Dealing with a Spouse's Food Restrictions

And when u start fasting , your stomach gets smaller... so you will eat lighter at your 4-6 hr window naturally. So eat what u want first then slowly each day your body will only want less to fill up. So u lose weight faster later.

I second on the intermediate fasting. That way you can eat what u like for a 4-6 hr window. And as for your husband, just let him know that u have a plan and u are working on it. To let u be and u will get to your goal at your own pace. Don't give up! Slow progress is progress.

I'm really bad about emotional eating. My therapist had me sit down and go through every bit of my life as far back as I can remember and we found the root cause. Essentially it was due to something during my childhood, so I grew up with it and didn't know any better. So she taught me to work on identifying why I feel hungry, if I am actually hungry then yeah, I need to eat something. If it's an emotion (like just feeling hungry even though you just ate) then I need to identify that emotion and deal with it with something else. For the longest time I thought my eating was just physical, it took probably two or three sessions of therapy to really understand that hungry could be an emotion

I need to loose 100 pounds. I love my carbs like pasta and rice and baked potatoes. Also love junk food like ice cream and chips. Any one have any advice on how to kick those cravings?

Last night is a good example of how we balance out though. He's sugar has been messed up the last few days. So he asked me to get him fruit for work. And to not bring him sweet snacks even if he asks.

I feel like if my husband did this even if I instructed him to, it would make me self conscious or resentful to him.

It's about setting boundaries. If you're not okay with comments your partner makes, you need to communicate that. Bring it up at a time when your not discussing food and he just made one of those comments. I went through this with my partner when I was working with a health coach. Explain why those comments aren't helpful and try to communicate why you are choosing to go on this health journey.

Yes it has happened to me I was trying to carb count and he would say you can't do this you shouldn't do that this has this many calories or fat content even though I would explain I was counting carbs not calories and fat I lost almost 100 lbs by carb counting and he said he didn't see a difference in my weight he would call me fat lazy slob all kinds of names obviously he was verbally abusive then had leg amputated and became physically abusive as well so I am out of that relationship but now we are really good friends I guess we were meant to be friends not lovers he treats as a human being now he is happy that I am now with someone that cares for and about me and kicks himself in the butt bout not realizing what he was doing before he lost me cause I warned him several times but the point is is don't let your significant other put you down or make you feel bad for doing what is good for you and your health you got this

I need to stop eating when I'm lonely and at night. So I get it. My BF tries and tells me not to eat too much or I shouldn't have sweets and it bothers me too, makes me feel like a kid. I know he means well too.