Is your SO into fitness with you?

When I started reading this I thought "no, absolutely not. He HAS to be on board the fitness train, too" but then I saw the part about him coming to your races and that changed my mind. The idea that he drags himself out of the house to cheer you on says an awful lot. He may not be ready to take up the fitness gauntlet yet, but there may come a time when he wants to see what he's missing. It could start small with a 5K fun run. Personally, I got into running by joining a local pub running group. The beer and pasta bar at the end was my motivation. I still always give myself something at the end of the bigger runs (purely psychological, of course) but that may be his trigger, too. You may get enjoyment out of the act of running, but HE may do it for the beer at the end. All in all, I don't think it should be a deal breaker. But having an open mind is definitely helpful.

I'm typically the one to suggest a gym visit or a run, but he's almost always up for it.

Ha! Not even close. BUT he is very supportive of my fitness goals. He knows I'm going to have to be away from home for an extra hour every day so I can get my gym time in. He thinks of ways to get me moving of I'm sitting around a lot, even if it's not my favorite thing (hey, have you cleaned the windows lately?). And best of all, he brags on me to just about anyone who'll listen about participating in races and my weight loss achievements thus far.

I'll still ask him if he'd like to join me for a walk or suggest going for a hike but he's just not interested. He's an outdoorsy guy but would rather explore the woods from his 4 wheeler.

He's not. Sometimes I wish he was, and then I remember that I would prefer to work out by myself anyway. I wish he would want to do more active things though. I work a 9-5 (well...more like 7:30-7) and he works a lot of nights and weekends (he flies helicopters) so we never have a whole day together. Once in a great while we will, but we can never come up with something to do because he doesn't want to do anything active. I love the guy to death but sometimes it's like..UGH can we PLEASE go hiking?! I'm sure he would if I was like "look, we are going hiking today" but I don't want to make him do something he doesn't want to do.

Like another poster said, he is perfect for me in every other way and I could never give up on our relationship just because of the fitness thing.

When we first got together, he had lost about 100lbs. He was running, boxing and getting into MMA (he loves the fighting world). As time went on, he eventually lost the motivation and drive to the healthy lifestyle he was living and it all started with a tooth ache. Granted, I thought gym rats were crazy and I loved my fast food at the time so I don't think I was much of a help. We slowly gained weight together and drank on the weekends when we weren't going to college classes until I finally decided to change my life.

Now, I try to stay within my macros, track my food, run, lift and try to get PR's. It's a fufilling lifestyle to have esp. compared to what I used to look fwd to. He still loves his beer, green and pizza (I tell him pizza will be his downfall lol) but he's slowly getting motivated and back into exercising. I think I'm beginning to rub off on him!

He signed up for a 3 month summer contract at our gym and we've started to workout together. He even tried Spinning!! I'm more than happy to show him my lifting routines and to be of any motivational and positive influence that I can be as he's chosen to start being healthy again. I know he still has that active, health 'nut' inside of him somewhere, he just needs a little push getting him out

All and all, I stuck by him (and him by me) through everything and even when he wasn't into fitness (other than health related concerns) I was just fine with that, hell, he didn't bash MY bad eating, lack of exercise habits back in the day lol

My husband is also working at losing some weight he has put on, although he has a lot less to lose than I do. He's not counting calories or being as picky as I am but he is eating a lot healthier. I've also been on him as his cholesterol is a bit high, so I'm mostly concerned for his health and well-being.

We don't work out together as we have different works schedules but we do support each other which helps a lot with this whole process. He does his thing, I do mine.

Yes and no. He loves to hike, backpack and mtn bike. He doesn't understand my need to workout almost every day and he doesn't understand why I like organized races etc. He also never tries to stop me and really appreciates the benefits of all my hard work. :blushing: He's not lazy by any means but he could stand to lose a few pounds. I love him just the way he is. I will say that since I've met him I have been neglecting my road bike (which makes me sad and 10 lbs heavier) and riding my hybrid much more. We take easy rides for fun and it's nice because I lost that joy by over training last year.

Nope; not at all. He's proud of his big belly, believes it is a sign of maturity.

Bleh!

My significant other sleeps like 20 hours a day. They scarf down their dinner like they haven't eaten in years. It's so bad the food sticks to their whiskers! The only activity they like to do is chase a ball over and over and over. And I don't like the way they look at other women, especially their a--.

Yes and no... it's hard to make meals that he enjoys but he's up for the challenge

He's very Italian and is used to the huge portion pasta sizes, meatballs and all that other good stuff!

Q: Is your SO into fitness with you?
A: Absolutely not! She hates exercise with a passion.

It's just one of many ways we differ, in some ways diametric opposites - she's a church warden and I'm an atheist for example.

It works though as we've been married for 30 years.
I actually find it a little creepy when meeting couples that are like twins and finish each other's.....

.....sentences. (Said my wife)

My bf works in the health field and studies medicine and nutrition but he also lovessss his treats, desserts, restaurants etc. This makes it pretty hard for me most days, because he loves to treat me to dinner and grab candy for our movie dates. I love to be active and I love to eat smaller healthier meals. He will go a whole day and eat 4 donuts, cake, cookies, ice cream and nothing else its terrible. I try to remind him to eat "real" food but when it comes down to it, he can't change until he decides to for himself. We are getting gym memberships this week and I've bought him swimming gear so he can swim laps with me. Hopefully that helps.

Nope, my husband isn't so much into it. He started doing the 100 push ups challenge though and he's started to eat better, purchased weights for us etc but I don't feel he is as motivated. I wish he would work out with me more But I'm glad he doesn't 'sabotage' my eating like I often read here, or make nasty comments. He eats all the foods I eat and links fit girl pics for me xD