How to deal with high metabolism roommates?

heychristyna wrote: »

My two roommates are both the type that can eat ANYTHING without gaining weight. Me, not so much. I've gained over ten pounds living with them for less than 5 months. I need to make a change, but its really just not easy with all the temptation around. On one hand, I've come to much more body acceptance since living with them, and shaken off a lot of my disordered eating habits but I think the scales have tipped a little too far in the "eat anything" direction as of late. I'm back on here monitoring my intake now, but that is also really hard in a household where the status quo is to eat whenever the urge strikes up and there aren't really set "meals" that are easy to monitor. We're kind of grazers.

Anyone have any advice on how to put blinders on to an environment where eating 3 quesadillas a day is commonplace?

I easily can eat 3 quesadillas a day and if I eat quesadillas for breakfast plus another meal, it easily can be more than three. But since I live in Mexico, I make them the mexican way: one normal size corn tortilla ( would probably be considered small in the US ) and a little bit of cheese and a spoon full of salsa. It's not so much the three quesadillas, but all the other stuff you eat. I watch what else I eat if I eat 4 or more quesadillas a day.
I also would not blame it on their " high metabolism ", but observe what they do different from you. Maybe they are much more active, maybe they actually eat less than you do.
I agree it is hard to stick to your routine if others don't. But they don't have to. You have to be responsible for yourself and nothing more.
Good Luck !

BTW: I eat Mexican food every day and still have lost 55 pounds. It's not what I eat, but how much I eat. I believe that is true for almost everyone barring medical conditions.

malavika413 wrote: »

My roommate eats a big bag of Fritos every single day...and she's a size 0 Russian model. So not only is she gorgeous, she's skinny. It's a huge blow to the ol' self esteem, but I'm learning to deal with the fact that we have different caloric needs.

Right, but she eats the right amount of food with those Fritos to maintain her weight. Caloric needs for a small person are much less than a bigger person. She's not a special snowflake, as none of us are.

I've had roommates before and it is tempting. The easy thing is to blame someone else when ultimately you are the one who puts food in your mouth.

Self-control isn't easy, but you can learn to practice and enforce it. The best option for me was always having my heathy snacks around and meal prep in advance. That way, when we all ate together...I always had food I know I could eat and that was a reasonable portion.

And when all else failed...I just hit the gym harder. Good luck!