if I didn't bake anything, he could always stop at Dairy Queen on the way home from work. It's not like I'm enabling or encouraging bad behavior. I'd rather have him eat a couple homemade cookies every day than some crap from Dunkin Donuts.

Perhaps you could turn your love of baking into some volunteer work. For example, the hospice in my city occassionally looks for volunteers to bake treats to have on hand for the families and visitors of the patients. Also, a church in my neighborhood hosts an annual holiday cookie walk and donates the proceeds to charity. They're always looking for people to make a few dozen cookies to donate.

LOL no. I bake lots of yummy things, but they are all healthy so we can enjoy them together.

I'd like my lady to gain 10 lbs, so I guess i should be doing this.

I do that all the time, but my fiance is skinny as a stick and never gains any weight anyway.

this! he's so skinny he eats whatever he wants

So I know I do this, and I'm starting to think it's kind of cruel, but does anyone else do the following?:

I watch what I eat. I make sure I don't put a lot of things into my body that I shouldn't. That being said, I love baking. I love sweet things. I love my boyfriend.
I have this outrageously bad habit of baking things or buying delicious dessert things JUST TO GIVE THEM TO MY BOYFRIEND. I understand it's still a form of showing love, but I think I do it because I know that I PERSONALLY can't eat it.

Does anyone else make/bake things with the intention of not eating any of it and just giving it to your significant other?
LOL I don't want him to become fat, but I don't want to eat those things.
Sometimes even when someone gives me a dessert to take home, I give it to him because I know I don't want it. hahaha

I do the exact same thing. If someone gives me food I shouldn't be eating, I always pass it on to my guy. Same as you, I don't want to harm him in any way, but since I rarely buy bad for us foods to keep around I feel almost guilty.

I mean -- I turned him on to drinking flax milk! How coo-coo is that!? What guy unless totally into health would drink that on his own? He does rave about it.

For us it's more of a compromise thing. I like healthy foods. He doesn't. I try to strike a relationship-healthy balance in our home.

So I know I do this, and I'm starting to think it's kind of cruel, but does anyone else do the following?:

I watch what I eat. I make sure I don't put a lot of things into my body that I shouldn't. That being said, I love baking. I love sweet things. I love my boyfriend.
I have this outrageously bad habit of baking things or buying delicious dessert things JUST TO GIVE THEM TO MY BOYFRIEND. I understand it's still a form of showing love, but I think I do it because I know that I PERSONALLY can't eat it.

Does anyone else make/bake things with the intention of not eating any of it and just giving it to your significant other?
LOL I don't want him to become fat, but I don't want to eat those things.
Sometimes even when someone gives me a dessert to take home, I give it to him because I know I don't want it. hahaha

I do this all the time. He isn't on a diet so I like baking for him and buying him things I know he likes.

I do buy my hubs an occasional treat because it is something I know he'll like. I bake for holidays because it's what I do. I give a lot away to other people too. And he eats junk at work as well because there is always someone there with food to share. Cakes, pies, sweet breads, etc.

He does a lot of physical activity at work, plus he walks with me every day, and he is pretty slim, maybe could lose 10 pounds but he'd be pretty skinny then.

What I do especially well is to cook all of those foods we love so well but think we can't have...and make them skinnier. I use a lot of aromatic spices and herbs and lower fat versions of stuff, so it still tastes decadent, but has a lot less calories. All my friends know I am try to lose tonnage but they are still happy to come eat dinner at my house when I've cooked because I don't make or eat anything that tastes like cardboard.

I guess I show hubs and myself both that I love us by cooking great food that is also healthy and also by having a treat sometimes even if it's just crap and garbage.

Did that answer your question? Yes, sort of but not always exactly with the nutritionally-challenged food.

Barb

I don't like baking, so I don't. People knows that so they never ask me to bake anything for them.

I show my love to my husband by cooking healthy meals, because if I don't watch what he eats, he will seldom do it on his own. He does have sweet tooth!

i eat the same as my partner but i weigh all my stuff. i dont do 'diet' food i just modify recipes and still eat yummy stuff but i never go over 1400cals x

No. But then we don't live together, I suppose that helps. I do most of the cooking so I cook healthy meals which are also tasty (I like my food). He tops up quite a bit often with sweets and cakes, but these aren't things that tempt me so that's fine.

my hubby LOVES healthy food above all else. He has gone gluten free with me...

He is my rock and has been so so supportive.