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[–] Cerryo 0 points 1 point (+1|-0) ago  (edited ago)

Use the kid. If he's using the kid as an excuse then use it back. Two angles: He needs to be physically able to do things with and for the kid; and he is in a good position to give the kid a better experience than he had (in this regard at least). You and he grew up (it sounds like?) with people constantly showing you that fat adults are normal, but his kid has a chance at something different. Maybe that would mean something to him, if it were pointed out?

Also there's the fact that eating less takes no time. This could be an important thing to emphasize, if he uses the argument that his family and job or whatever are giving him too little time to take care of himself in an ideal way. Muscles may eat time, but thinness at least does not!