what to do... hubby only eats crap!

I suppose it really depends on the definition of crap, but seems to me that as long as he's supportive and not actively sabotaging your efforts you can just let it go. Introduce healthier fare to him over time and you may see a change in attitude if the food that you are introducing is more full of flavor than what he's currently eating.

As far as his idea of a bag of cheeses being a healthy meal....I'm not sure what the problem is there. I'd be more concerned if he just ate french fries, breaded fried food and boxed meals like mac and cheese all the time.

I have sort of the same problem, only my husband can't afford to eat crap. He doesn't consciously try to sabotage me but since I travel so much on my job he does the shopping. My fridge is packed. How can I get him to eat better with me??

Buy what you want at the store. Cook your own dinner, Tell hubby he's welcome to what you made but if he wants something else he's on his own.

I love this! He'll come around, hopefully because he cares about your health, and if not, he can fix his own. He's an adult.

I made it a point to make sure my life style change wasn't a burden on anyone else. When I was eating sugar free jello and my spouse was eating Oreo's I just sucked it up. It's my burden not theirs. That's the approach I took. Eventually you'll see they'll make changes on their own.

Buy what you want at the store. Cook your own dinner, Tell hubby he's welcome to what you made but if he wants something else he's on his own.

That's what I did, he can eat crap if he wants, but I don't have too. So sometimes he makes his own dinner, so I don't have to cook 3 seperate dinner (one for him, one for my picky toddler, and one for me). This past week though he has ate what I have made and said it wasn't that bad. There are some resaurants that have a healthy menu section (chili's is one), your hubby can pig out on ribs and you can eat a more healthier grilled chicken.

Just be awesome and happy, eventually he'll want to be too.

Buy some frozen yogurt and skinny cow ice cream...he will fall in love and not even realize it is better for him!
There are many options like that..hope that helped

My husband is the same way! He's in the army and since he goes to the gym everyday and works on his feet then can pretty much eat whatever he wants and it doesn't matter. I've tried losing weight around him and I just can't! My willpower right now isn't that strong though and so I have a hard time resisting pizza when he wants to order it, it's his fave. He recently went overseas and before he left he wanted as much "good food" as he could get his hands on. To him that so called good food was McDonald's, Pizza, and anything else that was super fattening and not healthy at all! It wasn't until he left that I managed to lose that I've lost so far. He says he's supportive and all that but still brings the food in the house when I've asked him not to. I told him he can eat all the candy and stuff he buys as long as he eats it before he gets home and not bring it to the house, but he seemed to do it anyway! But, now that he's been overseas he sees how good I'm doing and knows that I can't do it if he's going to be eating junk! I made it clear to him that I need him to work with me on the food issues and we'll have to compromise on how we are going to do this! If he wants to go out to eat then it can only happen once a week or so. Try working compromises like that out with your husband, maybe! See if he will lay off of the eating out and maybe only do it once or even twice a week if you guys like that. Other than that, I know sometimes I will make dinner and make things that my husband and kids like but that I won't eat and I'll either just not put that one thing on my plate or eat something else if I have to! I'm realizing that it's ok to eat different things, that we don't all have to have the same dinner, as long as we are getting what we need! If you are doing good resisting those unhealthy things he's eating then let him eat it and you eat what you want. If it's a matter of money (you mentioned you wanted to spend more on healthy stuff), maybe budget a certain amount of money to his likes and a certain amount to what you want. I'm realizing you can't force anyone to eat the way you would like them to. Just like the saying, you can lead a horse to water but you can't make him drink! When he's ready, maybe he'll join you!

You eat what you want. He eats what he wants. Problem solved.

I do the groceries, and cook so he eats what i feed him. Anything else that he eats that is his thing. You are going to be fit and feeling great and he may want to catch up to you eventually.

I agree with all of the suggestions to not worry about his choices, and just continue to make good choices for yourself...and I like the suggestion about fixing a healthy main dish, with some of his "crappy" side dishes.

So I don't have much to add, except to say -- speaking as a formerly-skinny, scrawny, 20-something who amazed his friends at how much he could eat ("where do you PUT it all, man?") -- his eating habits WILL creep up on him, slowly and unnoticed. There is no question about this. He doesn't have magic powers. 10, 15, maybe 20 years from now, he'll look down and realize he can't see his feet.

But again, you can't change anyone else, so do what you need to do for yourself and perhaps be a quietly successful role model for him, but don't expect that you can MAKE him change.

Best wishes to you!

Thanks for all the great advice! I don't want him to stop eating what he wants and if he chooses to eat healthier too bonus! It's his body. But if the food he buys and orders is only crap then I have no food. And I don't want to starve myself so he can eat a lot of food, that's not so healthy food at that. But I tried talking to him about this yesterday. And he got upset saying its not his fault he can enjoy what he wants and I have to watch what I eat. And that's not even what I'm trying to ask of him. I'm just asking for healthier food being bought .. so I can eat too.

If he does the grocery shopping, give him a list of things you want! Or go WITH him. Make it a joint effort. He may not know what TO get. He's only going off of habit.

lol I feel your pain... My hubby eats anything and everything and has always been fit. He's got a physical job and a super fast metabolism! Honestly though, I don't let what he's eating get to me. In fact, I've had quite a few NSV's when he's shoved food in my face and I've simply passed on it... My only concern is HIS health, not MY willpower! I mean, you can't possibly be healthy when you eat fast food hambergers 5 days a week and drink nothing but soda. But what can I do? I cook healthy and he'll eat it... and I can't control what he eats on his work lunch break. Just let it go and know how strong you are when you simply look at what he's eating and shake your head!

I buy most of the groceries and do almost all the cooking she will eat what I make and if she wants things for herself she makes them
for instance last nite grilled chicken seasoned with different mccormick spices cut up peppers tomatoes celery and carrots steamed mixed veggies frozen
we finished dinner she went into the kitchen and put 2 servings of french fries into the toaster oven for her her life her body
she is doing it the way she wants I do it the way I want so all is good