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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you really want him to succeed, you should do it with him. Become familiar with the point values for things so you can help him make good choices, but also never saying things like "are you sure you can eat that."[/quote]

+1 - although I might word it a little differently than this I think support for him would be huge, but let him lead the way. When I used Weight Watchers I found three things to be absolutely true and required for me:

1) weigh and measure the things you need to weigh and measure for the plan and be totally honest with what you're eating. Grilled chicken breast and rotisserie chicken breast are different points for a reason;

2) plan and prepare - I had the best results when I planned pretty much all my meals for the week and prepped them the day before, including snacks.

3) the above two things work! So keep doing them.

Kind of a spin off of number one, but where are all of you (as a family) coming from/starting from as far as knowledge about nutrition? At one point when we were dating my spouse was pretty overweight. I was a community health major so things like lots of fruits and vegetables, lean protein, portion size, etc. were well known concepts to me (and even then I still had to work at it as far as watching my weight) but my husband had quite literally never been introduced to any of those concepts. I am not talking about fad diets, woo, etc., just the general idea that a grilled chicken breast is a better protein choice than a cheeseburger, or steamed green beans are better than ones boiled in butter, things like white rice, french fries should not be eaten every day and in moderate amounts because they don't have much nutritional value.

Wishing your son the absolute best. I hope he will also find some exercise he likes. I have never felt stronger than when I did weight training.[/quote]

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