Is your spouse supportive?

I think the best way to encourage him is to continue to be an example. My wife is vegan, so weight isn't an issue for her, but other friends and co-workers have jumped on the bandwagon once they saw how much weight I lost. I'm sure your husband will come around sooner or later.

my wife thinks that i am obsessive about this. I dont think i am. i am not in a healthy weight range and i dont want to have any health problems. .

I have the same issue with my hubby. He's very supportive, but he has very bad eating habits. I don't nag him about it - I just continue to eat in a healthy way and hope that one day he'll decide to do it for himself. I'm not holding my breath, though. :ohwell:

My husband is the same way. He doesn't really take care of himself and he refuses to see a doctor even though he has high cholesterol. I try to cook healthy meals and provide plenty of healthy fruits and veggies. I don't buy junk food but he will go get it himself. I also try to tell him what a normal portion size is because he thinks he can eat as much of any healthy food as he wants. Sometimes he gets mad and tells me not to nag him, other times he listens to my advice. He also talls me it's ok to splurge on candy etc. I eventually get mad and tell him I'm trying to do something good for myself and that I don't want the junk.

I don't really have any suggestions about how to deal with it but I'm in the same situation!

my husband is very fit and has an active job, so he doesnt need to lose weight, he is supportive and appreciative that I now make an extra effort to cook healthier meals, and is on board with the no junk in the house rule, we slip sometimes, but the biggest thing is that he thinks I am hot and sexy and beautiful as I am, and tells me multiple times a day, it makes me more confident that I just want to have a healthy weight and lifestyle, so I am not as strict about it all as others might be, I dont have any particular goal weight, I just would like to fit back into some old clothes and not be self concious in a skirt or swim suit. I don't have a scale so I weigh myself when I visit my MIL and use hers at whatever time of day. His support for me not losing weight so much, but just me as I am really makes a difference. He is hoping I dont lose too much of my boob or butt, tho he doesnt say it out loud, but my body will always come with a booty no matter what I do.

My fiance is very supportive, but he doesn't eat super-healthy. I'm hoping to lead by example (which helps some), but I also never buy things to tempt him. I used to buy things like baked potato chips because he really enjoyed them, but I realized that I was just being an enabler. Now we both surprise each other with organic fruit, but he still drinks soda and beer pretty often.

Do you do most of the grocery shopping? If so, that could be a big help and buy healthy snacks for the two of you.

I am completely with you on this. The hubs is verbally supportive. But insists on having sweet tea, Little Debbie cakes, chips, Coke, and such in the house. He's a smoker with diabetes and cancer running prominently on both sides of his family. He eats junk constantly. I understand (as he reminds me all the time) that he's not trying to lose weight and he's not on a diet. It just seems that he could maybe hide it a little better, try to not be so blatent about it when he knows how hard it is for me.

My husband is being 100% unhelpful towards me losing weight.

He's anti veggie, anti-fruit and eats only processed food and will throw out whole passionate dramatic monologues about how processing of food is a good thing even tho he has not a clue about what he's talking about or nutrition at all. Needless to say, his theorys all have holes in them, but he gives a good speech.

He has rants about HFCS being good (?) He wanted to show me up so much he wrote a anti-vegetable rant on the net and telling his lies to others to belive. (He's getting diabetic from a life of this, and he wonders why when my dr loves that I am getting healthy on my own even tho my numbers all are good, and still getting better.)
I just ask him where he's getting his information, then smile at him and then give him a whole bunch of URLS to read for later. Rinse and repeat each month.

I had to put my foot down and tell him that I was eating my own food and promptly filled the house with good things. If he was going to eat in the house, it would be what I make, or he makes it for himself his choice. Then I put all the processed crap in his own cupboard and promptly marked it in my head as not existing for me and its not a place that I will go to for food anymore.

So, Its possible to have weight loss without one's support I have found out, but its much harder. Thank goodness we have other like minded people here for support.

Just like everything else, you gotta communicate with your partner. For me, it ended up, I had to stand my own ground and lose weight for myself. Anyways, who knows what is going on in their heads. It could be jealousy or control issues driving their thoughts. Its your own responsibly to lead your own life, not for someone else to make you end yours early because of their beliefs about food.

My husband if very supportive, with whatever I want to do. If I tell him to I am going for a walk he is always willing to watch the kids, and if I say I am going ot get an icecream hes ok with that too. No matter what size I am he is very much in love with me, it doesn't change anything.

He doesn't have the best diet, but its not terrible either. I don't nag him to lose weight or get in shape (not that he has alot to lose) Weight loss is a very personal thing, like someone else said. You can't make someone lose weight/get in shape/change their habits. They have to choose to do it themselves.

Be careful what you wish for. My partner has a very high metabolism, but is also eating healthy - as a matter of fact, he was really the one who got us started on the conversation that lead to our healthier lifestyle. In order to maintain (he would actually like to gain a bit) he ends up eating everything. I have no idea what leftovers might be available and today he ate something that I had made ahead of time to let set. I guess 24 hours is technically set, but I would have like to have some bean salad, too!

One thing that has helped to keep him from bringing stuff like ice cream into the house has been to develop genuinely tasty alternatives - we thrive on banana creme instead of ice cream (blended frozen bananas). He likes almonds with dark chocolate chips better than candy bars. We find my homemade protein bars (1 banana, 1/2 cup whey protein powder, 1 cup old fashioned oats, 1/2 cup dark chocolate chips baked at 350) yummier than the cowboy cookies I used to make...

On the plus side for me, if I make these treats, I rarely have to worry about getting more than one serving before it is gone.