change in hubby - long post
MEN DON'T THINK!! jeez is this the Ontario Women's forum? LOL Sounds to me like hubby's been very supportive.. and is maybe just ready to relax a bit now that you are a normal weight.
We all have red flag foods.. the stuff that we just CAN NOT resist.. In my previous diets, I have purged the house of every snack food. (very frustrating for my 5 teenage sons.. and my slim wife).
Now I try to isolate the particular red flag foods that I simply can't resist. I figure it's unfair to them to restrict every single snack food.. when they don't have an eating problem. Incidentally.. even in my "snack free house" I could still find stuff to pig out on, if I fell off the wagon.. spoon fulls of peanut butter, bread with butter and jam, etc.. I once even dug out an old bag of popcorn kernels.. and cooked them the old fashioned way (in a pot with oil).. The kids were bug eyed.. never ever imagining you you could cook popcorn any other way than in a microwave!!
Another solution was to buy the snack food for a particular occasion.. (We also used to "pig out" during Survivor).. hmmm don't know why.. although it's sure a lot easier to munch on chips and crap when those contestants are swallowing sticky rice, or worse (worms and bugs).. To be honest... I never felt comfortable munching away while watching (the biggest loser) lol So.. for Survivor night.. we'd have pizza, or chips, or what ever snack.. but it all had to be consumed that night.. I usually prepared some other diet snack.. and didn't find it TOO terrible to watch the other's eat.. What was more difficult was being home alone and knowing there were cookies, or chips, etc in the "snack drawer".
Maybe it's time to identify the foods that are "crack" to you and vehemently bane them. (mmm scones) BUT at the risk of being yelled at.... maybe let some of those foods that your husband enjoys back into the house and carefully learn to deal with them now that you are well on your way to learning how to manage eating with a smaller stomach and your new way of looking at food.
Just my 2 cents
John
We all have red flag foods.. the stuff that we just CAN NOT resist.. In my previous diets, I have purged the house of every snack food. (very frustrating for my 5 teenage sons.. and my slim wife).
Now I try to isolate the particular red flag foods that I simply can't resist. I figure it's unfair to them to restrict every single snack food.. when they don't have an eating problem. Incidentally.. even in my "snack free house" I could still find stuff to pig out on, if I fell off the wagon.. spoon fulls of peanut butter, bread with butter and jam, etc.. I once even dug out an old bag of popcorn kernels.. and cooked them the old fashioned way (in a pot with oil).. The kids were bug eyed.. never ever imagining you you could cook popcorn any other way than in a microwave!!
Another solution was to buy the snack food for a particular occasion.. (We also used to "pig out" during Survivor).. hmmm don't know why.. although it's sure a lot easier to munch on chips and crap when those contestants are swallowing sticky rice, or worse (worms and bugs).. To be honest... I never felt comfortable munching away while watching (the biggest loser) lol So.. for Survivor night.. we'd have pizza, or chips, or what ever snack.. but it all had to be consumed that night.. I usually prepared some other diet snack.. and didn't find it TOO terrible to watch the other's eat.. What was more difficult was being home alone and knowing there were cookies, or chips, etc in the "snack drawer".
Maybe it's time to identify the foods that are "crack" to you and vehemently bane them. (mmm scones) BUT at the risk of being yelled at.... maybe let some of those foods that your husband enjoys back into the house and carefully learn to deal with them now that you are well on your way to learning how to manage eating with a smaller stomach and your new way of looking at food.
Just my 2 cents
John
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