My Husband is Getting Heavy

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🗓️ 12 June 2026

⏱️ 7 minutes

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How can Annie approach a conversation with her spouse about his 40-pound weight gain? Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:31.1	Laura.com. All right, Annie, welcome to the program. So I think I'm being a bitchy wife and I wanted your advice on
0:39.3	I'd listen to your caller before and I thought what am I doing my husband is perfect
0:45.0	lovely but he is gaining weight like crazy which we all are we're at our 50s I get it
0:51.9	but in my I feel like I'm being the food police because it drives
0:56.1	me nuts. It drives me nuts to eat too much. I'm sorry. How much what? Woohoo, woohoo, slow down.
1:02.8	Stop beating yourself up. If anybody's going to beat you up, it'll be me. So you're not allowed
1:07.5	to do my job. All right. So I want to know how much weight are we talking about?
1:13.4	Five, ten, fifteen.
1:14.8	What are we talking about?
1:15.7	Probably about 40 pounds over the last year.
1:18.3	Holy.
1:19.2	Well, that's absurd.
1:20.9	How does he do that?
1:22.3	Is he drinking and eating that much and not moving?
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