"Why does this potato salad make me sick?" My mom is a small fat. I honestly don't know how she manages to even stay her size. She is pretty empty-headed when it comes to health and wellness. Her idea of a good workout is (I kid you not) 2 minutes on my elliptical, which she manages to do about once a week. Her idea of health is popping 20 different supplements every day. She sits in a recliner on her computer all day long. I love her, so I am harsh when it comes to her health, because shes slowly deteriorating. Her mother died of old age, but she was bed/wheel chair ridden for the last several years (I want to say somewhere between 5-10 years) of her life. I do not want to see that happen to my mom, but with her incredible lack of willpower and knowledge of well being, its slowly happening. So, my mom had been complaining several times that every time she ate this potato salad it gave her the runs the next day. I question her as to why she continues to eat it... "because its good," "its not expired yet, I don't want to waste it," etc. Last night, I caught her spooning the potato salad onto a plate... my jaw dropped. She had about 5-6 servings (1/2 cup per serving, 360 calories) on the plate. I said to her, "why are you eating that? It's just going to make you sick!" She gave me her usual excuse. I said, "do you want to know why this makes you sick? You're eating almost 3 days worth of fat in one sitting. You're eating over 2,000 calories in one sitting." She responds with "I don't care! I haven't eaten anything all day!" We bicker back and forth about it for a little bit, and I keep repeating to her about how eating that much fat in a day will no doubt give her the runs. She says to me "They shouldn't put so much fat in potato salad," and I responded with "Mom, it's mostly mayonnaise, what do you expect!" I tossed the remainder in the trash. I refuse to see my mom turn into a full-blown mayo monster (and if that happens, I will refuse to care for her). I don't mean to sound empathetic towards her (personally I don't feel empathy for her, I feel agitated), but is it wrong to want to save your family from an unhealthy lifestyle?