Lack Of Creativity ... Eat the same almost daily.

I find I have a healthy medium in eating. I eat whatever I want but 90% of the day I eat the same thing every day.

Eating the same thing everyday is a great way to train yourself to remember that you don't live to eat, you eat to live, in which the only reason you have to eat is to give your body energy to break down to function properly and effectively.

The other 10% I eat whatever I want (usually dinner and munchies in the pm). It doesn't bother me eating the same thing for breakfast, snack, and lunch every day. It helps me stay up with my goals and still lets me live life.

skinnytaste.com has lots of different recipes, all with calories listed, and nothing on the website is difficult. It is tailored towards the beginner/average home cook.

Eatingwell.com also has lots of options:
http://www.eatingwell.com/recipes_menus

You might like their 500 calorie dinner ideas:
http://www.eatingwell.com/nutrition_health/weight_loss_diet_plans/diet_meal_plans/eatingwell_s_500_calorie_dinners

I'm really creative with supper most times, but I like eating almost the same thing for breakfast/lunch each day, helps to keep me on track and make sure I'm not too hungry.

I would eat tacos every night if I could..

Nothing wrong with tacos.. I eat them all the time. You can have 3 for under 600 calories if you don't drown them in sour cream and cheese use 1 tsp of sour cream and 10g of cheese in each one, make them with lean ground beef (or chicken)..have about 25g of meat and the rest lettuce, tomato, a big spoon of salsa.. very yummy.

My boyfriend is also a twig so we do not have anything 'diet' in our house. I still cook all the same things with very few variations, we still have pasta, potatoes, rice..full fat butter, sour cream, PB..You can still eat all the good stuff, just have to eat a little less of it that's all or make some teeny changes for your plate..

From your diary:

When you have fajitas why not try yours on romaine lettuce leaves instead of tortillas? Saves a ton of calories and your boyfriend can still have all the tortillas he wants. Will also let you eat more of the good stuff, don't be scared to add onions and peppers to the chicken to fill it out a little bit either.

When you consider Pizza think about making it at home and use tortillas for the crust. I stick 2 together with mozzarella cheese for my boyfriend and just use one for me. I lead them up with sauce, meat, veggies..all the pizza stuff. Use only a little cheese on mine and cover his. He loves them and I can eat a whole 'pizza' for the same calories as a large slice from the restaurants. If you order in get half veggie and half whatever he wants

Make fried chicken for him in the oven using bread crumbs, you can easily skin your piece and use less crumbs if you're worried. Make mashed potatoes with Greek yogurt instead of sour cream or butter or just have less.

Also you can still make stir fry, just because you make rice does not mean you have to eat it..just take less for yourself, you can also make brown rice instead. Try to avoid the jar sauces, instead make the sauce - you will need to get more familiar with spices (Chinese 5 spice, fresh garlic, soya sauce, little bit of orange juice and some sesame seeds is nice for stir fry)

Why not try to make some Greek style pork? with some nice roasted potatoes and Tzaziki dip (made with Greek yogurt and cucumber)Just get some "Greek seasoning" (club house has a good one) dip your pork in lemon juice sprinkle on the seasoning, toss in the oven. Potatoes can be done the same way. Make some Tzatiki sauce like this one with just yogurt and cucumber (keep it simple) http://www.kalynskitchen.com/2007/07/worlds-best-tzatziki-sauce-recipe-greek.html you can pretty well slather this sauce on your pork and potatoes for hardly any calories at all! Make a salad on the side for you if you want or just eat less potatoes

Also, invest in cooking spray and parchment paper instead of using oil to fry stuff. You should have no problem eating 'real' food on 1570. I noticed that you often don't eat all your calories either and you can eat something other than nuts to save a few more (nuts are great for people with a lot of calories to kill but not really for those of us who stay under 2k)

Lack of creativity isn't usually why I eat the same every day....it is that I make too much and get stuck with it for the whole week. Breakfast is easy to get into a routine and I don't mind my egg and ham samich every morning. Lunch is killing me this week as tomorrow I will finish off the 6th serving of a concoction I named "Turkey Bake." I like variety, but cooking for one can make it difficult because most things will give you multiple servings. I try to look for things that I can freeze for later so I don't get burnt out each week.

I am totally the same way XD I don't do it on purpose, but I eat the same thing over and over

Thanks Firefox for taking a look at my diary to be able to give out suggestions. I just don't know how to cook a lot of things so I just cook what I know, which is limited. I guess I should learn to be more creative. I have a tendency of just buying what is cheap because all food taste the same to me. This might change in a bit, I quit smoking a little while ago so perhaps my tastes will change again. My issues with stir-fries are SO always wants rice with them. He can't just eat a veggie/meat stir fry and he always wants rice and thick-calorie-full sauces. I cook what I know and what calories I can track accurately. I have a food scale and a bunch of measuring cups and such. I guess I will need to spend this weekend researching foods that are beneficial and recipes.

SO hates soups, broccoli, wants me to stop buying poultry because he is sick of it or suggests I make fried chicken and buy thighs with skin instead of breasts, it is so difficult to eat healthy and cook for two who want completely different things out of it. He wants full flavour and could careless how it impacts his waist while I have a wedding dress to fit into (and shop for shortly)... I wish he would get on board, we tend to alternate. When he wants to diet I don't care to and vice versa.

So your other half has rice, doesn't mean you have to - make enough of the meat/ fish/ vegetable mix for three people and you eat two thirds. Steamed rice refrigerates or freezes and microwaves to reheat beautifully so you don't have to make fresh each time. You can also buy rice cookers, I even have a fancy slow cooker/ crock pot that also does rice which is lovely for when you can't be bothered watching a pan. You chuck in a cup or two of rice, fill with water to the line and switch on - it turns itself onto 'keep warm' when ready. However I would say you should not be avoiding carbs and avoiding fat, that won't leave you eating a balanced nutritious diet.

Diet friendly foods can be full of flavour - use marinades of spices, herbs, stock, wine (boil the alcohol off), block creamed coconut, garlic or chilli. With a stir fry you can also have much the same meal with two different sauces, put one portion onto a plate, add one lot of sauce to a pan, a different sauce to the plate. Or find a chicken sauce recipe that includes coconut or cheese or soured cream and stir extra into his portion than your portion.

I'm far from the world's best cook so I don't make too many dishes that require careful timing or many pans, I do a lot of meals that require long slow cooking, that you cannot overcook. And things you can change from one thing to another - rich mince (ground) meat with a ton of veggies, can be served with spaghetti, add red chilli, beans and sweetcorn for chilli con carne, be layered with aubergines for moussaka for example. I eat chicken thighs but I always take the skin off before cooking, can't you do that for yours and not his?

TBH I don't think your partner is a foodie at all, he sounds like he simply likes fatty textures. Never met a foodie who doesn't like soups or green vegetables, there are so many different flavours and textures and so many different ways to present them.