Leading my wife to diet
8 upvotes | January 19, 2017 | by mrpthrowaway2268
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Just wondering how some of you would address an issue I'm having with
leading my wife to lose some weight. A little about me; former
powerlifter, always been in good shape but after an injury that ended
my involvement in the sport I gained a decent amount of weight,
started moping, turned into a bitch a bit. Got my shit back together
about 6 months ago, have been cutting fat and started lifting again
(more geared towards general fitness than pure strength so doc says
OK) and there has been a noticeable difference in my relationship with
the wife, as she's starting to have her man back again. During the
downtime when I let myself blob out, she kinda did the same thing and
gained some weight herself. Now that I'm owning my shit and leading
again she's also back to exercising, zumba classes etc.

The problem is with her eating habits. As someone who's been a gym rat
most of my life I know that CICO (calories in - calories out) is the
most important thing when it comes to dropping the weight. My wife on
the other hand is one of these women who gets sucked into bullshit
fads, magic weight loss pills, doctor Oz horseshit and whatnot. So
she'll go for an hour long run, come home and immediately smash a
bunch of chips or something, and then take some thermogenics
pill/powder and think she's on the right track. Leading through action
has worked in terms of getting her active, but doesn't seem to be
sinking in when it comes to this. I've tried broaching the subject
with her a couple times, and it gets met with a defensive attitude...I
feel like trying to educate her directly is having the opposite effect
that it should. I'm concerned that after some time has passed and
she's made no progress on the scale she might get frustrated and give
up.

How do you guys think this would be best handled? Should I just stay
the course and hope she learns through experience (and failure) that
there is no magic bullet for weight loss? Is there something more I
can be doing to lead her in the right direction?
 
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