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high blood pressure at 21
I have com here in desperation of help. My husband is 21 and has highbloodpressure and according to the doctor a little overweight. I have tried to talk to him about it and try to be an accountablility partner. I mentioned sports,the gym,portion control, certain diets(eating healthier),and yes even dance. I want to encourage him to be healthy and I believe I do. I told him I would even do the majority of things with him.(My own health problems limit me on dieting and such)He says that he wants to change but never does anything about it. I think he is the most beautiful personand I dont want to see him struggle with health problems so young.If you have any advice on how I can help him please let me know. I would love it if you prayed for us if you dont have any advice to give. Thank you.
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Well you're doing what you can. You know how they say you can lead a horse to water but you can't make it drink? That's the situation here.
I go through it all the time- somebody comes in for a session and I'll be like "Ok Danielle we're going to do some Hacksquats." and she doesn't want to do them even though that's why she came lol. I can be as motivational and on top of my fitness soapbox as I possibly can be- but ultimately it's the individual who has to have the desire and the guts to change themselves. Unfortunately most people don't act on their health until either two things occurs- 1. They get hurt 2. It's really too late and the damage has been done.
Don't badger him, don't get all in his face about it- instead lead by example. Cook healthy meals, go to the gym yourself, leave a yoga mat laying around, anything to put the thought in his head. Most likely sooner or later he will see that if he wants to live and not live by taking 50 pills a day then his time to do something about it is now while he's young and has a chance.
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go on walks, maybe for a swim in a lake or something, anything to get him motivated or just in this case, anything to get him out of the house.
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If you've talked to him about it, but he hasn't taken any action, maybe he's hesitant. Or just shy. Or maybe he just doesn't want to, but says that he does because he thinks it's what you wanna hear. I'd talk to him about it some more, and see what happens. If he doesn't do anything, then he doesn't want to lose weight. But, you'll be in my thoughts.
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