How can i persuade my parents to buy a treadmill?!
Question: ive wanted one forever and my neighborhood is not a good place to run outside and theres no parks outside. ive managed to become 5 to ten pounds ovrerweight since thanksgiving, and love to mantain and lose a little weight. any ideas on persuading them?
ps theres no gym
Answers: ive wanted one forever and my neighborhood is not a good place to run outside and theres no parks outside. ive managed to become 5 to ten pounds ovrerweight since thanksgiving, and love to mantain and lose a little weight. any ideas on persuading them?
ps theres no gym
Treadmills and other excercise machines are quite pricey. And, even so, after Christmas it may be a hard sell to get them to shell out hundreds to thousands of dollars so that you can lose 5-10 pounds (which, by the way, I'm sure they don't think you need to lose).
Also, food for thought, why do you think you need a treadmill for such a small amount of weight loss? Living at home, within your parents financial means, leads me to believe that you're young...which leads me to believe that you could probably be overthinking this weight-loss thing a little bit. Unless it's a true matter of life and health, purposely losing weight as a teen is more of an emotional issue that needs to be handled delicately, rather than a physical issue that can be solved via excercise. Just wanted to throw that out there.
Now, with that said, if you're really serious about getting a treadmill, you're going to have to present your parents with a responsible request. Right now, there is no demand for a treadmill, so they will not supply one. They do not see a need and by you simply asking them, they still will not see a need. However, if you show them you are serious by, say, coming up with half the money for a REFURBISHED model that you've researched so you have all the answers to their definite questions, they may be willing to let you WORK for it, or use it as a birthday gift, ...or ultimately just loan you the money.
I say this because, with such a pricey item, you can't just expect them to hand over the credit card. It's a give and take and their ultimate job as parents is to prepare you for life - not get you fit and trim. So, present it as a test of responsibility: i.e., if they buy you the treadmill, you will pay them back monthly, or promise to do the spring cleaning of the entire house, or something else along the line of you being responsible. Not just, "Mommy, I want one. Can I have it?" No, you cannot.
go jogging then if all you need to lose is 5-10 lbs.
tell them what u just told me and BAM u will have a treadmill
Join the track team at your school or just go to somewhere that has track. My friend's brother went out for track and his parents bought him a treadmill to use.
Wow, you want a tredmill, that's pretty sad. Just do some extra chores around the house and earn some money to buy your own.....tredmill :O
Tell them you are tired of being a fat blimp.
if they don't belong to a gym, drop hints to cold weather like "Man! I was going to go for a run, but it's too cold! Dang. I wish we had a treadmill."
Run in place in the house till it drives them crazy.
get all the positive things about them and find a cheap one
Look in the paper for people selling them. Most likely it's still like new, becuase they always end up as clothing racks.
just ask them......if they can't afford it just don't bug them about it.
Apply to their self interest. Give reasons why they should get one for themselves too, not just you :)
Make a deal with them that you can pay for some of it if they can pay the difference
tell them the truth
You could try to find a cheap one in the bargain finder. Or ask your parents if they know of anyone who has one that isn't using it, maybe they'll let you take it or buy it from them for a low price.
tell they u want to lose weight and get healthy..tell them u dont want them to be the reason ur gaining weight so help you
Do you have money? You could pay for half of it.
If they dont want to buy it, i doubt that anything you say will change it sadly. but if you really want it, show them the benefits of having one, and how happy it will make you, but if all you need to lose is 5-10 pounds, i would suggest just to go jogging or running around 60-90 minutes a day for around 3 times a week.
damn i feel u girl. i have one luckally. just tell them for all the obvious reasons.no park no gym its winter too cold...etc. that should make them think about it.good luck!
well maybe you can say that jogging is a vigorous work out and you need a challenge in your life.and that its beneficial for the whole family.
Look for one on ebay, show them the prices, volunteer some of the money, inform them of the benefits - walking in HVAC is the best.
If your not that much over weight dont fell bad about yourself, you wil grow into it and also, you dont wanna be really skinny, some guys like girls with a little meat loll, just tell your parents that youd like one for ssome occasion b.c u want to get into shape not 2 lose weightt
get vry gud marks in studies....... n den ur parents cannot refuse.....
look on line and get information on them and look on eBay and start out with a cheep one and work your way up.
Also a cheaper way is to go to a store and walk
keep begging for one and ull probably eventually get one. i was just like you and told them i wanted one. they said it was 2 expensive but i said its for your own health and then they were like 'fine'. plus its nothing bad or anything. its good for you!
START SAVING FOR IT YOURSELF -it might encourage them to help you!
Show them someone who doesnt have a tread mill (are you thick) and the person has to be thick and so them someone who has and that person has to be skinny
Achieve the best marks in school
Well behave
Avoid demanding many things for a while
If they still refuse
Come back from school walking or go to school walking
why dont u jump or run while keeping in the same area (run in ur place by not moving, just by faking runing)
goodluck
tell them THEY could benefit from it too!
Do you have any idea how many households have dusty, unused treadmills?
They may use this as an argument, but I see it as an opportunity to buy a cheap used one that they can just resell again when they don't want it any more.
could be matter of money or space. they are rather large. anyways, try sit ups, push ups. jumping jacks. theres lots of other forms of exersize that require no extra money or space. if you are serious. comprimize, earn half the money and see if they will pay for half. but 5/10 lbs is not alot of weight. you sound still youngish, still living at parents anyways. you are growing and becoming adult. you will gain some weight over the next while. not end of the world. i would tend to work on your self esteem and not worry so much on a few pounds. if it were like 25/30 pounds over past couple months or so then i would be concerned about over eating and something else going on. but couple pounds is nothing and normal for a growing teenager