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Doeas your husband/boyfriend encourage you?


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I'm just wondering if I'm alone.

When I first started eating right and going to the gym, my husband was really encouraging to me. Now i'm 2 months into it and he's started making the "you spend too much time at the gym" type comments. I got to the gym at night, my child is in bed, and my husband is doing his homework. I spend about 40 minutes on cardio nights (that includes driving too and from home) 4 times a week. Then 3 times a week I spend 1 hour to 1 hour 15 minutes. In that time i've lost 10+ pounds and dropped a pant size! YOu might think that he would be happy to be getting his Hot wife back!! Sure there are times when he definitely likes my new body. I just don't understand it sometimes. I love exercise! He hates it! I wish I understood him.
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In concept my husband is supportive--sort of... He's happy for me that I was successfully able to lose 30 pounds. He never complained about my heavier weight at all. He's impressed with my dedication to exercise. But he definitely thinks my eating habits are now "boring" and strange.  He hates it when I ask for healthier substitutions at restaurants.  He thinks its weird when I express concern about limiting cheese, butter, and mayo on things. And he definitely doesn't like it when I ask him not buy junk food or sweets---which he does anyway---all the time.  Today I came to find an apple fritter, chips and cookies.  On Saturday, he bought a piece of red velvet cake from a local bakery--I happened to notice the calorie content: 940 calories for the SLICE!?!  I said "This has more than 900 calories"--just stating a fact, not passing judgement, not telling him not to eat it.  And he was mad at me for the entire rest of the weekend and into Monday for "ruining" his fun.  <sigh>  The food part has been a challenge.

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