Best ways that you receive support from others

JackieMac979

Hello!

What are some of the best ways that others support you? Is there something particular that someone in your real life (like your spouse, close family/friends, etc... people aside from MFP) does to cheer you on?

I have committed to a healthier lifestyle and set a goal for myself to stick with my program for an entire year. Yesterday was my birthday -- I told my husband that my gift to myself for my NEXT birthday will be a year of dedication. I told him his part in that would be to support me. He was encouraging and open to suggestions about how he can help, but I thought I'd ask here to see if anyone has ideas that we could adopt as well.

He said he would help me by:
-helping me make time for exercise
-showing me some strength training exercises I can do
-taking family walks
-asking for my help too (he wants me to remind him to stop snacking a lot at night)
-helping me set up our gym at home
-telling me he doesn't need me to make him separate starches and bake any sweets
-eating the foods that I eat at dinnertime
-discussing menu/meal planning
-keeping less sweets in the house
-helping me avoid temptation (for example, he said for his birthday he and my son will just have individual cupcakes and not something that will tempt me ... maybe I could have a diet-friendly one so I don't feel left out)
-asking me occasionally about my progress and encouraging my results
-discouraging off-program foods / cheat meals

He is deploying again, so some of his support will have to come from afar eventually.

What are some other ways he could help/support/encourage me - either in person, or from halfway around the world when he deploys again?

Thanks for any suggestions!

Jackie

amuchison

I would say he can hold you accoutable while he is away by doing a weekly check in with you or when he can my husband is a submariner so he can only send emails and snail mail maybe so this last underway he would just ask me if I was on plan an kept encouraging me through his words that I can do this I am strong and he believes in me;)

losermomof3

I would say he can hold you accoutable while he is away by doing a weekly check in with you or when he can my husband is a submariner so he can only send emails and snail mail maybe so this last underway he would just ask me if I was on plan an kept encouraging me through his words that I can do this I am strong and he believes in me;)

Agree!

pallear

Hi!

It looks like you have a really nice husband! Good luck to both of you

My family doesn't know yet what I'm doing. In fact, I haven't tell anybody.
I'm waiting to stick with my new diet before telling anyone ; but the thing is that
I don't have much of motivation and I know that if I tell my family, they probably won't truste me!

caraguard

That sounds like a lot already! Sounds like you've got a good guy there.

On top of all the things you listed, I think it also helps to have someone there to remind you WHY you want to be healthier. It can be easy to forget your long-term goals when cheese fries just sound so good...