A New Hope...

markinro · October 04, 2007, 10:01:16 AM

Now that I have your attention.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20071003/sc_livescience/spousescopyeachothershealthhabits

I'm not sure if this means the non-trek spouse becomes a fan or the trek spouse looses interests and starts shopping for drapes to match the carpet

Rico · October 04, 2007, 02:55:33 PM

I'm not quite buying into it. I think some couples/spouses can still have their own likes and dislikes.

Jen · October 04, 2007, 08:24:07 PM

It's certainly true in our marriage. But then Dave and I have similar personalities anyway.

Ktrek · October 04, 2007, 09:03:22 PM

How odd! My wife started Weight Watchers about a month ago and it really has me looking more closely at what I eat and how much. Of course I can consume more calories than she can in a day because I burn a lot more in my job, but I really have started to stop and think as to what is going into my body more.

On the other side my wife gets loopy on about a half a glass of wine and so she does not, or rarely, ever drinks. I, on the other hand, have at least two beers a day and sometimes a couple of beers and a couple glasses of wine. Not a lot but frequently enough. Her lack of drinking has not altered my behavior in that department yet, but I also do not ever get drunk, just relaxed.

Kevin

billybob476 · October 05, 2007, 05:37:22 AM

Quote from: Ktrek on October 04, 2007, 09:03:22 PM
How odd! My wife started Weight Watchers about a month ago and it really has me looking more closely at what I eat and how much. Of course I can consume more calories than she can in a day because I burn a lot more in my job, but I really have started to stop and think as to what is going into my body more.

On the other side my wife gets loopy on about a half a glass of wine and so she does not, or rarely, ever drinks. I, on the other hand, have at least two beers a day and sometimes a couple of beers and a couple glasses of wine. Not a lot but frequently enough. Her lack of drinking has not altered my behavior in that department yet, but I also do not ever get drunk, just relaxed.

Kevin

My wife started weight watchers as well and I've lost about 10 pounds as well!

Bryancd · October 05, 2007, 06:31:55 AM

In regards to health issue's, my wife has certainly embraced my committment to healthy, organic foods and excercise. When we first got married, she was all of 26, never gave much thought to diet or excercise as she had always been very thin. Now that she's almost 30, she has adopted and embraced my eating habits of all whole foods, organic wherever possible. She has also given up all red meat and I have joined her on that. In regards to athleteics, she staterd running because I was a runner and completed a Half and a full Marathon when she never considered it before. Now that I am a triathlete, she is has learned how to swim and is competeing in her first race in November.
I chalk it up to "if you can't beat 'em, join 'em"!

The IC · October 05, 2007, 07:52:36 AM

same here with Weight Watchers

Rico · October 05, 2007, 07:58:15 AM

On the food front, you have to pretty much eat much of the same things. Be pretty hard to make 2 different meals for dinner every night. We eat a lot of chicken, pork, fish, etc. But still red meat at times. Lots of rice. We also really like fruits and vegetables. Nothing better than a good salad with maybe a little grilled tuna or chicken on it.

billybob476 · October 05, 2007, 08:51:50 AM

It's hard for people who spend so much of their time together to live different lifestyles.

Bryancd · October 05, 2007, 09:49:20 AM

Quote from: Rico on October 05, 2007, 07:58:15 AM
On the food front, you have to pretty much eat much of the same things. Be pretty hard to make 2 different meals for dinner every night.

I actually did just that for a while until she finally came around. It wasn't too bad but clearly it's much easier now.
Just a word of warning regarding Weight Watchers. They really charge a lot of money for their plans and foods, the frozen one's have an absurd amount of sodium. They provide nothing that some reasonable food self discipline and more excercise can't accomplish. OK, health hijack over.. :)

billybob476 · October 05, 2007, 10:13:01 AM

We actually just used the online food tracker for a month and didn't buy any of their food. It gave us good ideas about portion control. Now we just take what we learned and use some common sense. Honestly portion control is the hardest part.

moyer777 · October 05, 2007, 05:22:26 PM

Yes, the portion control is the hardest part. Eating more healthy is good for us. I have a goal to be around to see my grandchildren. So, our whole family has made big changes in our eating habits. It's good for us. I have 40 more pounds to lose to get to my goal weight.

We only eat red meat once a week, we eat ground turkey breast, chicken, shrimp and lots and lots of veggies from a local farmers veggie store. I eat a little bit of fruit, but because of diabetes, we don't eat a lot of that.

The only place we eat out at anymore is Subway simply because you can get a sandwich with veggies loaded up high for a reasonable price, low calories and pretty tastey!

Maybe we could exchange some nice low fat, heart healthy recipes in the coversations thread. I have a spaghetti recipe that kicks, as well as a asparagus fettucini that just rocks!

:ohbaby

iceman · October 05, 2007, 08:01:43 PM

I have found this to be true in varying degrees

Jen · October 06, 2007, 08:35:24 AM

Just a word of warning....Watch the shrimp—much of what is sold comes from shrimp ponds which are flooded with antibiotics to keep the shrimp "healthy". We all know what happens when we have too much antibiotics.

A lot of our shrimp is exported from open pond-farms in Thailand, China, Vietnam and India are contaminated with mercury, DDT, PCP's, pesticides, fungicides, algaecides and a vast array of growth hormones. On top of that the ponds draw in and pollute the water and nutrients from sensitive natural ecosystems, returning the highly contaminated water to the natural environment...destroying fragile estuaries (areas where baby fish and shrimp grow in the wild). The construction of open-air pond systems results in the destruction of farm land as well...once the pond can't be used anymore (because of bacteria or disease) it's abandoned and the salt water that was in the pond won't allow the land to be reused for farming. If that's not bad enough for you, the shrimp is often is packed in arsenic to preserve it and keep the bacteria levels down during it's shipment. Yum...

So if you eat fish or shrimp, ask the people selling it where it comes from. Managed areas, like Alaska (salmon population is very regulated), are very responsible. Texas...not so much. OK..I'll stop preaching now. It's all Bryan's fault with his healthy eating post. :D

moyer777 · October 06, 2007, 08:52:03 AM

thanks for the warning. It's nice though, I live on the coast and Westport is only a half hour away. Most of the seafood we get is right out of the water here on the coast. It's fresh and incredible! Sometimes my friend will catch a Salmon and we get to eat it less than 4 hours out of the water. Man, that is good stuff.

Isn't it sad what they can do to mess with our food?

I take it easy on shrimp anyway cause it's high in cholesterol.

It does make a great veggie stir fry.

:)

A New Hope...

markinro