Your better half..
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mine is not into fitness. He has such a high metabolism it's sickening.
He can look at food and lose weight. I on the other hand, was not blessed in this department and I have to work to stay healthy.
Just because he is slim doesn't mean he is healthier or fitter than you. Even if he eats healthily, he may still be unfit unless he trains.
And here's an image for you:
I LOVE THIS PIC!!!!!
and my SO is not into fitness period. 12 years of the military makes a person hate camping and running supposedly.
and ironically, I'll probably be the one to keel over from a heart attack or die of cancer. my luck! 0 -
why is the other half presumed better?0
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My husband (other half) is doing this journey right along with me and is my motivation.
I couldn't do this without him. He is very active during work and in great shape. While I wanted to lose weight when I started MFP, he mainly wanted to maintain and build muscle/work on his abs. He's done Insanity with me all the way and we only have a few weeks left. We both agree we couldn't get through it without the other, especially getting up to do that INSANE exercise at 4:45 am! 
Love him to pieces!! 0 -
why is the other half presumed better?
it's bunk and totally not true. agreed?
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My husband is 6'7", under 200 lbs. Super skinny. And I hate the word skinny, but that's him. There are about only 10 foods that he likes. The top 2 on that list are chicken and french fries. Deep-fried chicken, pan-fried chicken, battered and deep-fried chicken. About 97% of the foods he eats are oil/grease based. Probably the healthiest food he eats is peanut butter. He does not work out. He's on disability due to several health/illness issues. I work full time. It was always way too easy to come home to either dinner already on the table, or in the process of being cooked. I ate what he ate, and was thankful that he always did dinner. Then, I knew I needed to change my ways. I stopped eating the foods he eats, and I dropped 50 lbs in 5 months. That was 5 years ago. Since then, I've gradually gained back half of those 50 lbs. So, here I am.0
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My husband is overweight, but not obese. He has the WORST diet made up of primarily fried foods, red meats, and sweets. He is the pickiest person I know, and at almost 38 years old, that's never going to change (unless he wants it to, but I have no control over that). He is only not obese because he runs his own tree company, so I guess he gets enough exercise from that alone (lots of walking, lifting wood, etc.) to maintain his weight where it's at. But for me, the issue is not his weight so much as the junk he's putting in his body. I fear he will make me a young widow. With that said, he is supportive of my trying to lose weight and get fit, and he's also allowing me to influence his 13-year-old daughter's habits, who was heading down his same path, and respects my choices in what we feed our two youngest. In order for me to do what I needed to do, I had to let go of a lot of ideals I wanted for my family. Because of his job schedule and his pickiness, he only ever wanted to eat out. For the sake for wanting to eat together as a family, we ate out. All. The. Time. When I committed to getting fit, I had to sacrifice family meals together for my health and the health of my children, so now, we might eat out once a week, but I primarily cook for myself and my little ones while he fends for himself, normally at a fast food chain. I just pray that one day he will realize what he's done to his body and want to make a change. That's all I can do... 0
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My husband has his on/off moments with fitness. He's generally pretty active, and will gym/bike several times a week. Every once in awhile he'll decide that he NEEDS a six pack, and then it's several hour-long workouts and protein shakes galore. The only downside to this is when he decides that he's going to be my personal trainer. That conversation never goes well :mad:
We're pretty active together, and fortunately he likes to hike and bike and raft as much as I do, though his damned male metabolism makes him much better at these things than me :P.0 -
Over the years we put on weight together. Last year when we decided we had to change or die, we started losing together. He joined MFP for a while but didnt stick with it. He does use his FitBit daily and racks up a lot of miles (golf course superintendent) as well as some time on the dreadmill. I wish he was more dedicated but he has lost 20+ pounds over the year.0
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why is the other half presumed better?
it's bunk and totally not true. agreed?
Agreed! I am definitely the best half. Hell I'm almost three quarters.0 -
I'm trying to get my husband interested in MFP. For him he just doesn't have the time to figure out the app program and estimate what all he has eaten. For now he has a profile and knows how much he should eat, so I told him to just try to read labels and guess as best he can to stay in that range. He has a very physically intense job, working on cars, so he doesn't want to exercise when he gets home (way too sore). Instead on his days off I try to do something he enjoys like playing disc golf together, that way it is a bit of exercise and fun.
Maybe when he sees how much I lose he'll start to get interested. He is sorta competitive, so I'm sure I could make a bet with him. :laugh:0 -
My husband (who isn't my better half, he's not half of anything, we're two people, last I checked) is currently way out of shape. However, I don't nag him about his weight as long as his health is in check. Which it currently is. Just because I want to be in shape doesn't mean I have any right to force it on him. He's a big boy with his big boy pants on. As long as he's not two steps from his death bed, it's not my right to tell him what to put in his mouth or how active he should be.
That being said, he has said multiple times that my lifestyle change and my dedication have inspired him immensely and he has lost about ten pounds just from making simple changes.
If, and when, he wants to get in shape is up to him. He has one mother. He doesn't need another. Not my job.0 -
My wife is 5'8 128 & could eat a turkey and lose 2lbs....its not fair lol
I know, right!! few months ago he goes " Ugh my pants feel weird" he steps on the scale and had lost 13 pound.
Im like " how can you lose 13 pounds and not even know it". I hate him sometimes:)0 -
My husband (who isn't my better half, he's not half of anything, we're two people, last I checked) is currently way out of shape. However, I don't nag him about his weight as long as his health is in check. Which it currently is. Just because I want to be in shape doesn't mean I have any right to force it on him. He's a big boy with his big boy pants on. As long as he's not two steps from his death bed, it's not my right to tell him what to put in his mouth or how active he should be.
That being said, he has said multiple times that my lifestyle change and my dedication have inspired him immensely and he has lost about ten pounds just from making simple changes.
If, and when, he wants to get in shape is up to him. He has one mother. He doesn't need another. Not my job.
I totally agree. Mothering somebody totally destroys a relationship ( in my opinion)0 -
why is the other half presumed better?
Oh mine is so much better at certain things, like eating a 10 lbs burger. Oh and putting s*** together0 -
My fiance is a tiny bit overweight. Every now and then he talks about joining me/going for a run/eating better but never does! When I'm having a healthy meal he will actually modify his to be unhealthy. Adding sliices and slices of bread, haggis, cheese...anything! haha He's not too overweight and had quite a demanding job so manages not to gain.0
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I am lucky in the sense that both of us are members of MFP we started together and we both are doing the C25K together and we both want to lose roughly the same amount of weight. I want to lose 75 she wants to lose 50. I bought two Fitbits so we are always checking out each other's numbers, We kinda compete with each other so it makes it alittle fun but we also try to keep each other on track.0
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My husband is not really into fitness. He should be. He is diabetic and overweight. His A1c is not good. I try to tell him, but it only seems to stick in his brain for about a week. With that said, he still tries to encourage me. So that's a good thing.
We are on a co-ed softball team once a week!0 -
My husband is 6'2 (a whole foot taller than me) and is barely 185....VERY athletic but he can eat everything in the house, still be hungry, and probably lose weight in the process -.- completely unfair!
He doesn't "work out" at all, just plays several sports regularly, but he is very supportive of me trying to work out and lose weight He rocks! 0 -
My husband is not into fitness and eats whatever he wants!!0
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MY wife is the better half. She eats a tone of fruits and veggies. We just had another kiddo a few months ago and she is getting back into the routine of things and starting to walk. However, she does not have to work at the weight loss like I do.0
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When I met my husband, I was 30 lbs overweight, and he looked like a real life Ken doll... 3 years later, I lost it all and he found it. He stopped going to the gym altogether, he eats a TON of CRAP. I gotta take the Oreos he tries to sneak into the cart, like twice. I know I can't push him into the life style HE taught me, it just kinda sucks. I got fit FOR HIM. He's an awful role model.0
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My husband needs to loose weight, probably 20-30 pound all around his stomach, and complains all the time but when I suggest he go to the gym with me, or god forbid out for a walk around the park not a chance. I am hoping that once he starts seeing a difference in me that he will be convinced to go to the gym with me and start eating better. Here raising a glass to hoping and praying. 0
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My husband is over weight as well, but is deployed and doing his own thang over there. Hes doing great, has lost 10lbs, and from the pics ive seen, hes gained some muscle as well
We are both doing our best to be around as long as possible for each other. Next year, when he is back, we plan to do warrior dash together.0 -
My husband would love to be as conscious as i am about eating and going to the gym, but his job doesn't always allow for it. He's a truck driver and it's gets hard to eat healthy on the road, but he loves all the meals I cook for him that have been healthy. He also will come to the gym with me if I ask him to. It's hard to go together, our gun doesn't have child are so it's normally on my weekday that I have off and she is in daycare.
It's been a rough time for him because he also is partially disabled, he doesn't have the use of his right arm. A nerve was severed in a surgery a few years ago, so sometimes it's difficult for him to do a lot.0 -
My wife eats healthier than I do. I am the one that has brought in all of the sweets and junk. I feel guilty because she is the heaviest that she has been. If it is there she will eat it. I have since changed my whole eating habits and now we both eat a lot healthier. I am working out quite a bit but she does minimal stuff. She won't work out with me because she says I have a basic training mindset. I would like for her to workout more because with our eating style I think she can lose more weight. She sees me working out and has started to do more.
We both have been the same throughout our whole marriage. I think it has to do with seeing what the other is doing and adapting to it. So we soon will be healthier individuals.0 -
My wife and I are both here. It started because of me. I was obese, and needed to get myself sorted out. She was overweight as well, and it was her that brought us here. I'm probably the one that spurred us to action, but she's the one who makes us accountable.
To date we have lost over 110 lbs. combined. She looks amazing! I'm almost amazing.:laugh:0 -
My husband doesn't workout with me at all. He is 6 feet and 202 lbs and he loses weight really easy without doing physical activities which isn't fair!!! He is very supportive with my weight loss though :happy:0
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My husband is 6'1 and maybe 160 lbs. he doesn't work out. He works and runs a business on the side. So he doesn't have fitness as a priority.
Fitness has been my number one priority since January 2011 and really kicked up in April when I started running. I'm confused because he came with the kids to see me run my first 5k. Since then, he's been pretty snarky and unsupportive.
I signed up for two races in September. One race, our best friends are doing. It's a one mile fun run for the kids and husbands, we wives were doing the 5k. Last night he bailed on me said he didn't want to do it, nor the kids do it because of the cost. It cost less then going to the waterpark for four,$80. I think it's his ego.
I do low carb, but still cook his favorite pastas, pizzas, etc. I've learned to handle the temptation, because I have hashimotos. I have a long term goal to be living well in my 80's. I'm already at a lower weight than when we were married. I'm in better shape than I ever have been with running.
So, at this point I'm on my own. I can't do it for anyone else but me and to be an example to my kids.:drinker:0 -
I started the 30 day shred and the next day my boyfriend asked.if is be willing to wait and workout with him when he gets home crime work. I was very nervous as I didn't want him to see me panting, sweating, and beat red but I sucked it up. He's a Freaking.g twig but decided he'd like abs again -_- but he Def. Pushes me to work harder because I want to impress him. Ironically, I'm better at the abe workouts then him
he can also eat whatever he wants when ever. He's the reason I gained even more cause he always made me feel bad I wasn't eating chips at 1 a.m. with him. Needless to say that stopped. He heats.what he wants and I he what k want 0
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