My boyfriend doesn’t want me to be better
We have been together for coming to 6 years. He is 34, I am 32.
I have always been on the plum side as I hate exercising but recently I realised that my metabolism and overall health is really going downhill. I also realised that I am 10kg away from my ideal, healthy weight. I decided to start exercising by walking home (about 20 minutes) instead of taking shuttle bus. It honestly made me feel better and much more healthier.
I lost some weight but there’s no visible physical changes, still plum. But I am surprised when I told my boyfriend that I planned to up my exercise ‘level’ to walking 30 minutes daily and cutdown my meat intake, he was full of bullshit.
He said and I quote, “remember you fell sick last week? It’s because you work out too much and didn’t eat enough meat! Also you look bad when you’re slim! You should stop exercising so much!”
It’s ridiculous because he is the one who goes to gym weekly and pumping hard every session! Stating that exercise is important for health. When I finally decided to pickup exercise for my health sake, he say such bullshit! For the meat part, I cutdown on meat. I am a meat lover and I hardly have enough fruits and vegetables. I am just adjusting that ratio now, not like I totally gave meat up. That’s impossible btw!
I continued with my exercise plan anyways and he kind of gave me the silent treatment or when we meet, he will kept trying to convince me to eat to my heart’s content and cutdown on exercise. If I ever sneeze or cough during our date, he will blame it on over exercising or bad diet choice.
Why can’t he be happy and support me on my choice?