Daily Discussion Thread: 12/13/2019

My goal when I visit home for two weeks this holiday is to start my parents on a health journey. Corny, I know. But they are recent retirees and haven't been active in many, many years. All my life they've been overweight. My sibling too.

I had hoped that my own change of lifestyle would be a lead-by-example motivator for them to change, but I guess it's not enough. I'll have to have some serious conversations, and confrontation is NOT something my family does.

But whatever it takes is what needs to happen because I want my family with me as long as possible. I'm estranged from the rest of my family, have few friends, no girlfriend, and will never have children. I'm also the youngest of the bunch. At this rate I'll be alone for a long time if they can't improve their health. In confronting them I'll probably cry. I'll try not to, but I've bawled already just thinking about that impending loneliness.

Has anyone here had success in motivating their parents to eat better and perform some form of exercise? How did you breach the topic, what did you suggest, what did you do?

/r/bodybuilding Thread