My husband and I used to be very fit, he was all muscular and lean and I was really skinny, we both exercised a lot. But then we would go out to eat…a lot. White and Hispanic couple, he’d show me the good burger places, I’d show him the good taco places.
Well, after 2 kids, (and maybe one or two more one day) a few too many cheat days, less time to work out, I put some weight on. I’m not obese or anything like that, but I have put on a noticeable amount.
Husband also put on some weight. We both did. He made a comment, and he was very understanding about it I will say, but he made it clear he would like for me to lose some weight. I said “well, if I lose the weight to look more appealing to you, would you work to get abs again to look appealing to me?” And he said “yeah, thats fair” and he actually really liked the idea, he said we can go on runs and walks together.
Well it’s been some months. I’ve only lost about 5-6 pounds, I still have 25 more to go. I try so hard to eat less and workout but I just can’t be consistent. Every time I start to actually lose weight he says I need to eat because if I starve myself it’ll ruin my metabolism, and I’ll just gain it right back. It’s so hard.
He got right back in shape, he’s got abs again, he looks stunning. He hasn’t said anything, but I know I’m not holding up my end of the deal. If I could afford ozempic I’d get on it in a heartbeat. My friend suggested a generic version I’m really considering, I just worry what my husband would say. I’d do anything to lose the weight. Sorry if this is just mindless venting, I just needed to tell someone.