I have a fat family and im the only skinny one help (10 point reward)?
ok so im a 13 year old girl and im 5'0 and weigh 105 pounds so i am normal weight, but everyone else in my family is obese. my dad is 5'10 and 425 pounds my mom is 5'2 and 256 pounds my 17 year old brother is 5'11 is 389 pounds, my 10 year old little brother is 4'10 and is 185 pounds, i also have a 2 year old baby sister. i am really worried about my family and were their health is headed. every one in my family eats alot and just sits on the couch. for dinner all my mom makes is unhealthy foods and makes alot of it. i am a very picky eater so i dont eat alot, but the rest of my family is different they can eat everything in site what i eat in a week they eat in 1 meal. i try my best to encourage some exercise but it seems like they dont take me seriously. i love my family with all my heart believe me but it really bothers me with what they are doing. iv tried to get other people to tell my family that they should start exercising but it hasnt worked. like i a couple weeks ago i told my older brothers girlfriend (who is a very gorgeous btw) to convince him to lose weight but she tried and still nothing. i and fear the most that my baby sister will end up obese. i really dont know what to do please help.
Anonymous2011-04-22T10:30:01Z
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Yeah like Erin Said it's not really your problem. If they want to get fat, then let them...
Its not gonna be the easiest thing saying
"YOU GUYS ARE TOO FAT! STOP EATING McDonald's AND GET SOME EXCERISE!"
There gonna be like ... wow. is this the child i raised ? But i guess you could tell them nicely : you guys are going to die , because your so fat you arteries are gonna explode! :\
I know you mean well for you family, but once your addicting to food like that, its hard to stop.
Arrive early when no ones home and hide all the unhealthy stuff and tell them YOUR cooking dinner tonight. Make healthy salads everyday, and trash all those nasty foods.
Maybe show them a video of what they might end up as, or put on a clip of the show "Honey We're killing the kids" (about what there kids will end up like if they dont stop eating unhealthy and smoking" and hide the remote so they cannot change the channel. :)
Ask your mom for a doctor appointment , or a family doctors appointment, and before they enter the room, say you have to go to the bathroom and explain to the doctor to tell them they have a disease and it cannot be cleared unless they stop. Tell your mom YOUR going grocery shoppping and replace everything, and toss the old food away. Shrink all there clothes.
Or give them laxatives, in there drinks after your mothers cooked dinner and say, ITS THE FOOD! its getting to you.
Lol now i don't know how stupid you think your family is,and the things im staying are really harsh, but it's the only way. You must be harsh, to stop all this. tell them your planning family night out and lock them in a gym. Purchase lean cuisine meals for them. Put vitamins in there drinks.
Or call a doctor, or a therapist.
or u can shrink all the doors in the house so they are too fat to enter, so they MUST loose weight. i REALLY HOPPPE I HELPEDD :(
Or just be harsh and at the dinner table say:
STOP ! YOU GUYS ARE SO FAT ! YOU NEED TO LOOSE WEIGHT! ONE OF THESE DAYS YOU'RE ALL GOONNA DIE! start vomiting in all the chip bags and all over there food.
This is a difficult situation - it is clear that you love your family and only want the best for them. The problem is that you can't make your family members change, they have to want to.
That said, I would suggest that you talk with your doctor the next time you have an appointment. He or she should be not only concerned with your physical well-being, but your emotional state as well. Let an adult know your fears and have them discuss the matter with your parents. The doctor can also help you with your baby sister.
Good luck to you -- you sound like you have a wonderful head on your shoulders.
What I could do is I could uncover out why, whether or not it is genetic, their possess faults, and so on... they're fats. Next I could seek advice a medical professional to speak to them approximately their bad diets. Next I could seek advice a loved ones couselor to be certain your moms and dads begin cooking a few healthful meals. If you have got the time, gain knowledge of to cook dinner! You could make healthful meals in well healthful amounts. I'm definite your moms and dads will admire it, and lose a few weight! About the excercise, it fairly IS as much as them, even though it's fairly bad, however attempt to inspire them extra. Present to them handy approaches that do not cause them to believe unconfortable and paintings from there. If now not, you'll be able to consistently provide lecture at dinner on how their life will harm them, akin to decreasing their existence spans. Good good fortune to you and your loved ones!
Pretend you are depressed and if they ask you whats wrong dont tell them from the very start but after a while tell them that your schoolmates are teasing you EVERY DAY cause you are the only skinny one in your family and that every boyfriend will run away from you when he sees what familly do you have . And when you start talking seriously tell them that you cant get fat all of sudden nor you want to . If they tell you "dont listen to others they are just jelaous" then just say leave me alone for gods sake and go into your room . Dont turn your tv nor music nor comp , just pretend to be depresses until you have to . If they wont do exercises for you then they are your parents just on parer .
HI 3. Erin is right, it's not up to you. You don't have the privilege of taking care of your family right now, but you also don't have the burden. It's not your job to watch over your family; you're just a teenager, and a young one at that.
I can see that you like to be in control of your life and of what you eat. And this can be a good thing. But too much control is just as bad as too little. Too much control is what leads to diseases like anorexia. So let up on your family and let up on yourself. You don't have the power to change this situation.
Also, it's entirely possible that your family members have some sort of genetic condition that makes it very difficult for them to stop eating. It's possible that you don't have this condition. Our bodies produce a hormone called leptin, which tells us to stop feeling hungry when we've eaten enough. A lot of obese people aren't able to make enough leptin, which means that they feel hungry even when they're full.
I'm sure your family loves you as much as you love them. And I'm sure they all feel badly about their obesity, even if they don't share this feeling with you. How could they not? Our society tells us in a million ways that obese people are bad. If they can't help it, if it's genetic, then your nagging at them will just make them feel worse, without helping them at all.
I've pasted links to a couple of articles on this subject below. Try to inform yourself about it, and try to inform your family. But that is the best you can do. You can try to find real information and share it with them, and then, if you fail to get them to pay attention, you need to move on with your life.