My Mother In Law Has High Cholesterol And Is Obese How Do I Help Her?
My mother in law is obese and has high cholesterol. She also has arthritis in her knees and the doctor told her that her ligaments and thinning out. The problem is she smokes and she refuses to stop. The doctor told her to lose 50 pounds. If she doesn’t stop smoking, how does this affect her?
Tell her it’s her choice whether or not she wants to live long enough to see her grandchildren grow-up.
If I were you, I would say that and nothing else. Her toxic habits are entirely her business, not yours. If she wants to get a heart attack and lung cancer, there is nothing you can do. If you push the issue or nag her, you risk alienating her altogether. There is an old saying: “You can lead a horse to water, but you can’t make them drink.” You cannot make her eat diet food or stop smoking or exercise. The choice has to be hers and no one else’s.
Find her a walking partner. A high fat, low carbohydrate diet will take care of both problems. She can eat until she is full and she will stay full much longer. It is an easy diet once you learn that saturated fat is NOT the enemy
If she is taking a cholesterol medication, get her to stop. Statins cause sever muscle and tendon damage, not to mention the depression.
Pharmacist who’s life was almost ruined by Lipitor
Well I don’t know how does the smoking affect her, if she smokes 5 cigarettes a day that’s not as bad as if she were smoking 2 boxes per day. But what you could tell her to do to lose some weight is eating vegetables, and not eating meat nor fast food. Go veggie! Well that’s easier to say than to do cuz I love meat! XD
it all depends on the bmi, her cholesterol levels, daily activity, food etc
meet a doctor …..