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Partner telling me to eat healthily- fuming

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dreamer24 · 11/08/2024 16:29

I went for a run today. It's 23 degrees where I am, it's hot and it's not the best weather for running. I managed 3.2 miles but then had to stop as I'd ran out of water and what little water I had left in my bottle was warm given the heat.

I texted my partner when I'd finished (he was at a soft play with our toddler) to say I'd struggled but managed 3 miles, and that I felt a little dizzy and was craving water and salt (presumably because I'd sweated so much I'd lost a lot of salt). I said I might drive past McDonalds on the way home to grab some chips (just chips, nothing else) as I needed to replace the salt. He replied, "you need to eat healthily".

So... I saw red. This is a man who is overweight and who I watched sit on the sofa at lunch time and eat a Greggs cream cake. I didn't do this - I had a half a sandwich and a banana then went for a run. This is, by the way, my 3rd run of this week and I also plan to go to the gym tomorrow morning to do a weights class.

For context, I am a size 10 (BMI is 22.5 ish). So I am not even overweight but I want to tone up a bit and to get back my pre baby level of fitness, hence making this effort

Am I right to feel really annoyed by what feels like judgement for what I've chosen to eat post run, when I'm making an effort here and he is not? If he was the picture of health and fitness then maybe I'd accept that comment a bit more but ... seriously?! You eat a cake for lunch then tell me, post 3 mile run, to "eat healthily" 😵‍💫

Or am I overreacting or am I right to feel annoyed at this judgement? 🤔

OP posts:
ItsAlrightDarling · 12/08/2024 09:18

TwinklyAmberOrca · 12/08/2024 09:17

No sh*t sherlock!

It's psychosomatic though. If I eat crap and then do exercise then I don't feel so bad.

If I do exercise then eat crap afterwards I feel really bad and annoyed with myself.

The OP isn’t you, though.

TwinklyAmberOrca · 12/08/2024 09:17

piccolorhinoceros · 12/08/2024 09:12

Calories are the same regardless of when you ingest them! If a run burns 300 calories, it doesn't matter when you ate those calories.

No sh*t sherlock!

It's psychosomatic though. If I eat crap and then do exercise then I don't feel so bad.

If I do exercise then eat crap afterwards I feel really bad and annoyed with myself.

ItsAlrightDarling · 12/08/2024 09:17

TwinklyAmberOrca · 12/08/2024 09:11

Wasn't that before the run though? E.g. you would burn it off?

A calorie is a calorie, whatever time of day you eat it.

dreamer24 · 12/08/2024 09:14

@TwinklyAmberOrca
How many calories are in a greggs cream cake? I dread to think. I doubt I'd have burned those off. It is inconsistent though regardless- telling someone they need to eat more healthily when they're considering a small portion of chips when you offered them a cake a few hours prior. Doesn't quite fit.

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piccolorhinoceros · 12/08/2024 09:12

TwinklyAmberOrca · 12/08/2024 09:11

Wasn't that before the run though? E.g. you would burn it off?

Calories are the same regardless of when you ingest them! If a run burns 300 calories, it doesn't matter when you ate those calories.

TwinklyAmberOrca · 12/08/2024 09:11

dreamer24 · 12/08/2024 09:04

@TwinklyAmberOrca
So you missed the part where he offered me a greggs cream cake a few hours prior? 😂
Tad confusing isn't it.

Wasn't that before the run though? E.g. you would burn it off?

Bellatrixpure · 12/08/2024 09:11

Well done on getting out and moving. I’m very jealous, I’d been on a roll with my exercise and diet but got unwell at the beginning of June and took ages to recover.

Don’t worry, a small portion of chips isn’t going to un-do all of your hard work, as long as the majority of your diet is nutritional.

people on here are weirdly snobby about McDonald’s, if you’d had said fish and chip shop I bet responses would have been different

Flumpie59 · 12/08/2024 09:11

He sounds like an absolute arse, he's sitting on his fat bum stuffing cakes and telling you, who are working hard to keep fit, to eat healthy?

  • you're the one that has given birth, so your body will be reacting differently, not him.

Give him a bollocking and tell him to mind his own bloody business and you won't be asking for his ''advice'' every again!

dreamer24 · 12/08/2024 09:05

Anyway just got on the scales and I am 1 whole pound lighter than last week, so the chips obviously haven't undone the 8.5 miles I've ran in total this week 😅

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dreamer24 · 12/08/2024 09:04

@TwinklyAmberOrca
So you missed the part where he offered me a greggs cream cake a few hours prior? 😂
Tad confusing isn't it.

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TwinklyAmberOrca · 12/08/2024 09:02

@dreamer24 YABU!

You'd just done an amazing run, were craving salt and about to put crap in your body, and your DH suggested you eat something healthy instead.

Good for him!

If I'd eaten the chips then I would have felt annoyed with myself and would have been pleased if someone stopped me!

dreamer24 · 12/08/2024 09:00

Youcantellalotofthingsabouttheflowers · 12/08/2024 08:53

Sounds like you have a “ chip” on your shoulder OP. Let it go.

🥱

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dreamer24 · 12/08/2024 09:00

@Tiredofallthis101
Yes I've spoken to him. I explained how it made me feel and that I'm insecure about my appearance since having our baby, and that I felt he was implying that I needed to lose weight. He said he was sorry, he didn't mean it that way, and that he doesn't think I need lose any weight and finds me just as attractive as pre baby. He said he was just trying to be helpful, but now he understands how comments about my food intake make me feel he won't do it in future. So it was a helpful situation in the end as it led to a chat that cleared the air I suppose.

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Youcantellalotofthingsabouttheflowers · 12/08/2024 08:53

Sounds like you have a “ chip” on your shoulder OP. Let it go.

Tiredofallthis101 · 12/08/2024 08:50

Have you now spoken to him about it? What did he say? Perhaps he was worried about you because you were saying you were feeling dizzy and he was meaning you needed to eat something healthy because you were feeling rough. Hence the inconsistency of offering you a cream cake.

HotCrossBunplease · 12/08/2024 08:50

I’d be delighted that he said “eat healthily” and not the awful “eat healthy” that we see and hear everywhere these days.

dreamer24 · 12/08/2024 08:43

SocksAndTheCity · 12/08/2024 00:01

I don't think the OP has said she 'needed' McDonald's specifically, just that she felt (rightly or wrongly) that she needed some salty food and presumably McDonald's was handy.

What we need is some of those side-of-the-road chip vending machines they have in other countries 😊

Yes! That would be amazing ☺️

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dreamer24 · 12/08/2024 08:40

HeadacheEarthquake · 12/08/2024 00:17

Chips are not the devil, don't have an unhealthy relationship with food

I say this as a person that works out every day

He needs to get a grip (and maybe do a workout or two himself)

I'll drag him with me next time and reward him with some chips 😂

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dreamer24 · 12/08/2024 08:39

Cityandmakeup · 12/08/2024 08:27

This seems a lot of whining and faffing for a tiny run!

Thanks for your input.

Curious - how many miles did you run this week?

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dreamer24 · 12/08/2024 08:38

BettyBardMacDonald · 12/08/2024 00:27

Why do you need to tell your boyfriend your every move?

It wouldn't occur to me in a million years to discuss my hunger, thirst or whatever with my man unless we were in the same room.

I don't need to, we both choose to share details such as this with each other. As explained repeatedly on this thread. Each to their own.

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dreamer24 · 12/08/2024 08:38

BeachRide · 12/08/2024 08:23

You don't sound like you like him very much - 'stuffing cream cake' etc. Why are you together?

😂😂

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Cityandmakeup · 12/08/2024 08:27

This seems a lot of whining and faffing for a tiny run!

GinBlossom94 · 12/08/2024 08:25

Simonjt · 12/08/2024 00:29

Chips are great, but the salt added to chips aren’t the type of salt you need to replace when you sweat excessively, so they would hinder rather than help your hydration levels.

This! You need sea salt (Celtic/Pink Himalayan salt) not table salt

BeachRide · 12/08/2024 08:23

You don't sound like you like him very much - 'stuffing cream cake' etc. Why are you together?

PurpleFlower1983 · 12/08/2024 08:05

That said, it’s nothing to do with him!

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