I have a close friend who does nothing but sit all day, and the person takes classes for about 12 hours. Gets back home and sits down and sits at their computer. I try to have the person get up and do some jumping jacks, but the person just ignores me. How do you motivate a person with out getting them angry? The person is gaining weight and I think that doing a little bit of exercise will help them a lot.
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Bribe him. If you don’t care about it enough to motivate him thru personal sacrifice (of money, energy, or time), then mind your own business for Pete’s sake.
Eat only when hungry and not more than thrice a day. Nothing other than water in between. Include plenty of uncooked vegetables and fruits in each meal, preferably 50%.
Chew each morsel at least 32 times. Do not touch articles of food or the cutlery in between. This will activate ur body to generate strong signals of hunger/fullness. Obey these signals.
Take light exercises and brisk walks (minimum 20 min duration) regularly preferably twice a day.
U will achieve what u have not even dreamt and that too in a reasonable time. Do not be in a hurry. It is however to be noted that one cannot change the shape or size of different parts of the body.
TAKE THE PERSON TO THE SWIMMING POOL AND TOSS THEM IN ( IF IT DOESNT MAKE TOO BIGGER SPLASH) AFTER A FEW TOSSES MAYBE THEY WILL START SWIMMING ON THEIR OWN. IF THEY ARE FAT THEN LET THEM GRADUALLY ENTER THE POOL. GET THEM TO SWIM LAPS AND IN SIX MONTHS ENROLL THEM IN THE MILE-A-DAY CLUB
spike their drink with drugs
Anger works.
suggest going for a nice walk. or a nature hike.
then go with them.
also you could just suggest that it would be nice to go out for a swim or to the gym for a work out.
just be suportive.
and try to be nice about it.
i know that i had recently lost my motivation for exercise for many reasons, and i was struggling, but someone said to me that i should just get off my lazy behind and do it, and they also offered me their support and i really appreciated this.
say you need a gym buddy one day and you really dont want to go alone.. once they see all the other people in the gym working toward their goals, this person will want to try to get to their level. maybe you can try this a couple times and then they will start wanting to go.
tell him/her YOur FaT! you need to lose weight…
“You dont motivate to do, you do to motivate” If the person starts to exercise and loose weight then he/she will be motivated to exercise more. Try something fun with the person like ride bikes, go dancing, etc. don’t make it look like a workout
Well, I quite agree that doing a bit of regular exercise would certainly help your friend. But you know, motivation has to come from the person themselves. You could always try a heart to heart with them, and tell them honestly that we all need to move about a bit each day, because it’s really bad for our health to lead an almost totally sedentary lifestyle.
You could try the brutally frank approach, and tell your close friend that he/she is gaining weight and needs to get moving a bit. Then, before the explosion comes, you could quickly suggest again that you go together to do some exercise each of you would enjoy and that your friend can cope with. If he/she has been sedentary for a long time now, you need to start gently with 10 or 15 minutes exercise, and build up from there.
But if you try this, and your friend is determinedly resistant, you’ll just have to wait until he/she sees themselves that they need to start changing their life. I wish you luck!
wimsey