I’ve been trying to lose weight ever since I had a baby. A couple of months ago, I started using Weight Watchers (not very successfully, unfortunately) which basically converts everything I eat into points. I’m allotted a certain number of points a day, which I’m not supposed to go over.
Conversely, my husband has been trying to gain weight basically his whole life. I can’t even tell you how annoying this is. I could pretty much make this post one sentence: “my husband has a hard time gaining weight” and it would qualify him for annoying husband status, don’t you think? I know that it’s not his fault or anything but it still annoys the bejeesus out of me. Case in point: he got a colonoscopy last month in which he had to fast for a day beforehand. Do you know what happened? He lost six pounds. SIX freakin’ pounds. Do you know what would happen if I fasted for a day? I would probably gain at least a pound or two and that’s not an exaggeration.
So now my husband has started using an app to track his calories so he can make sure he’s eating enough. According to the app, he should be eating 3,500 calories a day in order to gain any weight. You wouldn’t think this would be difficult (it certainly wouldn’t be for me) but he seems to have a really hard time with it. Because of this, he’s always trying to eat really high calorie foods which makes eating together nearly impossible because I can assure you, my weight-loss plan doesn’t exactly allow me 3,500 calories. Anyway, I guess since I’ve been using Weight Watchers, all of a sudden my husband seems to think that I know the calorie content of every single food known to mankind even though I’ve explained to him that Weight Watchers doesn’t really use calories to calculate points. He sends me emails: “How many calories in a sushi roll? I had a shrimp tempura and a spicy crab roll.” I get texts: “Which has more calories: turkey or ham?” At Christmas dinner: “How many calories is in that pumpkin pie?” There has got to be a way to make it stop.
Disclaimer: I do realize that most of this post is based in jealousy, I’ll admit to that. I’m completely and totally envious of the fact that he never has to worry about gaining weight. Still, if he asks me for the calorie content of one more food, I may just have to get violent.
Didn’t know I could reply w/ twitter. I’ll add a big “Woo Hoo” to “1st week quasi South Beach, no counting anything, 5lbs down since last Thurs, pee all day, miss fruit, juice, pasta & rice.” Hang tough, girl.
Wife,
I’m really sorry my pestering you has been a burden. But while I’m here, perhaps some of your readers can help me out: anybody know the calorie content of those organic whoopie pies they sell at Whole Foods? Thanks in advance!
Signed,
Husband (Annoying)
When you could google it. Mkay nooooooooooooooo.
I saw you on Toni.. I give you so much credit.
I’m back on the WW too. I had a baby.. 8 years ago and still
struggling to keep my weight down. I hate to say it.. It doesn’t get
any easier. but i’m lucky my husband is fat (don’t tell him i said so)
Love to both of you… Tell Brooklyn I said hello.
p.s weren’t you the girl who used to sit on the “ball” and switch GDNY..
I’m sure you will lose every LB!
I just love your Blog – I think you and ‘Annoying’ both have such a wonderful sense of fun and humor – and all kidding aside – it’s not easy whatever side you are on – hard to lose weight and hard to gain – but priceless fodder for a Blog when you are both at the same table for meals! LOL
I can only imagine how annoying that must be. Can you just give me some weight? That would be a win-win. At least with him around, no leftovers to tempt you.
My husband USEDTO be that way. Take some comfort in the possibility that his metabolism may shift one day and all of a sudden, he will gain 40-50 pounds. Of course, it will be much easier for him to lose it…GRRRRR.
Now your husband annoys me more than mine! At least mine gains weight….
Does your hubby still tell everybody where he was all the time on Four Square? Because if he does I would be tempted to find him and kick him in the shin out of principal!
Try the DUKAN DIET, It works!! Lost 52lbs in 4 1/2 months…
…that’s really annoying…but some people do eat anything and everything but dont gain much weight…and there are those who watch religiously their calorie intake but still struggle to lose weight…
My husband has the exact opposite of annoying. He used to be huge before i met him, but was all about eating healthy after we met. Now he gets up in the middle of the night and eats entire cakes, and I’m so embarrassed when he takes his shirt off in public. His issues with food gross me out.
If it makes you feel better, if he were my husband he’d be asking his mom what the calorie content is. At least your husband is bugging you and not his mummy! :-p
If you get violent and bash him you will burn calories. He will be confined to couch (no doubt whining) and thus burn no calories with frenetic texting.
Win win.
I feel for you. I too am married to a guy that can’t gain weight (he’s 63 so his metabolism isn’t going to change) where I too am on WW. He is kind enough to not eat his high calorie foods in front of me, but it doesn’t make it any easier…sigh.
I can relate! My husband is a little chubby but when he decides to lose weight it just melts off. I spent about seven months watching what I eat, and working out more in order to lose just 10 pounds to look better in my wedding dress, and instead I gained weight and had to have my dress taken out! So then comes the month where he is like “eh, I guess I’ll run on the treadmill a few times a week”. That first week, he lost 10 pounds. In about a month and a half he’d lost 26 pounds. When our wedding finally happened, my dress had been taken out as much as possible, and his suit was way too big.
I’m in the same boat! My husband is extremely skinny, which is so frustrating when you’re trying to lose weight. Funny thing is though, when I did Weight Watchers, he actually gained weight while I was losing weight. Probably because we had just started to live together, and with me cooking, he was actually eating complete meals.
OMG…my fiance is trying to lose weight but every time we eat, he makes me add up the calories! Not as annoying as trying to gain weight, but still ruins any time I could actually ENJOY my meal!! and yea if he diets for 3 days he pretty much drops a pants size. SO ANNOYING.
Buy him a calorie counter book which tells you how many calories are in most foods and even fast foods.
I have EXACTLY the same problem. I need to lose 30 pounds, and my boyfriend wants to gain that amount. We buy two kinds of milk and he keeps the chocolate hidden. The MOST annoying thing though is that when my girlfriends give me recipes and say, “It’s great, and has almost no fat!” he like HAS to say, “Well, *I* don’t need to worry about that.” He has tried to explain to me that eating enough is a real problem for him and it bothers him to be kinda skinny the way it bothers me to be overweight, but I just can’t get my head around it.
Honestly, I think some of you are a little bit self-conscious. i think (and I speak for myself too) that if you work out 3 times every week, you won’t get to the point where you become frustrated. My issues are that I’ve worked very hard for my degree and a month ago my green card was stolen, so I may not be able to get a job in my domain; also, my husband has a bad leg and cannot go to work without popping pain pills, so I feel terrible that he will still have to go to work until my situation settles<– I am aware that others have it soooo much worse too; what I'm trying to say is that honestly, there is happiness out there…you just have to look for it; and respect yourself that much to work out, it's not that hard!
Mark & Tiffanie: love this blog! Re your calorie counting, you may want to try the Android/ IPad/ IPhone App “MyFitnessPal”, it’s free! It has a fairly comprehensive nutritional database w/ brand name, store brands, homemade and raw foods w/ all the info you would want. It also allows you to add your favorite recipes and user entered nutritional info for those seemingly rare foods not included. Also the built-in UPC scanner makes it a cinch to search the database for packaged foods!
ever tried telling him? o.O
TELLING HIM WHAT? You are not getting it.
I am so thankful for your post!!!! My husband is a triathlete and even before he became one, he never struggled with weight. Now that he’s in training he’s super skinny and he reports to me all the time how much weight he’s lost and how his smallest pants don’t fit him. SO ANNOYING!!! He also reports how much crap he eats everyday because he can. I, on the other hand, can’t seem to lose a pound and I work out 6x a week, eat healthy, and don’t eat any carbs. I am so irritated/jealous that he does nothing and is able to lower his weight overnight. Grrr!
speaking of weight loss/gain.. i’ve always been self conscience too. i am not into counting calories, points, or exercising. (i am laaazyyy!) have you heard of herbalife at all? it’s for weight gain/loss, general health etc. I’ve lost 20 lbs within a 4-5 month period (i still use it now). It’s simple as long as you stick with it. if your interested feel free to contact me.
I wonder if these marriages last long?
GMO grains and soy based products and plastics introduce an estrogen analogue into the body. When women eat that stuff, it has a more drastic effect bc we already have a lot of estrogen. It can keep you puffy. Sorry to hear of the plateau.
Aaaaand your husband really is pretty annoying.