Is your significant other 'on board'???

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  • weefreemen
    weefreemen Posts: 652 Member
    My husband is wonderfully supportive, he's also a great cook so will cook whatever I need to have or alter recipes accordingly. He has his own dietary restrictions as he has Crohn's Disease and a kidney transplant, so we don't interfere with his meals very much especially as he has always been underweight! He's awesome with the complimentary comments as well!
  • 916lude
    916lude Posts: 305
    We both are losing weight together. My wife has never worked out a day in her life and we are almost done with the Insanity 60 day program. She also used to eat tons of cookies a day and she's now down to two !! hahaah. I think she's on board ;)
  • hesn92
    hesn92 Posts: 5,966 Member
    Eh. I guess he "supports" me... but I don't really need support. I just do what I want. lol. He is not doing it with me... he doesn't really eat very healthy at all. Mostly just processed junk food. The only thing healthy he eats is fruit. He eats fruit like nobody's business. But he doesn't eat vegetables. I haven't been eating healthy lately either though because I'm broke as a joke.

    Other than that... now that I've been working out he wants to. He's been doing push ups and pull ups and stuff but doesn't lift weights because he doesn't go to a gym. We live about 30 minutes apart from each other and there are no nice gyms where he lives lol. He lives in a really bad area right now. But I do like that he's interested in working out now... he is going to be moving in the near future and he's been checking out gyms.
  • bailuna
    bailuna Posts: 56
    Absolutely! My husband and I joined this site together, work out together, plan meals together. It makes it much easier to have someone else there to keep pushing you when you feel like eating an entire bag of Doritos... lol.
  • CoderGal
    CoderGal Posts: 6,800 Member
    Not on board at all. I think he was afraid of me dwindling away to nothing. Then I hit goal and he realized I'm not losing any more weight and seemed happy and but is suddenly concerned about himself. He often makes comments to me and others how I can out eat him. We still go to fancy restaurants (a love of his) so all is well. But he was totally not on board and voiced his concern and fried goods often lol.
  • shaynak112
    shaynak112 Posts: 751 Member
    My wife are both on board, but I won't give up meat either. We need to squeeze it in for a healthy diet IMHO. That and men like meat.

    Not true. My boyfriend is vegetarian as well. And it was his idea more than mine at first.
    Generalizations ...
    Men don't NEED meat either ... just FYI.

    Anyway, my boyfriend thinks it's great that I'm logging all my foods and keeping on top of it :)
  • marie_cressman
    marie_cressman Posts: 980 Member
    NOPE! my husband is lazy. LOL Ok, he's not REALLY lazy. He eats whatever I cook, but since he does PT in the morning (he's in the Army) he doesn't workout with me or care to talk about health and/or fitness in any way shape or form.
  • paulvt65
    paulvt65 Posts: 73 Member
    My wife and I joined at the same time. It makes a big difference to have the support of your partner!
  • dorkusmalorkus
    dorkusmalorkus Posts: 61
    a stick in the mud would accurately describe my hubby. he doesnt want to hop on the bandwagon with me yet plans for this mysterious zombie apocalypse. hed be completely ****ed if it came along in his lifetime. foodwise, hes always willing to try what new recipes i stumble upon but he still sticks with his pizza and fast food
  • Kara_xxx
    Kara_xxx Posts: 635 Member
    My OH is totally on board and he loves our new ways of cooking.

    He is naturally into healthy foods, and cooking from scratch and non-processed ingredients, so he's loving it. He's also not a fussy eater so he loves when I experiment with new foods.

    With hindsight I think he probably suffered a bit after he moved in with me at a time when I wasn't a clean eater, but he never complained at the time.
  • KodAkuraMacKyen
    KodAkuraMacKyen Posts: 737 Member
    My husband's on board. I started this thinking I'd have to make seperate food for us but he stopped that pretty quickly and said he wanted to eat what I was eating. He's been incredible in helping me get the work out equipment I want for our home and giving me the time to put it to use. He's been an incredible support.
  • dreamsofescaping
    dreamsofescaping Posts: 206 Member
    He most certianly is! Actually he was an insperation to me to better myself. He lost a large amount of weight using weight watchers. He is very supportive and keeps telling me to stay positive and remember its a life style change not just a diet. I love how inspiring and encouraging he is :)
  • macsgirl526
    macsgirl526 Posts: 80
    When I did WW he wasn't on board and I lost 20 something lbs. Now that I am doing this he has joined the site and does it with me. We go on walks alot.We are even starting to bike(his idea). I love that we are doing this together and making lifestyle changes for the good. We have been together for over 4 yrs now but just got married in May. So hopefully all of this will help us live a much longer,happier,and healthier life together. :happy:
  • b1t3m3
    b1t3m3 Posts: 47
    Yes... and no... and yes... and no. I don't think my boyfriend has any understanding that some people need to watch what they eat and push themselves to exercise. He has been having fun doing the measurements and calculations with me. If he wants to LOSE weight, he has to gross 3500 calories (he's really active), and he has gained maybe 2 pounds in the last decade (he's 33).

    It has been hard... especially last night at 10 p.m. where he pipes up with "let's go buy ice cream!" But he's stopped telling me that I don't need to lose weight (I appreciate that he likes me as I am, but I need to push through with this for myself).

    Even when I wasn't on MFP, or watching my portion sizes, I would encourage him to buy his own food, to eat between our meals. He'll always have nuts on hand (I can't get into nuts, no matter how hard I try), or he gets an extra serving (or 3) of rice, millet or quinoa with whatever we're eating for dinner. Last night, he wanted me to have a couple of beers with him. I had already maxed out my calories for the day. We compromised - he drank beer, I drank water, our conversation was just as good.

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