The Loser Husband Diet
Let me start off by saying…I love my husband. Really and truly. He is perfect for me and I can’t imagine spending my life with anyone else. He does, however, seriously cheese me off in one respect.
He’s naturally thin and fit and if he feels like losing a few pounds, he just does. Period. He just decides, “Hey, I think I’m going to have fewer chips this month and eat more vegetables.” Then…he friggin’ does it!!!!!! What a bastard! Does he not realize how this affects me?
I can’t even blame him for my carbgasms! I can’t say, well, he’s an enabler, we reach for the Krispy Kremes hand in hand. NOOOOO, he won’t even touch them. As far as I can tell, he has absolutely no food-related neuroses whatsoever. If sugar passes his way, he might wave or raise an eyebrow, but he walks away. He doesn’t even think about eating it. If anything, he’ll curl his lips in disgust. How can this BE??? Inconceivable!!! It is a cruel, cruel, ironic world in which I live. But he is wonderful, supportive, says all the right things, tells me I look nice…blah, blah blah!!! Have a friggin’ donut with me already! (That said…he does have a great hiney. Which always helps! 
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Gah!
Soooo, what kind of spousal support do YOU guys have? Is it easier or harder to have a spouse who needs to diet with you?
Hey, I think my husband is related to yours! He recently dropped a few pounds by cutting out chips and beer. It works like this: I don’t buy them, he doesn’t eat them, he takes disproportionate credit for losing weight. Last night, he gave me a running commentary of how he couldn’t pinch an inch from his abs. Fortunately he stopped talking b/4 I reached him with the vacuum cord. For the most part, my hubbie is supportive, even if he did recently ‘observe’ that I was now the heaviest of my sisters (I have 5 sisters). “It’s an OBSERVATION, honey, not a criticism!” He’s a scientist, so I believe him.
Oh man I know how this is! My S.O. is naturally thin, and dosn’t understand why I have to struggle against overeating. The good news is that he wants to be more muscular, so he’s always pushing for more gym time. I suppose it balances out ^_^
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I have no spouse, which I think is a savvy move on my part. I’m far less likely to go to jail for assault and battery if I don’t have to live with someone who loses 3 pounds when he exhales.
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I have no spouse, either, although not by choice (he passed away in November 2009), but I do have to say that we did reach for whatever, hand in hand. He was round like me, loved me any shape I might be, but also struggled with food like me…..
Had he been otherwise, I might have had to hurt him, and probably should have several times, because everytime I would say we really needed to eat healthier (not lose weight, mind you, but just eat healthier), the man would say, ‘don’t cook….let’s go out to eat’, knowing full well that we would end up somewhere like Texas Roadhouse with all-you-can-eat rolls & cinnamon butter, or Golden Corral with all-you-can-eat everything, or the local Chinese place with each dinner containing enough food for three people (we like different stuff, so we’d order what we liked), or some place equally as damaging.
Life just isn’t fair, is it?
Heh, totally with you.
My husband used to have food problems; ie, he overate and weighed in about 80 pounds more than he should have… we both decided to lose weight and get healthy at the same time, and while I have had to be miserable, work out, starve, self-deny and I STILL can’t lose that last 5-10 pounds… he… hit goal and just kept right on going. He’s now 160 pounds (starting weight of 258) and if he DOESN’T watch what he eats, he loses MORE weight. (ie, when he doesn’t think about eating, he just doesn’t EAT…)
Me, I’m back to eating 18-20 ww points a day and generally continue to maintain or even gain a little and I’m freaking miserable.
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My husband sounds EXACTLY like yours. He grew up in an extremely healthy family, I grew up in a junk-food-extravaganza family. I am addicted to sugar like nobodys business. I must say that althought it is sometimes maddening how easily he can eat well and say “no” to unhealthy (aka ‘yummy’ food), I really appreciate the example he sets for our children and for me. It’s much easier for me to try to eat healthy and have good habits, and cook healthy food for our family when I know that’s what he likes and appreciates, and what’s best for all of us. Overall I wouldn’t have it any other way!
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My husband is a farmer. Which means he can eat whatever he wants (biscuits and gravy, fried chicken, meatloaf, mac and cheese) and still look great.
Somehow housework doesn’t yield me the same results.
I just found your site through Pioneer Woman and I’m glad I did. Great stuff! Keep it up. You may not want to go to my blog. It will be counterproductive.
Doesn’t that just stink? My husband is not healthy, never works out, eats what he wants, and basically stays within the same 10-15 pound range. He’ll say things like, “Oh, I’m not that hungry, I think I’ll just skip dinner tonight.” SKIP A MEAL? IS HE KIDDING ME? Sometimes I just hate men!
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