My boyfriend thinks he eats right when...

[mot1ve]

I've been watching his eating habits alot lately and.. That's the typical day schedule I come up with:

Breakfast: Either 2 bowls of Nesquik cereals
or
four white bread slices w/ chocolate milk
or
bacon and eggs w/ chocolate milk

Lunch: Anything that he can grab, sometimes McD's, sometimes Subway (fine), a box of kraft dinner or some kind of sandwich with baloney/pepperoni (I'm almost crying lol)

Dinner: Often meat with fried foods. Fried. Fries, bacon. Or fried chicken, or pasta with alot of salt (when I try to cook something healthy for him, he adds alot of salt usually T_T)

Late night snack: Either toasts with chocolate milk or another Nesquik cereal bowl.

I've been trying to tell him, he told me to be more severe to break his eating habits but he just doesn't listen. I tried being an example, I eat pretty well so that's not a problem..
I'm just worried for his future, I wouldn't want him to have health issues because of the poor diet or that he shows this example to our future children. ._.
Usually when I try to give advice he's all:

"Hey, chocolate milk is good when you do sports"
"Nesquik cereals are made of whole grains." suuuure. 80% sugar.
"I rarely have bacon." sure, when he's on vacation he has everyday.
"I don't use as much salt as I used to do." so what? Before you just covered everything up in salt?

How can I have a better approach about his nutrition?

Just let him know some things about sugar and how common diabetes is in America and that you don't want him to have that.. and let him know on days he eat's a surplus of fat (talking over 80 grams) that how hard it can be to get rid of that excess fat.

Also look up somewhat healthy recipes to foods he loves and make them for him. buy some good seasonings, cajun, italian herb, lemon pepper, etc so he doesn't have to add so much salt.. there's so many great low sodium seasonings out there these days

i mean it shouldn't be too hard to help him better his eating habits...

but if he's way too stubborn let him eat how he wants and just tell him "why dont u go eat some mcdonalds" or recommend alot of nasty fatty fast food alot.. maybe he'll get the idea after a while .. reverse psychology lol

hope this helps.

[Lvisaa2]

Just let him know some things about sugar and diabetes and that you don't want him to have that.. and let him know on days he eat's a surplus of fat (talking over 80 grams) that how hard it can be to get rid of that excess fat.

Also look up somewhat healthy recipes to foods he loves and make them for him. buy some good seasonings, cajun, italian herb, lemon pepper, etc so he doesn't have to add so much salt.. there's so many great low sodium seasonings out there these days

i mean it shouldn't be too hard to help him better his eating habits...

but if he's way too stubborn let him eat how he wants and just tell him "why dont u go eat some mcdonalds" or recommend alot of nasty fatty fast food alot.. maybe he'll get the idea after a while .. reverse psychology lol

hope this helps.

I eat over 200g of fat a day. What is wrong with fat?

[InItForFitness]

I eat over 200g of fat a day. What is wrong with fat?

This ^

150g/day for me (and I'm cutting).

Please do explain your reasoning's mot1ve.





Don't know if OP is around...but let your boyfriend live his life.
Accept him for who he is and the choices he makes...if you're unhappy with that than you should not be trying to change him, you should find someone you accept for who they are.

[Ondemand]

Age: 20


Sounds like he's got bigger problems than his diet.

This.

RIP in peace boyfriend.

[illiniStrive]

I eat over 200g of fat a day. What is wrong with fat?

nobody listen to this guy. fat makes you fat as clearly evinced by the abs and delt veins in his prof pic

[health4life24]

nobody listen to this guy. fat makes you fat as clearly evinced by the abs and delt veins in his prof pic

Cheeky cheeky cheeky

[VmissileX]

Cheeky cheeky cheeky

cheekiest part is using words that no one uses in daily language...



evinced...srsly? Had to google that one.

[health4life24]

cheekiest part is using words that no one uses in daily language...



evinced...srsly? Had to google that one.

[AnnalisaLynn]

Ah, let the boy enjoy his cereal. He may come around.
When I first started dating my now husband his skin was grey he ate so badly. He pretty much ate nothing but fast food carbs and one or two pieces of fried chicken a day. No fruit. No veg...you could see he wasn't as healthy as he could be.
I dropped a few mega hints here and there about his diet but it was like talking to a wall. What actually got him listening was the fact he was always getting sick and I never caught it even though we were always together. Once he started adding more fruit and veg into his day he started getting colds less and less. Now he has me drive him back to the supermarket because he forgot his kiwis.

He still eats all the junk he likes from before but now it's laced with good stuff as well...more protein too. He's healthier and at least he has more of a balance. Can't ask for more than that.

Don't stress too much. Your heart is in the right place but he has to want the change for himself too.

[Lvisaa2]

nobody listen to this guy. fat makes you fat as clearly evinced by the abs and delt veins in his prof pic

Picture is like 6 months old. My fat intake has now left me looking like Jabba the Hutt

[velvetmudhole]

What was supposed to be the reasoning for this thread

[snorkelman]

What was supposed to be the reasoning for this thread

Probably so we would all exclaim how terrible the diet is, and she would print it out and show him how she was right.

[Manc33]

My boyfriend...

Stopped reading.

[BunkMoreland]

Probably so we would all exclaim how terrible the diet is, and she would print it out and show him how she was right.

you're a swine

[psychodiver9]

Op just suck the d everytime he eats how you want and his diet will be fixed in no time

[Mystery105]

Actually.. I find it quite funny that most of you react as if I was such a bad person for him because I want to suggest him to eat healthier.
I wonder what a good girlfriend is in your minds? Maybe one that doesn't say a damn word the whole relationship. I'm out here, have fun with my thread.

I think your heart is in the right place, but you are going about all of it the wrong way. Do you want him to start telling you how to eat, workout, dress, wear your hair? That'd be freaky & weird, right? That is essentially what you are doing. He's young, he's not obese, he's not sick, so what is the problem? Love him for who he is, and if he decides to change, support him, but if he doesn't ever change, so what? If you love him, you love him for who he is now, not what he could be (if he'd just do as he told!)

Reverse this & I think you'll see the point everyone is trying to make.

[miacanesfan25]

Chloroform him every morning, force feed and tell him it was all a dream.

You're welcome.

[Domicron]

nobody listen to this guy. fat makes you fat as clearly evinced by the abs and delt veins in his prof pic

it's just photoshop and mirrors

[DAaaMan64]

I think your heart is in the right place, but you are going about all of it the wrong way. Do you want him to start telling you how to eat, workout, dress, wear your hair? That'd be freaky & weird, right? That is essentially what you are doing. He's young, he's not obese, he's not sick, so what is the problem? Love him for who he is, and if he decides to change, support him, but if he doesn't ever change, so what? If you love him, you love him for who he is now, not what he could be (if he'd just do as he told!)

Reverse this & I think you'll see the point everyone is trying to make.

Yes. Look at it from his perspective. You guys are both young with your lives ahead of you and he doesn't even have physical evidence of his diet yet to drive your point home.

[FitTin]

Hush people, this is all fine, I'm not the controlling lady nor am I trying to make him change, I don't know where you people seem to have gotten this information. Keep your cool.
I would like however to thank everyone that made up constructive replies, I appreciate it.

[DAaaMan64]

Hush people, this is all fine, I'm not the controlling lady nor am I trying to make him change, I don't know where you people seem to have gotten this information.

Probably cause it's the internet and because the little smiley and tone of your thread title sounds condescending.

GL;HF

[devildog31415]

When someone isn't ready to listen there is nothing you can do. It is that simple.

[Former300lber]

Sound's like my diet.

[Leo520]

you bf must big fans of PBeatman

[foodandfitness]

OP, please post your diet and bodyfat % stats. Perhaps you are a bad influence on him and he's just eating according to his environment.

[VmissileX]

just so you guys know this thread is quite a few months old.