I'm stumped. I'm not so sure what is the answer to that question. I'll do some investigation and get back to you if I find an good answer. You should email the people at Nutrisystem as they probably can answer it..

I can't tell you how many comments my wife has made in the past. None of them motivated me, they only pissed me off (and she is nice!). For most of us, this weight issue is pretty deep seeded and isn't about just starting ANOTHER diet or starting on ANOTHER workout blitz. I think that it is like any other form of addiction. You have to hit your individual rock bottom and decide that this is not how you want to live your life. No amount of nagging or incentives from my wife could get me to do it.

All I can say is be supportive and don't enable his behavior. My wife has been famous for making this push and then two days later making me cookies!..

Be supportive but don't harass him, it will be counter-productive..

Instead, have him go to the PCP and get a physical. If he is fat, out of shape and proceeding toward the kind of chronic illness (diabetes, high cholesterol etc) that will kill him early, they will tell him. Hopefully it will get him motivated...

Show him the profiles of a few of the 100+ losers on this site. When he sees the before and after pictures and reads their blogs he may be impressed enough to give it a try..

Oh and cut him off, -1 lb equals 1 nookie...

I like those odds, can I get in on this?..

Two suggestions immediately popped into my head, but already said above so I'll echo:.

1. Took me raising a son to see mirrored in him a quality that I have, that I think most guys have, is that it's impossible to.

Nag.

A guy into making him.

Want.

To do something. Best if he discovers it himself. Or if you're clever, you find a way for him to accept (ie, "discover") your better idea as his own. I know, I know, we can be a bunch of babies sometimes..

2. See if he'll spend 30 minutes a night reading these forums, especially this men's room one here. 50/50 chance he'll be signed up by Wednesday..

Good luck..

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I agree that it will take him making the decision to move forward..

Anything you can do to enable his decision behind the scenes will help..

I agree that letting him read this site and see the positive changes that other men have made will really help..

I am sure I would started sooner had I been reading this site.

Clark..

Or an emergency trip to the ER followed by 2 to 3 weeks of testing to see if your heart is messed up or not will sure motivate you too. Thank god the pump was ok in my case. All that testing and waiting for results scared the heck out of me and got me on track to do something about the weight...

Tell him that if he reads the Men's Room posts for two weeks and pays special attention to the weight loss charts he sees you'll stop nagging him..

How can anyone argue with these charts?..

My wife nagged and cut me off and manipulated me by saying -1 lb equals 1 nuke and it all still pissed me off..

She is actually the one that got me going..

She put all of our photos from Disney 2007 up (fat photos)and around the.

House so I could see them. Then she used reverse psychology on.

Me..."You losing weight?" "Your looking good." "wow, how much weight have.

You lost." Manipulation? Why Yes it is. But her calling me sexy, motivated.

Me into making her not a liar. lol..

If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.

Antoine de St. Exupery..

DAMN! That's a great quote! I'm going to use that one...

I have no advice here since I have never had a hubby. I did however have a wife once. I knew it was time when the her cries of joy turned into gasps to breathe...

Like Larry said...that is an awesome quote!.

For the OP, it's a path that just has to come from within someone to succeed..

No one can ever really get you to do this by external means. But, when you decide it has to be done, it becomes one of the most important things that you then do each day FOR YOURSELF. If you could figure out how to make others come to that point and decide you'd become very wealthy selling the process..

My wife never nagged, maybe made a few very gentle suggestions but never commented or tried to change me. A good friend talked to me one day in January, but it had little effect..

The only two people who had a real effect on me were my doctor telling me that I had a "medical case" for a lap band...that was a wake up call. Hearing that, my ever sensible wife then suggested..."why have the surgery, just find out what the patients eat after it...and eat that"...brilliant...).

The other was a friend I have known since kindergarden who started calling me each day at lunch and casually asking what I was eating..

But, even with that, I had to do the math myself...crappy food = need to have surgery to lose weight....

OR, gee...maybe eat less and avoid surgery? Hummm, maybe I'll try that option first?.

I found Nutrisystem on my own, I ordered it without even telling my wife..

I stumbled in here on the first day and started my real education from some really great guys...and that's my progress so far..

The key is that it's gotta come from inside, help him, guide him gently...but, don't push hard or people tend to push back..

Good luck,.

JT..

Let him know that it's not that bad. The food is good (after you find your favorites), the weight loss rapid, and you don't really feel hungry or deprived as long as you follow the program. This is coming from a guy who revels in eating large batches of greasy ribs and other "guy" food..

Like others have said, he's got to want to do it himself. Don't even try to nag him into it..

After years of being critical of my wife's efforts at different plans (including 1 round of Nutrisystem - which worked), I actually signed us both up as an early "Christmas present" for her. It was a BIG surprise for her, but after the shock, she loves me for it, since I'm in it with her..

Don't do this for him..

Gordon..