He wants to gain, I want to lose. How can I make meals for that meet both of our needs??

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  • MHarper522
    MHarper522 Posts: 108 Member
    edited October 2018
    It's not necessarily about larger portions of everything just different proportions. Say you make a calorie dense food (meat, pasta, etc.) and a low calorie side (roasted veggies, salad, etc.), his meal should have a larger proportion of the meat and smaller of the veggies, the opposite of yours. Or add another easily made in batch calorie dense side (bread, rice) for his that you won't eat with yours.
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    edited October 2018
    I mean it depends what types of things you have for dinner, but my husband eats like 3x as much as I do and I usually just try to fill up on vegetables so I can eat less of the other parts of the meal, and he fills up on, well,everything including big portions of the carby sides like potato, etc. your husband can also have a glass of whole milk if he’s into that. Plus he has all day to eat snacks and a bigger lunch and breakfast.
  • perkymommy
    perkymommy Posts: 1,642 Member
    kkell2017 wrote: »
    So basically, my husband has been going to the gym, eating more calories, mass gainer etc, and he wants to gain weight (healthy weight). Meanwhile I am trying to lose weight. This makes it difficult sometime for me when I want to cook dinner and the recipes I use is mainly low calorie, low carb etc. I know it doesn’t bother him, but I also want him to reach his goals as well as I want to reach mine.
    Does any one have any tips, advice or thoughts on how I can make this work for both of our goals?

    Thanks in advance!

    He just needs to eat more of what he wants to eat. He can also fix his own stuff aside from yours and eat it if needed. My husband doesn't want to lose and will oftentimes eat something totally different than I or the kids are eating.
  • jgnatca
    jgnatca Posts: 14,464 Member
    Fats have twice the calories per gram than either protein or carb.

    Different portioning has been mentioned. You will have more veggies on your plate.

    I suggest you add more fat to your meals and just feed yourself small sad portions that fit your calorie goal. This could mean adding a couple tablespoons of olive oil to your sauces. Fill in around it with vegetables for yourself.

    I suggest he pick whole milk as his beverage of choice more often. Add cream to his coffee. I suggest a hearty dinner as it is really his “break-fast” meal.

    I suggest he carry snacks with him at all times which could be energy bars, cheese slices, hikers mix, beef jerky or nuts of all kinds.
  • Tic78
    Tic78 Posts: 232 Member
    Tell him to make his own dinner, job done 😆
  • sardelsa
    sardelsa Posts: 9,812 Member
    Larger portions for him, more snacks (like nuts, dried fruit, granola), smoothies, also add ons.. if you are having tacos for example, you can have yours in a lettuce wrap and go light on the calorie dense toppings, on his he can load it up.. tortillas, rice, guac, cheese, chipotle mayo, etc.
  • dragon_girl26
    dragon_girl26 Posts: 2,187 Member
    sardelsa wrote: »
    Larger portions for him, more snacks (like nuts, dried fruit, granola), smoothies, also add ons.. if you are having tacos for example, you can have yours in a lettuce wrap and go light on the calorie dense toppings, on his he can load it up.. tortillas, rice, guac, cheese, chipotle mayo, etc.

    ^^this

    Another option for you, especially if making high calorie options for him at dinnertime would be also tempting for you, would be to save the bulk of your calories for dinner and eat lighter throughout the day.

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