What are the best ways to motivate an obese person to a lifestyle of fitness and healthy eating?
We all heard of the saying, “You can lead a horse to water but you can’t make it drink it.” I believe there is a way to motivate the horse to drink. In this case, its a lifetyle of fitness and healthy eating which is conducive to a more healthy longer life. Therefore, I am looking for serious answers. Thanks.
An obese person feels the urge to eat often because he/she feels as though it brings a moment of happiness. Sure being fat isn’t but a slice of cheesecake or a cookie certainly does. In order to motivate a person to eat healthier and choose a more activate lifestyle, you have to make it rewarding for that person to do so. This is not a quick diet and workout but a lifetime commitment and change of style.
One of the biggest factor you have to remember is that the obese person has been programmed to turn to food for many underlining issues. Some may be “I get a cookie/sweet when I am good.” “When I am bored and there’s nothing to do, I eat.” “I feel so empty inside, so unhappy, I might as well eat this cookie to make me happy.” You have to get ride of these old programming before the obese person has any chance of losing weight permanently.
Then you have to reprogram the person to enjoy food in a nutritional way and attach happiness to exercise and having fun. If the workout is no fun, why would a person want to coninue doing it? Maybe try tennis, skating, swimming or something fun.
And remember that it takes 30 days to make a habit of something. Good Luck.
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