Anyone find this easier when they're single?

I find it helps to whip myself up a big salad or steamed vegetables and start with that, and then have a small portion of the elaborate dinner my partner cooks up. When he starts snacking, get up and make yourself a cup of tea - point is, don't just gaze at what he's eating or have four sad bites, get something else filling and healthful into your hands and munch on that.

I've been married for 5 years, and we lived together for a year before that. I'll admit that about half the time we make separate dinners. He's not willing to eat what I cook for the most part, and I'm not willing to be fat.

So yes, it was WAY easier single. I still him though!

Oh my god, YES. When my boyfriend goes on his business trips, I am near perfect with my eating and my exercising, because I don't have to worry about what he wants to eat. He's so very anti-veggies, it makes mealtime really really not fun for me, so I just end up eating whatever it is he wants. Even if it's in a smaller portion, I know it's not all that great. I kinda wish he'd go on a longer trip lately! LOL

Yes! I started trying to lose weight when I was in a relationship but my boyfriend was a cook which spelled trouble for me. Now that I'm single I have a lot more control about what I eat and am not tempted by those around me.

with my ex yes it was easier he wuud always tell me how this and tht ws bad ttht i was doing and fattening food galore he didnt wnt me to lose though. now my fiance is on here and i find it easier actually cuz he is supportive and im supportive and we r doing it together and challenging eachother

Do you cook? What about trying to make healthy things for dinners? There are some awesome recipes these days to where the person eating it has NO idea it's low-fat.

My favs are:

skinnytaste.com
canyoustayfordinner.com

Hope this helps!

I know exactly how you feel, my husband is the type who can eat ANYTHING and not gain a pound whereas I look at something and gain 10 lbs. He has learned to eat healthy with me because I ate unhealthy with him since we met lol. It's hard not to give into temptation because he snack all the time, but I just keep thinking that I have come this far, giving in would be a set back. I also agree with Melissa, snack on healthy stuff, eat a salad before hand, ect. It gets easier! Good luck!

Your going to have to break that habit or have him make things that accommodate both of you. I had an ex girl friend who (and I didnt realize this till after we broke up), unknowingly tired to keep up with me when it came to eating. She didn't know why she did it but just did because I had the food and I ate a lot. She gain a lot a weight during that time frame but it also didn't help that I was not eating healthy either.

My ex- BF used to use MFP and I thought it would be easy because we were both watching our calories and trying to lose weight but our methods of how we went about meeting our goals for the day were very different. He would eat very little all day and make pretty much anything he wanted for dinner because he would exerise and have 3000 calories to use. I would pace myself and try to spread my consumption more evenly throughout the day. It took me all of last year to finally separate myself from the "all {of us}" mind set. All of us succeed or all of us fail mind-set. I was sabataging myself over and over I would be super focussed and disciplined at work (where none of my co-worker care what I've made myself for lunch) and I'd leave work and head home where my boyfriend and kids would pick apart my plan (the menu) to the point where they'd make me so frustrated that I'd just whip out my debit card and head off to the drive-thru. I'm not doing that anymore. I was trying to help all of us eat healthy. This year I've started telling everyone I'mm making what I'm making and if they don't like it they are old enough to cook for themselves. What I'm finding is that they will b*tch they don't want it/they don't like this or that and by the time I'm done cooking they are standing with plates and forks at attention. I guess even "less than desirable [to them]" menu is still better than doing the actual work of planning and cooking a meal themselves LOL

Oi, Careful what you say Lawnbfrench!!! lol, but I do agree, we eat healthier and drink less when we are apart. :-))

Curious...seeing all these posts...I specifically said to my fiance. " I need your help and support"
Now that is love...

As it should be... my husband and I do this for each other. Sometimes you just have to ask, I guess.

Yes my boyfriend constantly tells me to eat more! It's annoying as I'm eating the right mount of calories just healthier choices! He's healthy too but bigger meals, very carby. He hates that I calorie count too. It's irritating I'm finding I'm doing it in secret now whereas I shouldn't! :-G

Its much harder if the couple doesnt support each other. With only 18 years of marital bliss so far, were convinced that we each have to allow each other to be a little bit selfish in this area if we want to get fit even if we try to be unselfish in everything else.

My hubby is six foot two and as thin as a rail... he literally can eat ANYTHING!! It is so unfair... I've gained forty pounds cause of all of the fast food and unhealthy eating we have done together, while he has managed to stay at exactly the same weight. These past two weeks it has been a hard adjustment to having to make two meals, especially since I LOVE to cook, but he won't touch vegetables or healthy foods, so I will have to find some sort of balance eventually...