What to do when skinny husband gets skinnier?
#11
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Join Date: Jun 2010
Location: Cincinnati, OH
Posts: 143
Breakfast
4 eggs 25.1
Protein shake 19.8
Oatmeal 8
Lunch
Tuna and vegetables 54.6
Afternoon snack
Turkey pepperoni 8
Cheese 6
Greek Yogurt 14
Supper
Various 20-30g
That puts me at about 150-160g of protein a day. Not hard really. Just takes some preparation.
A rule of thumb is to recalculate calorie requirements every 5LB lose.
#12
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Join Date: Sep 2012
Posts: 8
I have a naturally thin husband, too. The "personal life" is better when there's a little more meat on the bones, and I've told him that (nicely and with appropriate timing). I try to keep ice cream in the house; in flavors that he likes and aren't really my favorites.
#13
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Join Date: Nov 2012
Posts: 4
I have a naturally thin husband, too. The "personal life" is better when there's a little more meat on the bones, and I've told him that (nicely and with appropriate timing). I try to keep ice cream in the house; in flavors that he likes and aren't really my favorites.
But really I thought what you said about the "personal" life was cute, as I totally agree.
#14
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Join Date: Jun 2011
Posts: 443
Why would you introduce junk food back into the house? That makes absolutely no sense at all to me! Are you not aware there are higher calorie foods that are healthy? What about avocados? What about nuts? What about mango? What about having them eat an extra sweet potato at dinner (roughly 300 calories per potato). You're not thinking this through and you're just setting them up to be unhealthy by giving them junk food. Junk food should be a very occasional treat, not something eaten on a regular basis.
#15
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Join Date: Dec 2013
Posts: 18
You might find adding fat to your diet makes you lose more - Fat keeps your body energized and feeling satiated. Pasta is a lot more likely to make you gain weight than a chicken leg with the skin, and you may find you are not stalling so much.
That is not to say you want to go overboard - but high fat, high protein foods (lentils with butter, chicken with the skin, organic peanut butter on apples, veggies cooked in olive oil ect) May make your system less sluggish and get you back on the horse.
That is not to say you want to go overboard - but high fat, high protein foods (lentils with butter, chicken with the skin, organic peanut butter on apples, veggies cooked in olive oil ect) May make your system less sluggish and get you back on the horse.