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    Ask:How to get my family to support my weight loss

    2012-01-23 06:18:50 +0000

    ok so i am 19 years old about 5Ɗ and i weigh (sadly) almost 200 pounds...i am not ok with this at all and for a few months now i have been trying to eat healthy and lose weight. now my family while they are 100% fine with me losing weight are NOT making it easy for me. i was doing good for about a month eating healthy but eventually my parents started bringing in junk food again...now for awhile i was able to resist eating it i would turn down junkfood and eat fruit. however as the days passed i slowly fell back into eating fatty foods again. i have stressed to my family (even begged) them to not bring it around because it's just to easy to fall into what was for 19 years normal eating for me. im also trying to get my father to start eating healthy (lots of health issues run in his family) but he simply refuses to do it and because of that fatty foods keep coming into the house and im back at square one, and i feel like while they support me on the sidelines they refuse to see the big picture and how hard it really is for me to drop the weight. (it sucks that women lose weight slower then men!)
    anyways im just looking for some advice on how to get my family to see how important this is to me (i dont wanna be a 200 pd 19 year old!!).

    SethSpea...

    Answer:How to get my family to support my weight loss

    2012-01-23 06:26:08 +0000

    Ok I know where you are coming from. I struggled with my weight all my life. And I've done way better on it these last few years, having lost over 100 lbs. However, something you will discover is that losing a large amount of weight is about a lot more than being on a diet, it is about discovering things about yourself, life in general, human nature, etc. And something that I learned the hard way is that you can never ever place the responsibility or blame on your well being on anyone besides yourself. This sounds harsh but it is the truth. Your family has its own issues. They aren't bringing in bad foods to hurt you, they are bringing them in because they want them and they aren't ready to give them up yet. It is great when someone supports you fully and is willing to go all the way with you. But you can't expect that and you can't make that happen. It isn't because they don't love you or want you to be happy. You didn't get fat because you don't love them or appreciate them right? So it is perfectly normal to want that support, but you honestly can't expect it. When you let go of the idea that someone has to bring you through it, and latch onto the truth, which is that ONLY you can do this, then you will be a success.

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