Thread: Hubby wants to lose some weight

Alot of cops eat out on their lunch breaks together. Most of them don't take their lunch because they have nowhere to store it that will be easily accessible when they happen to get their signal 5. If they are on a call at what would normally be their lunch break, they have to wait. So packing lunch is almost impossible. Finding healthy alternatives for eating out IS a possibility though.

If he's a focus oriented type of guy, get him on using LoseIt (google it). He can put in his weight goals, and log his food daily to find out if he's over or under his needed calories. Also, increase protein and fiber and decreasing sugar (all sugar), fat (not ALL fat) and carbs (not ALL carbs). If youre the cook in the household, start researching online healthy recipes. AllRecipes is great for that because you can type in an ingredient you have (i.e. chicken) and find all sorts of recipes and their nutrition facts.

Make less. Cut your serving sizes down to two. Most people cook WAY too much food. And if you do cook too much, put the extra in tupperware containers and tell him they are leftovers for tomorrow. No seconds. No desserts.

The running will be really good for you too. Just don't overdo it.

I woke hubby up this morning;

me: wake up it's time to go jogging
hubby: what time is it
me: 4:05 AM
hubby: go away
me: you wanted to lose weight, get up and go jogging
hubby: you can't go jogging you have blisters on your feet
me: you will jog I will watch
hubby: do you want to have sex

So he didn't go jogging this morning. I did cut back on his breakfast, 2 eggs rather than 3, one slice of cheese rather that 2 in his omelet. Only 2 slices of toast. I think he left for work a little hungry, I only hope he don't make up for it at lunch.

Hubby weighed this morning, he had lost 4 pounds in one week. I realize part of the loss could be normal day to day variation but it was good news. One bad thing about his diet is that I have lost weight too. I weighed in at 97 pounds so I'll have to start eating more when he is not home.

He said he had cut down on lunches and I have been cutting down on his meals at home. He has only gone jogging 2 times, once with me.

This morning I fixed him steak salad for breakfast. It had lots of baby spinach, cold beef steak cubes and blueberries with balsamic vinegar and olive oil dressing (light on the olive oil.) I also gave him a toasted whole wheat sandwich thin. I figure it was about half the calories of his normal breakfast.

Since he seemed to like the salad for breakfast, anyone have any salad recipes that would be good for breakfast?