What is the most supportive thing someone has done for you on your journey?
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The biggest support I've gotten was from the case managers at the hospital I was in earlier this year for a foot infection (which has since fully healed). They had also found early signs of CHF (diastolic variety, which means the heart is too strong to completely fill with blood when it pumps) so they helped with lots of paperwork to get me financial help to not only help pay for my hospital stay, but to get a cardio scholarship for cardiac rehab to help treat the CHF (the scholarship pays for 18 classes). They're also currently looking for ways to pay for a year's gym membership for me after my classes are finished.3
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@PrincessSlytherin - that’s amazing! My partner tries to be supportive, but doesn’t understand the importance of weighing. It has taken him a little while to remember that I would need to know all the ingredients, let alone the amounts! He is very supportive in other ways though1
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My wife tries to be supportive, but she is also one who buys into whatever has shown up in her FB feed that day so I did have to tell her to back off and let me do it my way.
She knows I will weigh stuff. If she makes something new, she knows to give me the recipe. I'm teaching her to just send me the URL so I can import it.
She has seen 100+ lbs drop off so she knows what I'm doing is working and is very happy.
Some of the folks at work are really good about cheering me to run.4 -
Took a while, but my husband is really getting behind me now because he sees how important it is for me to stick with it. Every night I walk a mile or two with the dog, and every night I invite him to come along. He always says no, and I figure it's his choice and I'll never force him to come along. Last night I made it about 3 blocks out and I heard someone running behind me - it was my husband. He ran to catch up because he changed his mind and wanted to come along. We went about 2 miles and it was just lovely having some company.20
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My fiance is excellent at reigning me in from fast food and restaurants. Without him, I'd be a balloon.
He has lost over 100lbs while we've been together, and now he has abs! He's become very active and fit, he's definitely an inspiration to me.
So... his support has been just existing around me, haha.7 -
I love this question!!
The other day I was trying to run for 30 minutes total, and I just felt crappy. I slowed down to a walk at the 20 minute mark and I really wanted to go home. Stared at my phone for a solid minute debating just giving up. So I texted my friends, told them I had 10 minutes to go, and asked them for songs to pump me up.
They responded with song suggestions, and told me I could do it - not to give up, cause I was so close! It was a real struggle, but I finished, super exhausted but with my friends cheering me on !12 -
Awesome story, @PrincessSlytherin. My hubby will ask what I can have for dinner when he is cooking. He willingly goes to whatever restaurant I can make work. He also has been very, very supportive of my powerlifting training, even though it's a bit spendy and takes a lot of time at the gym that I am not spending with him. TBH, he really enjoys the #squatbooty.
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That so super sweet. I love my husband and he is super supportive, though he doesn't understand the calorie counting either. His favorite word is you can't have that. I am working on him to use the word shouldn't because I can have what ever I want. He eats really healthy so he supports me in by cooking and help shopping for healthier foods to eat. He more than happy to get up for a walk when I don't want to go by myself. He is my support we are just working on wording. Some one telling me I can't have something makes me want to do it even more.1
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Such wonderful stories in this thread!
I think the most supportive thing to happen to me is my husband, a natural night owl, putting up with the alarm going off at 4:30 every morning when I get up to exercise. He's always woken up by it and always good humored about it. He falls right back to sleep, so I'm sure that helps.4 -
The most supportive thing I've gotten was from an older man named Bob at the gym. He gave me a 2017 American Silver Eagle Bullion coin and a card on my one year anniversary of going to the gym. I now consider it my one year 'sobriety' coin.10
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The most supportive thing my husband has done is buying me a stationary bike when I said my bad knee was too bad to walk as much as I wanted to. We are very deep in debt and he could have said no, because we've bought exercise equipment in the past and I've not used it.
He didn't say anything about that though, we went shopping, I found a bike at Walmart that I wanted, he pulled out his credit card, and we bought it.
My mom also often gives us food that she gets given to her, like cookies and stuff, he knows I'm avoiding sugar, so he takes that food and puts it in his office (so I won't see it and be tempted to eat it anyway) and eats it all.8 -
My husband is not supportive, and I have given up on him. However, my best friend/ workout buddy is super supportive, and is always at the finish line of every race to meet me when I cross, and even though he is much more fit than I am he is always patient when I struggle with basic exercises and cheers me on through our workouts.11
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I belong to one of the groups on here and one particular person is super supportive always5
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My husband does SO many supportive things to aid in my goals - anything from moving our heavy bed from one place to another so that I can have more space in our bedroom to exercise (we live with many people and sometimes our bedroom is the only available spot) to changing his food desires to match mine so that I don't have to continue cooking two meals for one household. He listens to me cry about the struggle. He watches me as I sit in the mirror for many minutes at once looking for that body change. He listens to me about my gym time - even when he is not in the mood. He is patient and understanding of HOW much I need this. He lets me be free - he doesn't get in the way of my hustle. I take care of him, but he knows how to take care of himself when I need to take care of me for a while.
My husband loved my body when I was super fat. But he is oddly very happy now that my waistline is looking different from the curvature of my hips! hahahahaha9 -
One year, my mom, being aware of my healthy lifestyle change, instead of buying me cake for my birthday, she bought me a mixed fruit tray and a mixed veggie tray. Sometimes I feel like my mom is upset that I'm changing on her, but she actually has decided to become vegan as well! She says that it was easier for her to make that change since someone (me) is doing it with her....I'll take it. Praise the Lord!7
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hydechildcare wrote: »That so super sweet. I love my husband and he is super supportive, though he doesn't understand the calorie counting either. His favorite word is you can't have that. I am working on him to use the word shouldn't because I can have what ever I want. He eats really healthy so he supports me in by cooking and help shopping for healthier foods to eat. He more than happy to get up for a walk when I don't want to go by myself. He is my support we are just working on wording. Some one telling me I can't have something makes me want to do it even more.
I hear what you're saying about the wording. Oh how words hold so much power. 'Sticks and stones my *kitten*!' LOL. Your husband, in the way he supports you, reminds me of mine. Sounds like you were fortunate to be partnered with a good man. :-)1 -
My fiance is excellent at reigning me in from fast food and restaurants. Without him, I'd be a balloon.
He has lost over 100lbs while we've been together, and now he has abs! He's become very active and fit, he's definitely an inspiration to me.
So... his support has been just existing around me, haha.
Oh this is beautiful!!!!!1 -
emcclure013 wrote: »Took a while, but my husband is really getting behind me now because he sees how important it is for me to stick with it. Every night I walk a mile or two with the dog, and every night I invite him to come along. He always says no, and I figure it's his choice and I'll never force him to come along. Last night I made it about 3 blocks out and I heard someone running behind me - it was my husband. He ran to catch up because he changed his mind and wanted to come along. We went about 2 miles and it was just lovely having some company.
Oh I'm in love with love! He loves you and he gets it! I'm so happy for you all! And you loved him enough to not push him!!! Yes!!!!3 -
Tacklewasher wrote: »My wife tries to be supportive, but she is also one who buys into whatever has shown up in her FB feed that day so I did have to tell her to back off and let me do it my way.
She knows I will weigh stuff. If she makes something new, she knows to give me the recipe. I'm teaching her to just send me the URL so I can import it.
She has seen 100+ lbs drop off so she knows what I'm doing is working and is very happy.
Some of the folks at work are really good about cheering me to run.
LOL, at least wifey is trying, right? Sometimes, we do have to respectfully tell our spouses to give us a little breathing room. I hope she has been listening, but I hope you aren't too harsh with her. Sounds like she cares a lot for you.
Good for your coworkers. The support is always nice to have around.1
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