Reply to Love my wife, but she's getting seriously fat....

Forum Index » Relationship Discussion (non-explicit)

Reply to "Love my wife, but she's getting seriously fat...."

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Would it come off as controlling if you pack her leftovers for lunch? Maybe suggest trimming back on spending for eating out at least a few times a week? Then she'd have healthy lunches too. But I wouldn't try for everyday, at least not at first. She might have trouble giving up all the fun food. [/quote]

I make myself a salad every day; I tried making her one too for a while, but she got fed up with that and told me to stop.  Sometimes she does take leftovers.  [/quote]

A salad is *not* a sufficient lunch if she is breast-feeding. It just isn't.

I'm four months postpartum pumping right now.  I've already had steel-cut oatmeal, an apple, and string cheese this morning along with over a liter of water and three cups of coffee.  I'll be starving in half an hour. And after a substantial lunch at noon, I'll be hungry again at 2-2:30, then be lucky to fight off being hangry before I get dinner around 6. And I have ice cream after dinner every day right now.

It's constant, this managing food and pumping and then trying to be productive--and it's stressful too.  Your wife may seem to have it all together, but inside I doubt it. Talk with her--not about food, but about how she's doing emotionally.  "Hey, you seem to have it all together, but am I right? How are you feeling with this whole being back to work business?" etc.

And how do you know so much about what she weights anyway?  DH and I do not know each other's weight--I would hate to think he was tracking my weight gain/loss.

Oh, and P.S., my husband is overweight, so I know about that concern.  It is difficult, but my pointing it out sure as heck isn't going to help!  I'm loving my husband for the long run, and right now is a time of life where managing our own physical fitness is really hard, and I'm not going to hold that against him.[/quote]

I'm the 10:29 poster and I agree that only a salad is not the way to go while breastfeeding - I breastfed my child for 3 years, no formula. She needs to eat low carb, lots of good fats and protein. [/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics