Husbands and healthy food.

I don't like slaving over a hot stove but I do like healthy food so I've subscribed to Hello Fresh - a bit pricey perhaps but no waste and no petrol to get to the shops. Cooking is only about half an hour which suits me down to the ground. We have a choice of recipes each week [5 choices and you pick 3] and they're written so people like me can understand them. I've learned a few little tips. DH really likes it and has taken to it better than I thought as he's normally a meat and 2 veg man.

MrsMopp I think you will have to creep up on him so to speak with small subtle changes to your shopping and cooking regimes. My Dh is the opposite wont eat any processed foods, anything with fat on, cream sauces etc BUT if there are biscuits in the house he will woof them - so I don't buy them!

I sympathise as I have one similar, he even had a life threatening health scare 2 yrs ago and although he did lose some weight at the time and has managed to keep it off he still eats rubbish all the time. I've tried and tried over the years but now I've stopped nagging and decided he's an adult and quite able to do it but doesn't want to so its his choice much as I disagree.

If you buy his clothes, get his underpants a size too small. Wash his favourite woollen jumper in water that is too hot so that it shrinks. Then comment on his increasing waistline while he is with sight of a mirror.

If you are out for a meal, take obvious notice of a slim young waiter.

Mine's diabetic and sometimes comes home from the shops with a pack of 5 doughnuts which he scoffs over 2 days because he 'couldn't resist them'.

Just had another thought. Make sure he wears shoes with laces - bending down over a pot belly to tie them gets harder and harder!

Mine is the opposite - I'd love the occasional fry-up, but he will only eat it grudgingly.

He eschews butter and will only eat margarine which is especially for reducing cholesterol. (Horrible stuff - I prefer a decent helping of butter!)

I suppose the answer in your case would be to take small steps. Next time he's at the doctor, see if you can get his blood tested for cholesterol, and get the doctor to explain the consequences of high cholesterol.

Fry things in a non-stick pan with ever-decreasing amounts of oil - to give the impression of greasiness, spray a little olive oil on before serving. Not that I have any idea if that would work, or even taste right.

Go for a short holiday to Italy where the food is simple, tasty and healthy, he may want to try some when back home.

Do you have children who eat with you occasionally? Can you include the children in brainwashing him? They will no doubt have many thoughts on healthy eating if they in their turn have children of their own.

Or go the other way - up the grease and fat till he can't stand it, then put him on the salads to "cleanse his palate"!