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How to motivate someone to be healthier?
we're in a position where MIL has diabetes and has a slew of ailments that are really worrisome to all of us. she ignored a problem with her foot that could have led to amputation if it hadn't been caught in time. i fear that she relies too much on the medications she's prescribed by her army of doctors and hasn't made changes in her lifestyle to get healthier.
with our first kid on the way, i don't want him to miss enjoying one of his grandmothers and likewise, i don't want her to miss spending time with her grandkids due to health.
does anyone have advice or a similar experience to help someone take their health seriously? being the DIL, i think i have less of a say than her kids, but i'm concerned nonetheless.
Re: How to motivate someone to be healthier?
Does she live here in town? Maybe you could walk with her or plan other activities where she'd get a little exercise.
I'm in a similar situation with my Dad and, actually, we lost my uncle last month because he ignored alarming health problems. I don't have a lot of advice. I can tell you a lot about what hasn't worked yet on my Dad. All I try to do now is be encouraging. If he tells me he went for a walk or is tracking his calories, I let him know how proud I am of him for taking those steps.
Good luck.
That's great that you're trying to help her out. I understand your frustrations. My mom is a lifetime chain smoker. We lost her mom to cancer years ago which was really hard on her and her sister was diagnosed with it recently. Her response to me, "Well, if this doesn't make me stop smoking nothing will." Since then, she still hasn't even tried to stop. I don't understand that mindset.
Anyway, I don't have an answer to your question. I wish I did and I hope someone else will. I think pp had a great response about offering to walk with her. Does she like to cook? Maybe you could find some healthy recipes to share with her that might help her be a little healthier. You could also possibly find some articles over natural alternatives to share with her. I know you don't want to be pushy about it but a casual, "I found this and thought it might interest you" wouldn't be bad. If anything, you might just try being honest with her. If you tell her you're scared that your LO might not get to know his/her amazing grandmother it might be an eye opener.
she does like to cook, but not from scratch. it's a pre-marinated brisket from sam's that you just pop in the oven or something frozen/canned/pre-packaged. has anyone tried dreamdinners? i feel like that might be a healthy option to actually know what goes into the food, and they do all the prep work, so it's not quite as tedious as chopping all the veggies yourself.
since i'm her DIL, i definitely don't want to get pushy. i'm going to leave those harder discussions for DH and his sisters - they all are concerned and have been talking about different ideas to help.