The key is that you are doing this for you. If you're looking over your shoulder and trying to make your changes and 180s to impress/surprise/or otherwise influence her, it just won't stick. Become the person you want to be. You've been given this time. Use it!
Yes. I want to change. I want to be more positive. I want to be less judgmental. I want to be more fit & more attractive (to make me feel better about myself). I want to not be fully defined by my roll as a husband/father and instead be a man who is also those things.
I get that these changes are about me. If, god forbid, our marriage is doomed, I want to have learned something.
Me: 39 W: 38 T-18yrs M-13yrs 2 Girls: 10 & 3 EA BD 5/24/15 Separate Bedrooms 6/12/15 PA BD 7/3/15 Separate Residence 8/8/15