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My husband wants to lose weight and go on a diet how can I help?

My husband keeps saying he wants to go on a diet to lose weight, which I encourage what he wants. The thing is he isn’t following a diet. He is depressed about his weight. How can I positively encourage and support him without being pushy, or controlling to help him reach that goal? I would diet with him but I have to keep my weight up or I get underweight. We will be getting access to exercise equipment soon. Any suggestions?

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8 Responses to “My husband wants to lose weight and go on a diet how can I help?”

  1. schatz101 said :

    without being too obvious, try to prepare meals at home that are healthy. good food can be healthy, too. and if you just make it look like you’re interested in preparing special food (instead of prepaing healthy diet food), he might enjoy the food without feeling that he is deprived of good food just to lose weight. he won’t feel the pressure, and it will be fun for both of you.

    also, go out more often — try hiking or play sports. there are many forms of exercise that you can do without feeling so lazy adn tired to actually do exercise on machines.

    good luck and i hope you both succeed. i think it’s great that you are supportive of your husband

  2. JustAnswers said :

    Discuss topics of weight control, good nutrition, sports, calorie burn methods, motivation, success following good health/posture, Budgeting while dieting.

    You have to help him put his plan into action. He wants it…you help him put his thinking into action. Thats the best thing u can do.

  3. Angela F said :

    I am having the same situation. We get up and walk every morning for 30 minutes with our dogs. This is the first step because it’s simple, wakes us up for the day, and doesn’t really feel like an effort towards losing weight.

    If you do the shopping I would recommend changing what you purchase a little at a time. Leave out bad snacks and foods little by little and try replacing them with fresh fruits and veggies.

    One thing we tried was to make it a competition. Unfortunately you have stated that you will get too underweight so that is not an option. But you can set up a tracking system…just be careful because results don’t show as quickly as us Americans want it to. Also, if you do this, take the weight at the same time every day. This way it will control and show weight loss and gains. I usually take my weight in the morning because that is when I weigh the least.

    Anyway, just be as supportive as possible. Create an environment where he will want to use the exercise equipment, eat better, and try to stop any bad habits, at least point them out to let him understand that he is preventing weight loss.

    Good luck!

  4. Disco stu said :

    Take it slow… If he starts on a diet, he probably won`t like it and quite. Start by making him drink a lot of water… When he is used to that, reduce the salt, the fat,… then reduce the portions… the comes the sports… What I’m saying is that a diet is not the way to go, he should slowly change his habits.

  5. Erin said :

    My boyfriend and I are losing weight together and we are always cooking healthy meals together and push each other to exercise. The best things you can do for him is to limit the “junk food” that is brought into the house, prepare healthy meals that everyone will enjoy and benefit from, and be honest with him and tell him (often) that he looks like he’s losing weight. Nothing puts a smile on my boyfriend’s face more than positive words and compliments.

  6. kelly said :

    Exercise everyday like jogging around the block
    Skip meals. Eat 2 times per day than 3 times per day
    Dont eat until you’re full
    Eat fruits at night if your hungry.
    Drinks lots of water and stop all the fast food and chocolate.
    There are more tips and info.
    there’s a video on success fitness too.
    http://helpyourself.50webs.com

  7. Natalie Jones said :

    this is what he should be doing
    find daily calorie intake calculator on the net, enter all your stats and it will tell you how many calories you need a day to maintain, take off 300-400cal off that number and thats how much you need to lose.
    eat 5-6 small meals a day (eat every 2-3 hours – it optimizes your metabolism)
    5-8 servings of fruit and veggies a day
    8 glasses of water
    have complex carbs for breakfast – they give you energy
    have protein (lean meat, legumes etc) for dinner – repairs muscle
    cardio exercise 4-6 times a week for 30-50min (ideally 45min because the first 20-30min body burns carbs and only then starts burning fat), light weight training (more muscle=faster metabolism)
    dont consume foods that are made of white flour (white bread, cakes, pasta etc.), sugar loaded foods (cookies, icecream, candy etc) and nothing fried, oily.
    ofcourse you can spoil yourself once in a while with a little treat:)
    dont keep any food that might sabotage his diet at home – instead have lots of healthy things so you both can benefit.

  8. 7 percent body fat said :

    Be supportive and only have food in the house that is conducive his goal. At least once a week tell him that he is looking better and better. Here is more advice:

    Get Lean with the Magnetic Diet Seven Step Plan

    Combined with strength conditioning, energization exercises, pranayama life force control and meditation the magnetic diet seven step plan will when followed guarantee that you achieve a low level of body fat in a predetermined period of time. Ultimate leanness is defined as single digit body fat percentages for men and low teen body fat percentages for women. This is the level of body fat necessary if you want to be able to actually see the definition of your abdominal muscles. The magnet diet in combination with the right amount of physical activity will create the necessary calorie deficit to achieve ultimate leanness. The time it takes for you to achieve that will of course depend on how much fat you have to lose.

    For example, if you currently weigh 200 pounds and are at 23% body fat and your goal is to be at 9% body fat you have about 25 pounds of fat to loose. To loose 25 pounds of fat while maintaining or even gaining muscle should take you approximately 6 to 7 months. You can lose 25 pounds in a much quicker time frame, but will it be 25 pounds of fat? No it will not, remember when you lose weight too quickly much of the weight lost can end up being muscle. And as we learned earlier if you lose muscle you will create the condition for a boomerang weight gain of fat down the road. Now 6 to 7 months may sound like a long time but in reality its not. In our society we want everything quick and easy, but the truth is that nothing worth having comes quick or easy. 6 to 7 months of your life will pass by no matter what you do, you cannot stop time. But by following the magnetic diet seven step success plan the difference will be that 6 to 7 months from the time you start you will have achieved your goal, you will have attained your desired body fat percentage, you will look great and most important of all you will have achieved a very high level of health and vitality. Remember the goal is to lose fat and maintain or even gain muscle so losing the fat slowly is the way. Here is the plan:

    Step 1.

    Determine your current body fat percentage

    Get your body fat measured by a personal trainer or health professional, or purchase Tanita body composition monitor or other similar device.

    Step 2.

    Decide on a goal body fat percentage:

    What’s it going to be 15%, 10%, 5%? They are all achievable, you just have to decide. Once you have decided then calculate the amount of fat that you will have to lose. Take you current body fat percentage minus the goal body fat percentage and convert that to a decimal value add 1 and divide your current weight by that amount. The difference between the result and your current weight is the number of pounds of fat you need to lose. For example a 200 pound person at a 23% body fat who wants to achieve a 9% body fat would do the following:

    23 percent minus 9 percent = 14 percent
    14 percent = .14
    .14 +1 = 1.14
    200 pounds divided by 1.14 = 175 pounds
    200 – 175 = 25 pounds of fat to lose

    Step 3.

    Determine your current resting metabolic rate

    Determine your current resting metabolic rate using the formulas on page 112.

    Step 4.

    Determine your maximum daily caloric intake

    Remember you want to create a calorie per day deficit so maximum daily caloric intake is equal to your resting metabolic rate plus any additional physical activity as measured in calories minus 500 calories.

    Use this as a tool: http://www.magnetic-diet.com/calc/daily_calorie_calculator.htm

    Step 5.

    Adjust the diet using portion sizes and snacks

    Adjust the portion sizes slightly in the main meals or add or subtract snack portions to get to the maximum daily caloric intake.

    Step 6

    Determine the length of time to achieve your goal

    The amount of fat you need to lose divided by a pound a week = the number of weeks it will take to achieve your goal.

    Step 7

    Follow the Magnetic Diet Seven Day Success Plan Not only will it result in your achieving your goal but it will ensure life long health and vitality. Adjust your caloric intake and activity level as your weight drops. Remember as your body weight drops so do your caloric needs. You must reduce your caloric intake or you will reach a plateau.

    More info online – Read the book free of charge at:
    http://www.magnetic-diet.com/book




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