How do I convince my Step Dad to lose weight?

He is 46 years old, 6'2 and weighs 20 stone (280 pounds)

I've told him that I think he will be dead within 10 years due to a heart attack but he just wont listen. How do I convince him to lose weight?

People are arrogant. Unless something really inspires them I don't think its possible to change an old persons mind :P.CoolSkAGuy

He is 46 years old, 6'2 and weighs 20 stone (280 pounds)

The_Gaming_Baby

I wouldn't consider a 46 year old guy to be "old".

Introduce him to the Twinkie Diet. :P

http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/08/twinkie.diet.professor/index.html

Excerpt ...

Twinkie diet helps nutrition professor lose 27 pounds
By Madison Park, CNN

(CNN) -- Twinkies. Nutty bars. Powdered donuts.

For 10 weeks, Mark Haub, a professor of human nutrition at Kansas State University, ate one of these sugary cakelets every three hours, instead of meals. To add variety in his steady stream of Hostess and Little Debbie snacks, Haub munched on Doritos chips, sugary cereals and Oreos, too.

His premise: That in weight loss, pure calorie counting is what matters most -- not the nutritional value of the food.

The premise held up: On his "convenience store diet," he shed 27 pounds in two months.

CNN

Come up with a slew of fat jokes and sling em like it's nobody's business.

Joshywaa

He is 46 years old, 6'2 and weighs 20 stone (280 pounds)

I've told him that I think he will be dead within 10 years due to a heart attack but he just wont listen. How do I convince him to lose weight?

The_Gaming_Baby

Get a gun and shoot him in the abdomen. He'll lose a lot of weight in the hospital but you'll go to jail for attempted murder. Hope that helps.

Tell him you'll never consider him to be your real dad unless he loses weight.Dystopian-X

'You're too fat to be my real dad!'

hmmm I don't think it would work. Plus I already have a real dad.

He is 46 years old, 6'2 and weighs 20 stone (280 pounds)

I've told him that I think he will be dead within 10 years due to a heart attack but he just wont listen. How do I convince him to lose weight?

The_Gaming_Baby

Perhaps you should stop judging people.

I think you should become a vegan, you will live longer and hurt no animals.

Show him something, like a video or an article on the internet, that might scare him in to losing weight. But it's something that he had to decidefor himself...

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He is 46 years old, 6'2 and weighs 20 stone (280 pounds)

I've told him that I think he will be dead within 10 years due to a heart attack but he just wont listen. How do I convince him to lose weight?

tenaka2

Perhaps you should stop judging people.

I think you should become a vegan, you will live longer and hurt no animals.

He should do that right after his stepdad dies from a obesity-induced heart attack.

Fight him - it is the only way. Upon realizing that he's let his condition drop to the point where he can't even take his own kid, he'll go all Rocky and beat your ass in a month.

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He is 46 years old, 6'2 and weighs 20 stone (280 pounds)

I've told him that I think he will be dead within 10 years due to a heart attack but he just wont listen. How do I convince him to lose weight?

tenaka2

Perhaps you should stop judging people.

I think you should become a vegan, you will live longer and hurt no animals.

[QUOTE="The_Gaming_Baby"]

He is 46 years old, 6'2 and weighs 20 stone (280 pounds)

I've told him that I think he will be dead within 10 years due to a heart attack but he just wont listen. How do I convince him to lose weight?

tenaka2

Perhaps you should stop judging people.

I think you should become a vegan, you will live longer and hurt no animals.

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[QUOTE="The_Gaming_Baby"]

He is 46 years old, 6'2 and weighs 20 stone (280 pounds)

I've told him that I think he will be dead within 10 years due to a heart attack but he just wont listen. How do I convince him to lose weight?

The_Gaming_Baby

Perhaps you should stop judging people.

I think you should become a vegan, you will live longer and hurt no animals.

Then eat him.

If you still live with him, try to convince him to come running with you during mornings or evenings. You'll both get exercise and be able to bond with eachother.

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He is 46 years old, 6'2 and weighs 20 stone (280 pounds)

I've told him that I think he will be dead within 10 years due to a heart attack but he just wont listen. How do I convince him to lose weight?

The_Gaming_Baby

Perhaps you should stop judging people.

I think you should become a vegan, you will live longer and hurt no animals.

You told him the risks and he didnt listen.

Perhaps not everyone wants to live till 85 and live in a care home wearing adult nappies.

Nothing you do/say will change anything - point blank, that's all that matters.

However, something that I do find works with many men is that they work hard to maintain themselves so they can get/keep girls. If his wife is starting to find him unattractive, that could motivate him. I know many bigger guys who starting working out just so they could woo a girl. They're very motivating.

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Perhaps you should stop judging people.

I think you should become a vegan, you will live longer and hurt no animals.

tenaka2

You told him the risks and he didnt listen.

Perhaps not everyone wants to live till 85 and live in a care home wearing adult nappies.

Yeah, I know I'll disregard the feelings of my family and become morbidly obese to commit a slowed suicide once I reach my 40s.

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[QUOTE="The_Gaming_Baby"] I don't hurt the animals I eat, they are already dead. And I maintain a healthy diet. And I'm not judging my step dad, I'm worried about him. I've told him the risks and it didn't work, so I tired being totally blunt and that didn't work. Where on earth did you get the impression I was judging him?THE_DRUGGIE

You told him the risks and he didnt listen.

Perhaps not everyone wants to live till 85 and live in a care home wearing adult nappies.

Yeah, I know I'll disregard the feelings of my family and become morbidly obese to commit a slowed suicide once I reach my 40s.

Let's say he starts working out because of the feelings of his family, do you know what's going to happen? He's going to quit after a few months because of that ****-tastic resolve. People need REAL motivation. Feelings from family members are not going to get him in shape.

Cheat on him with his wife in front of him, show him how much better it's done without the gut. ;)Nude_Dude

...that's his mom...

Cheat on him with his wife in front of him, show him how much better it's done without the gut. ;)Nude_Dude

[QUOTE="Nude_Dude"]Cheat on him with his wife in front of him, show him how much better it's done without the gut. ;)The_Gaming_Baby

I don't understand the confusion here.

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You told him the risks and he didnt listen.

Perhaps not everyone wants to live till 85 and live in a care home wearing adult nappies.

minh800

Yeah, I know I'll disregard the feelings of my family and become morbidly obese to commit a slowed suicide once I reach my 40s.

Let's say he starts working out because of the feelings of his family, do you know what's going to happen? He's going to quit after a few months because of that ****-tastic resolve. People need REAL motivation. Feelings from family members are not going to get him in shape.

Then I guess he really doesn't care too much about how you feel.

Not joking.

EDIT: Thought you were OP for some reason. Wow, my mind wandered a little too much.

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[QUOTE="THE_DRUGGIE"]

Yeah, I know I'll disregard the feelings of my family and become morbidly obese to commit a slowed suicide once I reach my 40s.

THE_DRUGGIE

Let's say he starts working out because of the feelings of his family, do you know what's going to happen? He's going to quit after a few months because of that ****-tastic resolve. People need REAL motivation. Feelings from family members are not going to get him in shape.

Then I guess he really doesn't care too much about how you feel.

Not joking.

Losing a lot of weight is absolute torture. Sorry, but no relative of mine is worth putting myself through hell for months to years. It's a common feeling. There are many other over weight people I know who tried to lose weight because someone they cared about was worried about their health. Didn't really work out. It's just not a good enough reason to go through that.

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[QUOTE="minh800"]

Let's say he starts working out because of the feelings of his family, do you know what's going to happen? He's going to quit after a few months because of that ****-tastic resolve. People need REAL motivation. Feelings from family members are not going to get him in shape.

minh800

Then I guess he really doesn't care too much about how you feel.

Not joking.

Losing a lot of weight is absolute torture. Sorry, but no relative of mine is worth putting myself through hell for months to years. It's a common feeling. There are many other over weight people I know who tried to lose weight because someone they cared about was worried about their health. Didn't really work out. It's just not a good enough reason to go through that.

He could at least stand to lose 40 pounds.

I'm not asking for him to slim down to 200.

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[QUOTE="THE_DRUGGIE"]

Then I guess he really doesn't care too much about how you feel.

Not joking.

THE_DRUGGIE

Losing a lot of weight is absolute torture. Sorry, but no relative of mine is worth putting myself through hell for months to years. It's a common feeling. There are many other over weight people I know who tried to lose weight because someone they cared about was worried about their health. Didn't really work out. It's just not a good enough reason to go through that.

He could at least stand to lose 40 pounds.

I'm not asking for him to slim down to 200.

...that's not really the point. He just has to find the right motivation to workout.

And we're not exactly sure what the whole picture is. We don't how much of his body is actually fat.

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[QUOTE="minh800"]

Losing a lot of weight is absolute torture. Sorry, but no relative of mine is worth putting myself through hell for months to years. It's a common feeling. There are many other over weight people I know who tried to lose weight because someone they cared about was worried about their health. Didn't really work out. It's just not a good enough reason to go through that.

minh800

He could at least stand to lose 40 pounds.

I'm not asking for him to slim down to 200.

...that's not really the point. He just has to find the right motivation to workout.

And we're not exactly sure what the whole picture is. We don't how much of his body is actually fat.

6'2" and 280 lbs?

Unless he's a Mr. Olympia contestant, it's pretty easy to say he could lose some weight.

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[QUOTE="THE_DRUGGIE"]

He could at least stand to lose 40 pounds.

I'm not asking for him to slim down to 200.

THE_DRUGGIE

...that's not really the point. He just has to find the right motivation to workout.

And we're not exactly sure what the whole picture is. We don't how much of his body is actually fat.

6'2" and 280 lbs?

Unless he's a Mr. Olympia contestant, it's pretty easy to say he could lose some weight.

There are many things that could contribute to his weight. I really big boned and somewhat muscular which is why I weigh about 250.

Hes a GROWN MAN, if he doesnt want to do it then that is his choice. If it was a drinking problem or something like that he should get help yes but you are being very selfish

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[QUOTE="minh800"]

...that's not really the point. He just has to find the right motivation to workout.

And we're not exactly sure what the whole picture is. We don't how much of his body is actually fat.

minh800

6'2" and 280 lbs?

Unless he's a Mr. Olympia contestant, it's pretty easy to say he could lose some weight.

There are many things that could contribute to his weight. I really big boned and somewhat muscular which is why I weigh about 250.

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[QUOTE="minh800"]

...that's not really the point. He just has to find the right motivation to workout.

And we're not exactly sure what the whole picture is. We don't how much of his body is actually fat.

minh800

6'2" and 280 lbs?

Unless he's a Mr. Olympia contestant, it's pretty easy to say he could lose some weight.

There are many things that could contribute to his weight. I really big boned and somewhat muscular which is why I weigh about 250.

But 280?

I'm 6'3" and 240 and I don't have the body of a god.

My dad and I are the same height, I am the perfect weight for that height and he is 60 pounds more than me. I dont know if he doesnt know how to eat, if he doesnt care or if he is just lazy. He goes to the gym but that doesnt mean anything if you feed yoru body toxins. I am going through the same thing, I am trying to figure otu a way to get my dad to lose weight other than "Dad, you are overweight as F((& I can help you lose weight, lets do this...I want my children to know you!"

call him fat

Show him a photo of a ripped guy and say "now if you looked like that what incentive is there for mum to leave you?"

hire a bodybuilder and ask your mom to flirst with him in front of your step dad,that should do the trick.

Gather up the whole family and give him a intervention

Every time he walks by scream "Earthquake Alert!" and get under a table.