Obesity and Family

When one of our family members are obese we tend to feed their food habit and tend to their every needs. In this article we are telling what has happened in our family which is concerned with obesity and family.

Today I buried my obese husband.

My husband has had a weight problem for the last few years, and at first it was kind of cute to tickle his belly, or utter quips about his love handles. As time went on the jokes faded, and he went from a size 32 waist to a 38, and then somewhere along the journey he became a 52 waist.

His waist became something that just started to cruise unchecked, and out of control. I was maintaining my cute figure, and by this time was getting upset with his weight problem.

As a good wife, I always ensured that I would keep him in underwear that fit and purchased him new pants when I could not let the out the old ones anymore. Somewhere after he couldn't fit into his size 50 trousers anymore I received the phone call.

He had a massive heart attack while sitting at a traffic light downtown, and was dead before the traffic light turned green. I was so mad at him at first. I thought to myself that it was very selfish of him to not get his weight under control, and to have left me alone with the children, and the bills. Then, after the funeral, I started to think of the things I should of done to help him with his weight control.

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I was the main creator of the food we ate. I always assumed the weight problem was his, and he should have eaten less food, and he would of stopped getting so fat. I now realize that I could of substituted so many high fat items for low, or no fat, and he would never have noticed.

My husband was not the type of person while liked to be nagged, and the changes in his diet could of been done in such a way that he would never even noticed.

Easy examples would of been, no fat sour cream instead of full fat. The salt shaker could have been lost, or at least filled with a healthier choice. I could of prepared more meals at home instead of using the convenience of fast food so often. The list of things I could of done would be long if I were able to stay composed long enough to complete it.

If you are in a situation that involves one of your family members that is obese, and you want to keep them around, then you need to act, and to take charge, and keep nagging to the nil. If you the quiet caretaker of your family, you can put your loved ones on a healthier track without them even being aware it is being done.

You can park further from the door at the mall. You can decide to take a walk and ask for their company. I look back on the little things that I could of done to help my husband, and I regret not being more proactive.

His death was not my fault, I realize that. I can't help but wonder that if I would of learned and understood that he always ate what I put on his plate, I could of altered the ingredients and the serving size. If I would of started a more active lifestyle he might still be with me today.

You can start the journey without them.

Obesity and family members can be mended if you can show them how to become healthy. If your family is not ready to lose weight then they are not ready. There are things you can do to nudge them on their way to a healthy lifestyle. You do not have to nag, you just have to be subtle, and hopefully at the least the weight gain will be minimized until they are ready to lose weight. Heck, it would have been better than being alone. I wish I did not have to plan his funeral, maybe I wouldn't have had to if I would of planned the meals a little healthier...I wish I would of realized there were some things I could have done to help.

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