Is it normal annoyed friend health weight

I have two best friends. One of them is very overweight. Her parents are nice, but super negligent about health. She hasn't gone to the doctors or dentist in years. My other friend and I try to be her support system to get healthy instead of her parents, but she doesn't get it. Lately I've been getting super annoyed by her lack of motivation. I feel bad, but sometimes I can't take it anymore. I feel an enormous pressure to take care of her since we're the only ones she's got, but she doesn't cooperate. Is it normal I get really mad when I think about it?

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  • MacG

    Weight can be a much more difficult issue than you think. Imagine if an alcoholic had to have two drinks after work every day to stay alive and healthy, but that he/she be expected to stop after just two drinks. Imagine a crack addict trying to cut back to smoking it once a week. That's what you're asking of your friend. A person who is addicted to food still has to literally feed their addiction daily.. I've read that 80-90% of people who diet fail. If and when she is ready, perhaps she will diet. She knows she's fat. You are not doing her any good by harping on her. If and when she does diet, then it's time to give her all the help she wants.

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  • myboyfriendsbitch

    Your friend probably thinks you are a bitch. Her health is not your responsibility and people will not seek help unless they want it. As a friend, you have to be sneaky in persuading your friends to become more healthy (basically by example and casual recommendations), not authoritarian.

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  • drumandpickchick

    Don't waste your time, effort and emotions on trying to change someone. A true friend is supposed to like and love you for who you are no matter what. She'll get it someday. Don't worry about her. If you worry or work on her too much, you'll wake up one day and she'll be and have everything you've wanted for yourself. You'll realize you spent all your time and effort worrying about someone else and forgot about yourself. You'll end up exactly where she started.

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  • VioletTrees

    No. It's not your job to make your friend get healthy or lose weight. She is her own person, and you're not respecting her boundaries.

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  • NeuroNeptunian

    It is normal to be concerned for your friend's weight and to be angry that she does not take her health very seriously. Considering what you stated regarding her parents, she obviously was not raised in an environment in which health is an important issue.

    I had a friend who is the same way. He is morbidly obese (about 5'5 and it over 300-350 lbs.) and no matter what I tried to say to him or anything of that nature, he just didn't seem to give a darn about his condition and his Mother didn't give a darn either as she was mentally ill.

    At some point, though, I just accepted it as it is. He is going to have to come to a point in his life where he is going to have to either start caring for his health or suffer the consequences and you are going to have to accept this for yourself as well. You can do, as myboyfriendsbitch said and encourage her to live a healthier lifestyle by example, but ultimately the decision is up to her: have poor health and suffer or maintain herself.

    All you can do is be a good support system and hope that she makes the right decision. I would lay off her if I were you. If she truly wants the help, she will have to seek it.

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    • Devyn

      I just realised, that's my height, but over 3 times my weight wtf!

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  • Mando

    It is OK to be concerned about your friend's well-being but you go too far in feeling sorry for her and judging her as inadequate and getting cross. You need to step back and remind yourself of why you are her friend and she is special to you. Then maybe you can respect her again, which will also do more for her than your being negative.

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  • drugsrbadmkay

    Fuck you you judgmental bitch. Your "friend"'s weight is not for you to judge or criticize.

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    • chp316

      Dang girl, come down off your high horse, and go take your meds!

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      • drugsrbadmkay

        Sorry I had sand in my vagina when I posted that.

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  • GuessWho

    Maybe that's why her parents are super negligent about health.
    They may have tried, failed, and given up.

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  • Terence_the_viking

    Just keep calling her fatty until she realises and does something about it.

    Sometimes you have to be cruel to be kind

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