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Food-forcing fiance?Food-forcing fiance?
shrkntz said: "The best thing to do is let him know how it makes you feel when that kind of stuff is around. If he eats it in front of you, it is best then to let him know that because you care about your health that you would rather he ate that when you aren't there. Lately, I have been counting my calories online and my hubby knows it, he even looked into the site because I went to it a lot. Letting him know that you see a change in him since he has been eating a lot of the 'wrong foods'. Sometimes when we go on a balanced food diet, our spouces won't accept the change until you are consistantly sticking to your plan. My hubby has recently started eating more vegetables and I was very proud of our shopping list. Him and I will sit down with a bowl of plain popcorn when we watch a movie. He knows it bothers me when he eats the junk as i call it because I have plainly told him it really upsets me. He has been accepting to the changes. You just have to make it visible that you are trying to change."
shrkntz said: "You can have anything you want to eat as long as it is in moderation. If you have any junk food, have a limited serving. You can buy low calorie icecreams and low cal chocolate bars. Rather than feeling badly all of the time and constantly craving the junkfood, there are healthy substitutes that can give you the same satisfaction as having a bowl of icecream. Look in the low carb, low fat areas of the store. There are dietary chocolate, candy and unsalted sunflower seeds. There is also low calorie fruit bars, low cal flavored drinks. You can have something of the similar, don't deprive yourself completely because when you finally give in, it will be a binge not a moment of enjoyment."
helplesscase said: "Try explaining to him that being healthy is important to you. You could also explain to him the long term risk factors that come with eating like he does.
Good luck. :)"
UniqueMystique said: "Yeah....tell him that being in a relationship means suporting one another too! Especially when one is trying to better themselves!"
spectrachic311 said: "Hey everyone...I'm sure there has got to be someone with this problem. My fiance does not care what he eats. He downs marshmallow Peeps by the boxful and can/does eat a whole tombstone pizza at once. He is tall and he carries his weight well, but he is starting to get a bit of a tummy on him. I try to motivate him to eat better, but what he does is try to force me to eat worse!! I'll be snacking on carrots and he'll give me a bunch of jellybeans and tell me to eat them. I know he really likes my body the way it is now (and so do I), but he doesn't seem to get the "maintenance" factor that's involved in keeping it like this. I can't just go back to eating crap again. How can I get him to eat better? And stop trying to force-feed me? :P"
spectrachic311 said: "The thing is, he has never known me when I was fat. I have shown him pictures of me before and he is amazed that I had the initiative, willpower, and strength to lose all the weight that I lost. He supports me most of the time, actually. It's just sometimes when he's eating really crappy...maybe he feels guilty or something. He thinks I'm a bit too hard on myself with my "never-eating-junk-food" policy. But for me, I can't eat just a little of something very easily. So I avoid junk because of that. I guess maybe I should tell him it bugs me that he eats like that in front of me. I tend to suffer in silence and watch, drooling, as he eats a big bowl of ice cream or whatever."