Diets and Relationships

In past attempts at losing weight, my husband and I would both start the journey together. We both had weight to lose, and thought it would be fun to do it together. The problem was, I rested my success on my husband's success. If he went off his diet, I would use it as an excuse to go off mine. If he ate pizza, then I ate pizza, etc. After a while, I would get frustrated with him. "I can't lose weight, unless you do!" "Stop taking me off my diet!" Finally I realized that I had to do this for me. No one else was responsible for my actions, but me. I couldn't wait on someone else for me to lose weight. And that was when I started to lose weight. If my husband wasn't going to start back up his diet until Monday, that was fine, but I wasn't waiting another minute. It took more discipline on my part. When my husband ordered pizza, I had to be strong enough to not use it as an excuse to go off my diet. I had to be responsible for my own actions. But I grew a lot during those times. Although he wasn't on a diet with me, my husband was a huge support to me. He was my cheerleader through my weight loss journey, and I couldn't have done it without his support. This year however, he has been very successful on his diet, and I am very proud of him! We are losing weight together, and it's been fun motivating and challenging each other. We've spent more time together by cooking healthy meals together, and going on long walks. I've learned a lot about being married, and trying to lose weight. It is very important to support and motivate each other, but don't rest your success on your spouse's success. You can still motivate each other, and lose weight, while not running the exact same race, if you know what I mean. How has your weight loss affected your relationship? Do you find it hard to lose weight, if your spouse is not on the same page as you? How do you get past that?

Brittany
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