Unhealthy Food Habits

I think it just taste of outside food which is driver in most cases, people like eating out bored with regular food.

You can give a try making items at home which they buy outside regularly like chilli chicken etc. look up VAHREVAH... his recipe is very good ..

It may help to some extent but try and make it well as per revere and not go for low fat versions in the first try... once they get out of buying that item from outside then you can go to low fat versions .

 

Please dont stress yourself during pregnancy,it does more harm than good.Relax! Can you hire a home cook to make all the dishes they like to eat ? Standing for long hours in the kitchen to make special dishes during pregnancy is not advisable.

After child birth and recovery,you can try making the foods they like at home,skip the deep frying part and opt for baked versions using an oven or an air fryer.I have tried using vahchefs recipes and oven to skip the deep frying part in order to preserve the nutritional value,it works beautifully with a teeny bit of compromise in the taste.This also removes the hassle of standing near the hot kadai for hours!

Here's what I tried - I used paniyaram pan to make bondas/koftas instead of deep frying,baked bajjies and pakoras in the oven, baked whole wheat aloo/veg/chicken samosas,baked fries,prepared gobi manchurian,chilli chicken and apollo fish with a slight modification.Instead of deep frying gobi/chicken/fish, I baked these first after coating them with the batter and then seasoned with the required tadka as per vahchef's recipe.I am yet to try baked chaklies.

 

Armummy and Kveena has given you excellent suggestion on the food and cooking. As they said outside food always is not advisable. it comes with a long list of ailments.
Along with this y don't you take up some exercise with DH and MIL. Start with walking (family time) in a park. and then gradually enroll in some gym and believe me if they start seeing results they wouldn't want to eat out and stick to the exercise.

 

What frustrates me is why cant the men look after their health? Dont they understand the family and its future depends on health of the adults?
When they are literate and have options at their finger tips to understand the importance of good food.. why cant the lazy bums wake up?
Did their moms spoil them? If yes, then they are adults.. y cant they use their brain to understand the simple logic?

Y should a pregnant woman take soo much of efforts to make ppl older than her understand? Shouldnt their brains and experience help them?

 

Is the H a baby? Why does the wife have to mimic outside food so that H reduces outside food? I think men have too much time in their hands to get spoiled

 

Sorry , I did not realize you are pregnant ... so either you need to hire a cook or take your husband to a dr and have dr read out all healthy risks and get his health check up done , with high weight he is bound to have some or the other symptoms related to high weight gain or cholesterol , if your dr puts fear of life in him than he may change .

Also this is the time you need to take care of yourself , not your husband’s eating habits. Set that aside for few months , not the right time to worry..

 

It is very uphill task to completely stop outside food , it is tasty and easily available when you want hence you go back time and again.

When you stay in India it is especially hard to avoid everything , outside India we can still avoid because no of restaurants are very less and cost ,you get bored .

Try and make it at home might help tomextent if the dish is close to outside food otherwise people will go back.

Every person needs to realize for themselves their health risks , no one can do it for them , you can try , may be once baby is here and you are ready for weight loss down the road , you can include him on exercise routines like walking which you can start even now or get him to reduce his portion size