What can I do to support DH in losing weight?

[MeadowHay]

If anything? DH is overweight and recently he has been talking a lot about wanting to lose weight. He is feeling down about his body image and also is concerned about all the health risks of being overweight. This is the heaviest he's ever been although he is only late twenties. In the past I have not even noticed as he's gone up or down weight wise as I'm not very observant I guess, but this time even I can tell he has put weight on - this doesn't bother me from an aesthetic POV btw! But I know it's not healthy for him and I also know it's affecting his mood. I've never needed to lose weight before and in the past he's usually been quite successful at losing it when necessary but this time he seems more down about it and finding it more difficult to be motivated to do much about it. I was just wondering if there are any dos/don'ts for me to support him?

As the one trying to lose weight - support him in making the right choices, so dont suggest take aways, or buy in unhealthy puddings etc. Look up healthy meals you can both get excited about. Be really positive about the weight loss journey, but don't go on and on about it. And if he makes a bad choice, don't condemn him for it. One bad thing isn't the end of a diet, but berating someone over it can be! Just ignore it in the moment, and later that day/tomorrow start being really positive about the dieting process again!

Thanks do you have any good snack suggestions for someone who is trying to lose weight?

It really depends on what he likes - no point buying in fruit if he doesn't eat it! If he has a sweet tooth, there are some great calorie controlled snacks like fibre one (they do a cinnammon bake which is delicious) which come in at 87kcal so pretty good which are lovely with a cuppa. But if he is willing to snack on fruit and veg that's great (though an apple has about 80kcal too! Just less fat and bad sugars etc). Otherwise things like booked eggs can be a good afternoon snack as the protein fills you up.
Portion sizes are another big one - if you serve up dinner try and keep portions smaller, it's amazingly easy to over eat. Encourage him to look at recommended serving sizes, it's a real eye opener!

Ugh, BOILED eggs, not booked!

I’ve bought the punch of nom cookbooks and lots of the recipes don’t seem low fat so that might be a good place to start. Agree with the others not to make a fuss but you can support him by not offering bad choices

We are vegetarian but other than that there are very few things he won't eat, he likes most fruits and most vegetables portion sizes are definitely an issue! But he is tall and fairly muscley so it's hard to know what is a good size as I reckon he would need more than the 'average' anyway. I also find if I give him a smaller portion of I plate up he will just eat something else an hour later or whatever and sometimes what he eats isn't as healthy as the dinner either. We've had the fibre one things before but not got any in right now, will keep a look out next time I'm shopping.

Just to reassure people I definitely don't go around looking disapprovingly at him every time he eats or making comments or anything hah I very rarely mention anything about it and I wouldn't at all if it weren't for the fact that we've talked about it and he said he would prefer me to mention it sometimes iyswim rather than just ignore it.

The above advice looks good.

What about suggesting going on an evening walk together?