Any health freaks married to someone who has very different dietary habits?

[dory]

How has this worked out for you? How do you make this work?

 

My diet is almost like a religion to me; as in my everyday choices are based on a belief system about what's good for me and what will help me live long and healthy in the long run.

 

I understand everyone's entitled to their own choices. When it comes down to things that affect your health, I consider eating well part of the responsibility of taking care of yourself both for you and for your partner who will be taking care of you. There are things that could go wrong no matter what you do, but why add to it anything that could be preventable through proper nutrition and exercise?

[Popsicle]

I'm interested in the answer to this too. I am not a health freak, but by golly, I seem to get the most interest from health freaks, and I am skeptical that it can work (I have no intentions of becoming one), but they don't seem to be skeptical.

[Eivuwan]

I don't know. I think it's better to find someone who thinks similarly to you on such an important issue. In general, people don't like being controlled, so if you date someone with a different diet then there would be constant clashes.

[atreides]

"What is healthy" is a very large question and very misunderstood. I am a gym rat and let's just use one part of the "health" equation: I have a great physique and great blood work. However, I do not give a rats arse about what I call "fads" of paleo, vegan, juicing, "hormone filled beef/chicken", supposed inferior wheat and the list goes on of what some WILL consider to be healthy.

 

Genetics in large part dictate if one can eat what some would call "garbage" and outlive another who "did all the right things."

 

Bottom line, if they are at least "medically healthy" what is the argument to eat like you?

 

If this is a quesiton of attractiveness, which is a fair thing to say and your "better half" has become something less desirable.... then work on other methods for "fixing" it if diet wont work, maybe lifting weights or a zumba class will.

[todreaminblue]

I have multiple personalities with multiple food habits one of them is a health freak who likes wheat grass and adores fish......another has an egg allergy one is gluten intolerant makes her hiccup she adores fresh bread, unfortunately for her, hiccups are annoying to me.I can adapt ,

 

 

 

i think but also feel you can adapt a healthy eating plan allowing for differences in a household or become a multiple....ok kidding i am in a funny mood......but truthfully food habits that are healthy are actually easy to adopt if you grow your own produce......love develops for organically sound nutrition that you have nurtured into existence and experimenting with cooking techniques and science enthusiasts can play too, as well as budding cooks who love to explore such as kids for example, they love to learn to cook so you teach, builds better relationships for them in their future it simply, is a delight if you do it together to make wonderful creations that look amazing but yet are actually healthy and fun to create.simply fun....yums

[pink_sugar]

I have this issue with my H too. I really limit processed food and sugar and try and keep a healthy intake. Getting my husband to make better decisions is difficult. The only thing I can do is do all of the shopping and cook healthy meals. I just cannot control what he eats when I'm not around. TBH though, if I could go back, I probably would have to be with someone who took care of themselves better. Diet and hygiene.

[Mr. Lucky]

How has this worked out for you? How do you make this work?

I play a sport competitively, work out 4x week and weigh the same I did when we married 25+ years ago. Wife is 50+ lbs overweight, likes to relax in front of the TV, isn't physically active.

 

I make it work by applauding her strengths and supporting her efforts to address her weaknesses. Fortunately, she does the same for me ...

 

Mr. Lucky