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I used to snack, but now we buy no snacks at all!

Yes, I think so. We order IHOP once a week and without fail he gets an omelet, French toast, sausage, pancakes at least. I made baked mac & cheese the other night- it filled a 9 inch square pan and this guy left me a corner.

He puts away food and then works out like crazy.

Yes and its not even snacks. Its like huge portions of meals. He doesn't eat a lot of carbs but wants tons of protein and that is expensive!

Its never just soup and salad for dinner, he would be starving afterwards. The other day I suggested sandwiches for dinner and he went out and bought a box of fried chicken to eat for himself.

He doesn't eat a ton during the day and he really does try to eat healthy but almonds and cheese sticks and celery just doesn't fill him up.

@illumina: I drink a ton of tea like that. I think I could do a liquid diet

My husband is kind of a food camel. He doesn't eat much, if anything for breakfast. And he'll often skip lunch if he gets busy and doesn't have time for it (I try to pack him lunch now so he's more likely to eat, but even still sometimes he says he gets busy and didn't have time to go to the work fridge and get it). But then when he does eat, if it is something he likes, he eats a LOT. I made grilled cheese and tomato soup the other night and he requested 4 sandwiches. I laughed and made him 3, but then only ate half my sandwich and he finished mine. lol. He doesn't always, but he can eat huge quantities of food if he's in the mood.

As for snacks… he certainly CAN house a whole bag of chips in a sitting, but he makes an effort not to. He will usually put things in a bowl so avoids eating too much. If he was like your husband I think I'd probably say something like: I'm buying X for me. Do you want me to buy you your own bag? Or something else? etc.

And my DH is not overweight at all. I think he has a great metabolism + the whole food camel thing… over the course of a week he probably doesn't eat too many more calories than average, its just a lot of nothing-nothing-nothing-binge.

@Mrs. Sunshine: Then I'd just make "Mrs" and "Mr" snack bins and when he finishes his bin he's done until the next week shopping! Maybe that will help him learn to portion control lol

No DH is very normal, I'm the one who can't step away from the snacks!

@bpcmarj: OMG. The protein powder. It's insanity. He still has a tub he just opened & I was finalizing my amazon subscribe & save order for the month, it had two of the 2lb jugs & 12 protein bars & he was telling me I needed to add more to the order! DUDE, eats some friggin eggs & put down the shaker! His brain is being destroyed by all the heavy metals in the powder. Does your husband eat a meal during the night?? I've often felt like between the cat who needed to be fed every couple hours through the night & his meds starting at 4am & mr bird eating his middle of the night meal- I may be waking up for more feedings than those with a typical baby, which is crazy!

@Mrs. Taco: I know, what IS that? lol. He refused to ever eat breakfast before me. I did get him to usually eat SOMETHING now… but usually just a cliff bar or a piece of fruit on his drive in. Even when we are home he rarely eats breakfast. I'm forever offering to make him food-- eggs, pancakes, whatever he wants, but nope!

Not since his diabetes diagnosis. He's a big snacker, so we just don't keep snacky stuff in the house, so our only options are the healthy ones (that he knows about... I may have a hidden stash in an undisclosed location)!

@petunia354: Same!

My husband is not a bottomless pit, he really is deliberate about what he is eating.

For snacks, what about single serve yogurt cups?