Today was a wonderful day. I woke up and immediately worked out which is always an amazing feeling. After a great breakfast of Cheerios and bananas I took a ridiculously long shower. There is something about taking a shower when you aren’t in a rush that I love so much.
Afterward I went on a walk with my dad. His company in having an in-house competition to promote fitness. Everyone is given a pedometer and they log their steps weekly. At the end of how ever many months they award a winner. I have been trying to help him by keeping him company on walks. The past two walk we did were 3+ miles. Unfortunately I tried to get my mom interested in walking but she wasn’t having it.
I don’t know if I have ever told you guys but my mother is extremely overweight. Her health is poor due to her obesity. It has become a major cause of stress in the family. She blames it on alcohol, but I think she is just scared to try and lose it.
My mom told me that after she gave birth to me, her fifth child, she was sickly skinny. But as the years passed and she became more and more busy with my brother being sick and my dad’s job on the line for a few years she says the pounds just came. She is probably about 300 lbs now. I don’t think she has ever told me the actual number.
I love my mother and I want her to be around for our weddings and grand children. She is such an important part of my life, but there is no getting through to her. She has been told countless times by her doctor that she must lose the weight but it doesn’t seem to work. Often my mom will do really well for three or four days and quit.
And god knows I love her but she is the queen of excuses. It’s never because she just flat out doesn’t want to it is either her knees or she’s tired or she has to cook dinner or something. She says she doesn’t want to go the gym because she doesn’t want to see the skinny women in their tiny outfits. I always laugh when she says that because the gym is not like that at all. Although I understand the insecurity. We bought her an elliptical machine after she begged for one. She used it once and said she couldn’t use it anymore because it squeaked.
I wish there was some way I could get through to her. It is also extremely frustrating when every day she says, “don’t let yourself get like me.” A lot of my body image issues stem from me worrying that I will be in her position some day. My sister graduated from college and gained 50+ lbs and I am afraid I will do the same.
I would give anything to get her healthy.
How do you get someone to listen when they don’t want to hear what you have to say?
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