[spellchick]

Originally Posted by tj28sweet

Wow, are situations are so similar! Except my new husband is very tall and weighs 165 lbs. soaking wet! We also have been married 3 years, infact today is our anniversary.

He is ok with Atkins, he just wants me to take off weight. I met him somewhere in the middle of my weight loss. His problem is, is that he doesn't understand what it is like to be overweight. He thinks that all overweight people have bad eating habits, are lazy and don't exercise. Which of course isn't true for everyone. He does try to help but it isn't the right kind of help. It is the help that just makes me feel worse about myself. So my answer to him, is that I am doing this for myself for health reasons.

As far as the cost goes, I can also relate. It is expensive to eat healthy. I printed out the Atkins induction list and took it along to the Dollar store with me. I like pork rinds and buy big bags of them for a buck. I use them for a lot of things, snacking, I crush and use them to cover meats and mix them with melted butter/splenda and cinnamon for a snack dessert. Another idea is to search the atkins induction recipes and plan for 7 day meals. I then shop only for those items(I only buy on sale) and make all my meals (separate from my families) on 1 designated day during the week. I either freeze or keep them in the fridge. Then I can easily grab and go. I like doing this because it saves time, money and it also helps me watch portion control. I hope so of this helps you!

Those tips certainly helped me, so thanks for that!

I don't know what your eating habits are, but I have already saved $20 this week by bringing my lunch as opposed to eating out so maybe if you can cut back or cut out the meals "out" then you can offset some of the expense of buying more meat, cheese, and produce at the grocery store.