Advice For The Guys, How To Help Your Guys

By now you have gotten a good sense that the approach we take with PEERtrainer and with this daily newsletter is very much based in the fundamentals.

 

We advocate group support, daily journaling, we think Weight Watchers is great, we tell you to use your doctor to help you, show you the power of massive fruit and veggie intake.

 

But once you know that stuff, how do you actually do this on a daily basis? How do you interact with your friends? How do you interact with your spouse or partner?

 

Today I want to talk about guy specific stuff. I have a husband and a son. I know guys are different. I don't care if that is not PC or whatever, that's just how it is.

 

One simple thing I want you to focus on (and if you are a guy do this yourself), is the tendency of guys to eat whatever is in front of them. They don't eat emotionally, they are not conflicted about it. They just eat.

 

So make this work for you. Cut up fruits and veggies and leave them out. They will get eaten. Cut up apples or pineapple and leave it in the fridge. At 2 am they will magically disappear.

 

You also want to make sure to not nag, not say anything. Don't withhold the other stuff they love. Don't force them on a health kick. Just gently ease them into grazing on the good stuff.

 

Guys hate being hungry. Make that work for you.

 

Jackie

Comments

[misslizzi]

Ha! I did exactly this last night! After dinner,I rationed out some cookies onto a small plate and I washed a big cereal bowl full of red grapes and I plopped both onto the coffee table. My male roommate ate almost the whole bowlful of grapes...even before he touched the cookies. So nice of him to save me some!