Starving DH to death...........
My poor honey is really being awesome through the weightloss surgery. He's exercising with me daily, being sure i have everything i need to eat drink etc. He's 200% there with me through this. No junk or trigger foods in the house. We are working this as a team.
There's just one problem i feel bad about. THe man has lost 6lbs in the 3.5 weeks since my surgery. I dont get hungry, and when i eat its very little and mushys, so were crock potting , or pudding stuff like that. Trouble is hes starving !!!! Bless his heart, i had a not so good pouch day yesterday it was kinda tender and sore so i basically just drank my protein shakes, drank my liquids, utilized slider foods etc. This is an example day. Well were walking and he gets the shakes. Bless his heart he hadnt eat all day, where we hdnt cooked anything. THe deal is i cook and he cleans the kitchen. I have been slack on my end of the deal. Anyone else going through this?
I know sandwiches are an option for him, but in his previous marriage she NEVER cooked and he survived off of turkey sandwiches 75% of the time and 25% off of take out.
Sweet man that he is he hasnt complained and is going to hit onederlan long before i do!!!!!! lol
He is 6ft and 200lbs and said he wanted to get back down to 185 anyway, but i dont think he had planned on doing it now.
There's just one problem i feel bad about. THe man has lost 6lbs in the 3.5 weeks since my surgery. I dont get hungry, and when i eat its very little and mushys, so were crock potting , or pudding stuff like that. Trouble is hes starving !!!! Bless his heart, i had a not so good pouch day yesterday it was kinda tender and sore so i basically just drank my protein shakes, drank my liquids, utilized slider foods etc. This is an example day. Well were walking and he gets the shakes. Bless his heart he hadnt eat all day, where we hdnt cooked anything. THe deal is i cook and he cleans the kitchen. I have been slack on my end of the deal. Anyone else going through this?
I know sandwiches are an option for him, but in his previous marriage she NEVER cooked and he survived off of turkey sandwiches 75% of the time and 25% off of take out.
Sweet man that he is he hasnt complained and is going to hit onederlan long before i do!!!!!! lol
He is 6ft and 200lbs and said he wanted to get back down to 185 anyway, but i dont think he had planned on doing it now.
I cook several meals on Sundays. My son and husband are eating the same things I do, only more. We had both quit smoking several years ago and hubby put on 30lbs, so he is taking it off now. My son is 23 and works out and said this is GREAT!!! He said "I sure am glad you got that by-pass, mom"! LOL! My family has been nothing, but supportive. My sister is getting sleeved as I write this. I am going to the hospital right after work. Her daughter is keeping me posted. Cook together
"Patience is bitter, but the fruit can be sweet." 
My kids are starving or so they claim.. pre op we ate dinner together every night, post op.. I HATE cooking and I hate eating it so I am down to cooking like 2-3 nights a week the rest of the time I tell them to fend for themselves. Before you feel too badly they are 18, 14 and 12 so it's not like they can't make themselves something but I can tell it really bothers them that we don't have the family dinners all the time and they are tired of cereal, bagels or frozen crap for dinner and they won't eat left overs.. I told them it's the perfect time for them to start learning to cook! I'm hoping my aversion to cooking goes away but right now.. blech I hate the thought of it!
I think family dinners are a really good thing because it brings the whole family together, gives you time to talk, etc. If you don't like cooking, that doesn't mean you can't have family dinners.
What about assigning each family member one or two days a week that they are in charge of dinner? That's what we did in my house when my nephew was living here. He was 15 and he really liked to cook. Once a week, over dinner, I would ask my nephew and my partner what days they wanted to cook the following week. They each had to take two days and I did the other three. Then I'd ask them what they wanted to cook and make a menu. Sometimes we would request that someone cooke a favorite dish - like, my partner really loved my nephew's meatloaf so sometimes he would ask if he would make that on one his days. Whoever cooked also had to clean up that night.
Your younger kids could make something simple like sandwiches on their nights, although you could also be available to help them learn how to cook other things.
What about assigning each family member one or two days a week that they are in charge of dinner? That's what we did in my house when my nephew was living here. He was 15 and he really liked to cook. Once a week, over dinner, I would ask my nephew and my partner what days they wanted to cook the following week. They each had to take two days and I did the other three. Then I'd ask them what they wanted to cook and make a menu. Sometimes we would request that someone cooke a favorite dish - like, my partner really loved my nephew's meatloaf so sometimes he would ask if he would make that on one his days. Whoever cooked also had to clean up that night.
Your younger kids could make something simple like sandwiches on their nights, although you could also be available to help them learn how to cook other things.
Kelly
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