Obesity Sucks

foxmad · 10-31-2007, 01:39 AM

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Originally posted by beffrey:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by foxmad:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Crazy_T:
Is he just a bit fat or what?

How "obese" is he?

Wears L/XL mens t-shirts.

Ermm don't know his weight because that's like one of the things he's really insecure about with me. </BLOCKQUOTE>

Pick him up then. </BLOCKQUOTE>

I wish

TheCranker · 10-31-2007, 01:39 AM

Maybe he's ****ed of with people hassling him about being fat?

jep · 10-31-2007, 01:40 AM

Sounds like he is eating to comfort himself against feeling down. Has he got worries at home or at school ?? If so, they are probably the root cause of his eating tbh. If you can sort those out and get a smile on his face you will probably see a big difference in him.

Jearm84 · 10-31-2007, 01:40 AM

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Originally posted by foxmad:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Gav Stone:
<BLOCKQUOTE>I bet he feels down and eats junk to make himself feel better and he probably wont even talk to you about it because he feels ashamed of himself for getting so big.

That's pretty much it. I really can't think of any other way around it other than his own free will. He has to want to do it but actually motivating oneself to want to do it is going to be such a massive step. He will hate being nagged at by you and others and this will lead him further down the obesity path. </BLOCKQUOTE>

But then again I can't just ignore him.

Can I? </BLOCKQUOTE>

you'll probably get a torrent of abuse, he'll feel even worse eat more and you're deeper in the hole

end of the day you cannot stop him from doing it
(as you've already mentioned he'll shoplift if he cant buy it)

you can only talk to him,try make him see and if possible avoid any "told you so" or "oh ffs you idiot listen to me" attitude as he'll just ignore you

foxmad · 10-31-2007, 01:43 AM

Cheers for the response people. Sort of confirming and adding to what I already thought.

If he doesn't want to talk to me I think I'm just going to have to face it and just try and cheer him up a bit rather than being a nasty big brother.

Gav Stone · 10-31-2007, 01:55 AM

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Originally posted by Aslan:
I find it baffling that he's eating 2000 calories (guesstimate) worth of sweets everyday.

That's easy - a couple of big bars of Dairy Milk will take you way over that.

Bliss Seeker · 10-31-2007, 01:57 AM

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Originally posted by gillsminnow:
Roll him down a hill

TheCranker · 10-31-2007, 01:58 AM

Needs 4 bars of the 100g size bars. That's a lot.

BBB · 10-31-2007, 02:02 AM

is there a chance he was being bullied before the eating started? that's what happened with me at school, used to gorge on food at home, then get bullied in school. was bullied for being poor and not having the latest clothes/other stuff and then was bullied for being fat, happy days.

Aslan · 10-31-2007, 02:02 AM

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Originally posted by Gav Stone:
<BLOCKQUOTE>Originally posted by Aslan:
I find it baffling that he's eating 2000 calories (guesstimate) worth of sweets everyday.

That's easy - a couple of big bars of Dairy Milk will take you way over that. </BLOCKQUOTE>

See my earlier post about making yourself sick.

Obesity Sucks

Grab a beer, sit back and relax.

Obesity Sucks