He's Sabotaging Weight Watchers!

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    He's Sabotaging Weight Watchers!

    I started Weight Watchers last week in hopes of losing 40lbs in the next year, keeping it off, and maintaining a healthy weight. It can be done, I just have to stick to my points and keep up (and slowly increase) my exercise. I lost 35lbs last year on WW, gained it back plus five.

    The entire week it seems like my fiance, Jeremy, is trying to sabotage me! Seriously! Last night I was craving an onion bagel with scallion cream cheese. I told him, but decided I wasn't going to eat it in the morning because of the high point value. Instead I settled on 2cups of Special K Strawberry cereal with skim milk. I love Special K anyway. What did he go out and get at the bakery?? An onion bagel (fresh baked, mind you) with scallion cream cheese! WTF?!

    He's been doing stuff like that all week. This is what happend last year to me when I got so far off track and gained all my lost weight back plus five! I tried talking to him, and he was sorry and didn't realize what he was doing, but I don't know, lol, I think he's trying to sabotage me. He's very naturally thin, me not so much. I'm not fat, but I would like to be at the weight when we first met five year ago (when i was 35-40lbs lighter). I know it's me who decides what I eat or don't eat, but it's very hard (especially in the begining) to be around the foods you love but really can't eat, then to have someone eat it right in front of you asking "do you want a bite?"....it's just hard!

    Any advice?
    Encouraging thoughts? Tips?

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     I think I would have another sit down talk with him, and really let him know how you feel and what you need from him in way of support.  Tell him not to offer you bites or see if he will even be willing to help you get in the rhythm of the diet by going on it with you the first month or keeping his junk food out of your sight.  Let him know if he really wants to show his love and support for you that means not going out to buy your craving foods when your craving them, but instead compliment you on how awesome your looking and how great you have been doing to stick to your guns and loose the weight.

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    If he's never had to diet, he probably just has no idea, and is trying to be "nice" to you. You have to teach him what to do to be supportive! You could make a list of things you can and can't have, and leave it out for him to look at, too. Ask him to avoid eating certain things in front of you when he can, or ask him to be strict and to help you not "cheat" on your diet. Ask him to exercise with you. etc.

    He's just a man, he has no clue. Wink Help him help you!
     

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    Cita
    He's just a man, he has no clue. Wink Help him help you!
     

    Haha, he's very man; junk food eatin', bbq lovin', food fryin', beer drinkin', but insanely sweet man.

    I guess I just have to tell him, in a very simple way, lol, ways to help and ways he's not helping.
    I wish he was into exercising again. When he was in the USCG, he loved exercising, lifted weights, ran, ate good.

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    Just say no, LOL. This HAS to be from within yourself or else even if you loose you will gain it back again.  There is always going to be temptation, just stick to your decisions and that's it. I've found that I've forgotten about a lot of the foods that I stopped eating that used to be triggers for me. 

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    It's so hard! LOL Stick out tongue! When I lost 35lbs, it came off very quick- too quick, and as soon as I hit that goal I gave myself a little slack...when Jeremy would say, "You look great! What's a couple of chips? Or one slice of cake?" I gave in, again and again, and it all came back very quickly.

    I still haven't figured out what my trigger foods are...basically right now they're whatever I'm craving at that moment.

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    I know what your talking about believe me.  I don't know if you read the thread I mentioned I recently lost a lot of weight.  I have to constantly watch what I eat even though I'm at my goal.  I basically have to stay within the points at least during the week or I start gaining. 

    I KNOW it's hard.  But, this is all about your own mindset--the only one who can sabotage this is you. 

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    I read the thread where you stated you met your goal, and btw CONGRATS!!!
    I know the only one who can really sabotage me is me, but it's like sometimes I feel like he's purposely tempting me even though he probably has no idea what he's doing.

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    Thanks! 

    People are going to offer you things you cannot have, meaning to or not, you just have to politely refuse and stick to what you want for yourself. 

    I know my husband would want me to eat pizza or something like that with him.  And, honestly he just didn't get how portions worked and how just one slice could really add up when you are on points, etc.  Now, that he's doing it, he sees what it was like.

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    Oh, Jeremy has NO idea how portions work...

    I've seen him put down a whole large pizza on his own Indifferent
    But he's very thin still. I keep telling him it's going to catch up to him, but I don't know both his parents are very thin people too. I tell him, you can still be thin and not healthy!

    I think he really misses his "eating partner".

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     MEN suck!! Their metabolisms are just way faster than ours, and my DH is the same way. I tell him I'm dieting and I am going to eat my own thing for dinner, then that night he always asks "sooo, you want pizza, or how about I make batter dip fried chicken". It's always something horrible where just thinking about it I would gain a pound or 2, but yet he walks a few steps and loses weight and I struggle! Trust me, my DH has never had to diet and is just thin, and I don't think he understands either. I feel your pain

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    jennyx0023

     MEN suck!! Their metabolisms are just way faster than ours

    Hahaha!!!
    Ain't that the truth! Wink Stick out tongue

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     Write it down.  Exactly what it is he could do to help you.  And everything he does that does not help.  Do this when he is not around so you can think clearly.  Asking for help is the same in my book as fighting.  At least the stress level is the same and if I'm put on the spot, everything in my mind gets all jumbled up.  Tyler has a bad habit of being lazy to the my boiling point.  Then when I finally blow up he looks at me innocently and asks what exactly I want him to help me with, and I end up blurting out that I want him to do the dishes, when in actuality I really wanted him to mow the lawn, do the dishes, clean the porch, and pick up his freakin socks.  And so he does a few dishes and thinks everything is hunky dory. 

    If I were to tell him that bringing home a bagel with cream cheese would sabotage my diet, he would just bring home pizza or chinese or curly fries instead.  And he would honestly believe that those would be ok.  I would have to tell him that I do not want him to bring anything home to me unless I specifically asked for it, or something along those lines.  

    If I wanted him to start walking every night with me, I would have to say EVERY night.  If I just said,"Honey, do you want to start walking with me at night?"  He would say sure, walk with me THAT night and then be completely dumbfounded that I wanted a repeat preformance the next night.  He's not stupid, he's just a guy and when they say they understand, it doesn't mean the necessarily understand, or even that they are listening, they just want you to be happy in the now.  They'll deal with later when it gets here.

    Good Luck on your journey.

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    Oh...my....gosh....

    YOU just hit the nail on the head! Seriously, you described Jeremy to a perfect tee. Especially the walking at night...that really did happen in our house. When I started WW I wanted to walk after dinner. He said OK, and came with me. The next night I was getting ready to go for a walk after dinner, he was in our bedroom I thought he was getting his shoes on, but he came out and he said, "Does Apollo have to pee?"...um, no, I'm going out for a walk. He said, "Oh, have fun you two!" and went upstairs to watch TV, and I went out for a walk.

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     Hon, that's not Jeremy, thats MEN>.....