Hello =) This is my first post on these forums, and I'm really looking forward to having people to talk to as I work towards my weight loss goals!
I recently started Weight Watchers on my own after my Grandma (who is a lifelong member) got me the calculator and some of the reading material for my birthday. After calculating, I get 33 pts per day, while my fiance gets 67.
After starting last week, I've lost about 2 pounds so far, which has me very hopeful! I do feel like I've cut a lot out of what I normally eat, but not in a bad way. I try to make as much food at home as possible, and pre-portion it so that I can just grab it and go. My fiance and I were always going out to eat, or stopping for fast food, and that would both add to our waistline while slimming our wallets. Not a good combo =P
Anyways, my fiance seems to be fighting the diet...he will listen to what I'm telling him, but it's like it goes in through one ear and out the other. He thinks that because he gets such a high amount of a daily value, he can keep eating like he's always done "because there's no way that what I'm eating is equal to that many points" (that's a direct quote from him).
He is all for going to exercise....except he doesn't exercise. He believes (because it's worked for him before) that a couple hours of exercise a day will negate the awful way he continues to eat. I have no doubt it will work, but he doesn't take that step to actually do the exercise, and worse, he just continues to eat a ton of fast food and processed foods.
I've tried making tasty food, writing the point value of something right on the package, etc., but it seems like he just doesn't care. And when we did go out to lunch to Carrabba's (family get together), he kept trying to get me to cheat! I did really well, ordering the small grilled chicken (about 5 oz) and 2 orders of the steamed broccoli instead of potatoes, and said no to dessert! But he kept trying to push it at me, saying that I should give myself a break since it's a special occasion. He didn't understand that while I wanted the desert, I didn't want it enough to go over my points.
I finally had to sit down with him the other night to say "hey, I will choose when it's necessary to go over my points." But when I told him that, it's like he was angry with me! It's almost like he doesn't want me to lose weight this way, and I don't get it =(
No matter what I do, I don't think I'm going to get him to do the weight watchers with me, he seems almost against it, and I don't want to force him to do something he doesn't want to do. But how do I stay motivated, and eat the things I need to, when my significant other doesn't seem to be interested in it?