My husband is SO funny! (sarcasm!)

Lisa1971
Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
edited September 22 in Health and Weight Loss
So the other day he told me that 1. Iceburg lettuce is healthier than spinach 2. Doing ONLY cardio will burn much more fat than doing cardio and weights and 3. Extra vigin olive oil is SOOOOOOOOOOO bad for you because it's full of fat.

I love the man dearly but he's clueless when it comes to nutrition. Good thing he's thin! He can literally eat pizza for breakfast, McDonald's for lunch, and a cheesteak for dinner and will end up losing 2 pounds. :huh: So since I am trying to lose weight and get healthy now he has all the answers! :laugh: I read every fitness magazine known to man but HE still knows more about nutrition than me. Sorry but had to share. I just smile and nod. It's not worth arguing over.

Sorry, just had to share!:happy: :happy: :happy:

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  • sjd2010
    sjd2010 Posts: 106
    So typical male!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh:
  • TaraDenise
    TaraDenise Posts: 164 Member
    Ha! Isn't that how it always happens?
  • TaraMaria
    TaraMaria Posts: 1,975
    Sounds like my sister...she looses weight from the chewing motion it takes to eat the pizza and slurp her milk shakes. Sigh...Your post made me chuckle though! LOL! :o)
  • Lisa1971
    Lisa1971 Posts: 3,069 Member
    He can eat out at Red Lobster eating fried shrimp with butter, french fries, and those to die for biscuits and he'll lose 5 lbs. I drive by a fast food restaurant and just INHALE the aroma and I instantly gain 9 lbs. So not fair!!!!!!!!!!:sad: :sad: :sad:
  • NatalieWinning
    NatalieWinning Posts: 999 Member
    I think we married the same man.
  • 1horsetown
    1horsetown Posts: 247 Member
    My husband is a power lifter. 6 ft tall and 270#........and like no body fat. He also eats like 8000 calories a day MINIMUM.

    But I tell him I'm on a diet and my life is, like, over. He goes on and on if I have a stick of sugarless gum, etc. That's why I love MFP, I get just enough encouragement to stay with it, but not get harassed 16 hours a day.

    The more closed the mind, the more open the mouth.

    1horsetown
  • NutritionDivaRD
    NutritionDivaRD Posts: 467 Member
    Hun, I have a BACHELOR'S DEGREE in nutrition PLUS just finished my post graduate internship and my husband will STILL argue with me about nutrition. *sigh*.........

    MEN!!!!!
  • gambitsgurl
    gambitsgurl Posts: 632 Member
    Just nod. Smile. And ignore him.
  • lozf85
    lozf85 Posts: 62 Member
    Just nod. Smile. And ignore him.

    Hahaha. Exactly what I was going to say!
  • soze
    soze Posts: 604 Member
    I'm not married, Thank goodness or I would be all over this board. Whew!
  • NutritionDivaRD
    NutritionDivaRD Posts: 467 Member
    Just nod. Smile. And ignore him.

    You are very wise. :) That's the BEST way to deal with it.
  • jbug100
    jbug100 Posts: 406 Member
    My husband claims to be supportive of my new lifestyle, but he will leave a bag of chips open in front of me and go through the evil drive-thru with me in the car. He will also say "should you be eating that ..." at which point I tell him to...well, take a flying leap is putting it nicely. I told him that his job is to say "you look great honey". No advice please unless you want me more *****y than I already am!
  • mcjabber
    mcjabber Posts: 374 Member

    The more closed the mind, the more open the mouth.

    That's great. Fortunately, mine listens to me a lot of the time. When we met he thought a salad serving bowl (like, party size) was a good serving of cereal! He was totally clueless, but thanks to me lost 40 lbs! If only I could be as good of an influence on myself! lol
  • Brat3073
    Brat3073 Posts: 160
    good thing you love him huh! my hubby says stuff like that all the time......i just continue about my business.
  • mcdebbie
    mcdebbie Posts: 940 Member
    I feel your pain. I like counting calories and Weight Watchers, he thinks Atkins is the ONLY way to go. I want to walk and lift some weights, he wants me to do combat comando training. So far the only thing we agree on is that we both need to do something! :love:
  • Melanie1967
    Melanie1967 Posts: 238 Member
    Mine was that way. WAS! But after seeing how I was eating, and loosing, he actually goes through the grocery reading side panels now. Many time's I have seen him put something back on the shelf and say well you won't eat that and I shouldn't. Sometime's he will go to the grocery without me. He'll come back and say this is the lowest calorie lowest sodium one I could find. LOL! He's learning, and became very supportive, FINALLY!
  • MzBug
    MzBug Posts: 2,173 Member
    Guys quite often will take as gospel any little bit of information they hear from their buds over a beer. Then they are not in the slightest bit afraid to spout off their expertise....even when they look like idiots. Gotta love em. I think I have almost broken my guy of doing that. When I say something he doesn't agree with he will call "bullchit" ...then I go pull it up on the internet and prove him wrong. Now he just kinda keeps quiet and will look it up himself if he doesn't believe me. When I call "bullchit" on him I make him prove it to me.... not often successfully. It is kinda fun to watch their faces when they realize that they were wrong...:wink: One of these days he will learn I don't give my opinion unless I have something to back me up.

    Yes I beat him at poker too.
  • CroakerNorge
    CroakerNorge Posts: 165 Member
    So, he's one of those unhealthy skinny people?

    <<< not jealous of him in the least.
  • sublimechik28
    sublimechik28 Posts: 74 Member
    GOOGLE saves relationships lol u think im wrong google it!!
  • katerinab
    katerinab Posts: 107
    Just nod. Smile. And ignore him.
    Yep, the smile and nod is my biggest sanity saver!
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