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AIBU?

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My husband says I'm a bore...

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insertoriginalusernamehere · 05/08/2020 20:59

Since having my last child just before lockdown I've been feeling REALLY overweight and down about it, so I decided a fortnight ago to join a (virtual) weight loss group. My husband said he would do it too, although obviously not the meetings. We worked out his points.

We are both usually big drinkers so we've managed to get that under control (obviously I couldn't when pregnant etc so my part for that was easy) and now the next stage is weight and exercise.

Earlier this week I discovered DH has been not only eating the lunches I've made for him to take to work, he's also been having a shop bought sandwich and biscuits too. Obviously I was disappointed but I actually wasn't totally bothered because fair enough it's his life.

Tonight he's been moody and I asked him why, he said he's fed up of hearing about what we can and can't buy/eat and he's being controlled.

I've taken that really badly. AIBU for trying to do something that I desperately need to do FOR ME?

I do all the cooking so he doesn't have to do anything to accommodate me in that respect. I am a trained chef so it's not like he's eating salad and dust.

He's literally just flipped out because I said we shouldn't cover our meat in Nando sauce because actually we still have to remember it has points in it.

He's in every other way an amazing husband and this is actually the first proper row we've had in years.

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MilerVino · 05/08/2020 22:26

He's literally just flipped out because I said we shouldn't cover our meat in Nando sauce because actually we still have to remember it has points in it.

OK he shouldn't be rude about it, but it would annoy me. The whole 'points' system of many diets bugs the hell out of me and having someone else try to make me stick to it would be a bridge too far. He's gone about it the wrong way saying he'd do it and then going back on it, but I can understand his annoyance.

Just do him his sauce separately and let him eat what he wants to eat.

lovelybittasquirrel · 05/08/2020 22:28

Tbh I wouldn't want to live a life where I have to consider whether I can have sauce depending on how many calories/points it is worth.

Have the sauce, have the odd treat, make it enjoyable and more likely to last than making it miserable and caving in after a few weeks of being restrictive.

Failing that, you do what you want and let him do what he wants.

BlueBirdGreenFence · 05/08/2020 22:29

YABU. Him being supportive of your diet means not offering you the sauce, not going without himself to make you feel better! I'd be proper fucked off if I was reminded -scolded- about this.

Chloemol · 05/08/2020 22:33

Cook the meals you want and if he wants to add a load of sauce let him. Focus on you

maddening · 05/08/2020 22:35

Just cook for yourself

Jayaywhynot · 05/08/2020 22:49

He's just hangry, cut him some slack Wink
My OH is a health nut, he's training me, weightlifting, I'm trying to tone up and he says my evening meal is always too big, he actually counted how many potatoes I had last night Wink.
Makes me so mad, I'm hungry!

lovelybittasquirrel · 05/08/2020 22:50

This post has reminded me of a friend who was calorie counting and putting every single thing to pass her lips into My Fitness Pal.

We were getting a breakfast in a cafe and she opted against having ketchup because she didn't like how many calories were in a serving (about a table spoon?)

Bonkers!

DrMadelineMaxwell · 05/08/2020 22:51

DH got a diabetes diagnosis at the start of lockdown and has been very regimented and followed the Michael Mosely diet plan for the past 4 months +.
He's lost 6 STONE. Which is marvellous. But if I hear the words carbs and sugars any more, people will find him under the patio!

SoupDragon · 05/08/2020 22:51

AIBU for trying to do something that I desperately need to do FOR ME?

Not at all.

Where it falls down is trying to make him do it too. He doesn't want to diet any more and that's fine. Do it for you and you alone - let him smother his chicken in Nando's sauce if he wants to.

Topseyt · 05/08/2020 22:52

I'm afraid what you did/said would irritate me and I would not be at all inclined to follow such a diet anyway.

Cook what you want, how you want it. Let him have his sauces. For me it can be the sauces that make or break a meal. I wouldn't want someone else tutting about my meal because it had sauces worth X number of points on it

justasking111 · 05/08/2020 22:57

My OH has put himself on the caveman diet. It has made shopping a bore, just meat, vegetables and fruit. I am doing it for him though. But I am very careful not to say when he eats or drinks something not on the plan. It is his body to do what he wants with so if he wants nando sauce so be it.

Enko · 05/08/2020 23:00

DH got a diabetes diagnosis at the start of lockdown and has been very regimented and followed the Michael Mosely diet plan for the past 4 months +.
He's lost 6 STONE. Which is marvellous. But if I hear the words carbs and sugars any more, people will find him under the patio!

We are 1 year past the diabetes diagnosis and I feel the same way. Yes DH has lost a LOT of weight and its great he has. However, If I get told how bad pasta is once more. Or if he tells me how he can't have a roast potato again and then eat 3 biscuits I will scream...

Waveysnail · 05/08/2020 23:02

Joint dieting isnt working. He wants to make his own decisions about food and doesnt want to know what's in it. Just get on and do your own diet. Make healthy meals for both of you and let him slather what he wants on his

katy1213 · 05/08/2020 23:15

Just dish it up and don't talk at him; it's a boring topic for conversation. And it wasn't Nando's sauce that got him overweight, no matter how many points it has.

My suspicion is that he's secretly raging that you have more willpower than he has!

katy1213 · 05/08/2020 23:18

@Enko To be fair, that's impressive! And it's probably only obsession that's carried him through.
On the other hand, how many calories expended digging up the patio?

Quartz2208 · 05/08/2020 23:20

Yes you are ok doing something for you but it sounds a little but it is edging into him

Candyfloss99 · 05/08/2020 23:28

Yes people who go on about diets and points and what you should or shouldn't eat are bores. Just do the diet yourself, don't inflict it on anyone else.

Enko · 05/08/2020 23:33

@katy1213 If I had a penny for the number of people who tells me how impressive it is I could hire someone to dig the patio up Grin

Yes, it's impressive. However, it's also years of eating badly of telling me he didn't like salad/veg/greens (then eating them anyway) of eating too many sweets/biscuits drinking too many colas. etc etc so really it was his wake up call.

It's just it was not MY wake up call I had been aware for a long time and he needs to manage it for him, not for everyone else.

A bit like what everyone else has said to OP. No one likes a diet bore.

PyongyangKipperbang · 06/08/2020 00:21

Let him get on with it, never mention it again.

Cook as you would for you and let him either cook for himself or stick a pound of lard on his portion. If he says anything about his weight then just say "Well I tried to help but you said you didnt like me being controlling about your food, so I've left it to you. If you want what I am eating then fine, and if you dont then thats up to you" and then again, dont mention it.

TinkersTailor · 06/08/2020 01:18

Well done for taking the leap yourself OP, but don't force it on him.

If he doesn't want to do it, don't force him. An argument over a bit of sauce (surely the amount of calories in that must be negligible?) seems ridiculous.

Being hugely restrictive can be detrimental in some cases anyway.

LemonadeAndDaisyChains · 06/08/2020 02:18

Tonight he's been moody and I asked him why, he said he's fed up of hearing about what we can and can't buy/eat and he's being controlled.

I've taken that really badly. AIBU for trying to do something that I desperately need to do FOR ME?

So do it for YOU. You might want to do it for yourself (I sympathise, as someone currently overweight after babies and several years down the line lol)
You have to want to do it for you. As nice as it would be for your partner to support, if they don't want to do too can't force them.
It's your own personal journey however blah that may sound lol

SleightOfMind · 06/08/2020 02:25

How is homemade Nando-style chicken a treat meal?

I’ve never done diets so I might be asking a massively stupid question but chicken with garlic, paprika and lemon can’t be that unhealthy, can it?

9PointsOnMyLicence · 06/08/2020 02:31

He's right. You've bored me and I don't even know you.

LemonadeAndDaisyChains · 06/08/2020 02:34

He's right. You've bored me and I don't even know you

Well, you're lovely aren't you Grin

notangelinajolie · 06/08/2020 02:44

It's your diet plan not his.

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