My Girlfriend Is Constantly Overeating! Posted: 12-04-06 01:37am
My girlfriend overeats constantly and i'm
concerned for her health!
When I met her she was in excellent
physical condition. She's 5'6 and 22
years old. When I met her she was about
125 pounds, and very toned. She is now
nearly 145 pounds and the majority of the
weight is stored around her stomach and on
her arms. She has a very small frame and
she definitely looks overweight at 145
pounds. This all happened steadily over
about a 12 month period. I have no idea
what kind of lifestyle she led before we
met but her physical health is
deteriorating rapidly! She gets very
little exercise (she goes jogging maybe
once or twice a month) and literally
stuffs herself at every meal! She also
grazes on candy/donuts/other unhealthy
foods at her work throughout the day.
I've briefly mentioned a couple times how
unhealthy the foods she eats are...But I
don't want to talk about the amount of
food she eats because I don't want to
upset her too much. She doesn't seem
concerned at all!
I'm crazy about this girl but her
unhealthy behavior is getting out of hand!
Not only is she a lot less attractive she
seems to be getting more and more
lethargic. If she doesn't do something
soon this is going to get completely out
of hand! Is there anything I can say or
do to try to get her back to a medically
ideal weight? (115-133 pounds for her
frame size.) I convinced her to get a
physical and while her doctor told her she
was slightly overweight he also told her
it was nothing to worry about. The
problem is that there's been a 20 pound
weight gain in the last year with no letup
in sight! I am in good shape myself. I
eat fairly healthy and go to the gym 3-4
times/week. I have tried inviting her
along to the gym but she never wants to
go. I've tried talking to her about
eating healthier foods but she acts as if
i'm a jerk for it!
She doesn't seem depressed or anything and
I just don't know what to do! I don't
want to push so hard that she develops an
eating disorder or anything...But she
needs to start making some changes. Why
does she have to stuff herself until she
has a stomach ache at every meal? She
even admits she's not even hungry halfway
through the meal yet she'll order more
food and even eat off of my plate! Why
does she constantly snack on anything
that's laying around? How is it possible
for her not to realize she has a
problem?
Can anybody offer any advice?
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Purple_Butterflies
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 04 Oct 2006 Posts: 55 Location: UTAH!
Re: My Girlfriend Is Constantly Overeating! Posted: 12-04-06 12:06pm
levirobbinz
wrote:
my girlfriend overeats
constantly and i'm concerned for her
health!
When I met her she was in excellent
physical condition. She's 5'6 and 22
years old. When I met her she was about
125 pounds, and very toned. She is now
nearly 145 pounds and the majority of the
weight is stored around her stomach and on
her arms. She has a very small frame and
she definitely looks overweight at 145
pounds. This all happened steadily over
about a 12 month period. I have no idea
what kind of lifestyle she led before we
met but her physical health is
deteriorating rapidly! She gets very
little exercise (she goes jogging maybe
once or twice a month) and literally
stuffs herself at every meal! She also
grazes on candy/donuts/other unhealthy
foods at her work throughout the day.
I've briefly mentioned a couple times how
unhealthy the foods she eats are...But I
don't want to talk about the amount of
food she eats because I don't want to
upset her too much. She doesn't seem
concerned at all!
I'm crazy about this girl but her
unhealthy behavior is getting out of hand!
Not only is she a lot less attractive
she seems to be getting more and more
lethargic. If she doesn't do something
soon this is going to get completely out
of hand! Is there anything I can say or
do to try to get her back to a medically
ideal weight? (115-133 pounds for her
frame size.) I convinced her to get a
physical and while her doctor told her she
was slightly overweight he also told her
it was nothing to worry about. The
problem is that there's been a 20 pound
weight gain in the last year with no letup
in sight! I am in good shape myself. I
eat fairly healthy and go to the gym 3-4
times/week. I have tried inviting her
along to the gym but she never wants to
go. I've tried talking to her about
eating healthier foods but she acts as if
i'm a jerk for it!
She doesn't seem depressed or anything and
I just don't know what to do! I don't
want to push so hard that she develops an
eating disorder or anything...But she
needs to start making some changes. Why
does she have to stuff herself until she
has a stomach ache at every meal? She
even admits she's not even hungry halfway
through the meal yet she'll order more
food and even eat off of my plate! Why
does she constantly snack on anything
that's laying around? How is it possible
for her not to realize she has a
problem?
Can anybody offer any
advice?
hm.....Maybe she just really likes
food....I dont know...It might be a
disorder. She'd have to talk to a doctor
about it.
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levirobbinz
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 17 Oct 2006 Posts: 8
Posted: 12-04-06 16:53pm
Well I think most people really like food.
I love to eat myself. When I start
feeling full, however, I no longer have a
desire to eat! I also don't understand
why she insists on eating such unhealthy
food. Just about everything she eats is
junk!
I doubt she'll talk to her doctor because
she doesn't think she has a serious
problem! She says stuff all the time
like, "i ate way too much" but she says it
lightheartedly.
I'm at a loss. I don't want to just break
up with her because I think she has a real
problem and whether i'm with her or not I
want her to be healthy! Everything else
about her is great.
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Little Sadie
New User, Becoming EHEALTHy
Joined: 24 Feb 2007 Posts: 14 Location: georgia
Posted: 02-24-07 18:31pm
you know buddy, if her "ideal" weight is
from 115-133 and she is at 145, you're the
one with the problem.
no wonder woman are killing themselves to
be thin!
you're talking about breaking up with a
girl you're "crazy about" because she's
put on a little relationship weight. how
insensitive! she's probably packing on
pounds because she's taken out to dinner
and a movie all the time. Sometimes
living with a man can make you gain weight
too, because woman aren't meant to eat as
much as men.
get over yourself pretty boy.
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Jaydensmommy
Advanced Support Team
Joined: 28 Jan 2004 Posts: 1770 Location: , USA
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Posted: 02-25-07 20:58pm
I agree. 145 for a woman who is 5'6 is
skinny or atleast average!!! People tend
to gain a few pounds when they get
comfortable in a relationship, more than
50% of couples do! Once someone feels
good about how they look as does their
partner they feel they don't need to keep
up as you will call it with their physical
shape. I think if it is really that big
of a problem to you maybe you should work
with her on losing weight. You be the one
cooking meals (healthy) not only would she
appreciate the fact that your cooking for
her but secretly it is also healthy! No
one likes to exercise alone, maybe the two
of you could do some walking or jogging in
the evenings??
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healthy-model
Experienced User , Rather EHEALTHy
Joined: 23 Feb 2007 Posts: 93 Location: Arcadia, California
Posted: 02-27-07 13:02pm
it sounds to me she lacks many nutrition
and that causes her to eat constantly
despite the amount of "food" she eats. As
you know, most of our food contains not
much nutrient as before due to genetic
engineering and mass production of food.
So I think you should get her to start a
healthy meal replacement of some sort-- my
friend recommended me a few healthy ways
to keep my mouth away from unhealthy
snacks and over-eating. if you're
interested in the way i do it, let me
know.
