The Skinny Husband Support Group.

My boyfriend is thin and in excellent shape. He's 5'6" and is 145lbs - most of which is muscle.

When I'm down about not losing weight, he'll try and be supportive but I feel like it's hard for him to understand since he's trying to GAIN weight and I'm struggling to lose it. Don't get me wrong, I know he cares about me and wants to help, but I think it's hard for him to understand (just like it is hard for me to understand him wanting to gain -- though he wants to gain muscle and not fat).

He doesn't eat candy, cookies, etc as a rule. I'm the one with the sweet tooth, so he doesn't bring stuff home that he knows I want but can't have.

Im about 60 pounds heavier than my guy and I totally hate it to and he has no compassion for me or what I am going through and always brings treats galore home even after tell me honey you just buy what you need to eat and we will all eat that way.... Ya right! I am still working on my will power to BTW so I have to do things for myself like sugar free treats etc....

I dont personally... My partner is a huge inspiration because he works out pretty constantly and is in excellent shape but he has to work his *kitten* off for it.

BUT! I have a Skinny Dad! He does the same thing! Brings **** into the house and then doesnt eat it, so it sits there for days or weeks just staring at me from the fridge or cupboard!

I feel your pain! My husband use to be skinny. He needs to lose weight. He is bigger than me and likes to tell me how to lose. I got him on the exercise habit. He exercises very early in morning - I am not a morning person. I exercise after work. Usually at home and I have my family interrupt me while I am trying a 30 or 60 minute DVD. Its like "just give me on hour." Food temptations are everywhere! Just when I try to be strong, he is cooking up something fattening or ordering something out high caloric. Temptations are at work too.

I'm so with you! It seems at least once a week, I'll come home from work, exhausted and starving. And my husband says to me " I just got pizza! Your favorite!" Oh, great. Thanks. lol

Oh yeah..I hear you!
My trigger and serious temptationis chips and dip, its very hard for me to stop eating them once I start and so I dont let them get near me.
Last weel after working 12 hours mr.Man calls my cell when I was on my way home and is practically begging me to stop and pick up some chips on the way home.
REALL?
I told him that was like asking an alcoholic to buy berr and I didnt do it.
He loses weight at the drop of a hat and was actually voted 'best body' in high school ( a really long time ago) so he doesnt really understand but tries to encourage me most of the time.
WTH was he thinking? lol!

Hi there Lindsy,

i can totally relate to what you are saying about husbands being like that, lol. About the same time last year, my husband embarked on a weight loss challenge that saw him reach my weight, which was discouraging for me as it seemed like he could do it effortlessly. Being fatty-fat is something that runs in my family and you only have to look at a photo of my family on my dads side to see how "being big" is the norm. My husband would be drinking all kinds of protein shakes with added veggie stuff, what started getting to me is how he would brain wash my 6 year old daughter into believing what she was putting in her mouth was fattening and that she had to eat protein first. I understand that good eating habits start at an early age, but a six year old telling me what to put in my mouth first at the dinner table is a bit extreme.

As I also wanted to lose weight, I asked for the same support, either we exercise together in the form of a walk or look into playing a sport together. Of course, my typical husband wants to work out on his own and only believed that I would slow him down, which felt like a big bummer. No playstations, but he is a movie junkie...just as bad.
We have a treamill that my daddy bought and it wasn't being used, so I forced myself into using it. I then bought a set of weights to work out on my arms with the help of a LES MILLS body pump class I was able to download.

Few months down the track and over Christmas, hubs put on the weight again...now I'm starting to lose the weight. I certainly feel good about myself, but it is difficult to steer clear of all the food he wants and craves. He just says the word and his daddy who is here on holiday whips it up....and yes, it's always fattening. I just have to keep telling myself that a healthy diet will ensure I look prettier, lol. NO pimples, clearer skin, teeth, hair, nails. Exercise makes you sweat=clears your pores etc. Not to mention that it will elevate your mood. That in itself should be enough encouragement for you to not give in to the temptations of the chocolates, chips and whatever it i that the hubs brings into the house as well as keep you going on the treadmill. Good luck with it all and perhaps you can keep us posted

Oh, girl...I know EXACTLY what you're going through. I have my treadmill in the bedroom and he has his xbox in the living room. Maybe we can pair up on MFP and they can pair up on xbox live and we can workout while they play games! lol

My husband is 6'0'' and weighs MAYBE 170 on a day he hasn't pooped yet. He can eat absolutely anything, whereas I look at something wrong and gain a pound!

For REAL! I saw you added me, so I'll give you his gamertag! What's your hubby play?

Borderlands has been his latest obsession. Occasionally some Halo. Just depends on what he feels like blowing up on that particular day... :explode:

He might follow the path of my husband who sounds just like yours up until around 30-33 years old, when the metabolism fairy went away!! Flash forward 8 years, and he was nearly 60 lbs heavier than when we met. He has now had to relearn to eat, and must exercise to maintain.

Once gifted with the super-human ability to eat and drink anything, he is now a mortal man.

I feel the same way. Tim just has always been small compared to me, he can eat whatever he wants and still look the same!! He has never said anything about my wieght unless I say that i want to lose but he really doesnt understand what I struggle with!! So I am there with you, he is supportive but again can eat what he wants and not care its hard for me to do!

Omg, yes! Great thread! My hubby is a karate black belt and 6% body fat. He eats what he wants and doesn't gain a pound. I work out twice as much as him but still struggle with my diet. He doesn't get it at all. He thinks if you work out you can eat whatever you want. He is always cooking something heavy and delicious and gets mad if I don't eat a lot of it. He hates when I'm looking up or documenting calories or on mfp. It's all a silly waste of time in his opinion, although he's loved my results so far!

I do have to say I have noticed he naturally will only eat 1-2 full meals per day and only eat when he's hungry. He also forgets to eat when he's busy. How can I be like that? :grumble: I started looking into leangains because of him

My boyfriend is about 45 pounds lighter than me. I know what it feels like to be a house next to a tree. Either though my goal weight isn't going to get me under his weight I think I'll be happier with what I look like standing next to him at that point. I do envy his bottomless pit of a stomach. I know what you gals mean when you get annoyed with their eating. I'll be talking on the phone with him and he will be stuffing his face with potato chips. He will never gain an ounce of fat either. But we've got to love our skinny guys!