My husbands epic list of all the foods he will eat

I used to have similar tastes and now have two stents. As with many, I had no heart disease symptoms and was lucky it was caught without damage. The transition wasn't that tough for me, and it certainly would have been nice to avoid the stents by starting sooner. I still eat foods that I love, and have gradually increased the number of healthy options that I find appealing so that now I don't feel like I'm sacrificing at all. My food diaries are open. Good luck!

He would NOT go well at my house if that's all he eats, lol.

Looks delicious! I eat most of this, but in very controlled amounts.

stop cooking for HIM and cook for YOU. He's a grown man

I try to put other things in and he wont' eat it.. i use a different type or brand of sauce and he wont eat it.. foods cannot touch so throwing chicken and potatoes into a crock pot is out.

My main issue is that its soooooo expensive to buy the groceries for me and the two kids, then separate groceries for him : (

there is litterally one way that he will eat each meal, it gets super tiring having a weekly list that looks exactly the same....every week... for the rest of my life...

To be honest this doesn't seem like a problem MFP people can help you with. You are probably going to get a lot of 'he can cook himself then'. Just by how picky he sounds, it doesn't seem like it would work and would cause relationship issues. Don't forget the trolled out 'divorce him' comments.

As for the same thing every week for the rest of your life, but sorry .. you married him. I don't know how long your relationship was before the marriage, but you had to have had some clue that he was the type that liked things the way he likes things. Regardless, it doesn't seem like you married him for his eating habits. You've been with him for 8 years, there's gotta be other good qualities about him that trump his eating habits.

On that note just because HE wants his chicken a certain way, doesn't mean you have to cook it that way for everyone. Does he want fried chicken? Fry his chicken, bake yours and the kids or throw it in the crockpot for you guys. Roast beef? Make his taquitos, do something else for you guys that involves Roast Beef. You have to make things work for your lifestyle and your situation. You don't have to make different things for everyone, just tweak the two ways of cooking one type of dish. In this type of situation it seems like working those types of foods into your weightloss would be more ideal then spending extra money (which you clearly have an issue with) on buying many different things. Your husband has just as much right to want the things he eats a certain way, especially if he isn't on a diet change (if you are the main cook of the family.) You shouldn't force an eating plan on anyone, it's just going to get messy. It may be different if he was open to new things, but clearly he isn't, but that's on him. Work with what you have, you've spent 8 years with this man, hopefully you spend many many more years with him as well

TL,DR: Your situation sounds like it is way to personal to be asking for people for fix its. It's up to you to make things work around his eating habits, or for you and him to compromise somehow.

My bf has a great palate, but we cook separately most nights of the week because we tend to prefer different foods. I'm generally home (and hungry) first so I always tell him what I'm making and offer to cook for him and he either decides to join me or cooks on his own. When he cooks - same deal.

It works great for us.

I was that way for years. It took going vegetarian to open up my horizons. Now, I'm one of the least picky eaters I know (except for the whole vegetarian thing, anyhow).

maybe he should cook himself dinner

Also a good point. I'm a terrible picky eater, but I don't expect people to cater (pun intended) to my likes and dislikes. I do all the cooking at my house so it's rarely an issue, but if I'm at my parent's or something I'm perfectly happy making my own food if need be.

^^ Exactly what I was thinking. When my boyfriend wants something with meat (I'm vegan), he just cooks up his own chicken breast etc and adds it to his half. We usually make the main dish together, so if compromises need to be made, we both agree upon them in the process. I think you should continue to make yours and your little ones' food, and if he wants something different he can make it for himself. It isn't right to be expected to cater to everyone's needs (especially for picky eaters). You are not running a home-restaurant.

While you and I feel that way, he may not... and if that's the standard/expectation that has been set in their household, she may be stuck unless she wants to take on that battle. Only she knows how much resistance she might meet.

No intended meanness...but he sounds like my three-year old.