How To Trick Your Loved Ones Into Getting Healthy

Let them think it’s their idea. Ask rhetorical questions they’ll answer yes to, like, “Wouldn’t it be great to be fabulously thin?” Then, casually mention a number of different options that could help. By making a choice, they’ll feel in control and empowered.

Fool them into getting a checkup by turning it into sport. Arrange a scavenger hunt with items like “your cholesterol levels” or “proof of a flu shot.”

Send them on meaningless errands to get their heart rate up. Your knee is aching – surely they wouldn’t mind getting the book you left upstairs? Oops, sorry, the other book. Thanks … oh, also your reading glasses?

Play mind tricks. Because most people tend to believe what’s said about them, if you refer to someone as energetic and active, they’ll begin to feel – and then act – that way.

Challenge them to a little healthy competition, whether it’s running laps or lifting weights. The thrill of victory can be a powerful motivator, so do what you can to make the contest believably close … but always in their favor.