Does your significant other think your crazy for using MFP?

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  • ColleenAtherton
    ColleenAtherton Posts: 230 Member
    My husband thinks MFP is great and is very supportive of me using it.
  • rlmadrid
    rlmadrid Posts: 694 Member
    My SO scoffed at it until he joined and realized just how much he was eating. He is nowhere near as cautious as I am about his food, but at least he tried to understand.
  • jvinmill
    jvinmill Posts: 279 Member
    Nope - I am pretty sure he thinks I need it.. :laugh:
  • lripson28
    lripson28 Posts: 213 Member
    My husband is supportive of me making sure I exercise whenever I can. He encourages me to go to the gym when I get out of work in the afternoons. He says he likes that I try to make good food decisions because it shows how motivated I am to meet my goals. Though sometimes I feel like I talk about MFP a little too much, like to the point where I'll say something about it and he'll kind of just smile and nod along with what I'm saying. I don't really talk about MFP too much with him anymore. I just kind of keep this to myself.
  • MikeInAZ
    MikeInAZ Posts: 483 Member
    Shes gets mad that I go for 3 hours every Sat and Sunday AM to go exercise. (mt. biking and hiking/running) And that I go work out from 4-5:30 in the evening. She thinks I'm not spending enough time with the kids or her. I tell her that if I didn't do this, I'd be right back up to 230lbs. Is that what you want?
  • lripson28
    lripson28 Posts: 213 Member
    My hubby "listens" (his eyes get a kind of glazed over look to them though) to the best of his ability. (sigh*)

    This exactly is my husband.
  • robinogue
    robinogue Posts: 1,117 Member
    MFP is my hidden secret :huh:
  • jeannine71
    jeannine71 Posts: 66 Member
    Yes! My fiancee has been teasing me from the start. But he rarely works out, eats like crap and drinks beer everyday! He tends to be a bit of cynic about most things anyway. I finally decided that I need to do what's right for me and let him do what he wants to. He can roll his eyes all he wants, but I know I feel a lot better when I'm being healthy. It's my body after all. It's taken awhile and it helps to have support from other people around you. I hope you don't let someone else get you discouraged!
  • jeannine71
    jeannine71 Posts: 66 Member
    his or her eyes when you talk about how many calories something has

    This. And I roll my eyes when he talks about doing 10 push-ups every day, like he's been planning for the past 3 years.


    haha, I hear ya!!
  • ekking69
    ekking69 Posts: 44
    Nope! Mine's on here too, although I'm more dedicated with logging on and he's not really "using" MFP (community, friends, support, etc). He's just tracking. Sort of.
  • xarge
    xarge Posts: 484 Member
    haha, I hear ya!!

    Yesterday we were discussing whether I should go to gym for weights or get my own weight set and he said that I could definitely do with more muscle. Coming from 6'3 150 lbs perfect skinny fat... That's uhmm... :grumble:

    Men :drinker:
  • OKmac3
    OKmac3 Posts: 192 Member
    My wife knows I count the calories on here and thinks I do not need to. She DOES NOT know I use the social aspect of it.
  • kaliso
    kaliso Posts: 42 Member
    I love this community. My boyfriend Ianthe type that loses weight very easily and I'm not. At all. He thinks I'm a little obsessed but he sees that this is working for me and is supportive because of that.
  • miss_sassyteacher
    miss_sassyteacher Posts: 11 Member
    My fiancee is supportive of me working out. But the change of food in the house and me constantly talking about calories does annoy him. He is slowly coming around. He is my only support because we moved so far away from family and friends.
  • KechiaG
    KechiaG Posts: 55
    Uhhhh.....YES!! :grumble: I was told I couldn't possibly be having fun on vacation because I was worried about counting calories. To which I replied: well, it's either me spend a few minutes making healthy choices or "enjoy" myself making bad choices and make everyone miserable because I'm unhappy with myself. To which he replied: never mind babe. Do what you need to do. And I say: I THOUGHT SO!!! LOL!!! :bigsmile:
  • DrG3n3
    DrG3n3 Posts: 467 Member
    He is mostly supportive. He'll eat what I want/make for meals, although more of it, and he'll mostly support me going to workout or something. But he complains of needing to lose weight (around 20 lbs) but just will not even think of going to the gym, with or without me. And I could dearly love to have someone to workout with. I'm an extrovert and get my energy from being around people. At the gym I get it done, but it'd be nice to have someone to go with. Oh well :)
  • jackpotclown
    jackpotclown Posts: 3,275 Member
    No, she knows that it makes sense, she just won't do it herself, which is why she's not on my friends list LOL \m/
  • angeeishere
    angeeishere Posts: 89 Member
    Not at all, he's the most supportative and wonderful man....he's great...and I can proudly say this after 24 years together!
  • manderson27
    manderson27 Posts: 3,510 Member
    My husband is very supportive but his eyes do tend to glaze over when I tell him about macro nutrients. Yes he thinks I am obsessed but he understands that this is the only way I can do it. He often asks what I am reading/writing about and I read out funny stuff to him from the forums but I am sure he thinks it is a bit odd that I am logging my food and excercise. He just eats when he is hungry and stays at a healthy weight.

    But he has been fantastic and has started calling me his "skinny" wife. Love it.
  • mellynat
    mellynat Posts: 345 Member
    My husband just thought I would stop logging since I got pregnant. But nope I'm continuing! And he doesn't' think am crazy. lol
    I like to mention my logging once in awhile but it's not a everyday convo.

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