A Touchy Subject?

It has happened before. More times then I care for. My husband and I got into another fight concerning my weight loss efforts. Sometimes I feel that we are just repeating our arguments over and over again. This is what happened this time…

I was writing in my food journal, when I mentioned that I disliked doing it. My husband says something like this “If you can’t maintain it for the rest of your life you will fail.”

Well, duh.

I was irritated by this comment for many reasons. He has already told me this before and because of that I had already changed my food journaling to only be temporary. I had already told him that several times, so he wasn’t listening. Additionally, I felt like he was telling me that I was going about my weight loss efforts the wrong way (again), but again he fails to tell me an alternate plan that I agree with (if any). I hate how I always have to justify my actions for him. I snapped at him. I told him that he expects me to fail. He gets angry that I took him the wrong way and that I had snapped at him. He says that he might as well not say anything. I hate it when he says that. I need his support. Why do I over-react? Why can’t I just stay neutral and say, “You’re right.” He says that I expect him to be in my cheering squad section but that isn’t his way. His way is to give feedback and advice. I wish he would just give me the support without the advice.