Where does he put it all?!?

vegasvisitor

sassyblue wrote: »

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.

I was going to suggest flapjacks. Quite cheap to make with cheap porridge oats. Could you make a big tray and freeze them and get him to eat those instead of biscuits.

I agree, the calorie intake sounds huge, but then I don't know how much of that he's burning off at work. We spend about £50 at Tesco for 2 of us, plus we go to Lidl for some soft drinks etc and spend about another £10 in there. We're vegetarian though, which I expect is cheaper, but maybe less filling.

You could also try wholewheat pasta and other low GI foods.

rosered1963

Hi OP.

My husband eats even more than your man. He is 6'2" of solid muscle and never puts weight on. He is 12 and and half stone. Doctor has said he is A1 fit. He eats like a family of four.

I spend a lot more than you do on food for two of us. I do most of the cooking and cook from scratch to save money. I also make large pies to have in the fridge as the bought pies and pasties were getting so expensive (3 or 4 at once!). However, if I were to try to persuade him to eat bowls of pasta salad and brown rice and nuts instead, he wouldn't eat that.

You rman is young and I do believe that he can eat that much and not put on weight. Men that age are often BMWs to run - I am a woman and older and reckon I need only 1200 calories a day or I put on weight. - I am unfortunately a Fiat 500 Young men are quite different especially if doing manual work.

I am overweight myself so it amazes me that my husband can eat so much food (and rubbish) yet not put fat on externally or internally. But it's true. My Dad was the same when I was a kid - he ate a loaf of jam and bread after his dinner every night! Now at over 80, it's hard to get him to have a bowl of soup. A good appetite is a blessing.

claire16c

Cherry_Bomb wrote: »

But you can't go from eating 4 bags of crisps to being fed on fruit and nuts. If you're so intent on improving your OHs diet then do it gradually and not make it so obvious!

In the last month I've cut out carbs and sugars. I've gone through what's called carb flu. It actually left me feeling like complete !!!!!!. My jobs physical and I barely made it through the withdrawals. If he's a typical bloke eating his body weight in junk daily then cutting out the crap is going to be very difficult and it will affect him which isn't fair unless he's actually agreed to this change.

There is a difference between changing the snacks you eat compared to your entire diet. Changing from crisps to something healthy would only be a good thing.

What if he wants to change?

Bangton

I don't think £100 a week is necessary for 2 people and a dog. My partner and I spend £70 on average and he is a large, muscular bloke.

Your partner seems to snack alot on an evening which I reckon is to do with habit over hunger considering what he ate for tea.

My partner and I have found we have been able to keep our food budget down with a combination of shopping at Aldi (for fruit and veg) and Sainsburys for the remainder of our shop. I do buy packs of chocolate/crisps but once they have gone they have gone and I would not go back to the supermarket mid week. If it were me I'd do a shopping list weekly and if things rang out through eating for the sake of eating I'd let him go to the supermarket with his own cash to stock up! Harsh but living with a bloke myself I don't think anyone 'needs' to eat as much as he is.