My husband’s idea of a healthy meal has always been anything deep fried. Fried vegetables, anything covered in gravy or cheese. Comfort food basically. Vegetable…not on his plate! Who has whole wheat when you can have good ole non-nutritional white bread? Fruit…not even in a dessert! I don’t like hamburgers and French fries, but he could eat them everyday! But, he was my Chocoholic soul mate… The only food we could agree on.
As many of you know, we have been through about 8 episodes of kidney stones with him. Well, the last time…he ended up having to have surgery. That was followed up with a promise to find out what was causing them. We were told it is usually one of 4 things. Well, it was 3 out of the 4 things. Plus, all the testing came up with the news he also has Type 2 Diabetes.
Now, I know we are not the first or last to get this kind of news. But it is life altering. I quit cooking over 10 years ago! I am now in charge of healthy, low carb, low fat, non dairy, no salt, no sugar, low protein diet. He is going to be kicking and screaming after the first day. I had to start pulling recipes out of my butt and quick! He won’t live on apples and peanut butter like I do. His only input…no beets or carrots! He will eat any vegetable except those. Oh, great...my two favorites!
So, instead of my normal real estate stuff, I am now researching diabetes, what he can and can’t eat, reading recipe after recipe. Not only do we have to follow the diabetic diet, he also has to eliminate dairy, salt, and cut back on protein, due to the kidney stones. What’s left?
(This is part of that “for better or worse, sickness and health” line…right?)
So, I have managed in the last couple months to keep him fed and happy. And even though I don’t have diabetes, I have to eat like I do. Plus, having to go back to cooking everyday! Ugh! No convenient drive through for him anymore after a long day. We can’t have anything in the house that he can’t eat. So, I am on the diet too. Although, I have been on a diet for years anyway…it is just even more restrictive now.
My husband has lost 40 lbs as of last week…. The only thing I have lost is my temper! I told him…You may be my husband….but at this point….we can’t even be friends! He just grins…..
