My Husband

Yesterday morning I woke up to my husband asking me if he looked like he had lost some weight. Twilight zone, right?! He has been noticing that his pants aren't fitting him like they used to.  I answered him with a, "Ya, maybe.".  I asked him to write a few things for the blog.  Honestly, I think I scared him by doing so because he needed a day to think about what he would say.  (Hahaha!) Love you honey!!  Here are some of his thoughts: 

"I have always been skinny,  When I was 16, I was 6'1" and 140 pounds. Almost 20 years later and I'm the same height, and just a little heavier.  The most I've weighed is about 175.  I have a hard time gaining any weight regardless of what I eat.  

I have been eating more healthily along with Sierra and the rest of the family, and it has been great. I’m not in this for the weight loss. I know this is the right way to eat. I’m doing it for the general health benefits and to support Sierra. But I’ve also lost about 10 pounds since we started. I have a tiny bit of belly fat that I’ve been losing, but what I really need to do is gain some muscle."

I Know.  I really want to hate him, but I love him too much.  ;) And believe me when I say that I have gone through EXHAUSTED efforts to put some fat on this man.  He eats a TON of food and then usually eats the rest of mine, but I have been the one to gain the weight. It really is quite frustrating. He exercises, but he isn't too consistent with it. He knows this.

"I ride my bike to work occasionally. There’s a pushups training program to get to 100 consecutive pushups that I was following for a while, but I tapered off at some point and never made it to 100. I think my best was around 40. I also installed a pullup bar in the garage, and I do pullups on it occasionally, but I’ve never been consistent with that, either. There’s also the 7-minute workout that I’ve done occasionally, but again I’ve never been consistent at it. I really like body weight exercises. Pushups and pullups work lots of muscle groups, and they don’t require a gym membership or any special equipment.

I really admire Sierra for the change she's made in her life.  She's inspiring! I’m amazed at her consistent weight loss progress - the chart in her spreadsheet shows a consistent loss of almost 2 pounds per week. I need to do the same thing with exercise, and make it a permanent part of my life. I’m just not sure how to do that and make it stick."

We are finding that we have a "problem" with consistency in our house. (Hahaha)  My husband is an amazing man.  He is extremely supportive of me and our children. He is the BEST! He works hard all day and then comes home and often takes over for me.  I love him more than words can say. He has done SO much for me, and now I think it is time for me to help him.  I need to be the supportive wife and help him be more consistent with his exercise so that he doesn't waste away, I mean, so that he can gain muscle. This isn't just MY journey anymore.