"Sherry" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:My husband has decided to go LC with me, a choice about which I'm
thrilled.
He doesn't have a whole lot of weight to lose, but has a job where he's on
his feet all night, walks miles and miles using heavy floor-maintaining
equipment and has been having problems with his legs (soft tissue), knees
and feet (joints). While I like my men "cuddly" rather than skinny or
muscle-y, I think that he'll have an easier time if he drops a little
weight...40 lbs maybe? Anyway, now I'm thinking about what to pack in his
lunches.
He works nights, and likes a variety of foods in his lunch which he
divides
among his breaks and his lunchtime. My considerations are that (a) he
doesn't like raw vegetables or salads, (b) he hates standing in line
waiting
for his turn at the microwave, since he's on his feet all night, walking
many miles operating heavy equipment - he just wants to sit when he has
the
chance, and (c) eggs don't agree with him.
So far what I'm coming up with are LC soups in a thermos; cold chicken;
meat/egg salads; dips w/ pork rinds (wish he'd eat raw veggies); protein
shakes in a shaker bottle that he can just add water; string cheese
sticks.
A lot of the things that are my mainstays, like salads, lettuce wraps, raw
veggies/dip, and hard-boiled eggs, aren't an option for him, so I'll have
to
be a bit creative maybe...but in the end I believe it will be worth it.
He
is in SO MUCH pain that he lives on ibuprofen and walks with a cane much
of
the time, and anything that will help him have a more normal life when
he's
not at work will be worth the effort. I'm totally crazy about him and
hate
to see him in pain.
I didn't adhere strictly to Atkin's induction for the first 2 weeks and
probably won't worry about it much for hubby either, in the interest of
being able to provide a greater variety for him. I think once he stops
drinking his 2-liter bottle of pop every night (he gets really thirsty),
that alone will help, along with the severe reduction in carbs. The night
shift thread has been very helpful and enlightening also!
By default, our 14YO daughter will be eating LC also, since there won't be
any carby foods in the house now. She doesn't have a weight issue but
eating only veggies, meats, dairy, and some fruit certainly won't hurt her
any 🙂. So I won't have to be doing 2 kinds of grocery shopping either...
Anyway...I'm off to do some more googling 🙂.
--
Sherry
360/?/195
LC since 4/4/05
My LC Journey - www.livejournal.com/users/ShrinkingSherry
My husband went LC and lost 30lbs (kept it off too) and he was not super
strict either. He would sometimes have pizza on a saturday. Have his burger
on top of 1 slice of whole wheat bread - stuff like that. I don't think he
gave up the ketchup even!
We found that he could eat a sandwich using a thin wrap or even a pita once
a week. He cut out sugar & milk, switched to diet sodas, quit caffiene and
really limits his bread but has some brown rice with dinner sometimes.
Your husband sounds like a junk food guy so making these kinds of changes
will help him feel better and lose weight.
He can also ween toward LC by not going into it fully at first. Give him
cold cuts in a wrap, or cold chicken w/veggies or a small salad that's not
just some iceburg lettuce & cucmbers. See if he likes things like arugala,
escarole, collard greens, dandelion - these things have alot of flavor and
he can invent dressings too! I like a cold mexcian salad with grilled
chicken, sour cream, avocado and hot sauce!! That's a manly salad, no?
And nuts are a great work snack. I buy a big box of individually portioned
peanuts or cashews at the warehouse stores (BJs or Costco or whatever you
have) and send them to wrok with my husband.
Good luck - keep us posted!
