Sick of hearing me talk about progress.

jmsouth5

When I first started here and with my self improvement on 12/26/11, my family was very surprised and supportive. My history with exercise has been, to say the least, non-committing and not serious. Since I started and joined this site, I (as my husband says) am obsessed, obsessed with my changes in food habits, logging, exercise routines, everything. In the beginning my husband was supportive and even gave suggestions, since he has, for the most part, exercised his whole life. Now it's a different story, he's tired of listening to me talk about anything I am/am not eating, changes to my exercises and how my clothes fit. My kids are a different story! My daughter just this morning told me (strongly) that she WANTS to hear my progress, changes and anything else I want to share. She was very serious about this and made sure I knew how she felt, and that she wasn't proud of her dad regarding this issue. My son, who works out every day for hours, is also very supportive, he gives suggestions on how to do exercises more effectively and what foods we could keep in the house to benefit both of us. I told my daughter (as I have dozens of times) how awesome this site is. How I can say anything and everything about what I'm doing and changing on this site, and because we're all here for the same reason, there's excitement when things are going good, and amazing support when it isn't. So to everyone here, THANK YOU! I too am here for all of you as well!

MissJenn33

Your post struck a chord with me. The last time I used MFP (about 8 months ago) I had the same issue and posted about it. Although it sounds like your children are a lot older than mine. My boys are only 7 & 9. My husband encouraged me at first also but soon grew tired of hearing about every little thing I was doing. He wanted to be left out of it while I was looking for support and acknowledgement. I took it personally and id discouraged me to the point that I gave up.

I'm back now for 2 weeks. The difference this time is that boundaries have been placed. I know my husband is proud of me and he says so. He just finds all the details boring as hell. That's fine with me. I can leave out the details. He sees what I'm doing and he admires it. And I'm not doing this for his or for his approval anyway. I'm doing it for me. Period. I'm onMFP to keep myself in check. He doesn't need to know how many calories I consume. And he now sees my logging what I eat is not an obsession.

Every one needs to find what works for them. It shouldn't matter that your way is different from your husband's. If it's working for you stick with it. It's awesome that your children are so encouraging and on board. How cool! My 7yr old loves to come down and work out with me. He also loves to get all "Biggest Loser" on me and yell like Bob & Jillian. It's a bonding experience for sure.

Use that and don't get discouraged! Keep it up!