Hey guys!
I've set a goal for myself [as has my dad] for over Christmas break and I wanted some advice on it.
I'm vegan and my dad's almost as carnivorous [sp?] as they come. The problem is that he just got test results back w/ high cholesterol [over 200] and that runs in our family, his mom and 3 of his 4 siblings have it... oddly enough no one is fat - but very unhealthy on the "inside". We also think that he has gallstones [his mom also had those].
Basically I want to help him change his diet [and get him moving on his feet more]. Unfortunately, I don't think he's too worried because he is not really "fat", but I really want to wake him up and make him realize that he is on a downward spiral of bad health... that the little bit of belly fat is really bad, his cholesterol must go down [no excuses], and that he really needs to be exercising, which at this point is 0 minutes a day.
My mom and sister will be overseas for 6 weeks visiting family so I will be doing most of the cooking since he works a lot and buying all the groceries. I pretty much have total control over food in the house, but how can I get him to make smarter choices when he's out? [This being a guy who told my mom that he ate the healthiest thing in the store... a cinnamon roll as opposed to the doughnut!]
Anywhoots, thanks for reading and any advice would be greatly appreciated!
I've set a goal for myself [as has my dad] for over Christmas break and I wanted some advice on it.
I'm vegan and my dad's almost as carnivorous [sp?] as they come. The problem is that he just got test results back w/ high cholesterol [over 200] and that runs in our family, his mom and 3 of his 4 siblings have it... oddly enough no one is fat - but very unhealthy on the "inside". We also think that he has gallstones [his mom also had those].
Basically I want to help him change his diet [and get him moving on his feet more]. Unfortunately, I don't think he's too worried because he is not really "fat", but I really want to wake him up and make him realize that he is on a downward spiral of bad health... that the little bit of belly fat is really bad, his cholesterol must go down [no excuses], and that he really needs to be exercising, which at this point is 0 minutes a day.
My mom and sister will be overseas for 6 weeks visiting family so I will be doing most of the cooking since he works a lot and buying all the groceries. I pretty much have total control over food in the house, but how can I get him to make smarter choices when he's out? [This being a guy who told my mom that he ate the healthiest thing in the store... a cinnamon roll as opposed to the doughnut!]
Anywhoots, thanks for reading and any advice would be greatly appreciated!
