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<blockquote data-quote="donnellysdogs" data-source="post: 369640" data-attributes="member: 17713"><p>Andy</p><p>Hi, I've come to a conclusion this weekend about food and partners....</p><p>We saw friends this weekend, and one of them has put a lot of weight on (she was previosly anorexic for a long time). She is now obese from being with her new partner..</p><p>Another female friend is pretty much the same scenario.. But fat.. Not obese.</p><p>Another friend and his partner are the opposite.. He is really underweight and a severe weightwatcher and he tries desperately to put ww diet on his partner who doesnt need to lose weight.</p><p>And myself.... My hubby has only really taken any interst in what we eat because he has now got high cholesterol.. But I have always tried to eat healthy, but normal... So if he bought a cake.. I would eat it. This changed hugely the minute I pushed him into a health check clinic at b&q a couple of weekends ago.</p><p></p><p>My conclusion this weekend is that in our relationships we seem to eat what the dominant food provider cooks and eats.... Your wife has (I suspect) been the dominant food provider previously... And now you want to change she is finding it difficult to handle.... As it is different to her normality. My hubby now buying everything to help his cholesterol ... Avoiding any cakes etc.. And that is actually annoying me, as although he always known I been diabetic .. He never went out of his way to actually avoid cakes with me and my diabetes!! (by way, cakes werent normal everyday eating)..</p><p></p><p>It will be hard to get your partner to change her lifestyle of eating without her having a health reason to do so..</p><p></p><p>I know there are some fantastic partners here of diabetics that do adjust their eating habits and diets for their partners and brilliant that they do, because I've really come to conclusion that there is a dominant food provider in relationships, and unless they really want to hand over the reigns, it will be hard for them to adjust to the other persons diets.</p><p></p><p>This isnt just for diabetics, as said above...it's why I believe we have obese adults and their children can be obese too...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="donnellysdogs, post: 369640, member: 17713"] Andy Hi, I've come to a conclusion this weekend about food and partners.... We saw friends this weekend, and one of them has put a lot of weight on (she was previosly anorexic for a long time). She is now obese from being with her new partner.. Another female friend is pretty much the same scenario.. But fat.. Not obese. Another friend and his partner are the opposite.. He is really underweight and a severe weightwatcher and he tries desperately to put ww diet on his partner who doesnt need to lose weight. And myself.... My hubby has only really taken any interst in what we eat because he has now got high cholesterol.. But I have always tried to eat healthy, but normal... So if he bought a cake.. I would eat it. This changed hugely the minute I pushed him into a health check clinic at b&q a couple of weekends ago. My conclusion this weekend is that in our relationships we seem to eat what the dominant food provider cooks and eats.... Your wife has (I suspect) been the dominant food provider previously... And now you want to change she is finding it difficult to handle.... As it is different to her normality. My hubby now buying everything to help his cholesterol ... Avoiding any cakes etc.. And that is actually annoying me, as although he always known I been diabetic .. He never went out of his way to actually avoid cakes with me and my diabetes!! (by way, cakes werent normal everyday eating).. It will be hard to get your partner to change her lifestyle of eating without her having a health reason to do so.. I know there are some fantastic partners here of diabetics that do adjust their eating habits and diets for their partners and brilliant that they do, because I've really come to conclusion that there is a dominant food provider in relationships, and unless they really want to hand over the reigns, it will be hard for them to adjust to the other persons diets. This isnt just for diabetics, as said above...it's why I believe we have obese adults and their children can be obese too... [/QUOTE]
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