Hey Anasci,
Recently ive become a bit (really) more concerned with my mothers heath. She's age 55, 5*4 about 165+ pounds. For a long time she has been diagnosed with high blood pressure and cholesterol and takes medication for them.
My goal is to try and completely re-do her diet (which is terrible) and bring some of these levels down. The reason im posting on this forum and asking you guys for your help is simple, most of you guys know your shit when it comes to diet and exercise.
This is a very rough draft of what im trying to fix...
1. She loves food that is very high in fat. And not the good kind either, im talking about cheese, gravy, creamy sauces... foods that contain high amounts of LDL cholesterol have have a calorie intake of about 100 per tablespoon. Rarely will she ever eat things that have good fats: Fish, nuts, olive oil and beef or meat based products.
2. She has the fat person mentality. Yes, I just called my own mom fat. But shes needs tough love or shes going to kick the bucket sooner than later. Her logic is this, I work late and have off hours so I need a meal that fills me up . This meal is something very fatty based and taken from the list above.
3. Her logic is the most dumbfounding thing ever. I just got off the phone with her and this is what she said, "I don't want to switch to a high fat diet. Fat has been proven to clog arteries." What the hell do you think your current diet is doing? Making you grow wings?
4. Final: She thinks that she can get away with this terrible eating by doing a two mile low pace walk every couple of days.
If you guys could post anything: Tips, tricks, and more importantly some of your favorite links disproving her stupid theories about fat you'll literally be helping me save my moms life.
Recently ive become a bit (really) more concerned with my mothers heath. She's age 55, 5*4 about 165+ pounds. For a long time she has been diagnosed with high blood pressure and cholesterol and takes medication for them.
My goal is to try and completely re-do her diet (which is terrible) and bring some of these levels down. The reason im posting on this forum and asking you guys for your help is simple, most of you guys know your shit when it comes to diet and exercise.
This is a very rough draft of what im trying to fix...
1. She loves food that is very high in fat. And not the good kind either, im talking about cheese, gravy, creamy sauces... foods that contain high amounts of LDL cholesterol have have a calorie intake of about 100 per tablespoon. Rarely will she ever eat things that have good fats: Fish, nuts, olive oil and beef or meat based products.
2. She has the fat person mentality. Yes, I just called my own mom fat. But shes needs tough love or shes going to kick the bucket sooner than later. Her logic is this, I work late and have off hours so I need a meal that fills me up . This meal is something very fatty based and taken from the list above.
3. Her logic is the most dumbfounding thing ever. I just got off the phone with her and this is what she said, "I don't want to switch to a high fat diet. Fat has been proven to clog arteries." What the hell do you think your current diet is doing? Making you grow wings?
4. Final: She thinks that she can get away with this terrible eating by doing a two mile low pace walk every couple of days.
If you guys could post anything: Tips, tricks, and more importantly some of your favorite links disproving her stupid theories about fat you'll literally be helping me save my moms life.
