Wife wants to diet so why do I have too?

Play along, but cheat--keep snacks in the shop/barn/wherever.

It's a dillema. I think we all need support and encouragement, try helping the food choices like fruit salad.
Say honey could you carry one of these bags? Praise the exercise and work she does do.

We have visitors this weekend and Mrs Cat has worked herself into the ground cleaning and tidying... I've done a little too, we done some cooking as well, egg and bacon flan, apple pie.
Now if it was me, I wouldn't have bothered cleaning and tidying... but to be honest the house does look better, so I've said so. When mrs Cat gets going there's no stopping her.. noon til night and plenty of honey dos. I've spent a fair bit of time hiding in the garage working on my bows.

I don't like bitching about my wife, 'cos I know I got a good 'un but we all do have to make compromises... she made me clean the cooker hood... not too bad , lots of nice grease to lick off

Del

I know it's tricky, but come out of the garage and try in public.

What is the point of the question, 'does my bum look big in this ?'. The answer results in either a slap or accusations of fibbing. Somebody, please tell me. The court hearing is next week, and I need a bit more than 'yeah, I did ask the question', to go on.

The correct answer is, "No, those hot pants are too small. Down with them!"

I was talking about my own bum ! The scenario here is making me think of that Blackadder episode about the Flanders Pigeon Murderer. 'Yes, m'lud, my client is totally guilty.............<faffs around and realizes the page continues >....of nothing more than....

Al Bundy's wife Peg, "Al, do these pants make me look fat?"

Al, "No Peg, your fat makes you look fat!"

Misery loves company. Didn't you know that? Hey, you married her guy! LOL

My X pulled the same same on me after I resigned my Officer's Commission. I started gaining a little weight from a lack of morning PT and sitting at a desk too much. Also, it was her cooking: typical starchy and tasteless Irish crappola. Anyhow, she was a lousy cook.

To get around her "diet plan", which incidently made me feel like Bugs Bunny what with all of the whabbitt food, during a trip to the supermarket and elsewhere I usually snuck out to McDonald's, Burger king or Taco Bell just to get a hunk of meat! You may want to do the same!!!!! hehehehehehe

As Moosey said, Misery loves company.

Quit whining and eat your tofu.

Get 'er one of these skinny mirrors....you break the old one "accidentally" tell her you ordered a new expensive one, sneak it in when she's not around....
http://theskinnymirrors.com/

Conservation of mass: "Input = output + accumulation".

If the accumulation is needed to be negative, then the output must exceed the input.

Example: if one drinks a cup of tea, the new body weight is the old body weight plus the weight of the contents of the cup.

The weight of the body goes up and down through the day as one eats, breathes and excretes. During exercise, the body is converting O2 to CO2 at a higher rate than when at rest. The rate multiplied by the difference in atomic weights of the molecules gives the rate of loss off mass. However, evaporation is taking place as well, from increased ventilation from the lungs, and from perspiration from the pores.

Rule off thumb: Height/waist measurement >=2.0. If it is lower than 2, do something about it.

If concerned about the actual figure and advice is needed, consult any of the following: fitness instructor/dietician/health advisor/general medical practitioner.

End of lecture.

Girlfriend went on weight watchers, I went along........ I did need to lose a few. Wanted to basic look at what I ate.

At weightwatchers its a point system. I was allowed 46 points a day...... After a week I got the hang of it. My breakfast consisted of steak and (2) eggs, hash browns with onions, tomatoe juice and coffee. For a total of 47 points. Rest of my meals were 15-19 point meals.

I worked out at the gym, and was losing about 1.5 to 2.5 pounds a week........ Went from 238 to 225 pounds, goal was to get down to 212. Really ticked her off. After 6 weeks it stopped. My calorie intake must have matched what I burned........

She did buy allot of fruit to cut up.......that was a real treat. And she did lose 18 lbs, she looks and feels really good.

I did it mostly for support for her. It was fun....... At least for a while.

You have to too, so you can both wear the same size tutu.

Yeah, but that has to last for only four minutes: from 222222. (When adjusted for spelling and punctuation.)

Just tell her that your extra heft just makes her look even thinner.

I am glad I am not the only one who goes through this nonsense!

I have no intentions of going on a diet with her. Infact I plan to eat the same as always however I will be stepping on the scale every few days and saying I lost a pound or two just to bug her.

For me losing 10 pounds takes about a week a the worst. I just drop back to two medium sized meals a day skip most of the snacks and put in a bit more physical work every day.

I have a 10+ ton pile of scrap metal I need to get cleared out so I think that I may get started on that this week. It needs to be done, prices are up and I can pick up some easy money while doing it. I will even ask her to help in exchange for half the money I get for a load of scrap which could be between $400 - $600 a load and take about half a day to cut and load by hand. (My 100 amp plasma cutter makes quick work of knocking heavy metal pieces down into little hand manageable ones.)

Basically I will pay her to get exercise but I have very strong suspicions that she will find any number of reasons why she can't help. Back hurts, headache, house needs whatever even if it doesn't, too hot too windy, too cloudy, too calm, too sunny, too cloudy too many bugs, too many frogs, or whatever Followed by me blowing a gasket and getting after her.

We will see.

So far today she asked me what should we do? From that I said lets go for a walk or clean up the scrap pile or mow the lawn. Any of them would be fine with me.

Mowing the lawn was her choice provided of course I helped by running the second mower which mows faster than hers so that basically worked out that she would only do about 1/3 of the mowing at best.

I wonder how many calories does finding ways to get out of getting exercise burn anyway?

Gary Taubes has taken the Atkins diet and updated it with new information. He talks about how the body metabolizes proteins, sugars, starches, etc., and promotes the 'caveman' diet for losing weight. (Lots of meat protein and fat, plus certain vegetables, little or no sugars, starches or grains. I.e., eat protein, avoid carbs. Drink lots of water.) My son did this diet and lost 30 pounds in 4 months.

Best thing about this diet? Eat all the bacon you want.

http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Fat-About/dp/0307272702/ref=sr_1_http://www.amazon.com/Why-We-Get-Fat-About/dp/0307474259/

That's sort of how I eat normally. Not so much bacon though.