Where does he put it all?!?

jenhug

have you had his thyroid checked?

coinxoperated

We tried him buying food as he seems to enjoy it more and eats less if he buys it daily! For some reason he finds buying from greggs or similar more filling. Again, I was happy to do this... Until he started taking a packed lunch as listed above AND buying greggs food! It just all seems excessive!

I've noticed he eats very quickly. Sometimes I feel hes in a race for how much food he an shovel in before the timer goes! He'll finish his dinner and walk straight into the kitchen and eat whatever he can see. He generally won't stop until either I get fed up with him shovelling all the nice things in his mouth for 2 hours after dinner or gets indigestion.

Surely I'm not the only one who has been frustrated with this type of thing?

Am I being 'tight' by allocating us £60 a week for food? Should I focus on increasing that? I'm so used to living as cheap as possible, I've forgotten that sometimes you need to spend the gain.

coinxoperated

jenhug wrote: »

have you had his thyroid checked?

No - but other than being hungry he otherwise is fine?

browneyedbazzi

My partner is a bottomless pit too but that's because he's very active and he needs the fuel - I don't begrudge him anything he eats and I'm often thankful that he's around to finish off my meals so food doesn't go to waste!

I spend about £200 per month on groceries for two of us and I cook everything from scratch (except bread - I buy the in store baked stuff). Instead of buying cheap processed ham I'll buy and roast a joint or a turkey breast to slice up for sandwiches - it's a bit more work but the cost is often less and the meat is all meat instead of being packed full of water (so it's more filling). I also pad out meals with vegetables as much as possible. For snacks I buy nuts/seeds and make high energy things to keep him going...I don't think a packet of crisps would touch the sides but an oaty flapjack made with seeds and pureed fruit is healthy and filling. I think junk/processed food is more expensive and less filling than real food.

coinxoperated

As much as I try to focus him on more filling foods, he seems obsessed with all the high calorie empty foods like crisps. It's like banging my head on a brick wall!

sassyblue

I would feel sick just watching him eat 4 chicken kievs, 2 jacket potatoes and the rest!

Where do you shop OP? The supermarket you buy from is key these days. I agree with someone else that its a good budget considering what he's eating.

I could suggest he takes porridge oats or has them for breakfast before he goes to work. They are really easy in a large bowl with milk in the microwave for a couple of minutes, lots of workplaces have microwaves too, they are filling then he could snack on fruit.

Your suggestion of doing a large bowl of pasta (or brown rice) is good, then mix with salad and/or veg.

Dried fruits, flapjacks and nuts are other things l reach for instead of crisps, they're my downfall too.

Turtle

Personally I think that sounds like an enormous amount of food / calories for one person to eat and I'm surprised it only costs what it does. I'd encourage him to get checked out at the dr because I really don't think that's normal.

jayII

Gregs foods are very high fat, energy dense foods. Maybe try including pastries and other high fat foods in his lunch.

Things like home-made cake, flapjacks, sausage rolls, pasties and pies may keep him feeling full for longer. They're not particularly healthy but then his current diet isn't healthy either.

Pigpen has some great ideas too.

Also, does he drink full-fat milk? That would probably fill him more than skimmed or SS.

skivenov

carefullycautious wrote: »

Has he been wormed recently

:rotfl:

I'm like this as well, apart from I don't look remotely muscular or half as strong as I am. The only explanation I can give is fast metabolism, it's a blessing and a curse!

cte1111

6 packets of crisps in a day is a heck of a lot of salt, even before you consider how much else there must be in all the other food (kievs, biscuits, bread, etc.) Not sure how best you deal with it though.

Some of my male friends at university seemed to be bottomless pits, they would always finish off anything the rest of us didn't fancy or eat our puddings if we were full. My flatmate used to take 8 slices of bread for his packed lunch sandwiches, maybe your OH could try eating more sandwiches and fewer crisps. Wholemeal bread might help him feel fuller longer too.

For dinner, adding more vegetables and carbs (potatoes, rice, pasta, noodles, etc) could help fill him up for less money and also hopefully be a bit healthier in the long term.

What about buying a few bags of value fruit with your shop? Then when all the 'nice' food has gone, he has to snack on these, which should help to top him up without being so laden with salt. Raw fruit and veg takes longer to eat too, so can help make you feel more full up because of this.