Struggling with spouse not on board.

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  • Motorsheen
    Motorsheen Posts: 20,508 Member
    Pisces_MN wrote: »
    I can so relate to this. My husband was always slim until he stopped smoking so now he has a belly on him. He makes comments on my weight, nothing demeaning, but compared me to other women saying how they're in great shape etc, stating the obvious that I'm not. But then he buys ice cream and cookies for me because he loves me....how messed up is that. When I tell him i don't want any he then tries to guilt me into having some. Grrr!

    @Pisces_MN

    Here's a guy's perspective on the issue.....

    (please don't flame me on this; I'm being honest.)

    Why not take the cookies and ice cream straight from their containers and dump them down the garbage disposal?
    Do it with him standing right there in the kitchen.

    If my wife did that a couple of times, I'd get the message that she really doesn't want cookies and ice cream in the house and a greater act of love would be not bringing that garbage home in the first place.
  • elisa123gal
    elisa123gal Posts: 4,324 Member
    So I have an issue with my husband to he is diabetic and no matter what I try and do to help him he does the opposite. He eats cookies chocolate cake drinks 2 L bottle of sodas in a day everything he's not supposed to put in his mouth he does. And besides all the food that I try to get for myself all the healthy proteins and all the healthy snacks he decides to eat that too. So then he leaves nothing for me to eat from my diet and to try and work on my success. I've tried involving him in the healthy way of eating so we both can get better and he just keeps doing the same thing over and over again. For three years now this is the way my life has been I'm up and down with my weight I struggle everyday when he goes in and eats my fruit and vegetables and my proteins that I have he then looks for I'll have Suites. I stopped buying the sweets and then he goes out and he buys them and bring some home but when I make myself my chicken for the week or by myself turkey or I get like the Bumblebee can check in and make that was my string beans he eats everything on me and says that well I'm just going to take it with me to work because I have nothing else to eat. So there is real struggle for a lot of women out there who have husbands who don't want to have any part in what's going on with the wife self. I then have to hide my food and thank God my mother lives next door because I have to bring my food over and leave it in her fridge so he doesn't eat all my healthy food. I wish I can get them onboard to just eat the healthy food and then stay away from all the bad stuff. What happens though is if I have Tupperware in the fridge or in the freezer and it's separated for like 5 to 7 days for the week he'll go in and he'll take two or three of my Tupperware has to work for one day and eat all my food so this is my struggle I try and better myself and then I can't because he leaves me with nothing and it's not like I have the financial means that I can keep going out and buying additional food. He tells me to bring him home chili or bring me home Hot Pockets or he wants new banquet meals that have buffalo chicken macaroni and cheese or something like that and he'll eat that and then eat my food and then eat snacks on top of it. So my only option is to hide all of my help food so he doesn't get to it really sad when you don't have someone who will support your efforts but then we'll sit back and complain about how sick they are and how much help they need and when you try they say that you're preaching to them or you're treating them like a child that's why the way you're stuck

    Just an idea for you... Purchase a lot of junk food for him so he stays away from your food. He will always default to eating the easy processed foods and maybe stay away from your food. Go to Aldi..a place where food is cheap..and buy him frozen, canned.. bagged everything. Keep your prepared meals over at mom's for lunch and don't let him know about it.. Also, don't talk about your weight loss fitness goals.. he will just try to sabotage you. You have to think of yourself first.. he is dragging you down into his bad health spiral.
  • _faedreamer
    _faedreamer Posts: 56 Member
    My wife is having a hard time staying on track with snacks, so I just have her bring them to work and she eats them there, not at home. I do all the shopping, so that helps too, I don't buy junk, so if she wants it, she has to go get it herself and then it stays at work so I'm not tempted. I wish she wouldn't eat that garbage at all, but I can't control her and don't want to. I can control my own environment, however, so I do that.
  • bjkoziara
    bjkoziara Posts: 158 Member
    I've actually found it much easier to lose weight when my husband isn't also trying to do so. He has unintentionally lost a bit because I do the cooking and grocery shopping, so he eats whatever is in the house. 3 days of the week, we fend for ourselves for dinner and he usually requests I pick him up frozen pizza, mozzarella sticks, macaroni and cheese, etc. (yes, he eats like a child, but it's what he likes). He's very supportive of me and has congratulated me for every small win; but when we were both trying to lose, he would often critique my food choices.

    It sounds like your husband is supportive, but just not interested in cutting junk food out, which is okay. The hard truth is, you're just going to have to learn willpower and get out of the mental place you're in, because that only will lead to you blaming him if you do decide to binge. Find a healthier coping method for stress, like swimming, hiking, boxing, biking, etc.
  • gaelicstorm
    gaelicstorm Posts: 94 Member
    You just have to do this thing for yourself and it is much harder in the beginning. I've been logging for almost 120 days now and am down about 45 lbs (65 down from my highest weight ever). My husband and I are both diabetic. He chooses to eat crap. I choose to eat in a way that helps me keep my blood sugar in check. We are both overweight. He's not working on it but I am. I walk by myself and make my own meal modifications. He can do what he wants but I'm going to stay focused on myself. He will only change when he desires it more than he desires candy, cookies, and extra butter on everything (not saying those foods are bad--they aren't--when eaten in moderation and to meet your own health goals).