Ok, so... hubby has been a bit moody lately. He has confessed to me why - he feels very fat.
With each child, he gained baby weight with me, and watched in envy as I quickly shed pounds after (yay for breastfeeding). I've bemoaned the fact that I just can't get motivated since having #2 or #3 to reengage in an actual workout routine (I did have a fun mommy & me exercise group after #1 but it disbanded before #2 was born and I never found one that interested me as much). Well, with #1, he hit his max weight ever. He is now only 2 pounds off that weight, and is very sad and feels poorly about himself.
I really don't know how to help him. Previously we had done things like go on walk after dinner, but with our oldest in gradeschool now, she has homework, plus with me working full time, we don't have dinner until 6:30 - typically the 2 little ones need to be in the bath around 7:30, or they keep DD1 up too late (she is a BEAR to wake up in the morning). He feels like he has no time to exercise, and when he does he's completely exhausted. You guys have any suggestions for how to get some exercise going in an already jam-packed schedule? He's signed up to coach DD1's soccer team, so I'm thinking he'll get SOME activity each week doing that, and so spending less time with a butt in a chair staring at a screen (works with computers all day, spends more of the evening online or watching tv). And how can a wife be supportive and encouraging without falling into nagging? I do NOT want to add 'did you exercise today??' to the list of junk I already have to check up on (did you feed the cat? did you change the cat litter? did you take out the garbage? did you put the cans on the curb? did you restock the toilet paper? did you take the girls to gymnastics? did you defrost the roast? etc).
Good lord, I AM a harpy. LOL!