My roommate (M27) has gained a lot of weight in the past year (+100 pounds in 10 months). He refuses to accept how serious this is and is sneaking my food. He said he needs a dose of reality, and I said I’d try and find it for him on Reddit. Can any of you get through to him?
I’ve watched my roommate (M27) rather rapidly balloon in weight over the past 10 months. I’ve been concerned since the winter when it started to become very obvious that he had been putting on a sizeable amount of weight. He brought it up to me directly for the first time ever the other night rather casually, basically just asking if it’s obvious that he’s gained weight and if he seems to be oblivious to anything serious. Well, let me demonstrate:
I casually filmed this video of him sometime in February, when he was at least probably 30 pounds lighter than now. I saw him outside coming home from the store and couldn’t believe my eyes so I had to take a video. I was going to show him then to try to open a conversation, but decided it wasn’t my business. But I cannot believe he would go in public like this; really makes how oblivious he is very clear.
However, more recently this month (again already at least 30 pounds bigger here), he was cleaning through his closet and trying on old clothes to donate. I started to film yet another video of him in attempt to help him realize how dismissive he was being because he was claiming that this shirt still fit him okay enough to wear. Obviously we can all see it does not.
I think he’s finally starting to realize how out of hand his weight gain has become (which he informed me upon asking in our conversation this week that has been +100 pounds in 10 months - video he sent me from his office’s backdoor security camera last week). He said that his doctor said there are no indicators that it’s anything health-related besides his lifestyle and diet. He doesn’t seem to realize how bad this is though and needs to be snapped out of it before it’s too late.
The most personally annoying thing is just that I know he sneaks some of my snacks and drinks when he runs out because stuff goes missing and he’s my only roommate… nothing big, but it’s still frustrating.
However, he’s still brushing off the urgency and doesn’t want to make any changes now. Can someone help him realize what’s happened to him and where he’s headed? It’s a bit sad. I want him to be convinced he needs to start changing his diet and working out, like now, and it seems like harsh reality from me isn’t enough. These video are honestly shocking (and yes he consented to me sharing these for this purpose) and I’m planning to share with him whatever you all offer here. Can anyone say something to get through to him? What can I tell him? I think he needs a dose of reality from Reddit, and I said I’d try and find it for him.
TLDR: longtime friend/roommate has gained 100 pounds in 10 months and doesn’t want to realize just how serious that is. Can you be brutally honest about what’s happened to him? What can I tell him to get him to snap out of it?
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