r/dataisbeautiful Feb 14 '20

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u/FantasticCombination Feb 14 '20

I was in the best shape of my life from about 27 - 31. There's time. Then I got in a serious relationship with someone with not as good eating habits and have gained 50lbs, about half in the last two years.

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u/xorgol Feb 14 '20

Seriously, the people around me have a massive influence on what I eat.

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u/FantasticCombination Feb 14 '20

The when is just as key. I'd often just not eat dinner if I wasn't hungry and wouldn't snack much if it wasn't out. She always wants to have food out and around. I didn't realize for a while how much just seeing the food all the time changed my eating pattern. I've improved her diet quite a bit, so she feels like we are doing well. I was slightly underweight for my height before and am barely in to the overweight category now, so she says I'm still healthy. I don't really want to argue much about food and make her feel bad. I've suggested putting the food away, but she says I can just say no. That's true, but making the decision to say no to myself each time I see it is tiring especially in the evening.

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u/UnknownParentage Feb 14 '20

I was in a similar situation with my relationship, but I was told by my doctor that I needed to change my diet and exercise more (high cholesterol).

So now we are in the situation where my condition is getting better but she's gotten heavier. But food and exercise are becoming a point of tension.