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I just finished reading the blog "Let Them Eat Lettuce" and a question was put out about how our husbands or signifigant other related to us blogging away the pounds.  I was glad to see that other women's spouses had the same feelings as mine so now I know I'm not alone with a guy that just doesn't get it.  Other than the computer time I put in, my husband is great with the different type of meals I've been preparing, saying he actually like it better this way.  He even will go to the supermarked and buy his own "goodies" and eat them out of my sight.  That is a biggy as far as I'm concerned. 

Now I have a thought to put out there.  My husband is always very excited for me if I have a "good loss" but is kind of indifferent if I have a "bad loss".  Sounds silly huh?  Well it is, but it  bothers me a lot.  Everyone knows what a "good loss" is but what the heck is a "bad loss"?  In his estimation and considering all I did during the week, each week should be a loss of at least 2 pounds.  When I have a "bad loss" I'd have lost 1 pound or less.  In my own mind I know that any loss is a "good loss" but his attitude makes me feel like I didn't do well enough when the numbers are under the one pound mark. 

He's the kind of guy that is perpetually slim.   Yeah, you hate him already; I hear ya!  LOL He's also the kind of guy that when he weighs himself after a holiday and has gained a lot of weight.....read that as 3 or 4 pounds....he freaks out as if it were the end of the world.  How do you suppose THAT makes me feel?  Now he begins weighing day and night ....."only down .7 pounds"......"what the heck is wrong?"  " I've gained 2 pounds!"   "Don't you know you weigh more at night than in the morning?", I ask.  "Why can't I lose weight?"  " Better get upstairs and start working out double time.....I'm fat.....look at this" (see pinched skin the thickness I'd kill for) "Don't buy anymore "goodies""........I'm about to kill him if he doesn't shut up about HIS weight problem.  I've told him how this makes me feel, but it's there, in the background now waiting for me to have a "bad loss". 

Don't get me wrong.......my husband is great about our meals, sometimes having to make his own lunch when I'm budgeting points for dinner out that night.  He's even gone in the "closet" so to speak with his ice cream or chips for me so I really don't have a lot to complain about.  Now if I can get him to understand that there is no such thing as a "bad loss"...............