- Aug 13, 2001
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If you think I'm vain and selfish and "need to look in the mirror", then please go to another thread.
Background - My wife gave birth to our first child two and a half months ago - a very happy, healthy baby boy. She is also breast-feeding the baby, which is a very good, healthy thing to do. Yay.
Unfortunately, my wife has also turned into an absolute pig, and it's beginning to show on her. She eats bags of candy, buys root beer floats - on average, about one a day - and also eats humongus meals three times a day. She's feeling anxious and lethargic and lazy and doesn't take any time to exercise. The only calorie burning she's doing is the breast feeding, but she's taking in so much more calories than she's burning. She still looks like she's pregnant, and quite frankly, she's becoming physically unattractive to me.
I just barely looked at her gulping down another root beer float, sighed, then got a "what's wrong?" question from her. I said "nothing" because the last thing I need is a bitchy wife attacking me for wanting her to be skinny. Actually, I could care less if she's skinny. I just want her to be healthy. Is a normal, regular diet too hard to ask for? What about 30 minutes of exercise a day? This isn't something I can push on her, but somehow, I want her to know how I feel.
And yes, I feel guilty for what could be considered a selfish request, but if I keep these feelings bottled in, I'm going to explode in a very nasty manner one day. And yes, I do exercise - 45 minutes. 6 days a week of hard cardio-vascular - and try to watch what I eat. I admit I eat unhealthy foods, but I do limit my intake. I haven't had a clothing-size change in 6 years.
Background - My wife gave birth to our first child two and a half months ago - a very happy, healthy baby boy. She is also breast-feeding the baby, which is a very good, healthy thing to do. Yay.
Unfortunately, my wife has also turned into an absolute pig, and it's beginning to show on her. She eats bags of candy, buys root beer floats - on average, about one a day - and also eats humongus meals three times a day. She's feeling anxious and lethargic and lazy and doesn't take any time to exercise. The only calorie burning she's doing is the breast feeding, but she's taking in so much more calories than she's burning. She still looks like she's pregnant, and quite frankly, she's becoming physically unattractive to me.
I just barely looked at her gulping down another root beer float, sighed, then got a "what's wrong?" question from her. I said "nothing" because the last thing I need is a bitchy wife attacking me for wanting her to be skinny. Actually, I could care less if she's skinny. I just want her to be healthy. Is a normal, regular diet too hard to ask for? What about 30 minutes of exercise a day? This isn't something I can push on her, but somehow, I want her to know how I feel.
And yes, I feel guilty for what could be considered a selfish request, but if I keep these feelings bottled in, I'm going to explode in a very nasty manner one day. And yes, I do exercise - 45 minutes. 6 days a week of hard cardio-vascular - and try to watch what I eat. I admit I eat unhealthy foods, but I do limit my intake. I haven't had a clothing-size change in 6 years.
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