Do the people you live with support your healthy eating?

I had to make the first steps in my household, I am the mom and maybe that is why... I had to own it for myself and when my daughters saw what I was doing, they joined in... This was actually very encouraging, we could count on each other to get started on our exercise and it was easier to take little pokes about not eating the right foods, because we were all on the same page - It really does make a difference - but I realized taht I had to do it for myself...

One family member is. He's also my training buddy. I am the primary 'chef' at home, and each day's menu + macros are e-mailed to him the night before.

The other two are not into it as much but menus are not forced upon one another. The only principle we practice: If you do not like what is served at mealtimes, you may fix what you want to eat. No one's feelings get hurt, and no one is allowed to judge.

I'm just wondering what your support system is like? Does your husband/wife/friends/family members (who you are living with) support and encourage you in eating healthy? And by support I mean like try to join you in eating healthy, encourage you not to have those chips (in a positive way), and do they try to avoid eating those junk foods you ABSOLUTELY love right in front of your face?

My boyfriend is soo supportive. Im really gratefull. He likes the veggies and actually started working out too. He likes to eat junk though but always makes sure i don't like what he is getting (chocolat, cake.. beef jerky.. caramel popcorn(ew) lol! He will always buy my least favourite and usually eats them when i'm not around. He hides the scale when i ask him and ecourage me to focus on working out and not the number. He gives me pep talks all the time! Love him.

My husband is too supportive. He is very slender but is completely on board with my eating plan. I try to convince him that he can eat what he wants. He can get himself treats. It won't hurt my efforts.

No deal, though.

Makes me feel like an a-hole.

We do a cheat day once a week where we eat fast food and this is entirely for his benefit. I don't particularly want to do it. It's just the only way I can get him to eat the stuff he really enjoys.

I live with my parents and 3 younger siblings. My dad loves sweet Pakistani food......and my siblings love junk food. I don't expect them to change.......because I am the only one who has weight issues in my family. So I have to check this website and count calories before I start a meal. BUT, my mom will add anything healthy I want onto the shopping list and get it. Also, I don't restrict myself from sugary foods....instead I make sure to see how many calories they are worth and do portion control. For example, my family went grocery shopping yesterday and bought Jumbo Carrot Muffins (each worth 770 calories) so I only ate 1/4 of it today. I have 2 muffins in my share lol so i plan on finishing them in the next eight days.

My kids are always asking me if I know how to log something or if i'm sure that I have enough calories left lol. My family is very supportive as are my co-workers. I am blessed!

Yes. I buy a king size kit kat bar, eat 2 sticks...and then my husband eats the other 6. *sigh*

In reality I am completely in charge of all the food that comes into the house and everything that is cooked.

I live with my parents, so no not really. But it's not because they don't want to, they just like different things; however, my dad supports me 110% when it comes to exercising.

I do the healthy cooking so my husband is stack with it, but he does like it and appreciate what I make. He goes food shopping sometimes but he doesn't buy junk or unhealthy food.

The only thing that bugs my Mum is when I leave the scales out after weighing :blushing:

Yes and no. It's all over the map.

Yes and no. My sons are supportive of me, but don't really understand why I even worry about my weight. I guess they don't think it's that bad. My husband also thinks I shouldn't worry about it so much. He has heard me talk about my eating problems too much over the years, and doesn't have any reason to believe I will actually lose the weight, so I can't really expect him to get excited about it. He has generally been really good about not complaining about my weight. He thinks I should just eat when I'm hungry, stop when I'm full, and not worry about it. He has always been able to do that. He's one of those people who doesn't even think about food all day, and then at 9:00 at night realizes he should probably eat something. I, on the other hand, have been a compulsive over eater since I was a teenager, so it's quite different for me. He loves to eat processed meats, huge dishes of ice cream, steak, and bakery stuff when he does eat. He can still get into his clothes from high school, and he's 47.

Nope my husband is a food junkie... He likes to have junk food and take out everyday. So I had to adapt. I have a little list of things I can eat at the different places we go to. It i possible to eat on a calorie budget eating out.. I'm trying to cut us back but he's slow on the progress but it helps knowing that I can eat with him an I don't have to eat just a salad everywhere we go.

I live alone Mon-Thurs, so it's not an issue. But my fiancé lives with me Fri-Sun and he is my #1 support. He lost over 100 lb more than a decade ago and has kept it off. He's pescetarian and loves to cook exotic and healthy recipes, we often cook together. It works out great!

As for friends & family (none of them live with me but I see them weekly)...

My mom is the least supportive although she thinks she IS supportive. She's very misguided on what is healthy and not healthy, at least in my opinion. At her house, there are many processed things I don't eat like margarine, heavily salted entrees, and baked-from-a-box treats. I usually indulge in a small amount of something if it appeals to me but sometimes turn it down. I've started keeping a box of veggie burgers and some frozen sweet potato fries at her place, they're not my ideal foods but they are generally better than what she's serving. She does try to get me to eat chili and things like that sometimes (I don't eat beef) but she isn't too pushy about it.

My dad's super supportive. He was obese most of his life, although quite healthy due to a very active job. Now he has to watch his diet more carefully due to his advanced age and he is very aware of healthy foods. For years we've gone to lunch once a week and the lunches have gradually become smaller and healthier, which is good for both of us. If we go someplace less healthy, we'll split a plate of fried catfish and each have one veggie side. Works out great. My stepmom is the same way.

Best friend started eating totally differently due to a diabetic diagnosis. She is/was not overweight but now she really needs to eat low carb, diabetic diet. She is obsessed with gluten being evil, and that makes it kind of hard for us to go out to eat together in some situations. In our town there are a lot of places promoting artisanal breads and such, and she won't even go into them. I eat very differently from her. Nevertheless, she is not the type to try and tempt me with "bad" food nor do I push those things onto her.

Honestly for me one of the best things, even though they have no IDEA they're being "supportive" hahahaha....is my office. In the past I have often worked at offices full of dieting women who somehow wound up bringing in donuts, cakes, cookies, Halloween candy, in attempts to sabotage each other and "celebrate" every small victory or deal with stress. NOT good. In my office now, no one ever eats anything in the office, unless it's their lunch, and I love that! It makes it much easier for me. I sit and drink water all day while they smoke and drink Cokes. But at least they are not bringing in maple bars, because I KNOW I would indulge at least half of the time. It's also nice that they're not parading around with treats. At one former job, my boss had a delicious smelling Starbucks latte with her every morning and it would get that craving in my head.

I have an awesome support, my family does support me and encourage me too, I feel blessed. My work mates are terrific super proud of me and I feel great- I'd be lost if I had people that didn't support me , change is tough and In my house it's just me and my husband , he has health issues and likes to make food about reward- He learned that I wasn't going to celebrate with food any longer. It's not a passing fad to make these changes but a overhaul of your life and when you put your foot down people will roll their eyes but then they say Wow what resolve you have! , I over heard him talking about my change(I don't like to call it a diet) he was all bragging on me - so I think I have set an example and that feels amazing!