Greetings Patriarchs,

I have recently come upon an interesting dilemma. A girl I have been seeing casually expressed interest in seeing me "more seriously", whatever the fuck that means (sidenote: when pressed, she could not articulate...hah!).

I am not opposed to making her a more regular player in my rotation (i.e., my definition of serious). She's very caring, rarely annoying, and otherwise pleasant to be around. However, she does not work out and has a horrible diet -- not an American-style, mocha-latte-with-sprinkles-and-pizza diet, but one of the Asian-flavored, yogurt-and-fruit-for-dinner variety. The result is that, while very slim and petite, she does not have very much muscle supporting her figure.

In other words, she is skinny-fat.

This isn't so much of a deal breaker in and of itself, but I can see myself getting tired of it quickly, and if I'm going to invest more time in her, I'd like her to take better care of herself. Not only will this benefit me, it will also be massively beneficial to her and any of her future suitors. It could be my contribution to society.

So my questions to those of you who successfully Bob Villa'd a bitch are:

  • How did you convince her to start working out & eating right? I supposed in my case it could be as simple as saying, "We can be serious, but you gotta start working out," but if there's a more elegant solution I'd like to hear it.

  • How did you maintain compliance?

  • What kind of workout regimen do you recommend for a plump booty and toned legs? Specifically for my situation, a bodyweight routine for a rank beginner would be ideal. This girl can barely do 5 air squats without feeling the burn, and she is way, way, too shy to even begin to think about joining a gym and getting under a barbell.

Ideally, it would be great if this thread generated a field guide for whipping plates into shape. Remember, pretty girls don't need feminism, so make more pretty girls = make less feminists/fat apologists.

EDIT:

Guys, I think a lot of you are missing the point. I'm not asking, "Is this a worthy investment of my time?" If you ask me, learning how to motivate a woman to take care of herself is a pretty good investment of time. I'm asking, "How can I make this happen?"

For fucks sake, I found almost as much actionable advice over in the TBP thread (Hi, cowards) that's currently brigading this one.