Maybe I just have major only child syndrome, but it drives me *insane* when people mess with my pre-planned/counted/measured foods.
There have been other instances of people messing with my measured portions, but here's my biggest current gripe...I eat air-popped popcorn spritzed with I Can't Believe It's Not Butter spray and sprinkled with cinnamon and a sweetener packet or two (try it, it tastes like Cinnamon Toast Crunch) for my evening snack. I measure exactly 1/4 cup kernels, I log it every single night, and look forward to sitting down to my big bowl of popcorn and watching some shows with the hubs. Every once in awhile, he'll take a handful of my popcorn. This doesn't irk me too much, I often ask him for a nibble of whatever he's eating, so I can't whine. But when one handful turns into two and turns into three and turns into us sharing MY bowl of planned and measured popcorn...that starts makes me crawl in my skin, lol. I watch him shovelling handfulls of MY planned calories into his mouth without abandon. I offer to make him his own bowl of popcorn (I usually offer when I'm making my own anyways). He always just says "nah, I just want a few bites" I ask him if he wants me to get him some other snack. I'll pretend I'm "getting comfy" and move the popcorn to my side and position myself so the bowl is away from him but nothing works, lol. I've explained to him that this is a measured and counted portion of popcorn I made for myself and he just doesn't get it.
I feel like such a spoiled brat who never learned how to share by typing this out, but seriously, it messes with me! I logged those calories, I plan my day around them, I look forward to them. And it's not like I can estimate how many calories he ate, lol. I'd be absolutely thrilled to get up and make him his own bowl of popcorn.
Make two bowls so you know exactly what you are eating. Ask him if he wants his just like yours or prepared differently. When I make popcorn, I make enough for one and all, then measure mine out. The aroma is too hard for me to resist, so I know it is too hard for everyone else.
That would annoy me terribly! I would just start making him his own bowl anyway, even though he says no...you know hes going to eat it and if he eats yours than youre deprived of the yummy calories you've saved for your treat
I have a similar issue I had to work out. I live with my family who doesnt eat very healthy and since starting my lifestyle change I've kept my healthy food in the house. I pay for it all myself (I'm 20, I have 2 jobs and I feel that even though I live with my mom, shes already providing food and since I'm opting for healthier food I should take responsibility for the financial costs.)
The problem was that my family started to like the looks of my healthy food and would begin to nibble through my grapes or snack on my greek yogurt. I wouldnt mind sharing but when I plan my meals and shop for the week on a tight budget, I expect my yogurt to be in the fridge when I'm ready for it, not in the trashcan because my sister got hungry.
I finally sectioned off part of the fridge and let everyone know, if its in that section do not touch it without asking. They finally got it and the problem is solved.
can i just ask how do you make popcorn? i dont want to seem stupid, but ive never done it homemade before! do you just put the kernels in a hot pan and let them pop? do you have to add oil or anything?
can i just ask how do you make popcorn? i dont want to seem stupid, but ive never done it homemade before! do you just put the kernels in a hot pan and let them pop? do you have to add oil or anything?
You can do that but it is easier with a pop corn popper. I have a hot air popper makes great popcorn, healthier than the microwave kind as you can regulate what to put in it.
Yah it is annoying..like my fiancee..he eats all my dinners i make, which is flattering that he likes my healthy cooking cause he eats junk but still..my stuff is measured out into my soup or stew or casserole or what not and i know i can have that much..so it annoys me when i cant keep track of how many calories ive eaten for the day..i love him but BACK OFF..GET YOUR OWN SANDWICH!! haha..(you had to see the commercial)
I've watched episodes of "Animal Precinct" on Animal Planet in which they feature dogs that have food aggression and will snarl at anyone who approaches them while they're eating. That's how I am about my measured portions. If my husband were to reach over and peremptorily take some of my carefully measured food, I'd have to hope that FitDay had calorie counts for the mouthful of human flesh I'd consume from biting his hand.
Okay, it's not THAT bad, but still...yeah, it's pushy to take food from the mouth of someone who's measured her calories carefully. My husband didn't get this at first, but now he does and generally only takes a tiny bite if it's something he wants to taste or asks me to fix extra if he'd like more than that. It works out pretty well that way; I feel like a sweet and generous wife for preparing something just for him and he doesn't throw my calorie counts out of whack. Win/win.
My boyfriend does this too. I make a healthy dish when I'm home by myself, knowing I can get probably 3-4 servings out of it that I can eat over the next few days--then bf comes home and eats most or all of it and I end up eating a lean cuisine because my healthy meal is gone! Sometimes he doesn't even like what's in it, but still eats it.
My boyfriend does this too. I make a healthy dish when I'm home by myself, knowing I can get probably 3-4 servings out of it that I can eat over the next few days--then bf comes home and eats most or all of it and I end up eating a lean cuisine because my healthy meal is gone! Sometimes he doesn't even like what's in it, but still eats it.
This is exactly what my husband does! All.the.time. First he eats the leftovers of the less-healthy meal I made for him, and then moves on to my leftovers. I've never understood how he can eat so much and still weigh less than me. I'll buy Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches and have one, and by the time I go to have a second two days later they are completely gone.
This is exactly what my husband does! All.the.time. First he eats the leftovers of the less-healthy meal I made for him, and then moves on to my leftovers. I've never understood how he can eat so much and still weigh less than me. I'll buy Skinny Cow ice cream sandwiches and have one, and by the time I go to have a second two days later they are completely gone.
My husband and I have a long-standing rule that if you eat the last one of something--of anything--you announce it to the other person. Doesn't matter if it's a Skinny Cow sandwich or the last of the lentils, it is totally unfair to allow someone else to think, "Ooh, hey, there's still that ____ in there, that's just what I want!" only to find the ____ gone.
People messing with my planned/measured foods
