My whole life my mom has been overweight. I’m not entirely sure of her weight as we don’t have a scale but she is about 5’4-5’5 and 56. Despite not knowing her weight, it is abundantly clear that she has a lot of body fat. She isn’t active and rarely, if ever, even takes the dog for a walk.
After dinner she sits on the couch and 9 times out of 10 falls asleep. She snacks like crazy throughout the day/night, which I think is the issue.
Based on her relationships with myself, my family, friends, coworkers, etc. it’s pretty clear to me that she suffers from some sort of mental illness that has never been treated, which is likely exacerbating the issue (perhaps emotional eating).
I love her. Although our relationship is rocky, I of course want her to be around for when I graduate, maybe get married and have kids. I’m scared if she doesn’t start looking after herself, she won’t be around for those milestones.
She is extremely emotionally sensitive. I’m kind of at a loss of what to do, or if there’s anything I can do. I honestly don’t know if she has an issue with her weight/thinks she’s overweight. She has high blood pressure and asthma. Those are the only ones diagnosed. I’m in nursing school too, so learning about the consequences of obesity, unhealthy eating and a lack of exercise makes this 100 times worse for me.
Before they separated, my dad lost maybe 30 pounds mostly by dieting. Even before he lost weight, I’d argue that my mom looked to have way more excess body fat than he did.
I had hoped that him losing weight would maybe encourage her to as well but nothing. That was 5 years ago.
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