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Has anyone been through this and eventually gotten the unsupportive SO to be supportive?
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Last Race: Portland Maine Half Marathon October 5 2014
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Now my kids are getting into running. The two older ones have done kid races (all under 1/4 mile) and want to do more. My little guy did his first kid race last January. He had fun. He sees me run most days since he is in the stroller I push. He will run just to run whenever we head to the playground or just about anywhere. My other son (6) likes to run with me. I finish my Sunday run, get him and go for 2 laps around the loop across the street. That's about 1.5 miles. (I am a run/walker and he keeps up quite well; I do have to slow down for him a bit.) He loves the talk time and the running. He talks about when he is going to run the marathon with us. My daughter (7.5) is always asking about running. She enjoys it as well. I am going to do Couch to 5K for her soon so we can share some mommy-Maeve time in a healthy way. She even tells us when she feels the need for new running shoes (they are no longer called sneakers )
Some people don't like runners bodies. I wouldn't assume in her husband's eyes she's making herself hotter; the 5K fitness level mightbe good for him, but he's wooried she'll go "too" far. I am now running 5k, weigh 15 pounds less than November. My husband has commented on how good I look but said "don't loose too much more weigh - I love the curves."
Michelle
It's give and take. Isn't that what a marriage is all about? We may not always agree on each other's decisions, nor would we choose the same but we try to always be supportive and talk when challenges arise.
I've got a fever...
Another thing....keep in mind, my husband isn't saying don't run at all. He's saying "don't run too much". There's a difference. My struggle here is getting him to agree with me on what is an acceptable amount to run.
On your deathbed, you won't wish that you'd spent more time at the office. But you will wish that you'd spent more time running. Because if you had, you wouldn't be on your deathbed.
One day at a time
The engineer in me always likes numbers to support my arguments, so I love things like this. The main thing is that neither of you is currently close to being dangerously thin!
Matt, if you're 180 pounds and 5'-10", your BMI is 25.8, so you're technically overweight. At 160 pounds, you would be at 23. You wouldn't be considered underweight until you were 129 pounds.
I've been meaning to look that up! Thank you. My weight for the longest time was 128 and I would dip down to 123. This is the weight that my husband has known me to be at for the longest. Then for a while I was dipping down to 114, but now I'm keeping a steady 118.
Your toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. You don't so much outrun your opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside your head." - Joe Henderson