Weight loss tips for DH please

Supporting your husband on his health journey is wonderful! Encourage small, sustainable changes like mindful eating, gentle walks together, and finding healthier snack alternatives. Celebrate progress and be his cheerleader—he's got this, and you're both in it together!

Try eating smaller meals more frequently rather than three large meals. This can help curb hunger and prevent overeating. Pack healthier snacks such as fruit, nuts or yogurt. Also drink more water. If exercise causes too much stress for him, taking a walk after a meal is also a good idea.
It might be motivating to have a tool that can continuously monitor blood pressure or blood sugar, such as BP Doctor Pro 15.

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And I am NOT going to ask what she found that made a huge difference

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Yes Monica and fancy that are right, you cant decide what is right for your husband, I have just lost 2 stone, I would no more have asked my husband to organise that than fly to the moon.

I think the only useful advice given so far is by fancythat
^ Anyone wanting to lose weight has to find the best way for them personally. What works for one person, may not work as well for another. That is because a person needs to find the best way that works for them personally.^

Evryone else has given excellent advice on what works for them, for me it is the 5;2 fasting eating patten.

At the end of the day NannyB2604 has to hand the responsibility over to her husband to work out what will work for him, what eating pattern suits him. If he needs to snack make meals smaller and actively choose snacks that are not high in sugar or calories - fruit, or loc cal risps etc. Or if he wants to do without snacks he could eat bigger meals.

The same with exercise, he must find out what works for him. For a diet to work, he has to own it.

I'm afraid that he needs to do the work on this, not you. No sugary stuff, fewer carbs, etc, but I'm sure he knows that. Basically he will feel hungry at times, but needs to know that and deal with it, know that it will pass and distract himself with a cup of coffee or going for a walk. The first two weeks are the worst!

My doctor also recommends doing 16:8 as a regular way of eating, ie. eat in an 8 hour window however you want to do that. I wouldn't have done it if it wasn't recommended by my GP but that's what I do now and I'm quite used to it - no breakfast and just start eating at midday until 8pm. It's easy enough to do without calorie counting or anything special and although you don't get any drastic weight loss, you will eventually lose little by little if you want to as it makes it easier. Again, the first two weeks are the worst!

Just don't have the sweet snacks in the house. Offer an apple, banana, blueberries or if desperate, carrot sticks. If impossible to live without the treats, some rice cakes are very low in calories but not carbohydrates, and can have flavours eg salt and vinegar, toffee.

Slimming World works and so does Weightwatchers. I lost first in one and then the rest in the second, almost 8 stones in total by 2007 and have been a WW gold member, staying below goal since then. I get quite a way below and go up a bit at times like Xmas, Easter etc but not above goal. The mandatory thing that keeps me honest is the weekly weigh in. You can eat things you like but need to pick one of the versions of eating plan and the all allow not being hungry and having foods you don't want to do without.

I have a very sweet tooth and have a nightly treat after supper of an ice cream like www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/products/310169770 or one of the other ones that are low fat and very nice. I also have a big bowl of salad in the before supper time when I'm already hungry. Foods for breakfast like porridge are healthy and filling and fewer WW points. The encouragement of the group leader and other members is useful.

2oaktrees this is an excellent idea.

You can have sweet snacks. Never bring out the packet. Always portion out onto a plate. We have half a slice each of cake or fruit pie or one biscuit each, share a packet of crisps. Never buy multi packs. Don't buy anymore than one at a time. If it isn't there neither of you can eat it. I can say after 7 years hard slog that we are both benefitting from our new lifestyle and weight loss. DH challenged the nurse who told him to lose weight to also lose some. She is still overweight and I have a fitter leaner husband back again.

Smaller plate for meals. It looks a full plate with less quantity. Smaller cup/mug for hot drinks. Smaller glass for cold drinks. Plus, he can keep a food diary to see exactly what he is consuming. It is so easy to "just have one biscuit/one packet of crisps". Walking is excellent for the overweight. Just a very short walk to start with, going a little further each day. Arm chair exercises until he can move more easily. Always do everything with him so he isn't exercising and eating alone. My husband is now in sight of his weight goal and I have benefitted too. We now walk every day and have smaller plates. I still have my larger mug but I drink fruit and herb teas, whereas my DH is using a smaller mug. Good luck to you both and take it one step at a time. You can also try heart healthy recipes as they will give you alternatives to use when cooking your favouritemeals.

Try more fruit & vegetables to fill his stomach and supply some micronutrients which are probably missing.

Good luck!

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I dislike the word treats used of things we eat. We aren’t children. We can surely ration ourselves without infantilising the process.

A treat is "an event or item that is out of the ordinary and gives great pleasure." It doesn't have to be infantile any more than you have to be sniffy about people's use of language on here.

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I read an article in The Times a few weeks ago about Apple Cider Vinegar and the help it can be with losing weight. Lots of 'celebrities' take it. Acts as an appetite suppressant.

I Googled and read more, then more in Amazon reviews. Most recommended tablet form rather than the liquid because of the acidic reaction on one's teeth. All favourable reviews.

I bought a tub from Amazon 3660mg, with Mother, 90 tablets, £11:69. Weighed myself Tuesday and took two tablets with Dinner that night.

Only weighing once a week on Tuesday's so don't know yet but certainly my appetite is much less and so I'm hopeful.

Might be worth researching.

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Stop having these fattening foods in the house.

I dislike the word treats used of things we eat. We aren’t children. We can surely ration ourselves without infantilising the process.

My husband followed Slimming World with me; low sugar, low fat, 1/3 veg or fruit on every plate at meal times and 20 Syns in treats. That meant he could have sugar free jellies (1/2 Syn per portion) with fruit in along with a sugar and fat free yoghurt (1/2 Syn) for his pudding. He could also have a Curly Wurly (5 Syns) as a treat in the evening. He lost loads and has maintained.

Does your husband want to loose weight, or is he just saying so to satisfy his doctor and you?

He won¨t loose weight unless he is prepared to make an effort.

To help him, throw out all the snacks, whether crisps, bicuits, chocolate etc, plus all soft drinks (including the so-called diet coke and sugarfree this and that ).

Keep treacle, sugar, brown sugar, marmelade, jam and honey locked away.

Serve smaller portions of food - use smaller plates. That way the difference in portion size isn't so noticable.

If you can, get him to agree that it is three meals a day and nothing in between.

Discuss with him which form of exercise he finds least boring
Walking, cycling on a conventional bike, not one with and electric motor, jogging etc. and do it with him EVERY DAY, or at least six days a week.

If he does not want to loose weight, you cannot make him - the decision has to be his and his alone, but you can point out that you have no desire to be rid of him to whichever illness his doctor has pointed out may well be the result of h is life style.

But there again - if your husband would rather live life his way rather than live a long life, he will do as he will do to quote the Rum Tum Tugger and there is nothing at all you can do about that!

No snacks full stop. Anyone who eats three nutritious and satisfying meals a day doesn’t need snacks. It’s just a habit.

No sugar, no bread, biscuits, cake, other carbs. Use nuts for snacks. More fish including tinned sardines. Get Dr Moseley's book.

If it is just down to you doing the shopping then stop buying the sweet treats etc. But if that was my husband then I would try not to nag but say that you want him to live to a ripe old age and not drop down dead. Sorry if this sounds a bit harsh but it is reality and he needs to do something because his dr has pointed out these things to him. Good luck!