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[quote=Anonymous]First, he’s probably underestimating the quantity of food he’s eating if he’s obese.

Second, overeating is probably so ingrained that he doesn’t even realize it’s happening. My husband is like that. He has never maintained a healthy weight at any point during his adult life, he’s always been gaining weight.

I didn’t understand this until now, because he’s only become obese recently.

He was pretty skinny when he started college after a huge growth spurt. Then he put on a little bit of weight and looked on the thin side of a healthy BMI when I met him. Then every year he gains a little weight.

It wasn’t a big deal until it was.

He’s already gone from 6’1” and 170 pounds in college to 300 in his 40’s. Around 250 we started talking about how being overweight was a problem and he agreed he wanted to change, but he keeps eating the same. And after a lifetime of gaining weight every single year, his perception of “normal” portions are completely off. He says he’s hungry but it looks more autopilot of piling huge portions and polishing it off. He’s on track to gain between 5-10 pounds a year like always.

He’ll be 400 pounds by the time he’s 55 and close to 500 by retirement. If he lives that long. People telling OP that she’s “nagging” for being concerned do not understand how horrible it is to watch someone slowly kill themselves this way. [/quote]

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