Documentary recommendations for nutrition?

[genericgirl]

Help! My bf is overweight and needs to be scared away from sugar! We're on vacation now so this is a good chance to sit him down in front of some movies to turn his life around!

He likes meat so I think movies like forks over knives may be too much for him but I'll still have him watch it. I'm also going to have him watch king corn so he realizes what he's actually eating.

He has a severe addiction to refined sugar's (last night 6 mini canoli's, 2 cans of soda and maybe even a cookie or two)

I'm healthy and want to start working out seriously again so it would be nice if he was able to keep up. Help me scare him away from the sugar and recommend me some video's or maybe even a book.

Thank you!

[pasha]

hey to be honest, i dont think he needs a book or a video.. he just needs to get in his head that he needs to quit eating sugar.. im sure he already knows that eating all this junk is bad.. he just needs to stop buying it.. It is hard, i smoked for 10 years and i quit.. but recently i also cleaned up my diet and dont eat much sugar anymore but i thought quitting sugar was harder than smoking. it really comes down to how bad to you want it, its all in your head. good luck!

[Times Roman]

before we do any of that, does he even want to change?

[warlockjmr]

Videos of people with rotting feet due to diabetes always freaks me out about sugar!

[Times Roman]

A mirror usually works for me. But what works for me may not work for her BF. Some people like being fat and eating everything in the pastry section.

Which is why i asked if he even wants to change...?

[warlockjmr]

Yeah I have to agree, you can talk about the evils of crappy food but without self motivation no one is going to change their eating habbits.

[pitweiler]

I'm kinda in the same boat with my GF. I want her to get in the habit of going to the gym and eating healthy. It's hard. You can't force Him Then he most likely wont do it. What I've been doing is I eat healthy so when she's around me. She will also. I've been taking her to the gym with me to get her in the swing of things. Maybe if you start eating healthy. He will too. And the same with going to the gym. You could go together to get him motivated. My GF feels good after working out and likes going. We don't live together so she easily gets off course and doesn't go to the gym and gets off of eating healthy. I don't know if you guys live together but I think it would be easier.

[mattvdh]

there's a ton of documentaries you could watch but most of them have annoying story lines or agendas. those vegan documentaries are bullshit, who wants to eat like a rabbit and become weak with b12 deficiencies. veggies are a low grade protein, that's why vegans are typically scrawny.

like people previously said, the guy has to be up for it or there's no point. how do you motivate him? well you can either diss him, threaten to leave him, or leave him. Negativity is the most effective way for most people. You can't simply ask them or positively encourage them, it won't work. They won't take it seriously. Addictions to food or anything won't be stopped with kindness. Only use positivity to reward positive behaviours, like if he is making serious effort to work out and diet. then compliment and all that...but to stop the negative habit you've got to be a nazi that destroys ego and bad habits. become a gunnery sergeant hartman that has no remorse and humiliates weakness and negative lifestyle patterns.

I had a gf that refused to eat healthy foods and kept screwing up my diet and I decided after a bunch of weight gain that I had enough. there isn't really any nice way of doing it, either they're on the same page as you or they're going to bring you down over time. you can try to teach him how to eat well and exercise but if they don't want to do it, then you should get hardcore about it. the people you surround yourself with can either elevate you and make your life better or just the opposite. You've got to cut the fat out of your life or it will get seep into your life like a disease. think of his poor eating habits as an intrusion on your own personal self discipline and willpower. if they don't have the same sort of will power then they aren't worthy of you. I personally have no time for people that don't take care of themselves, they are lesser humans.