Can you make someone else lose weight?

whiteguineapig

Sometimes it takes a shock to change the habits, DH had heart attack, lots of healthy eating and walking here

Maybe the doctor would point it out if he was there on another matter

pearl123

Just change the whole houses food into sensible portions of nutritious food. No junk. Consider having several vegetarian food days only as this could also promote weight loss.
Remove biscuits and sweats from diet and swap to fruit. Rather hash but he’s got a lot of weight to lose.

svain

maman wrote: »

That's not true. You can eat junk and exercise a lot but that's not a healthy lifestyle.

Slimming World is a healthy eating programme. You don't count calories. You just eat a healthy home cooked balanced menu with heaps of fruit and veg and limit treats. One of the reasons for obesity is that things that used to be treats are everyday foods whether it's crisps or chocolate bars or booze.

The problem is less the type of food, but the quantity consumed. Get the volume of food consumed down along with exercise and you will lose weight.

motorguy

whiteguineapig wrote: »

Maybe the doctor would point it out if he was there on another matter

I dont think doctors reinforce the point enough - they'll maybe tell you you're overweight and give you some wee leaflet on it, but they never attempt to "put the fear of god" into people over it

motorguy

svain wrote: »

The problem is less the type of food, but the quantity consumed. Get the volume of food consumed down along with exercise and you will lose weight.

+1

Thats the trick. For example on weight watchers you can of course have a portion of chips, however many people think a portion of chips is as many as they can stack on a dinner plate. In reality its a handful of chips at most.

motorguy

Pollycat wrote: »

Yes.
And also a lot of people don't meal plan or do shopping lists.
They just go round the supermarket dumping 'the usual' food in regardless of whether what they bought the previous week has been eaten or not.
I think that's actually the main reason why families spend a lot on food.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/uk-41973919/what-s-causing-britain-s-food-waste
10 million tonnes of food a year is thrown out. :eek:

+1

If people are morbidly obese, then its an entire lifestyle change they need. Its not just a matter of going on (yet another) "diet".

motorguy

I had a woman in work the other day - wholly morbidly obese, a massive woman - tell me as she tucked in to a box of quality street at 11 oclock in the morning - that her doctor had told her she had a medical condition that made her put on weight, therefore it wasnt her fault.

Her husband too, she was telling me is 26 stone - i wonder what excuse he gives....?

Pollycat

I believe this ^^^^ is advertising and I've reported it as :spam:.
ETA:
The spam post has been removed and my post doesn't refer to the one by motorguy.
Nice to know that MSE-ers can spot fake people so quickly.

Pollycat

motorguy wrote: »

Laxatives??? :rotfl:

Reported as SPAM

Even if it isn't :spam: (I've reported it too), I don't think a faddy 3 week diet is the answer to the OP's OH's weight problems.

motorguy

Pollycat wrote: »

Even if it isn't :spam: (I've reported it too), I don't think a faddy 3 week diet is the answer to the OP's OH's weight problems.

Agreed. Its a whole lifestyle change thats required.