How do you all deal with "help" from your significant other while on your weight loss journey?

This is my second time around losing weight. The first time I made a point of telling everybody I knew my plans, and they all tried to "help". My SO asked me about the food I ate and what I had been doing to excercise and I just HATED feeling like he was watching my every move. I gained the weight back and then some because I gave up. This time, I waited until I lost about 10 pounds until I told my SO. He commented that my tummy wasn't as squishy, so I told him what I was doing. All he does now is doublecheck how many calories I have left in my budget before he asks if we want to go out to eat. He learned from the first time that being a... I guess a "helicopter parent" equivalent wasn't helping me and I had to start over from even worse off. Let him know that you understand his concern and that it's nice he is being involved, but he needs to back off a bit and let you do your thing without needing to try and validate WHY you're choosing to do certain activities or eat certain things. If it's working and you're not going off track, you're doing fine, right? No need to constantly hover like a parent asking if their kid did their homework.

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