Know It All

jbdowns35
jbdowns35 Posts: 352
in Food and Nutrition
Ok, so my 'know-it all" fiance has his own opinions about health & fitness even tho he has never in his life (up til recently) participated in any formal form of exercise or nutrition program. He is 47 years old & is now taking a more serious interest in his health. He sticks by the "burn more than you put in" theory. He has always been healthy, he is a busy, hard working guy that will eat anything I put on the table (I cook healthy) and he loves his veggies. So, weight has never been a problem for him with the exception of a small spare tire & little love handles that are barely enough to grab a handful. With our upcoming wedding in Jamaica & his quest to regain his youth, he is on a mission to build a little muscle & get his six pack back that he has not seen since his early 20's. He has been doing some weight training & muscle building workout videos every day for about an hour & very little cardio. He has really cut back on his portions & barely eats any carbs. If I were to guess, he probably consumes 1200 - 1500 calories per day. He is 5ft 10in & 165lbs. I think he might eat less than me most days.

I am NOT by any means a "know-it-all" but, unlike him, I've had an active interest & participation in fitness & nutrition my entire adult life. I think I might have a little more knowledge when it comes to fitness & nutrition than him. So, after almost 2 months of rigerous workouts & cutting back on his food, he can't figure out why his spare tire is still hanging on & his weight hasn't changed. When I try & suggest maybe he isn't eating enough or maybe he needs more carbs, he just argues with me as if he knows it all. He thinks it doesn't matter what you eat, it's how much. He just thinks the less you eat, the more weight you'll lose. I would also like to offer him some advise on his form & breathing (he holds his breath sometimes) during workouts, but he is just never very welcoming to my input even tho I've been doing this (to some degree) my whole life & he's new to it all. So, mostly I just don't say anything.

Anyhow, the reason why I'm posting this I'm hoping I could get some suggestions on some books or maybe a documentary, or somekind of general source of information I could give to him that could educate him a little more in the world of fitness & nutrition. I think he would be much more open minded to information that he would consider factual instead of MY (or anyone else's) opinions. Any ideas?

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  • VeganInTraining
    VeganInTraining Posts: 1,319 Member
    This should be interesting haha....my husband is the same way! Decides he needs to lose weight and his means of doing that is doing the arm workout part of P90X. I try and tell him "baby, that will just make your arms bigger, it won't make any part of you smaller." but he doesn't want to hear it 'you need to do weights to burn fat"
  • Jacquibennett
    Jacquibennett Posts: 95 Member
    I don't have any experience in this area so feel free to completely dismiss my suggestions if you want I won't be offended!

    How about finding some fitness magazines that have relevant articles in them and strategically leave them lying around, open at the article you think may help him. That way if he picks them up and reads he'll feel like he is doing it off his own back and not because you've told him to/suggested he do it.

    I am one of those awful people that will shout 'I know I know' if I'm not in the mood to listen and being stubborn, but I usually go back to the person with my tail between my legs to apologise and ask for their help!! Very humbling, lol.
  • jbdowns35
    jbdowns35 Posts: 352
    Good idea, maybe I'll pick him up a "Men's Fitness" magazine. See if he takes an interest in it, I think he would. Don't know why I didn't think of that before!!

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