LittleMissMickey
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I need to get my mom motivated to start working on developing a healthy diet and exercise routine.
She was told by the doctor that she needed to lose 100 pounds. Then, another doctor, in an effort to make her feel better, told her, "not that much." Because of that second doctor, she thinks she doesn't need to worry about it!
This frustrates me. I worry about her! I know that her self-esteem isn't where it should be and that her weight is having other effects on her body and mood. I try to help her by introducing her to Kashi cereals and things like that. We have gotten better, up until a week ago she was stopping at McDonald's for breakfast every morning!
She still has potato chips and/or Culver's Custard every night. For lunch she has Chicken and pasta salad with mayo and water chestnuts. She thinks this is healthy because she uses a low carb pasta. She doesn't realize that that much mayo and low carb pasta is only good if you are doing a low carb diet. She refuses to go low carb, even just for a little bit.
She thinks working out is too hard for her. She comes to water aerobics with me two times a week, unless there is something going on. I guess on average she exercises once a week.
She doesn't like drinking water, so no matter how much I try to push that idea on her, she won't have it.
She made the comment the other day that really frustrated me. One of her friends lost 30 pounds, and she said, "I can't believe it. Her clothes don't even look good on her, they just hang. She is actually going to go out and buy all new clothes." She said this as if it was a bad thing! I tried to help her imagine how good it felt to "have" to go buy new clothes. I think she is almost afraid to lose weight, but I don't know.
Maybe some of you can help me? I don't know if others have overcome things like this or know anything. I tried to sign her up on WISH, and sometimes she seems to like the idea, but she refuses to do it!
ARGH! So frustrated and worried about her! If she doesn't do it now, while I'm living here at home, I doubt that she ever will...
Thanks in advance,
Ashley
She was told by the doctor that she needed to lose 100 pounds. Then, another doctor, in an effort to make her feel better, told her, "not that much." Because of that second doctor, she thinks she doesn't need to worry about it!
This frustrates me. I worry about her! I know that her self-esteem isn't where it should be and that her weight is having other effects on her body and mood. I try to help her by introducing her to Kashi cereals and things like that. We have gotten better, up until a week ago she was stopping at McDonald's for breakfast every morning!
She still has potato chips and/or Culver's Custard every night. For lunch she has Chicken and pasta salad with mayo and water chestnuts. She thinks this is healthy because she uses a low carb pasta. She doesn't realize that that much mayo and low carb pasta is only good if you are doing a low carb diet. She refuses to go low carb, even just for a little bit.
She thinks working out is too hard for her. She comes to water aerobics with me two times a week, unless there is something going on. I guess on average she exercises once a week.
She doesn't like drinking water, so no matter how much I try to push that idea on her, she won't have it.
She made the comment the other day that really frustrated me. One of her friends lost 30 pounds, and she said, "I can't believe it. Her clothes don't even look good on her, they just hang. She is actually going to go out and buy all new clothes." She said this as if it was a bad thing! I tried to help her imagine how good it felt to "have" to go buy new clothes. I think she is almost afraid to lose weight, but I don't know.
Maybe some of you can help me? I don't know if others have overcome things like this or know anything. I tried to sign her up on WISH, and sometimes she seems to like the idea, but she refuses to do it!
ARGH! So frustrated and worried about her! If she doesn't do it now, while I'm living here at home, I doubt that she ever will...
Thanks in advance,
Ashley
