How to deal with living with someone who

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  • PrizePopple
    PrizePopple Posts: 3,133 Member
    penny0919 wrote: »
    How on earth can you eat paleo with no meat???

    Seriously, that was more disconcerting to me than someone eating food in front of her that she can't have.

    I just sat at the dinner table and had tortellini with no sauce, because it was just too much sodium for me, but the other 3 members of my family all had sauce. I didn't ask them to stop doing that in front of me. I just ate my food and had an extra helping of broccoli.

    Once my kids are in bed I'm having a brownie and popcorn that they can't have. :laugh:
  • SLLRunner
    SLLRunner Posts: 12,942 Member
    FayeandBo wrote: »
    eats all your favorite craving inspiring mouth watering unhealthy foods in front of you every day? I don't want to tell him to not eat those things but it's getting hard to just watch him...
    Been there! Before I tried portion control, I'd drool and inevitably give in and have a whole big heaping cup/bowl or whatever the heck it was! :smiley: Then, I'd be soooo :grimacing: at myself for days on end.

    Well, now that I portion control, I have the choice of whether to have a serving or not. If so, I log it. If not, I move on.

  • jennifurballs
    jennifurballs Posts: 247 Member
    FayeandBo wrote: »
    eats all your favorite craving inspiring mouth watering unhealthy foods in front of you every day? I don't want to tell him to not eat those things but it's getting hard to just watch him...
    I'm in the same boat.

    Two things....

    Keep them out of sight (put away in the cupboard)

    Resisting them will empower you. It makes me feel like I conquered something when I can pass on that stuff.

  • shai74
    shai74 Posts: 512 Member
    Something happened to me when I started eating low carb.

    My partner is constantly eating chips, lollies, nuts etc. Like every night. The drawers in the loungeroom coffee table have a huge stash. I don't even think about it, nor am I tempted. Not once in 6 months. And I was a binge eater completely controlled by food for over 20 years. I sit next to him on the couch, he munches away happily, we talk and watch TV and I don't even really notice his food. Same when he buys pizza for him and the kids. Doesn't really interest me.

    This, to me, was a miracle. To finally be free of the hold this stuff had over me.
  • LadyOdd
    LadyOdd Posts: 26 Member
    My fiance is like that too, he can eat anything he wants with no problem. I cannot, and like you don't want to deny him his favorite foods or snacks. I have been trying to find ways to incorporate the same meals just with portion control like others have mentioned.
    Also when he is snacking around me I just have my own snacks. I'm diabetic so I just found the kind of snacks I like and can actually eat. So while he sits snacking away on his box of ferrero roche's (which I love) I instead have an almond and dark chocolate chocorite bar. Low sugar and calories. It works for me.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    I deal with it by joining him if it fits into my daily macros/calories. Duh.
  • ana3067
    ana3067 Posts: 5,623 Member
    PrizePopple wrote: »
    penny0919 wrote: »
    How on earth can you eat paleo with no meat???

    Seriously, that was more disconcerting to me than someone eating food in front of her that she can't have.

    I just sat at the dinner table and had tortellini with no sauce, because it was just too much sodium for me, but the other 3 members of my family all had sauce. I didn't ask them to stop doing that in front of me. I just ate my food and had an extra helping of broccoli.

    Once my kids are in bed I'm having a brownie and popcorn that they can't have. :laugh:

    Our popcorn popper just pooped out :( No popcorn for me tonight :(
  • fatcity66
    fatcity66 Posts: 1,544 Member
    ana3067 wrote: »
    I deal with it by joining him if it fits into my daily macros/calories. Duh.

    But what if it doesn't? DUH.
  • girlviernes
    girlviernes Posts: 2,402 Member
    shai74 wrote: »
    Something happened to me when I started eating low carb.

    My partner is constantly eating chips, lollies, nuts etc. Like every night. The drawers in the loungeroom coffee table have a huge stash. I don't even think about it, nor am I tempted. Not once in 6 months. And I was a binge eater completely controlled by food for over 20 years. I sit next to him on the couch, he munches away happily, we talk and watch TV and I don't even really notice his food. Same when he buys pizza for him and the kids. Doesn't really interest me.

    This, to me, was a miracle. To finally be free of the hold this stuff had over me.

    This sounds like me (similar 20 year binge eater) although accomplished for me just by lowering carb and increasing fat protein (eating 150-200g carb and about 80-130g protein and the rest fat). So I think you can get these benefits without going full out low carb. I really think upping fat has been a big part of it.

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