M-in-Law sabotaging diet!!! HELP!!
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M-in-Law sabotaging diet!!! HELP!!
| Wed, 06-28-2006 - 7:09pm |
I am going to our family reunion in Arkansas this weekend. We are "silently obligated" to stay with my mother in law, besides, the closest hotel is 72 miles from them! My mother in law cooks all high fat food (her cholesterol was 725!). She has sugary foods and it is VERY hard to find anything healthy in her cabinets. She gets really annoyed if I suggest to help with the cooking because she is from the country (backwoods) and I tend to use less fat! A typical breakfast is bacon, smothered fried potatoes, biscuits and gravy (flour and vegetable oil), dinner is wilted lettuce (hot vegetable oil heated and poured over lettuce), fried potatoes, greens (drizzled with oil), fried green tomatoes and hambegars. How can I survive the weekend on her unhealthy diet without hurting her feelings or my diet? Her cooking could really sabotage my diet! Yikes! Hhhhhheeeeeeeelllllllpppppp!
(My DH is VERY supportive of my diet efforts and KNOWS that his mother's cooking is unhealthy)
(My DH is VERY supportive of my diet efforts and KNOWS that his mother's cooking is unhealthy)

That's a tough situation to be in, especially when someone equates cooking for family with caring for them.
I know you said the closest hotel is quite a distance, but are there any restaurants in the area? You could take them to dinner.
WoW-- that is some deadly sounding food!!
Couple of questions:
If you're going to be there a couple of days I'd suggest bringing some Lean Cuisine's along, and tell her what's up...that you're watching your diet, etc...
If you will be going out at least you can order what *you* want/need!
If you enjoy the food then enjoy it; in moderation.
Good Luck Dawn......you're right, it does sound like a delicate situation-- glad to hear your DH is on your side though.
~IslandGirl
School's out for summer!
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Hey Tonya - that's a tough one.
Uuugh! Mother-in-laws! lol
I agree with everyone else. Bring some stash along that might help curb your hunger so you can at least do smaller portions if possible is my suggestion.
Also, not sure if she gets hurt feelings easy but you might just have to say. I'm sorry don't mean to hurt your feelings but I can't eat this. And eat
I enjoy this board and all of you...thanks again! Dawn
That's great news Dawn, I'm glad to hear the whole weekend went well, and you were even able to stop by here for a quick peak ;-)
Congratulations on the loss!!
~IslandGirl
School's out for summer!
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