I have a friend who can't lose weight.?!
Question: HE keeps telling me about how he just doesn't have the will. Hateing how he looks, how his furniture creaks under him. He's tried everything, from steady exercise, nutrisystem, and various diets. But he just can't stop going for more food...what should he do?
Answers: HE keeps telling me about how he just doesn't have the will. Hateing how he looks, how his furniture creaks under him. He's tried everything, from steady exercise, nutrisystem, and various diets. But he just can't stop going for more food...what should he do?
He has emotional / mental problems when it comes to food, much like a drug addict. HE is addicted to food. He should seek counseling or just really adhere to a very healthy lifestyle. Surgery or fad diets aren't going to fix the root problem.
surgery
Unfortunately from the looks of it he has one last resort, that is to go under the needle.
cocaine. its a hell of a drug.
He needs to see a doctor. He may have a thyroid problem. It's not that uncommon.
he needs a support group
Cut his bAllas Off!
eating healthier foods and keep exercicing. never give up
Get his flubber removed!!
surgery
how big is he?
u could do gastric bypass if he is huge and lap band if he is only a little over weight
research them
Go to North Korea and stay for a while. They don't have any extra food to give a big man.
let him eat napkin
see a therapist and dietician to shut off his emotional attachment/dependency to food.
eat healthy and exercise. That is the only way. There are no easy answers. Encourage him to get involved with something like weight watchers. Good support can really help
It's time for him to talk to his doctor about bariatric surgery if he is very heavy. Lap band surgery or gastric bypass surgery may be his best options. He should ask his doctor for a referral.
truthfully, tell him to run his *** around the block everyday, and that he has no one to blame but himself. HE is the only one who can change anything....and if he doesn't have the "will" then it's really not as big as a problem for him as he thinks
well he's either going to die overweight.... or he'll finally hit rock bottom, take charge of his life, find out why he's so dependant on food, then change his life......only thing you can do is continue to encourage him to change.... you can't force change on anyone.....food can be just as addicting as any drug out there....
Before he exercises he probably will need to work on the mental part of dieting. A personal trainer can help prepare a diet that works for your friend and at the same time maybe he should talk to a therapist to find the root of his addiction.
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in order to want to keep going you have to see progress, so you have to start with something besides actually losing weight....something like bench pressing or something
He has to PUSH through the cravings. Sounds like he's not a self-motivator. So honestly..tell him to get a trainer. Although in my experience..trainers are more like babysitters (since most of the knowledge you need to know about dieting/training can be learned through the internet and watching other people)...but sometimes not everyone is motivated enough...and it doesn't sound like your friend is. Tell him..to save money and just get enough personal training for a month (going maybe 1-2 a week to a trainer). they'll give him all the info he needs, it'll give him some sense of responsibility.. if that doesn't work..u know..if he's complaining about how he looks but isn't doing anything about it..he has no one to blame but himself...if he has thyroid disease though that's something else.
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Well, he should have someone to support him and maybe exercise and do the same thing he does. It usually works out better when a friend is helping.
He needs to replace his habit of reaching for food with a different activity. Like every time he wants to go for food he should do ten push ups. Try joining a support group like Weight Watchers or Jenny Craig or LA Weight Loss, something like that. He may be nutrient deficient, try researching Celiac Disease, which is basically an allergy to gluten. Maybe this is why he's so addicted to food? Because he is always hungry due to the gluten found in most bread products.
Maybe he should talk to a psycologist. Your friend sounds a little depressed. You have to like yourself to better yourself
Well there is always surgery, but if not
he needs to take a good look at himself
in the mirror and take some initiative.
He won't have success until he finally decides that he CANNOT LIVE IN THAT BODY.
For 7 years, I wasn't happy with my weight (between the ages of 23 and 30), but that didn't stop me from drinking an average of a 12 pack of beer per week, or eating at Jack-in-the-Box three times a day.
It was only when I went to buy some new pants and they were size 46 that I even begun to really think about a change. Even still, it took another year to really get serious (going to the gym and eating correctly).
It's something that has to come from within. When he's ready, he'll be ready. Meanwhile, just do all you can to support him.
Before I can answer your question let me explain how the digestive process works. During the digestive process, your body converts carbohydrates, found in starchy foods such as potatoes and pasta, into sugar. Your body does it by breaking-down the carbohydrate molecule with alpha amylase, an enzyme that is produced in the pancreas. These sugar calories are either burned off, through exercise, or stored as fat cells for future use. Unfortunately, inactivity means that these stored fat cells accumulate. The result is weight gain.
The best bet for your friend is to take healthy food, exercise regularly and take a natural carbohydrate blocker like Dietrine Carb Blocker. A natural carbohydrate blocker works by neutralizing the digestive enzyme alpha amylase before it can convert starch into glucose, thereby reducing the amount of carbs absorbed. The result is weight loss naturally, without having to starve oneself.