Meals for two - just divide calories?

EmmaR31
EmmaR31 Posts: 184
edited September 28 in Food and Nutrition
If I make a meal, for example an omelette for myself and hubby to share, is it right to just divide the calories in half? Including the olive oil used for cooking?

Thanks!

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  • Papillon22
    Papillon22 Posts: 1,160 Member
    That's what I do.
  • purplepollypops
    purplepollypops Posts: 323 Member
    Yeah, I do exactly the same :happy:
  • EmmaR31
    EmmaR31 Posts: 184
    Thanks! I think I was just overthinking it, what if he gets more mushrooms, I get more cheese, lol :)
  • talysshade
    talysshade Posts: 273 Member
    Haha, i do it that way, too. Yes, there'll be minor differences.. but really, do you think you burn EXACLTY the same amount of calories each day, too? it's all an estimate, but it works.
  • Sparrow_Feet
    Sparrow_Feet Posts: 76 Member
    Only if you divide the meal 50/50! :wink:

    My boyfriend has a bigger appetite and calorie allowance than me so we'd split 60/40 for example.
  • Lovelystrumpet
    Lovelystrumpet Posts: 44
    Haha I have this issue, when he's at mine and I cook, I split the food 60/40 or maybe say if we have roast dinner, give him potatoes and me have extra veg instead, or pasta and he'll have garlic bread and I won't....but when I'm at his he serves exactly 50/50 and it's so yummy looking and I always thinks it looks bad if I leave some! It's ok eating less if what is on my plate is less, but if I get the same as him and his family it's more obvious I'm not eating it!
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