My wife and I have always loved food. It’s something that brings us both a lot of joy, and we’ve always enjoyed trying new restaurants and different types of cuisine together.
That changed for me about 6 months ago when I started on a GLP-1 and began calorie counting on a 1,200 calorie diet. Surprisingly, I actually don’t struggle much sticking to it. I eat mostly home-cooked, high-volume meals with around 90g of protein a day and feel pretty satisfied.
For context, I’m a 5’4 male with a sedentary desk job working from home. I currently weigh about 228 lbs and I’m down 52 lbs so far.
The problem is that ever since starting this diet, eating out just hasn’t felt enjoyable anymore.
We recently went for a weekly date night and did omakase at a fancy sushi restaurant. I took pictures of every dish as it came out and logged everything afterward. The AI tool I use estimated the meal at around 1,700 calories. I know omakase can add up quickly, but it still felt insane for small plates of sushi.
Even after basically not eating all day to bank calories for the meal, I still went way over. What made it more frustrating is that by the time I got home, I was still hungry anyway. On top of that, it took me about 30 minutes to upload and estimate every dish in my tracking app.
It’s created a lot of food anxiety around eating out. Now when we go to restaurants, I usually end up ordering something boring or “safe” that I probably could’ve made at home for half the calories.
Would especially love to hear from people in relationships where their partner isn’t dieting and still loves going out to eat regularly. Food used to be one of our favorite shared hobbies, and I’m struggling a bit with how to balance my weight loss goals while still enjoying that part of life together.
by Famous_Buddy_1137