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Dear Jellybean,
I am a very active girl. I do yoga, bellydancing, work out at a gym, and I am a black belt in Tae Kwon Do. I always have a lot of energy
throughout the day, and I pretty much am the only one in my house who does exercise. My brother used to go to the gym with me, but he has been so lazy lately that he doesn't do it at all any more and he is really out of shape. My mom has a busy work day, going in at 7 in the morning and not coming home till 4:30pm. I have been trying to get her to exercise, although she did Curves with me a while back, but she quit. I try to get her to the gym, which she NEVER uses, but she is still paying for it. She is ALWAYS exhausted, but I know that she will have a lot more energy if she just exercised a little bit. And don't even get me started about my dad...basically, he hasn't worked out since high school. We tried to sign him up for the gym, but the first time he went, the personal trainer pushed him to hard and his blood pressure went down super low, and he had to go to the hospital. He refuses to go there at all, even if I try to put him on a very low impact tredmill work out. He sits around all day before work and seriously does nothing. The only time he gets up is to go to the bathroom or eat.
Every time I try to ask them (nicely) if they could be more active, they always get offended. And if I ask if we could purchase an exercise machine, they always make up an excuse of why we can't get one. Then it always turns into an argument somehow. But the only real reason I am asking them is because I want them to be happier and healthier, and I really care about them. Eating bad food and no exercise at all is a call for a short lifespan, and I want them to be around for as long as possible, but I just can't persuade them to do anything at all. They have talked to healthcare professionals about this, but they still aren't doing anything, and it stresses me out. They know what they have to do, but they just aren't doing it, and I am scared if something even more major happens to them than what has happened to them in the past. HELP ME PLEASE!!!!
-I don't know what to do anymore
