Is there anyone out there who can convince me that life is worth living?
Obviously I know no more about your situation than what you've written, but the majority seem to stem from your OWN faults, which you would be able to rectify, if you had the right motivation. - Overweight. You're acknowledging right there that 160 lbs isn't your ideal, and that you don't have any oppressing 'gland' problems. Exercise and diet. Done. - Dark skinned? That's no reason to be depressed, and if the people around you are making out that it should be, you're in the wrong place. - You can be happy without a boyfriend, but I've always assumed it to be an easier task whilst in love. Men may not be attracted to you physically, make it so they are to you are as a person. Their lusts will increase as your weight decreases. Odds are there's someone out there who'd adore you as you are. - Get a social life. Easier said than done, you just have to make that bond. You'll have to go out of your way to get this. - Get a license. I'm sure you're capable. - Be independent! - Hair grows. - You're just not made for Uni, or you were pursuing the wrong course. You seem to be a weak person. If ever I reach your situation, I hope I won't let it defeat me as it has you.
How do I get my partner to start exercising and eat healthy?
Short answer : By doing it yourself!Care for something more comprehensive? Here you go.We are highly influenced by our company.Havent you had a friend who was take you around town trying new restaurants and cuisines and before you know youvstarted enjoying that and would do it even without that person taking you around even.We more often than we think take up habits, activities, words, body language traits etc from the people we spend substantial amount of time with. You must noticed people after living together or being together with there girlfriend or boyfriend they happen to take up things from each others personalities. In my case I took up an OCD! ( They are not always the best traits )So on that premise, you need to lead by example.Start eating healthy yourself. If you stay together or have meals together start cooking healthier things or visit places with healthier options. Ask them to try, not just once. Again and again and again, till they order what you are eating themselves. May be cook/order for them.Start working out at home, or somewhere where they can see or are in the vicinity. Basically aware of the fact that you are working out.Mark your progress in front of them. When they see that youbare benifitting from it, they would want to do it too.Nudge them to workout with you once in a while. Not too much. Dont be pushy.Take them shopping. Yes. Shopping stores are the bes places to realise that you can get fitter and look better in them clothes than you are right now.Show some motivational videos over youtube. It helps, believe me.If you really really want it, you have got to be strict on yourself. Thats when you would get the right to nudge them into getting fitter/healthier than they are.
How do I convince a family member to eat healthy and exercise for his/her own sake?
Offer to do it with them. You’ll have to commit if they agree. Show them that eating healthy does not mean starving yourself. Show them healthy snacks like rice crackers and salsa, light yoghurts, light savoury biscuits like saladas or cruskits. Show them meals like roasted chicken breast with loads of veg (not potato tho). Weight watchers works, so does Jenny Craig (but can be a bit expensive). A 30 minute walk every 2nd day to start with then aim for longer and faster paced. Take the dog. Take a few friends and just chat away. Swim together - even if it’s using a kickboard so you can chat while exercising. Have a weigh night once a week to see your results.
How did you convince a loved one to lead a healthier lifestyle?
As a slightly different POV on your Question, I was convinced to adopt a Low Fat Vegetarian eating plan after seeing my sister’s weight loss on Dr John McDougalls diet plan.I hadn’t seen her for over a year-we lived in different cities-and though we talked a great deal she hadn’t shared her weight loss with me.She had been followingDr. McDougall's Health & Medical CenterPlan for about 9 months and had lost 40+ pounds. She said it had been the easiest and cheapest weight loss she’d ever tried.I bought the book and began altering my eating style from the SAD to low fat vegetarian.At first I ate vegetarian every other day-and slowly lost weight- then I went full vegetarian and the weight rolled off me. My blood pressure lowered, my swollen knees were no longer like melons, and I perused different recipes.After about 18 months I’d lost close to 150#. As I always had exercised regularly I had only one flabby spot-my tummy-I has what’s called a panini. I was in my 40s at the time.I no longer have Type 2 Diabetes, I was able to delete a hypertensive medicine and, until I was in a auto accident, was able to do my physically demanding job much more easily. Besides I grew many of the veggies I ate and it’s much less expensive that eating meat is.My daughter also ate vegetarian and worked as a model for several years prior to getting her massage therapy licensed.My family is all sturdy Celtic stock. Dad used to say we were built to survive famin and pull the plow. As a result many of my young relatives are built like I used to be. They all know of the success my sister and I have had in the past, though sis and my daughter startwd eating like most people do and have gained weight again.After spending 5 days with my sis last month, she decided to go back on McDougalls. She said she envied my stamina and remembered how good the meals were. I wish her wellI encourage my daughters family, with whom I live, to healthy eating by making hummus and buying crudités instead of chips and fatty dips, make sure there is lots of fruit available and when I do cook meat for them, choose things like salmon or organic chicken.My 13 year old grand daughter, who I cared for while mom and dad worked, was brought up vegetarian. She is a competitive gymnastics dancer and snacks on freshly made hummus and veggies while other dancers eat chips and jerky-things available in vending machines. I’m proud of her. Maybe she’ll stay thin with activity and determination.
How can I convince my mother to take better care of herself and eat less?
You can lead a horse to water but can't make them drink you can't convince anyone into doing something they don't want to they have to want it for themselves but I still would tell them it's for a longer healthier life and you would love her to be around longer from being healthy and strong and you can do it togetherwww.soromade.com
My family never has food. We eat fast food every single night.?
My family never has any food in our house. Like, ever. We used to have cooked dinners every night, money, my mom was very active in me and my siblings lives. My grandma died 5 years ago when I was 12 and ever since then my mom stopped cooking, cleaning, etc. She doesn't ever leave the house. She won't even take me to my boyfriend or friend's house, which used to be a huge problem but my boyfriend has a car now so it's not as much of a problem, but he still uses a lot of gas coming to my house to get me and also having to take me home. She got laid off from her job soon after my grandma died and hasn't taken any type of initiative to get a new job, so my dad is the only one working and after bills and payments, we normally only have about $150 to last us until the next paycheck. My dad is the one that does everything, cleans, works, grocery shops (when it happens... he only does it like once every two months.) Right now we literally have no food in our house. No bread, no milk, no nothing. I eat lunch at school and then for dinner, ever single night, we will have either McDonald's, Burger King, or delivery pizza. It's ridiculous. I have a 6 year old brother who has only known this lifestyle his entire life. Whenever we do eat in, which is always just frozen meals that you put in the oven or microwave and eat, he complains that he wants "real dinner" (meaning fast-food). It's sad. I want a healthy lifestyle but I can't do it because of my family. I am 5'2" and weigh 87 pounds. I've been trying to gain weight for a year now and I can't because I'm not eating the foods I should be. My dad gets mad when I ask for a salad or something from a fastfood place because he wants me eating off the dollar menu, so I normally just get a ten piece nugget and a small fry. I don't know what to do and I'm really getting annoyed with this.
I am from India and want to stay single forever. How do I convince my parents?
Of course it’s OK. Society perpetuates this notion that you can’t be happy unless you’re coupled up.Am 27 and in the same boat as you are in. Am so tired of dogging the “when are you going to get married?” and “there is a girl we know..” conversations to a point where I do not go to any social gatherings and if I do, I make sure that don’t stay a minute more than I need to.You really don’t have to explain your situation in detail.Here’s what going to happen,If you give in to the societal demands, you will make your parents and family happy. But you won’t be happy. I’m not saying you should be selfish. But for something like this, you deserve to make the choice you want. Don’t let their emotions please, make you stay unhappy for the rest of your life.I don’t have a girlfriend, But I’m in love with a women who’s never going to be mine. And I still dread settling down with someone my parents choose for me, because she is going to be someone from my community and I just don’t see eye to eye with my family’s traditions and belief’s anymore.Will I make my parents happy?? Sure. But I will permanently fuck up the rest of my life. Not to mention the life of that poor girl who my parents marry me with, and their parents of course.My only hope is that is that my parents won’t stay mad at me for to long, and they will come to understand my decision soon.Bottom line: Your parents just want you to be happy in the end.You deserve to be happy. This is a big decision which will affect a lot of people. Choice wisely.Hope it helps!!Stay Blessed!!
How do I convince my parents that they should move to assisted living?
See if you can get someone from the assisted living home to come out to the farm and have a talk with them and have that person bring some brochures along too..Most doctors will recommend that they move there too for help..Or you can have someone come to the farm everyday to check on them too..but also your parents are set in their ways and I would leave them alone until your mom really says something..=)
How to convince my parents to let me smoke weed?
I'm 15 living with both my parents and two younger siblings and I want to find a way to convince my parents, mostly my mom, to let me smoke weed. My mother and father are both uneducated about marijuana and wouldn't approve of me doing anything against my health and my mother can be considered to be a religious person. Just recently, my parents grew suspicious that i have and been smoking weed which is why i want to let them know before they find out in annother manner such as me getting caught red handed which will evidently happen. Since I've been smoking for around 10 months now I feel as if I need to make a choice, to either tell my parents I smoke marijuana or to just stop. But I'm taking my chances with telling them and I plan on telling my mother first with a one on one discussion. i was thinking of telling her while she drives me to school or somehting and ill introduce the topic with something like," You want me to be honest with you right mom?" ill be expecting and answer like "yes" so after that ill tell her that im at an age where i can make my own decisions and thats when i tell her i smoke weed and that i have for some time now and that i felt as if she needed to know since i was living with her and she is my mother. ill also be mentioning the quick and relieving facts about how harmless it is and statistics like the amount of deaths caused by marijuana yearly which is none. ill tell her that im going to keep smoking marijuana if she approves of it or not because i know it isnt causing any harm to my health and that its helped me in ways such as sleeping, eating, w/ stress, and its helped me come closer with God since its undoubtedly help me become a more grateful person. ill also tell her that theres only one way that the herb can ruin my life for me and thats if i ever get in trouble with the law. any advice or other things i should tell her? or should i introduce the topic in another manner. also i must add that i never bring any trouble to the house and have always had good grades. my gpa has been at 3.9 and higher this school year.