Losing weight sucks

@great-big-stees said
Politically speaking? 🤔 😉

yeah member of the Labour Party along with the wife was a shop steward when i was employed always a union member and a paid up momentum supporter.

@badradger said
yeah member of the Labour Party along with the wife was a shop steward when i was employed always a union member and a paid up momentum supporter.

I "lean left", Liberally. 🙂

@badradger said
cut out most meat , eating lots of fish fruit and veg 1 slice wholemeal bread a day, love eggs and a couple of whiskies every night, thanks for the sentiment.

You’re going really well at your age, some would have thought to pot with it, I’m old eat what I like. It’s hard to stay on a semi controlled diet after eat anything and everything for years, talking from experience. Went from 65kg in my mid twenties to I think the highest was about 88kg, down to 83kg but still about 10kg heavier than I’d prefer. Damm metabolism catching up on my eating and drinking too much.

@great-big-stees said
I "lean left", Liberally. 🙂

I knew it already, but I wouldn't have expected anything else.

@trev33 said
You’re going really well at your age, some would have thought to pot with it, I’m old eat what I like. It’s hard to stay on a semi controlled diet after eat anything and everything for years, talking from experience. Went from 65kg in my mid twenties to I think the highest was about 88kg, down to 83kg but still about 10kg heavier than I’d prefer. Damm metabolism catching up on my eating and drinking too much.

always had a very active life floorlaying untill i turned 63 played footie untill i turned 40 got a knee problem at around 55 but had to keep working on it, so it slowed me down and the weight crept up at 40 i weighed about 14 1/2 stone at 60 i was around 18 stone when I gave up work the weight crept on. the heart attack was only a slight one no actuall damage to heart muscle 3 stents 1 year on blood thinners, they gave me a diet sheet beeing diabetic I always tried to eat healthy just too much food lol.

@great-big-stees said
I "lean left", Liberally. 🙂

Most normal people do.

It is mainly weak-minded Americans who do not.

@great-big-stees said
I "lean left", Liberally. 🙂

Not when swinging the club I hope?

You'll never make the fairway.

@badradger said
always had a very active life floorlaying untill i turned 63 played footie untill i turned 40 got a knee problem at around 55 but had to keep working on it, so it slowed me down and the weight crept up at 40 i weighed about 14 1/2 stone at 60 i was around 18 stone when I gave up work the weight crept on. the heart attack was only a slight one no actuall damage to heart musc ...[text shortened]... ers, they gave me a diet sheet beeing diabetic I always tried to eat healthy just too much food lol.

That's such a familiar story. I almost wonder whether clinics seeing Sports injuries should give dietary advice as standard. Loads of people don't realise just how much they were burning playing footy or other sport and they miss the extent of adjustment needed after they stop. I always think a good preventative intervention at that stage would not only be great for patients but it would make sense economically when you look at the health interventions that would be saved further down the line. You're obviously a well motivated guy who is doing great things so somebody should have tapped into that earlier. Makes you wonder if coaches should be teaching it in football clubs. Do you ever go back to where you used to play?

@mchill said
I'm overweight, but finally stopped all the excuses and started losing it. 3-4 miles of walking a day + smaller food portions + fewer snacks. It's working, but it sucks! 😕

Losing weight does suck!
But common-sense recommendations for dietary health do not.

1. Get used the idea of being self-disciplined as new habits are established.

2. Consume small meals more frequently: Preferably those which include fresh fruits and vegetables with some legumes. This practice tends to curb cravings to binge.

3. Just do some exercise. Just do it! But there's no need to jump into it too quickly. Just stretch, walk and pace your favorite calisthenics moderately. But don't try "sit-ups" too soon. This can be discouraging 😀

4. As in all things: Start low. Go slow.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
Not when swinging the club I hope?

You'll never make the fairway.

Actually I play right handed and my shot's tend to slice (right leaning). I am a "political" anomaly. 😲 😉

@wolfe63 said
Losing weight does suck!
But common-sense recommendations for dietary health do not.

1. Get used the idea of being self-disciplined as new habits are established.

2. Consume small meals more frequently: Preferably those which include fresh fruits and vegetables with some legumes. This practice tends to curb cravings to binge.

3. Just do some exercise. Just do it! Bu ...[text shortened]... t-ups" too soon. This can be discouraging[/i] 😀

4. As in all things: Start low. Go slow.

You've got it right wolfy, it is just to have the discpline to stick to it!

-VR

@great-big-stees said
Actually I play right handed and my shot's tend to slice (right leaning). I am a "political" anomaly. 😲 😉

Help for a dogleg.

@great-big-stees said
Actually I play right handed and my shot's tend to slice (right leaning). I am a "political" anomaly. 😲 😉

When I use to play golf I would always take with me two hard-boiled eggs. (As an energy boost).

I remain unsure if that was a politically correct thing to do.

@ghost-of-a-duke said
When I use to play golf I would always take with me two hard-boiled eggs. (As an energy boost).

I remain unsure if that was a politically correct thing to do.

Stees would know more about that than I would, but I understood food was not allowed on the course itself.

-VR

@very-rusty said
Stees would know more about that than I would, but I understood food was not allowed on the course itself.

-VR

Of course it is, 3/4 hours without food? We'd all die.