Meals for opposite diets!

I'm a busy mom of 4 and while I am needing to lose weight, my boys and hubby are trying to gain weight! How can I make it easy instead of seperate meals? Anyone else with this scenario?

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sarah44254

What if you ate the same meal but gave larger portions to them, and smaller to you?

MakePeasNotWar

My husband and I have about a 500 calorie difference in our requirements, so I generally take larger portions of salad and veggies and give him larger portions of everything else. He also has Clif bars that he eats between meals.

jnjbowles

That is my starting point but they really need calorie rich foods. Which I don't! Just looking for other ideas. Like serving them a bunned burger n fries and myself a bun less and salad.

abatonfan

Could you throw extra butter/oil/cheese/etc into their dishes once you portion everything out?

supersocks117

DH is bigger than me, but trying to lose weight, but hopefully this still works (he needs 2800 calories to my 1800).

First off, we all do breakfast on our own. Lunch is leftovers or again on our own - DD has her biggest meals then, whole milk yogurt at breakfast, PB and Nutella or Mac and Cheese for lunch. Snacks for her are higher calorie.
At dinner, DD gets a good sized portion if she wants it - but something balanced. Kids, imo, need to eat variety, until they are full, unless they have some medical reason to gain a spurt will happen eventually. (My 2 year old has been on a 10th percentile curve for a year and a half, I don't give her lowfat, but I don't try to make her gain) LO might get more butter, noodles, etc.
Hubby eats a double portion (or so) of whatever healthy stuff we are eating - if I eat 4 oz of chicken and 1 cup of veggies, he might eat more like 6 oz + 2 cups of veggies. LO might eat dessert. Hubby might have another snack before bed. We might eat something higher calorie for dinner and I might take a half portion then eat a low cal snack later.

jnewell9

I would consider adding a couple calorie/nutrient rich snacks into their diets. Nuts or trail mix for example.

Timelordlady85

I do those things, make my kids regular calorie foods like sandwiches with bread and such and just make mine without the bread, if i make them pasta, I don't eat any and eat a bigger portion of meat or veggies.

Carnivor0us

I would include more protein-rich meals, that can satisfy everyone's needs, and you just take a bit less.