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To stop eating with DP?

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cunningstunnt · 08/07/2017 19:27

My DP is almost 22 stone and wants to lose weight. He can't/won't exercise due to an old sports injury but has a fairly active job. He's downloaded MyFitnessPal and logs his food, but as far as I know in 6 weeks hasn't lost anything (he lost 2lb then put 2lb back on). My belief is he's not being honest about his food intake/portion sizes.

Last weekend when we went out I really struggled to deal with his obsession with food. He had a huge lunch (full rack of ribs with sides etc), because he said if he ate now he would eat 'light' for dinner. So on the way home we bought a sandwich meal deal which I knew I probably wouldn't even eat. Within hours he was talking about ordering pizza or fried chicken, and although I didn't want to eat eventually we ended up at an Italian place.

What shocked me though was that I was on 1/4 of the way through my pizza, and he had already inhaled his. He barely even chewed it. His only comment was, 'oh, I must have been hungry'.

On the way home he suggested getting ice cream and snacks for later. I was uncomfortably full and told him so and he eventually dropped it. But I know that if he'd been alone he would have eaten more. It actually put me off seeing him for a few days because I ended up overeating myself and I felt unwell afterwards.

Today I suggested we go to the Harvester, have a huge salad while we wait for our food, and then hopefully he wouldn't eat so much of his main meal. i.e. fill up on healthier stuff first.

I went to the salad bar and had a pretty standard cucumber, tomatoes, sweetcorn, olives, onions, lettuce, croutons, bit of coleslaw etc.

He came back with a bowlful of noodles and pasta Shock. No salad. There was not a single thing in his bowl that had ever been living!

This is coming between us. It's him that wants to lose weight, as in it wasn't my idea and I'm not pushing him, but I can see he's making all the wrong choices. I actually find a bigger guy attractive, but I am very concerned about the impact this is having on his health. Plus having seen the way he's blindly obsessed with food and yet when he gets it barely even chews it before it's gone makes me think that there's more to this than just saying 'eat healthy'.

Does anyone have any advice as to how I can help him? I'm out of ideas Sad Do I just leave him to it (he's an adult that knows about nutrition after all) and just not eat out with him anymore? I don't know how many more times I can sit and watch someone inhale a full rack of ribs in literally 5 minutes.

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HappenstanceMarmite · 11/07/2017 15:58

Had any further thoughts on this OP?

cunningstunnt · 11/07/2017 16:20

We've discussed him going to the GP and I've sent him the link to man vs fat. You're all right that it needs to come from him, but I don't want to enable his behaviour by ignoring it.

He's going away for two weeks with work so I'll lose a stone get a break from all the eating out and huge portions. He's agreed to 'stick to' my fitness pal for 30 days and he should lose 8lbs. If he doesn't by the end of the month then he's promised to go to his GP.

I just feel so helpless.

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RunRabbitRunRabbit · 11/07/2017 17:03

Well, at least you know what his addiction is.

It's interesting that you expect to have a solution to his mental health problems / addiction and are scared by not being able to rescue him.

Feeling helpless isn't a good basis for a relationship. Feeling responsible for another person's choices isn't good either.

NanooCov · 11/07/2017 17:03

If he's going away there is little no chance he'll stick to 2200 calories a day. What job is he doing that apparently burns 3500 calories but yet apparently he has an injury that prevents him exercising? I'm not convinced that can be accurate. He needs to speak to GP - at that weight he will be morbidly obese and could get a referral both to a healthy eating programme as it sounds like he hasn't got a clue about healthy choices - eating "light" of an evening (which he's failing to do in any case) is pointless if he's consuming massive portions through the rest of the day. And an exercise referral - essential really and a good trainer will be able to tailor a programme to his ability taking into account his supposed injury.

Phosphorus · 11/07/2017 17:10

Really?

Or are you the ^my partner eats so much, I'm DISGUSTED' troll?

RB68 · 11/07/2017 17:21

DH and I are both quite big and I loathe with a vengeance when he says HE wants to go on a diet - for him this means nagging me to do the diet and provide the food, then eating extras and stuffing his face with stuff that is "allowed" in moderation - I can't get through to him. I have come to the conclusion that it needs outside help as it causes too much stress between us

Starlighter · 11/07/2017 18:08

He needs to be educated properly about healthy eating. Would he persuaded to join weight watchers or slimming world?

HarrietKettleWasHere · 11/07/2017 18:23

He's hardly going to be able to diet or lose weight if you're eating out that much! I find eating out torture when I'm dieting.

cunningstunnt · 11/07/2017 19:32

He's just discovered soup Shock he can't believe how full he is on 250ish calories. Light bulb moment?

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Groupie123 · 11/07/2017 21:22

Eating out is always a problem as most mains easily clock in in over 2k calories. If he doesn't want to cook then the only option is supermarket ready meals you heat in the microwave - they're portion and calorie controlled, and many of them are designed to keep you fuller for longer. It's perfectly okay to have a soup starter, followed by one of them, followed by a low cal dessert like fruit and your whole meal will be approx 600 cals.

But if he just can't face dieting or watching what he eats, he should try moving more. A man his size could burn over 1k calories per day just by walking 5-7miles really slowly.

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