Meals for opposite diets!

jnjbowles
jnjbowles Posts: 2 Member
edited 3:42AM in Food and Nutrition
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
    sarah44254 Posts: 3,078 Member
    What if you ate the same meal but gave larger portions to them, and smaller to you?
  • MakePeasNotWar
    MakePeasNotWar Posts: 1,329 Member
    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
    jnjbowles Posts: 2 Member
    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
    abatonfan Posts: 1,120 Member
    Could you throw extra butter/oil/cheese/etc into their dishes once you portion everything out?
  • supersocks117
    supersocks117 Posts: 169 Member
    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
    jnewell9 Posts: 31 Member
    I would consider adding a couple calorie/nutrient rich snacks into their diets. Nuts or trail mix for example.
  • Timelordlady85
    Timelordlady85 Posts: 797 Member
    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
    Carnivor0us Posts: 1,752 Member
    I would include more protein-rich meals, that can satisfy everyone's needs, and you just take a bit less.
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