Does your spouse know how much you weigh?

[NanceXToo]

I'm just curious! Do you share that info with your spouse? Poll to follow but feel free to add comments, too.

[Parrothead]

Dh has no clue. I don't think he knows what color my eyes are or how tall I am or what size clothes I wear. He is just that type of guy.

[NanceXToo]

For a long time, I would not tell my husband how much I weighed. Even if he asked, I would tell him that I didn't want to tell him, because I felt embarrassed about it. He would say, "What's the big deal? It's just a number. I love you the way you are," and whatnot. Even when I was pregnant with my now almost 10 year old, I wouldn't want him in the room when the OB was weighing me and stuff lol.

 

Finally I did eventually just tell him. That was quite a few years ago and ever since it hasn't been a big deal around here. It was sort of a relief, actually, to not feel like I was "hiding" something.

 

I'm just curious (don't ask me why, the whole diet on the brain thing I guess) whether you guys share that info with your spouses.

[Mergath]

No, but mostly because he just wouldn't care. If I did tell him, I'd probably get a blank stare and then, "Uh, that's nice."

[amy g.]

Oh, fiddle! I'm 1lb 2oz away from being in the healthy weight catagory. I guess I have to vote that I'm overweight!

 

Dh knows how much I weigh. It is no big deal.

[dm379]

He does now but he didn't when I was at my heaviest

[dcurry]

The number is just that to me. A number. It's more about how I look and feel that matters, and that is all out in the open anyway.

 

I don't even think our scale works.

 

My husband probably wouldn't want me to know *his* numbers, though. :-) But we don't hide it from each other.

[Baseball mom]

No way!! I don't even like to know that number.

 

Dh probably wouldn't care. He don't pay attention to much anyway. I got my hair cut something like 5 inches and he didn't notice. Everyone else around noticed.

[Dobela]

Yep, my dh knows exactly what I weigh, at least the last time I weighed. He is my insuarnce agent as well and we have been searching for more affordable health insurance. Weight is something the companies have to know. And I am over weight which means some companies have already turned me down:glare: but are more than willing to insure the rest of the family.

[Cindyz]

Mine knows because he was standing next to me at the dmv. :glare:

[NanceXToo]

Mine knows because he was standing next to me at the dmv. :glare:

 

LOL.... oh man I am SO SO glad I have never lived in a state where you are required to put your weight on your driver's license. How stupid is that! I mean it can change so easily! (well okay not EASILY (hmpf!) but you know what I mean)!

[Jennifer in MI]

I voted that I'm a healthy weight and he knows. But, I have to admit that after I'd had four babies, and needed to lose 40 pounds, he did NOT know what I weighed. Heck, I didn't even like to know!!

[hornblower]

He knows & he knows my Wii Fit Age too :D

 

We usually do our Wii Fit weigh in & fitness test at the same time.

[Daisy]

I've told him enough times but he still remembers my weight as 30 pounds less than it is.

[tofuscramble]

DH and I have compared our weights a lot and there have been times where I have weighed more than him or the same as him but we both fluctuate within the healthy ranges.

 

I have banned scales from my house in the last few months, they are not good for me at all. I can become pretty obsessive about numbers.

[kalanamak]

How can my spouse know what I weigh when I don't know what I weigh?

[DesertDweller]

We usually never discussed my weight other than me saying that I was unhappy with it. This year we've both been dieting, so he knows mine and I know his. We discuss it quite a bit as we update each other on our progress.

[Jen in PA]

Well, I voted incorrectly! I chose healthy weight/DH doesn't know.... but when I just asked him he was within 2 pounds of the truth!

[Impish]

I'm not sure of my weight at the moment. That being said, when I was pg, the nurse at the OB's office deliberately blocked his view of the scale! :lol: So he's never known my weight, and I'm just fine with it!

[stripe]

I'm just curious! Do you share that info with your spouse? Poll to follow but feel free to add comments, too.

I don't share, but my husband can guess my weight (and the weight of things like a suitcase) to within about a pound so my secrets are not safe. I don't really think it's much of a secret, though, assuming your husband sees you in anything other than very loose outerwear (i.e. a raincoat).

[nukeswife]

He knows & he knows my Wii Fit Age too :D

 

We usually do our Wii Fit weigh in & fitness test at the same time.

 

:iagree:

This is us too.

[stephanier.1765]

We have a don't ask, don't tell policy.

[Crimson Wife]

He guessed 10 lbs. lighter than I currently am, but that's what I weighed last spring. He shrugged when I stepped on the scale to show him my current weight.

 

I don't know his exact weight but probably could guess within 10 lbs. or so.

[Pamela H in Texas]

he was off by 20 pounds once he got serious (originally he said 140? 110 soaking wet? afraid to answer for real).

[The Girls' Mom]

Mine does...but we've been trying to lose and have been keeping each other posted on the progress..lol.

[Tree House Academy]

Yes...I am 5'6" and weigh between 145 and 150 at any given time. My dh knows this. I chose that I am a healthy/normal weight. If I am overweight, it is by a few pounds. I checked a weight/height chart and it says my ideal weight is 140 and overweight is 160...so I am right in the middle.

[Momma2Many66]

Yes he knows.

 

I am about 50 pounds overweight (my ideal weight of 120).

 

I am working on loosing it now, so far I am down 5 pounds in the last 10 days. Slowly but surely I will get it back off again :)

 

I hate to have him see me naked with the lights on, I just am not comfortable, but he says he loves my body.

 

He doesn't care what I weigh, it is me who has the problem with my weight.

 

He of course does not have a weight problem, he eats all the time and stays exactly the same.

 

I hate that about men !:glare:

Edited September 4, 2010 by Momma2Many66

[Cricket]

Yes he does now, but only because I've had some health problems and got too skinny. He really freaked out when I dropped below a certain number a couple of months ago. He knew because he was at the doctor's office with me. Other than that, he hasn't really cared enough to ask. Between my pregnancies I've wavered between a 20 lb span.

[KidsHappen]

My whole family knows. After my mom passed away I lost about 35 lbs and was dangerously underweight to the point where even my drs. were worried. It becames a family obsession with everyone taking turns reminding me to eat. It took 1 year to regain 10 pounds, a second year to gain 5 more and then in the last six months I gained 20 lbs. I am actually alarmed at the sudden rapid weight gain as I have been at or under weight my whole life.

 

I was telling my hubby last night that I had gained weight and he said he noticed, because my books were bigger (I don't think he noticed anything beyond that). Anyhow, I was telling him that I was concerned but wouldn't freak out until I reached a certain number (I didn't tell him what that number was) and he said he did care as long as I weighed at least one pound less than he did. He currently weighs 260 lbs. so I thought no problem, that's way below my number but then he said he wanted to get down to 200 which is about the number I had in mind. :001_huh: We are the same height so we would be about the same size only distributed a little differently.

 

What is funny is that when we married my hubby weighed 165 lbs. and wore a size 30 pants. I can't fit those pants now and I weigh considerably less than 165. I have dds that weigh less than I do and wear smaller pants than I do that can't fit the pants.

[kmacnchs]

I only know how much I weigh when I am pg - b/c I am weighed at the Dr's office. Other than that I don't know how much I weigh either. It's not important to me - whether my pants fit tells me all I need to know...

[MamaT]

He knows and can always guess within a couple of pounds or two, whether I've gained or lost a few pounds. It's kind of annoying.

 

I am a normal/healthy weight if that matters.

[Margo out of lurking]

No, but mostly because he just wouldn't care. If I did tell him, I'd probably get a blank stare and then, "Uh, that's nice."

:iagree:Although mine would probably reply, "OH, I can't believe you weigh THAT much!!!" and tease me mercilessly, only because he could, not because I am overweight. And then he'd pretend the house is shaking when I'd walk. And then he'd ask me, "You aren't really going to eat THAT, are you?"

 

Yeah. I have no reason to actually tell him. He'd find himself endlessly amusing.

[golfcartmama]

He knows b/c I incessantly tell him, every day! I have lost 22 lbs and I'm trying for 9 more, so every 6 oz I am excited about!

[amyable]

He knows because I have been whining to him about it for the last two months. :tongue_smilie: I am still w/in the average for my height, but I have gained at least 20 pounds since weaning my son. While getting a new wardrobe was a nice perk ;) I did talk to dh about it because I am somewhat concerned about the rapid weight gain. I think my thyroid has gotten slow over the past 6 months or so...

[Carrie12345]

Other: No, and I'm pregnant. ;)

[Ester Maria]

Yes, and I'm healthy/normal (except when pregnant).

[lisabelle]

I'm not horribly overweight--maybe 20 lbs. or so--and I think I carry it pretty well. But my dh is very fit and lean and I just couldn't stand him knowing that at 10 inches shorter than him, I only weigh 30 pounds less than him.

[Karen in CO]

You missed the underweight option. Some people are underweight and hide it from their families. I work hard to keep a healthy weight, but I work against anorexia. When I slip 10 or 15 pounds underweight, I might hide it from my spouse.

[HeathenMom]

i never told my husband how much i weighed until i got under 140 pounds. then he knew how much i had weighed (270 pounds!) because he knew how much i'd lost!

[Kari C in SC]

He knows b/c I incessantly tell him, every day! I have lost 22 lbs and I'm trying for 9 more, so every 6 oz I am excited about!

 

Yep! This is me. I have been on a weight loss program for the last two weeks. EVERYONE that knows me knows how much I weigh because I tell them every day! I don't care if people know how much I weigh. I obviously want to be less or I wouldn't be on a program. But... I don't care if the bag boy at Publix knows I weigh 149.6 as of this morning! :lol::tongue_smilie:

[Georgiana Daniels]

My hub has a ballpark figure, and he knows I'm overweight....

 

.....then he brings home more dessert. You should see our freezer. It is a losing battle.

 

On the bright side, he does support me working out, but thinks I shouldn't make such a big deal about weight.

[Tap]

I said "no" but I really have no idea if he knows or cares. We are both on the thin/average range so it hasn't been a concern. He has been with me to doctor's appointments where I have been weighed so he may know from that, but I doubt he was paying attention. We don't own a scale and until about a year ago, at a doctor's visit for him, he had no idea what his own weight was. LOL

[smrtmama]

I'm about 10-15 pounds above my ideal weight range right now and I'm pretty certain DH knows it.

[Liz CA]

How can my spouse know what I weigh when I don't know what I weigh?

 

Same here. I don't know even though I have a range within 10 lbs. It must be around there because last time I was weighed at the MD's office I was wearing some of the same clothes I have on now. :001_smile: