Interesting Discussion with My Wife.

aharmeson

So last weekend i was weighing in saturday morning and my wife saw the number on the scale. She looks at me and has a bothered look. I said whats wrong thats good. She replys "Ok, You cant weigh less than me and your getting close to my weight" My response " I can and i will if you don't get on this band wagon" So the next 3 hours was spent explaining and telling her what i have been doing and setting her up a routine she can follow and getting her set up on MFP. Tomorrows weigh in day for us both.
Im proud of her she has been doing really well and now i hope i don't pass her.

Anyone else ever had a conversation similar?

KiaCristal

My husband and I weigh around the same. He's also 6'1" and very thin and I'm 5'8" and "normal." It did bother me a bit when I was pregnant and I kept seeing that scale go up and up but I knew I needed to gain at that time. His body type isn't going to change any time soon but then I like tall, slender guys. Plus my husband doesn't believe me when I tell him how much I weigh but most people are surprised. Guess I wear it well. :laugh:

heytherestephy

My boyfriend wants to be about 200lbs, at 6'3" that's not a bad goal but I'm 209lbs and I should be about 180lbs. It's a great motivator, and a nice little competition maker. My goal? to reach 190lbs before he gets to 200lbs. He weighs 221lbs now.

1holegrouper

Yes, the point where I could put my wife's pants on and they fit freaked her out. When I could put them on and they were loose she joined a gym and has been working out every night, LOL

heytherestephy

lmao this is perfect, i can fit into my mum's jeans and she's quite a bit smaller than me in height and build. of course they're about 8 inches too short on me LOL.

Chipmunk222

My husband used to put on my jeans by mistake...ugh! And they fit him better

Krissy366

Hahaha - my husband passed me long before we met. He's about 100 pounds lighter than I am. But he rocks and is super supportive of what I'm doing now.

That's great that your wife is on board with things now. Love it.

mmarcy7

My husband has passed me on weight loss even though I started before him. But he has more to lose, so I let it slide. It does keep me motivated to keep up with him though. And he is looking good and has more energy, so kind of a bonus for me too.

NCchar130

I'm still waiting for my husband to get on the bandwagon haha. He doesn't have as much to lose as me, but I want him around for many more happy healthy years and he turns 40 this year, so no time like the present!

Healthydiner65

You did it with class! She is very lucky to have you!

iWaffle

I'm 6'2" and my wife is 5'3". I never accidentally put on her pants. Her clothes look so tiny to me.

LoyalAngel16

My husband has always been super skinny and I have always been overweight. So we are both trying to at least meet at about 180.

elisa123gal

I have never thought about it..but I would hate it if my husband were as thin or god forbid thinner than me. He gets a kick out of me putting on his pants and shorts..and they are huge ...he laughs.. wouldn't be so funny the other way around.. nope..

myownadvice

It's certainly a much nicer journey when you can do it together. We support each other and balance each other out. He's the exercise specialist and I'm the nutrition guru. It works for us and I'm certainly glad we are on the same page. Nice to see other couples supporting each other as well.

(And my husband once wore my jeans to work and didn't realize it until I called and asked if he knew where my jeans were. Then it dawned on him that that's why "his" jeans fit a little differently that morning. Trials of being similar in height/build and grabbing the folded laundry left on the couch.) :laugh:

gingersnapx00

I don't think I will ever have the weight loss conversation with my husband b/c hes a twigg however I see myself having one about physical endurance and being able to keep up sexually Exercise works wonders in that department and he doesnt work out like I do. It's in the works though

OopsieDaisy2003

Hubby and I have been each other's motivators. We started out with a 50 lb difference between us. That gap would grow and shrink ...and once we're both down to where we want to be, it will not be quite a 50 lb spread. But then the gap started shrinking quickly because I got lazy & he took off. It really motivated me. Now there is roughly 35 pounds between us... Hubby has lost about 35 lbs and I've lost about 20. We compete, lovingly...and are honest with each other. When I get "jealous", hubby reminds me how much he busts his butt. When either of us go on junk frenzies, we remind each other to use moderation.
I'm excited for u both. There is something about the support a couple gives each other when working towards similar goals.

MTBrob

my wife is 4'11 and 110 lbs.... while I am 5'9 and 210 I hate her

Lyerin

I currently weigh more than my DH (not by much, but still). I definitely will be happy when I weigh less than him, which will happen because he is close to his goal weight (he's not actively trying to lose weight but just stays roughly around his most healthy weight).

Whitezombiegirl

Yeah- last night. My SO and I are the same body fat percentage- 20% and he realised that he should be lower than , being male. Mine used to be 31% so this has given him a bit of motivation to lose those few pounds.

ahmommy

That's awesome that you were able to motivate her with your success! My DH and I are on this journey together, and we're in similar places. Both of us are near our goal weights, but we need to shed some body fat and gain muscle. I'm sure he wants to gain more muscle than I do He is trying to lose weight and gets frustrated, but he won't try tracking his calories like I do. He says it's just too complicated. Based on what he tells me, I think he eats too little some days and too much other days, and I think he could really benefit from tracking at least for a little while to get a better understanding of what he's really eating. I can't make him do it, though.

When we started dating, he weighed less than I did at the time. I wasn't overweight (he was just really skinny), and it didn't really bother me, but we did joke about it.

squigglypuff

this is what made me lose weight! i was 4'11 and 148lbs, my boyfriend is 5'11 and about 160lbs. when i realized that i was well on my way to weighing as much as someone a foot taller than me, i realized it was a problem. also because whenever we hug, i felt like a chubby raccoon clinging to a birch tree.