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Old 10-18-2006, 01:19 PM
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Default Re: My DH eats everything!

Please avoid hotdogs and spam and the like if he already has high cholesterol...

And a 13X9 pan is more than I would eat..which means it is a lot

I would not recomend trying to 'sneak' your husbands helath habits without his knowledge, though I would go for helping him without his express consent...My stock phrase is somehting like 'honey I think we need to work on 'blank'" with blank being a bad habit we both need help on, sometimes I am more in need of it, sometimes him, either way we are in it together.

Now I do not ever recomend telling someone they eat too much..seeing as most people tell me I do But eat too much junk, eat more meat than needed..or eat at the wrong time (should be all day not a huge fill up at dinner) and 'not enough excersize' sounds..bad, but family walk sounds fun..silly stuff like that.

Once you have his knowledge, then go right on ahead and sneak his habits to closer to the ones you want to insitll in your kid, you and your husbands example will mean more for her adult eating than what you allow her to eat now anyway.

Try storeing half the pan for lunch immediatly....when he is done with the other half, offer more veggies, or bread (especially that oatmeal bread considering the cholesterol). BTW try cooking the meal you mentioned with less beef..still should taste great (sounds delicious) but less fat. If his sodium is high you might want to look at frozen veggies instead of canned, though yeah they are more expensive, I know..trust me I know! the more I convince my DH to eat veggies the more I have ot buy! but health is reason to spend

We have our kids alternate, you can have more of anything when you finish the firsts...so more meat or grain requires more veggies..though it is no certain thing weather the veggies are last or the grain...but the point is variety, and they see when Daddy or mommy avoids it..so DH has started to eat more veggies, not just the single serving I put on his plate. been 5 years of that though, his family doesn't even believe in a veggie a meal..so we call it progress!
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