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OMG - on day 7 of 14-day liquid diet.... have to go to the grocery store now to pick up the groceries and I don't want to go.... preparing food for my kids is like TORTURE. I might be able to do the liquid thing more easily if I was left alone - but help..... to make matters worse, my husband, who is a chef and normally feeds everyone, will be away for work this week - which means not only do I have to further develop my love of Protein Shakes, but I have to make the kids 3 meals a day.... too bad they are too little to feed themselves - HAHA.

The kids will probably lose weight while I won't drop a pound.... :smile:

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I'm not going to lie. It sucked the big one having to prepare these delicious meals for my family while sitting down to a bowl of hot flavored water for myself. For b-fast, my daughter subsisted on yogurt, bananas and fruit cups (fruit packed in juice). For lunch, it was turkey hotdogs or grilled cheese. She's 2.5 and didn't complain.

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They're your kids. You should be able to starve them if you want. :smile:

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You could always cook them food that you don't like.

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That's what I do!!! Waiting on insurance approval and during the dieting over the past couple of months our "snack" foods have changed a lot in the house... only minor complaints. nothing prepackaged other than animal crackers. Mostly cheese sticks and carrots and dip for Snacks. Making meals I'm not in love with so there's no temptation for too much... and they don't love them either so nobody's asking for 2nds! So I don't have to make as much. We're actually saving money on groceries as a family right now too, and nobody is starving. I figure they get plenty of junk food at grandma and grandpa's, friends, and day camp. They can eat healthy at home.

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Your post title is so funny!

Can you serve them stuff you don't like? I did this for my husband (of course it was all stuff he liked though) but it turned my stomach. The Protein shakes were pretty good in comparrision?

For kids I'm thinking spagehtios and canned ravioli -- of course they are not the best meal choice for kiddos but most kids love that kind of stuff and you would have to pay me big time to eat it.

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