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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here.  Now DH isn't having a morning smoothie -- just tea (with milk sometimes) throughout the day and dinner (sometimes dessert after).  This is a guy who loves smoothies and has them every single day usually.  I'm not sure if he just started not having them in the morning or if I mistakenly thought he was when he wasn't (he makes them for himself and our kids usually, so I assumed he was having them like normal until I realized yesterday that he wasn't).  I let it go yesterday because I figured he was trying to "make up for" eating more on Thanksgiving, but same thing again this morning.  There's no arguing that this is a "healthy diet" now, I think.  Now I think I need to have a chat with him about what his long-term thoughts are and why he's doing this.[/quote]

I disagree with the PPs.  I was one of the ones who earlier said this didn't seem like an extreme diet because he was having a smoothie packed full of calories in the morning.  It's different if he's not eating anything all day until dinner.  Drinking sugary liquid is not good for his teeth or health.

I do think you're trying to be a bit controlling, but if you approach it in a concerned way rather than trying to control or judge him, I think it's okay to bring it up.  From the sounds of it, he's been doing some version of this for at least a week or a bit more, and you haven't said anything.  There's no reason why you can't say, "Hey, I've noticed you've really changed your eating habits.  Is everything going okay?  I want to support you in this.  I think it's great that you're trying to change your eating habits.  I just want to make sure everything is okay because it seems like a big change and like you're restricting your intake a lot."[/quote]

DP. Why are you calling tea sugary? I drink tea every single day, I put no sugar or milk or cream in it. I drink it plain, I make it from tea bags. I do know a family who absolutely ruined their baby's teeth by having him drink sugar tea, but if OP's DH is so stuck on this diet surely he isn't drinking tea with sugar? Or maybe he is, people are stupid.[/quote]

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