How does your spouse support you?

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  • Tony_Von_Stryfe
    Tony_Von_Stryfe Posts: 153 Member
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    She has a high paying job...
  • ninerbuff
    ninerbuff Posts: 48,503 Member
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    I'm an athlete. And my wife is an athletic supporter........................................:embarassed: I mean she supports my athleticism.

    A.C.E. Certified Personal/Group FitnessTrainer
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    Kickboxing Certified Instructor
    Been in fitness for 30 years and have studied kinesiology and nutrition
  • CassandraEldridge
    CassandraEldridge Posts: 56 Member
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    My husband and I both use MFP and we do our workouts together. We both count calories so It's super easy to lean on each other.

    We use each other to help us keep down on the snacking. In our house it is all about low calorie healthy eating.
  • extraordinary_machine
    extraordinary_machine Posts: 3,028 Member
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    Mine bought us a treadmill for Christmas so he can start getting in better shape too; totally supports my need to work out (and will kick me out of the house and say, "Go to the gym, you need it!" when he notices I'm getting crabby; loves my cooking...even when it's super-healthy; and he tells me how awesome my *kitten* is. ;)

    Even better...when I was putting on some weight, etc. he loved me just the same and would still tell me how awesome my *kitten* was.
  • dorothytd
    dorothytd Posts: 1,138 Member
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    He sleeps through my workouts! Kidding, but true! At least this means I don't bother him in the mornings.

    He loves me no matter what weight I am and still wants me after 20 years of marriage. The other week he wanted to bring me to an event just because he was proud of me.

    We walk/hike together when we can.

    He listens to my ongoing excitement babble about new exercise routines, my love for teaching and so many things fitness and also when I complain about those things.

    He buys me candy. (I like candy.)
  • BusyRaeNOTBusty
    BusyRaeNOTBusty Posts: 7,166 Member
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    My husband is super active and always has been. I tend to be a lot more lazy and sedentary. If I had married someone besides him I think I'd be much less healthy. He decided to do the Leadville 100 the year he turned 40 and fell in love when mountain bike racing and is now starting on his 3rd year of that. He'll even ride with my on occasional even though I am much much slower than him (usually only on recovery rides)and he'll watch the kids when we don't have a sitter so I can ride alone, or with my club. He doesn't complain when I cook healthy and tries to encourage it actually. He joined a gym with me even though he knew I'd be going much more. He's the same height and weight as me but never makes me feel like there's anything wrong with that. He thinks my muscles are sexy and *might* have requested naked cell phone selfies with a flexed bicep...

    And in general he's very loving and supportive, supporting me through the 4 years it took me to finish my Masters. He appreciates that I'm intelligent and career driven. He's okay with the fact that the house gets messy due to crazy schedules for both of us. He actively wants to work on our marriage and ensure we are both happy. Plus he's a great dad and an awesome lover.

    And sometimes I go all creeper and take shirtless photos of him mowing the lawn because he's a sexy beast.
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  • crazybookworm
    crazybookworm Posts: 779 Member
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    I couldn't believe how supportive my fiance would be. He has always been very fit and plays minor league baseball, so I always felt like "Why does he want to be with me" However, he never tried to change me. When I approached him about my goals and that I wanted to get healthier, he was beyond supportive and encouraging to me. Sealing the conversation by saying "If this is what you want to do, if this makes you happy, I am there 100%". He would go for a run every morning, but because I couldn't run at the time, he would walk with me instead, and go for his run later in the day. With him being the cook(and an amazing one!) in our household, he supported my new portion sizes and went along with them, and also subbed out anything unhealthy for healthier options. He insisted on paying for my gym membership when I told him I wanted to join. He wanted to make the process as easy for me as possible.

    He went above and beyond! I am so happy to say that we exercise together almost everyday. I play baseball with him on a co-ed team in the summer(just a fun league). And currently, he has taken on a bit more of the house hold load while I am currently in school to becoming a Yoga instructor...Which he is happy to play guinea pig when I want to practice new postures, alignment, etc.

    Now in maintenance mode, he continues to support me everyday. Never letting me forget what an amazing thing I accomplished.

    He just rocks!
  • Hobb3s
    Hobb3s Posts: 119 Member
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    - She's on MFP entering daily when she doesn't need to be at all.
    - She bakes me cookies and then scolds me when I reach for 'another one'.
    - She tries hard to keep cal counts in mind when meal planning and grocery shopping.
    - She's working with me and supporting my efforts daily in numerous ways.
    - She married me fat.
  • Kaylaef
    Kaylaef Posts: 194 Member
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    When I met my husband, I was my thinnest and at my fittest. Over the last couple of years, I have put on 40lbs. Never once has he made me feel less beautiful or less sexy. He is incredibly athletic, not too much into the healthy eating but he will eat whatever I cook, and enjoy it. He also exercises with me, and because he is avid into running marathons, he'll often push me harder, but never make me feel weak. He supports me on my bad days (I have multiple sclerosis, and sometimes, I lose a lot of mobility) and he takes notice when I lose weight, he makes sure I don't obsess about the scale, even hiding it from me when he notices I am weighing myself too often.

    Most importantly, it's because I know he'll love me no matter what, at any size and because of that I am doing it ALL FOR ME.
  • sportyredhead01
    sportyredhead01 Posts: 482 Member
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    He let me invade his workshop with a spin bike and weight bench.
    He will try all the healthy weird stuff that I cook, at least one time.

    And finally, since I have been lifting weights, he now supports my derrière when I'm standing on a chair to get something out of the tall cabinets in the kitchen.

    Great development! :bigsmile:
  • dorothytd
    dorothytd Posts: 1,138 Member
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    My husband is super active and always has been. I tend to be a lot more lazy and sedentary. If I had married someone besides him I think I'd be much less healthy. He decided to do the Leadville 100 the year he turned 40 and fell in love when mountain bike racing and is now starting on his 3rd year of that. He'll even ride with my on occasional even though I am much much slower than him (usually only on recovery rides)and he'll watch the kids when we don't have a sitter so I can ride alone, or with my club. He doesn't complain when I cook healthy and tries to encourage it actually. He joined a gym with me even though he knew I'd be going much more. He's the same height and weight as me but never makes me feel like there's anything wrong with that. He thinks my muscles are sexy and *might* have requested naked cell phone selfies with a flexed bicep...

    And in general he's very loving and supportive, supporting me through the 4 years it took me to finish my Masters. He appreciates that I'm intelligent and career driven. He's okay with the fact that the house gets messy due to crazy schedules for both of us. He actively wants to work on our marriage and ensure we are both happy. Plus he's a great dad and an awesome lover.

    And sometimes I go all creeper and take shirtless photos of him mowing the lawn because he's a sexy beast.
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    I NEED A LIKE BUTTON!! How do you keep your hands off him when he's mowing the lawn? Can you take one of him doing dishes? Can we turn this thread into husband (soft) porn? Much better than food porn!
  • bobkat80
    bobkat80 Posts: 347 Member
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    First, he eats half my sweets so I don't go over my calorie limit each day.

    Second, he eats whatever I make for dinner and then thanks me for a good meal, even when it's something he's not too crazy about. (Like all the spinach I make that I love!)

    Third, if he brings home fast food he no longer gets something for me trying to be a nice guy. It took a while for him to understand that I really didn't want it and that he is being a nice guy by not encouraging that bad habit I had.

    Fourth, he's started swimming again so I wouldn't have to go alone. This is the only exercise he can do because he is disabled, so we are really helping each other.

    And last but not least...He cheers for every pound I lose! Now he is starting to lose too - 10 lbs so far! Hurrah for him, hurrah for us! We can do it together now!
  • catfive1
    catfive1 Posts: 529 Member
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    My hubby completely remodeled a room in our basement for my home gym.
  • wolfsbayne
    wolfsbayne Posts: 3,116 Member
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    My fiance is my biggest cheerleader. When I tell him if I lost a pound or what weight I lifted that day, he always says "awesome baby." If I fail on a certain weight, he still will say "that's still good, baby." Like some others, he says he loves my body and to only do what I'm doing for ME.

    He's fantastic around the house. He's always helpful. We do the dishes after dinner together. He does laundry, vacuums, cleans the bathroom. He always tells me that I don't have to do it ALL and it aggravates him when I try to do it all.
  • KSpiked
    KSpiked Posts: 12
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    He cooks sometimes and chops veggies and all that. But he has to decide to be in the mood for it. Im hoping this time around we are in it together and we both stick with that healthy lifestyle.
  • Naomi0504
    Naomi0504 Posts: 964 Member
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    He likes to keep me naked, he surprised me with a squat rack because he knows how much I love to lift, he is easy going about what he eats even through those dark times that i refer to as the "lets try quinoa experiment", no really it's delicious they told me. it wasn't but he ate it and smiled.

    This is hilarious!!!


    My husband is overly-involved in my workouts and meals, he likes us to do all things together :smile:
  • psych101
    psych101 Posts: 1,842 Member
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    he is constantly telling me how sexy I am. He survived through my 6 month stint of eating vegan without saying a word, for Christmas he bought me a new bench, barbell and set of weight plates and made me a squat rack, he talks me down when I'm about to go nuts over how fast my mother is losing weight on jenny craig, he tells me how proud he is of me. When I was cardio queen he completed insanity with me.

    He listens to me rabbit on and on about lifting
  • emjaycazz
    emjaycazz Posts: 330 Member
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    Mine has grown to support me. He bought me equipment for our weight/workout room downstairs, and he has also started watching his calories and working out as well (and has lost 30 lbs in the process). He knows my standard staple items (egg whites, almond milk, whole grain bread, lean meats, ice cream) and buys them while at the store. If I hit a lift PR, he celebrates with me. He doesn't get alarmed when the weights hit the floor loudly during DLs.
  • juliemouse83
    juliemouse83 Posts: 6,663 Member
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    He cups them gently. :drinker:

    Hahahah! GMTA....I was about to say, "With one hand under each bewb" LOL....:laugh:


    Additionally, he keeps me company while I'm working out, makes sure the heat or air is on in the area I work out, works on meal planning and bulk food prep for the week, picks up the latest copies of my favorite magazines when he sees they are out, and generally cheers me on. :heart:
  • Chimis_Siq
    Chimis_Siq Posts: 849 Member
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    Hi!
    Hes my biggest fan. He constantly is sending me motivational youtube videos, or he'll come home with a pair of new running shoes. He bought me Kettlebells. He constantly tells me how "skinny" I look..even though I have so far to go. lol.

    He told me also that now my beautiful inside matches my beautiful outside. He constantly tells me how proud he is of me and how far Ive come.

    Whats funny is he always complimented me at 272 , and also now 46 lbs less. Im a lucky girl!

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