im the only one:(

Are you planning to eat separate meals for the next 50 years? If not, don't do it now. Barring medical necessity, there's no reason to make separate meals.

I understand you except it's more of everyone around me eats poorly. It's hard, for instance, doing family meals when they mainly consist of rice and gravy lol. You opt for mostly salad and people are like EAT MORE.

Maybe you can slowly incorporate a healthy cooking style that everyone loves?

I'm the only one in our household trying to lose weight, (not that I'm the only overweight person). I don't eat different meals to anybody else, I just try to make smarter choices. I'm not so strict about low carb, however, I'd rather skip the bread and have extra filling. Or if it's a roast dinner maybe have a small potato so as not to feel deprived but have more of the meat and veg. It's been okay so far. And I want to be in this for the long run, so I'm trying to eat how I intend to continue from now on end.

I have two little kids too. One is only 2 years and the other 10 months. So I'm trying to implement a balanced diet on them too. It can't be fair to eat sensibly myself and then to give them anything that I'm not going to let past my lips.

It is a struggle with willpower sometimes. But you just gotta work through it. I even have treats as long as they fit my daily goal.

I hear ya. My boyfriend is a 6'5 naturally strong and fit guy who eats whatever he wants. I just know to eat half of what he eats and exercise. I went gluten free almost 2 years ago as well so I cook around that. He doesn't mind at all. Even all out healthy meals he doesn't complain. He can always make it more satisfying for him with condiments and cheese. You can do this, even if your husband isn't. Willpower will be tested but you can eat food and lose weight, low cal diets aren't good for our bodies. Check out eat more to weigh less.

I just change the portions of food. For example, let's say I'm making chicken alfredo for dinner:

Everyone gets noodles & sauce & chicken & veggies. I dish myself less noodles & more chicken and weigh the sauce. I dish myself a lot more veggies. We are all still eating the same foods, but I have higher portions of protein & veg and a smaller portion of carbs & fats.

The same can be done for tons of meals. If we are having tacos, I'll put my taco meat in a salad instead of in a shell.

I'm the only one in my house trying to lose weight also. Since I only eat dinner at home M-F I make sure I have enough calories to accommodate what the hubs cooks at night. I make sure to weigh/measure whatever I'm eating when he cooks dinner.

Also, you can eat bread, pasta, etc & still lose weight.

I cook and eat with my husband and 12yr old son: pasta, burgers, etc. I just make sure to fill on salad and fruits, which they're happy cuz more leftovers for them.

ghoti_fish wrote: »

This thread makes me appreciate my husband A LOT! He has used mfp in the past so understands what I'm trying to do but is not currently fussed about losing weight himself. Plus he is taller than me and more active so can eat way more.
BUT he does pretty much all of the cooking in our house (evening meals); comes to get my phone, weighs and logs everything he cooks for me and just puts more on his own plate. If we're having bread or something calorie dense he will check that I'm ok with how much he's giving so I dont get a shock with the calories - I'd never realised quite how luck I am until reading things like this!
AND I'm vegetarian and he's not so sometimes he cooks two separate things! Most of the time he eats veggie though

He sounds like an absolute diamond!

I make the same meals for everyone but I leave out certain bits of the meal on mine and my hubbies plates. Say I'm making home made turkey cheese burgers. I'll serve ours without a bun but with more garlic fried mushrooms and sweet potato chips. If it is pizza, we eat 1/4 and have it with salad.
You need to make this fit for life, it shouldn't be really hard work to prepare your meals.

Same as many in this thread, I am the only one trying to lose weight. Me and my partner we both cook, he does not take into consideration my calories intake so when he cooks, I eat less (if packed with calories ) but I don't cook different meals often. I try to cook healthy food, and measure what goes in my plate.
For me personally it's not just only about losing weight, I'm looking also into eating healthy as I want a change in lifestyle, but yes, you still can loose weight eating most of what you want, just watch the amount.

I make meals that have separate components that can be linked together. So if we're having spaghetti bol, I make pasta and mince for dh, a veggie sauce for both of us, courgette noodles for me. Pretty straightforward really. I very rarely make 2 completely separate meals, and when I do it's because one of us is eating something convenience -y

ghoti_fish wrote: »

andrikosDE wrote: »

ghoti_fish wrote: »

This thread makes me appreciate my husband A LOT!

Well, I do hope he knows he's appreciated. To me appreciation Is worth way more than anything material.

I showed this thread to him. His response (which echoes the thougts of all members of my family) was "haven't you done well for yourself!"
He is a diamond.... A very smug diamond.

Awesome. Everyone loves a hard working smartass. I speak from personal experience.

There's so many good recipes on pintrest . Low carb, paleo, low fat, pressure cooker , crock pot , etc. I swear by pintrest to keep it new and fresh every week