Responding to the comment that the obese, the idle, the smokers etc cost the country a lot of money due to their increased demands on the NHS, they also save the country a lot of money through taxes levied on cigarettes, alcohol and fatty foods, and, as they die young, they make reduced demands on the pension pot.
Overall I think they’re an economic asset. A round of applause for lardarses.
I think if you are overweight you know it, you know why and somebody pointing out the calories and trying to make you feel guilty isn’t helpful. Nobody wants to hear negative comments about their appearance and as a Mom I try to be a cheerleader about my children. The most attractive thing you can be is confident.Â
Last time I was weighed I was the same as when I left school all of sixty years ago . In the interim have been seriously overweight at one time then lost it all and have stayed stable since. Hated being overweight and that was motivation enough. I do   not drink or smoke but love a little chocolate or cake as a treat. Being house and island bound is a great "help". But I am more likely to undereat than the other way. And yes, debs, not good to comment on these things. The only person entitled to ask is eg the nurse etc.Â
@debs64 - not necessarily.  On Michael Moseley's programme on Channel 4 last night he showed silhouettes of people who were normal weight and some who were clinically obese but not huge and the people he asked to comment did not recognise the obese ones as being such.
He had 5 people with different weights and eating and drinking habits who have all put on weight during Lockdown.  They were weighed, measured round the waste and had their blood tested and then their age calculated in terms of heart and liver function and blood sugars. Some of the results were shocking.
The good news is that by losing weight and eating healthier food and reducing alcohol intake it's reversible and the outcomes can be really good.  I decided to do something about my weight last February because I have arthritic knees and one is a real pain so I wanted to reduce strain by losing 10 kilos if I could.  So far so good and better than previous attempts.
One driving factor for OH and me has been the news that being overweight, let alone obese, can make any Covid infection so much worse. I want to be around and in decent nick for a good many years yet and I want to be able to dance for another 20 years or more if I can.
I do agree about children and confidence and teaching them good nutrition is also an essential part of their life skills.
Have you noticed how curmudgeonly some plants can be? I decided to dig up a small Japanese anemone that was on it's last legs, potted it up and put it in the intensive care corner. I accidentally left a bit behind in the ground. That bit is doing very well thank you and the one in the pot died.😡
Back to Sains moans we we have our 3 grandchildren with us at the moment, one has a very severe peanut allergy. There were several products we used to be able to get that were fine for her. My OH did online order checked the website carefully. When some items came there was a warning on the front "Allergy update" on the back of course now "not suitable for nut allergy sufferers due to manufacturing methods". She spent over an hour trying to get hold of customer services, when she eventually got through started to get the usual "sorry for any inconvenience" claptrap. She had to state again this is life threatening, if the website had been up to date we would not have ordered the items. Its bad enough that the list of things she cannot have grows by the month, but we end up spending hours reading & checking everything to see if it's changed. Why are so many manufacturers doing this, some used to keep separate production lines for nut free products, it seems fewer & few are willing to do this -it is so dangerous.
Have you noticed how curmudgeonly some plants can be? I decided to dig up a small Japanese anemone that was on it's last legs, potted it up and put it in the intensive care corner. I accidentally left a bit behind in the ground. That bit is doing very well thank you and the one in the pot died.😡
Treat ‘em mean B3. They don’t like things being done ‘for their own good’😉
I have had the opposite problem of trying to put weight on. After a serious illness I had to put half a stone on to reach the minimum weight for my build. Trying to find healthy food that would make me put the weight on was almost impossible. It has taken two and a half years but I have finally done it.
My dad was 6 ' 2" and weight 9 stone 10 lb! Unfortunately I follow my mother's side of the family.  When he was ill, in the days when bed rest was believed to be the cure for all ills, the hospital managed to get him up to just over 10 stone - after 3 months. Within days of being mobile again he was back to his normal weight.
Back in the day, when I used to go the the gym 3 or 4 times a week, and running on other evenings, the instructor at the gym decided to check my weight against their chart. I was 13 stone which according to him was 2 stone over weight. I asked him where all the fat was? There was none in those days, but I'm not claiming the same now.Â
Have you noticed how curmudgeonly some plants can be? I decided to dig up a small Japanese anemone that was on it's last legs, potted it up and put it in the intensive care corner. I accidentally left a bit behind in the ground. That bit is doing very well thank you and the one in the pot died.😡
Oh no what a shame!! I need to get out and sort the few plants I have (this years garden was a project to keep me and my daughter occupied while she was out of nursery and I was furloughed) but every weekend seems to get full very quickly now I'm back to work.
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Overall I think they’re an economic asset. A round of applause for lardarses.
He had 5 people with different weights and eating and drinking habits who have all put on weight during Lockdown.  They were weighed, measured round the waste and had their blood tested and then their age calculated in terms of heart and liver function and blood sugars. Some of the results were shocking.
The good news is that by losing weight and eating healthier food and reducing alcohol intake it's reversible and the outcomes can be really good.  I decided to do something about my weight last February because I have arthritic knees and one is a real pain so I wanted to reduce strain by losing 10 kilos if I could.  So far so good and better than previous attempts.
One driving factor for OH and me has been the news that being overweight, let alone obese, can make any Covid infection so much worse. I want to be around and in decent nick for a good many years yet and I want to be able to dance for another 20 years or more if I can.
I do agree about children and confidence and teaching them good nutrition is also an essential part of their life skills.
I decided to dig up a small Japanese anemone that was on it's last legs, potted it up and put it in the intensive care corner.
I accidentally left a bit behind in the ground. That bit is doing very well thank you and the one in the pot died.😡
I need to get out and sort the few plants I have (this years garden was a project to keep me and my daughter occupied while she was out of nursery and I was furloughed) but every weekend seems to get full very quickly now I'm back to work.