New to the board......Need Pep Talk
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New to the board......Need Pep Talk
| Sun, 08-14-2005 - 2:36pm |
Hello everyone, I'm Chasity. I'm married to Michael and we have one daughter Alyssa who 3.It seems like over the past year my husband and I have gained alot of weight.Well my husband and mother-in-law want to start dieting together.I think this is a bad idea. Acouple of summers ago I went on a diet by myself and did wonderful.But as soon as my husband started I started cheating, because he started cheating. The next thing I know I'm not dieting anyone.As for my mother-in-law she is the worst diet I have ever seen. She thinks just because you buy diet food your on a diet. She has no discipline.I have to have structure.Not only that my in-laws love to eat.They eat big. The real reason I'm wanting to get back on my diet is because I'm concerned about mine and my husband's health. And plus we have a trip lined up for next summer on the beach. I'm not sure I want to diet with them. Does anyone have any advice about how I can stay on this diet and not stray like I did last time.~Chasity

Chasity,
First off I know it might be hard but you should think of it as a life change not a diet it might make it easier as the word "diet" makes me hungry LOL.
I would just worry about yourself because you can only control what you do and not what your DH and mother inlaw do all you can do is change your own habits and give your family lots of love and all the support you can but you can't force them not eat junk food nor can you use thier eating habits as a excuse fall back to your own old habits as only YOU can lose the weight you want to and only YOU can cause you to fail (man it feels like I'm talking to myself here I need to follow this advise myself !)
All I'm trying to say is just worry about yourself its really all you can do and maybe after your family sees how well your doing they will be more motivated to do great also.
Now I'm off to follow my own advise LOL.
Krista
krista said it all, just take care of yourself, don't buy the junk if they are going to cheat then it is on them. AND I know that is hard my dh isn't dieting like I am, although he is pretty resepctful to try and not eat the bad stuff that I cannot have right now. But sometimes I just have to get up and leave the room. If he is eating after the kids go to bed(one of my worst habits) he does it in the kitchen or I get up and leave the room, I just cannot be fighting the urge to eat and sit and watch and smell somo one elses food.
good luck and welcome
wendy
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Hi Chasity,
Welcome to the board.