Nutrition Help on behalf of boyfriend please!!!

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  • flatlndr
    flatlndr Posts: 713 Member
    Anyone that has been in a relationship with another person has seen habits they wished they could change. Many times it is self destructive habits and you want the person to be healthy.

    What everyone is trying to say to you is:

    Most adults know what they need to change.
    The only person we can ever change is ourselves.
    Most people grow to resent someone trying to change them for any reason.

    ^^^ So true!
  • rmdaly
    rmdaly Posts: 250 Member
    My husband isn't as bad as your boyfriend, but if there is a choice between healthy and unhealthy food (white or wheat, fruit or chocolate), my husband will choose unhealthy. I've been with him for more than 20 years. On the other hand, I am vegetarian, eat pretty clean and limit added sugars. I have also done several marathons and triathlons. He was slender when I met and now has a gut from sitting at a desk all day and has an overweight BMI.

    Nothing I say or do is going to change my husband and you are not going to change your boyfriend. He may not decide to change, ever. You need to decide if that is okay with you in the long term. If you want to be active, he might not want to join you and you will have to find other people to do stuff with. Also, if you are together for the long run, you may end up taking care of him as his poor habits become real illnesses. You have some tough decisions to make about what is important to you.
  • sloth3toes
    sloth3toes Posts: 2,212 Member
    Is the OP dating a 7 year old?

    No, a meatatarian.
  • naeyha1
    naeyha1 Posts: 15 Member
    I ha same situation. My husband and I are both slightly overweight, Me more than him., I used to tell hium that we both shouold go healthy and workout, He always agreed and did nothing. Later i stopped nagging and started makes changes to my diet, Its just been 2 months on my diet that he has stopped most of his junk eating. He watches my progress and commitment and he himself realizes that its not as tough as he thought. now he worksout with me at least 2-3 days a week. I wont say he initiates it but he accompanies me in it. So i would say try to be an example for him and he will follow... Worked for me.. good luck
  • dbmata
    dbmata Posts: 12,950 Member
    Is the OP dating a 7 year old?

    No, a meatatarian.

    Hah, no, otherwise they would be drinking differently.

    I'd say just hide some broccoli in his spaghetti o's and get on with it.
  • quirkytizzy
    quirkytizzy Posts: 4,052 Member
    My boyfriend has....to put it nicely, "the finely developed palate of your average American 8 year old." Pretty much exactly as you stated. Says he hates a lot of food, is extremely picky, yadda yadda yadda. Bland. Beige food. Won't eat anything with a funny sounding name. So on and so forth.

    There is absolutely nothing to be done about it. None. Not at all. I've learned to cook the things I like that he won't eat. And as per the rest - there is nothing to be done about it.

    It drives me CRAZY. It gets on my nerves. INCREDIBLY. Like, teeth-grating, want-to-scream-at-him kind of annoying. But that's his mouth and his stomach and his hands putting the food in.

    But for health or otherwise, as other posters have said - he has to be the one to do it.

    Good luck.

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