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Unfit and eats unhealthily

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jenpax Fri 23-Feb-24 15:22:29

Maybe he enjoys the unhealthy foods to the point that at his age he sees no benefit in sacrificing them to live longer.
Your post was about all that he had to give up and work he needed to put in, maybe try with a few smaller steps and incentivise him make him feel its worthwhile to change? Try a few food swaps so not giving up his favourites but swapping them for a healthier version and gradually introducing healthy food

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Germanshepherdsmum Fri 23-Feb-24 15:01:24

Presumably he wasn’t much different when you married him? You won’t change him and unless you want to become his carer I would suggest getting out while you can. Things will only get worse, to the point that he’s totally immobile.

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RuthT65 Fri 23-Feb-24 14:55:39

I am 68 and my husband of 10 years is nearly 80. I have always eaten fairly healthily and kept my weight under control and recently joined a gym to get myself stronger as I age. My husband doesn’t eat so well and seems to want to eat unhealthy foods. He can’t walk very far and doesn’t seem to want to go walking with me. He is quite overweight and doesn’t feel very well sometimes and won’t have it that he’s eating all the wrong things. He won’t do any exercise apart from the odd game of bowls and I can see him getting older and more unfit as the days go by whereas it’s the opposite for me . It’s quite frustrating trying to get him to cut out all the unhealthy foods and I get told to stop going on about it. The saying comes to mind “You can take a horse to water but you can’t make it drink

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