Love him but he's getting fat!
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Love him but he's getting fat!
| Sun, 04-25-2004 - 4:10pm |
My 33 yr. old boyfriend of a little over a year has a bad habit of laziness, which isn't new admittedly, but he's letting it dramatically affect his health now and his tummy is getting huge! I've expressed nicely my concern not only about his health but about his own insecurity about his looks and he'll say the typical "yea, I need to start working out" but I've yet to see his words become actions. Any advice to offer? I have no problem with him thickening with age, that's natural, but he's still young and this is plain and simple lazy fat. I'm naturally thin (but could do for some toning myself) yet when I do exercise (indoor or outdoor) I've never been successful at getting him to join me. He works on computers for a living and plays on computers for enjoyment... he's not a couch potatoe, he's a techy potatoe. His eating habits are terrible to boot. I don't want to become unattracted to him and I don't want him to harm himself health-wise. Help!

I really want to find an actitity we can do together for better health and spending time together. Will you help me find one we can both agree upon?
Do you live together? Or does he 'cook' for himself?
Something else to think about - self-image is part of it, but could depression play a role or avoidance behavior, or compulsive-addictive behavior? I ask, because of all the time in front of the computer - using techy things as a way of avoiding some other things, or being intent on 'succeeding' in something he is doing?
Carrie