My boyfriend and I started a low-carb diet together about a month ago. He is very weight conscience (although he has a GREAT physique) and complains more about his body than every Jenny Craig member in the U.S combined! We were both doing good and following the plan. This past Monday, he tells me how he sees the difference in my weight (which curbed my craving for some pasta for at least the rest of the day). The very next day, he comes home and refuses to eat dinner. While "working hard" [hardly working] all day, he stumbled upon a website that suggested alternate day fasting to reap outstanding health benefits- And it didn't hurt that the man who wrote it used it as a way to lose an enormous amount of weight quickly.
Now, is it possible that my boyfriend could be somehow competing with me? I think it is not only possible, but probable. Each and every time he compliments me, he has to turn around and try to one-up me! "Honey, you look great in that outfit" quickly becomes a changing frenzy for him until he finally finds something that doesn't make him scream "FAT BASTARD!" at the mirror. "Honey, breakfast was amazing" turns into him making himself breakfast the following morning and waking me up with a big "Hey babe, you want to taste the perfect scrambled eggs? And you should have done this with the bacon you cooked yesterday!". Now, after working so hard at this diet, I am confronted with him needing to become half of my size to make himself happy? You have got to be kidding me!! Can't I basque in my glory for even a minute? Or has a compliment become an official invitation to eat dust in a vicious competition of man vs. woman? For now I am sure that nothing is going to curb this desire for a man to win, but what greater response is there than to kick butt in everything we do?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment