Feeling embarrassed weighing food

I don't weigh my meal if my boyfriend cooks. I watch him cook and account for all the oil and butter. I look at the package of meat to see how much the whole thing weighs and assume I'm eating half (and sometimes less as I'm not embarrassed to eat only a portion). I'll suggest a salad, or even if he isn't eating one-I'll make myself one just so I'm filled up along with my smaller portion of whatever he is having.

If we are at my place, I'll slap the stuff on a food scale I guess (though I really don't like cooking for him). It's not like he is standing over me watching every move I make.

The only thing I have to add here is that the food you eat does not have to be bland or boring. There are many delious, savory recipes to work with. In fact, my BF prefers what I cook to what he would be having at his house.

My husband was ambivalent about my weighing food. He bought the scale for me, and at times seemed annoyed with my requests for things like leaving pasta sauce off so I could measure. Then a couple of months ago he finally caved and started weighing his food too. He's now 15 pounds down, and the next time he has to go see the doctor she won't have to threaten to put him on meds to help him lose weight.

Just do what you want to do. It doesnt matter what others think if what they think is conflicting with personal progress. As soon as it matters, that is when you fail.

I asked the bartender at my local sports bar if they have nutrition facts for the garlic fries. She kind of gave me a look, but she asked the manager and he said no. So, I had to estimate.

I would do that anywhere, and I would weigh food if information was variable (given I am counting). What other people think of me is irrelevant to me, and I couldn't care less. My nutrition is not about them.

We have a cafeteria at my workplace and I have requested them to weigh food for me before. Initially, they must have thought me a tight person who wants to know value for money, but after telling them I am on a strict diet, they're okay with it. Six months of this and I have noticed there are a lot of compliments all of a sudden and some of my colleagues have started going to the local gym, too, so I get the last laugh (not that I care).

Here's a suggestion - if you're cooking, weigh the ingredients and serve out actual portions, so for example, if you are making a 'serves 4' meal, dish yourself out one quarter of the food and let everybody else go nuts on what is left in the pot. Weighing or measuring ingredients before cooking is somewhat normal behaviour, I think.

If you're eating out or at somebodies house, well, with some experience and practice, you'll get the hang of visually identifying 'a portion'. Asking somebody to serve you a small amount or asking if you can weigh usually leads to a conversation you're not comfortable with, but that's also called accountability and over time, you should be in a position to show that you were 'right' all along. Stick with it if it's good for you.

Finally, if your boyfriend/family/mother doesn't get it, you can be blunt and tell them it's something you want to do and it hurts nobody. My flatmate used to giggle when she caught me weighing snacks, now she struggles to compliment my achievements because, I guess, pride is hard thing to swallow.

TL;DR - just keep being you.

My boyfriend is the one who cooks, and was a bit annoyed when I asked him to start weighing the food, but does it on most days now.
Fortunatly a lot of our food is pre packaged, so often I assume I ate half of it. (Which will probably be a slight overestimation, but I'm not too concerned)

FitnessTrainer69 wrote: »

My wife and children used to make fun of me too, until I lost all my weight and achieved a nice body. Now my wife is more open to using a scale from time to time. Be yourself, you shouldn't have to hide who you are. How else are you suppose to know exactly what's going on with your diet? The only person that can change you is you

Absolutely this. DH thought I was finally going absolutely nuts and I could tell he was really concerned. Until I lost the weight. And then he was diagnosed with high blood pressure, and now he weighs his food also to track sodium and potassium intake.. Go figure. Just do it. After a few days, he'll be used to it.

JoRocka wrote: »

how long have you all been dating? This is such a none issue- I can't possibly understand why you would feel uncomfortable. It's just data.

I mean- I brought a food scale home and just started using it- we don't live together- but he was there before the food scale and barely batted an eye at it when I started using it.

He didn't even care when I took it with me to the damn restaurant. (which I have done more than once)

it's science. So if he gives you *kitten* just say Bro- do you even science- and go back to eating.

such a none issue- it shouldn't even register.

I agree with this. Just curious if you use it when he cooks too?