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Having turned forty  like his Lordship, the circumference of my abdomen isn’t quite what it used to be. I’m slowly coming to terms with the reality that I can only afford to consume half of what was my wont at mealtime. Breaking my fast three times a day with some fruit in between and not three solid meals is the ghastly spectre. Walking away from my half-full  luncheon plate in disgust will also be the order of the day.
<br>Can any  forumites, who have  managed to change the habits of a lifetime,  dish out some advice or wisdom?
Hmmm I’m not sure how easy it is for you middle aged lot to lose weight ;) but by simply eating less and cutting out the junk food I managed to shed a good 2st 10lb, helped along with a few games of badminton and walking over two miles every day :)
Eat less of the bad things, more of the good things (there are plenty books, etc, to let you know which is which) and get plenty exercise.
Job done.
I think you thicken in the waist when you hit your late thirties but don’t buy the right sized trousers until you admit defeat and you hit your early forties.
A bit like a young baldy that wears a hat until he hits his late twenties.
It’s funny how your mind seems to lag behind your body by a few years, well mine does anyway.
Personnal Details<br>Age: 42<br>Ht: 5′ 10"<br>Wt: 15st 6lbs
My waiste size is currently 36" and that has increase by two and a half inches every ten years for the past two decades, by the time I am 82 I will be completely round.
A couple of months ago, the Observer had an article that said:
"The average Briton has become 1.5 inches fatter and half a stone heavier in the past decade, sparking fears that more people will die early from illnesses caused by obesity.
New figures reveal that men’s waistlines expanded by 1.5in to 38.4in, and women’s by 1.6in to 34.1in, between 1994 and 2003.
In the same period the average man’s weight has risen from 12.5 to 13.1 stone, and the typical woman’s from 10.5 stone to 11 stone".
Pretty scary stuff.
Steve
I think that’s only the English that go to Spain for their holidays .. all of their kids have breats, especailly the boys.
(too many chicken nuggets)
Dont go to Spain on a family holiday!!!!
Your kids will get ..Breats!
Stay off the McNuggets to avoid this. If you can!
Currently I stand at 6 foot 2 inches and a bit. have a large frame, and weigh 0.11113 metric tons.
When I got married at 19 years of age, I was 11 stone 12 pounds (0.07525 metric tons). Due to the good lady Mrs Lolly, I have grown. This improved my rugby career for a short while, because I was growing bigger and stronger by the week. Unfortunatley I kept on growing.
<br> I is a BIG BOY now:o
I’ve been told I’m overweight, I told them they are talking rubbish I’m not overweight I’m just not tall enough, if I was 17′ tall I’d be fine :biggrin:
I’m sure you have more interesting statistics to discuss, for us lady viewers.<br> <br>Anything under 4 and over 10 is unreasonable !<br>
Hiya,
I’d be 175 of your finest European centimetres and 69.85 beautiful Brussells-approved kilograms all told – which does not make me particularly fat, but I am a bit wobblier since I mislaid my Ladyboy ™ whalebone corset a while back.
(Forumites look at each other nervously)
The line is always given that, irrespective of diet, you can keep in reasonable physical shape by doing as much exercise as your antecedents did fifty years ago; think I’ll give dad’s then regime of involuntary national service and interminable spam fritters a wide berth, but the four hours of badminton per week and regular walks seem to be offsetting the worst that the KFC and ciggies can do to me. Result! Sort of.
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Amateurs!
11 stone when I left college – 20 years of perseverance have seen me improve to a new personal best of 17 and a half stone.
The only problem is the drunken agreement I made to undertake the London to Brighton cycle ride 15 years on from my last trip!
Razzie.
How dare you! You should know by now that I’m a lover, not a fighter!
No murders this week. Just a 77 year old lady beaten up by 2 black youths and 3 different incidents of aisan boys bashing up the "milks". (learnt that saying from my daughter. Sorry if its racist.)
<br> Lovely Lady.
Are you talking inches or what???????????
Checkout number 17.:biggrin:
38 Things you should have learnt by now!!<br>  =========================================<br> 1. Never, under any circumstances, take a sleeping pill and a laxative on the same night.
2. Do not worry about what people think – they don’t do it very often.<br> 3. Going to church doesn’t make you a Christian anymore than standing in <br>   a garage makes you a car.
4. Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
5. If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before.
 6. My idea of housework is to sweep the room with a glance.
 7. Not one shred of evidence supports the notion that life is serious.
 8. It is easier to get forgiveness than permission.
 9. For every action, there is an equal and opposite government program.
10. If you look like your passport picture, you probably need the trip.
11. Bills travel through the mail at twice the speed of cheques.
12. A conscience is what hurts when all of your other parts feel so good.
13. Eat well, stay fit, die anyway.
14. Men are from earth. Women are from earth. Deal with it.
15. No man has ever been shot while doing the dishes.
16. A balanced diet is a cookie in each hand.
17. Middle age is when broadness of the mind and narrowness of the waist<br>   change places.<br>18. Opportunities always look bigger going than coming.
19. Junk is something you’ve kept for years and throw away three weeks<br>   before you need it.<br>20. There is always one more imbecile than you counted on.
21. Experience is a wonderful thing. It enables you to recognize a mistake<br>    when you make it again.
22. By the time you can make ends meet, they move the ends.
23. Thou shall not weigh more than thy refrigerator.
24. Some one who thinks logically provides a nice contrast to the real world.
25. It isn’t the jeans that make your butt look fat
26. If you had to identify, in 1 word, the reason why the human race has <br>   not achieved, & never will achieve, its full potential, that word would be<br>   meetings."
27. There is a very fine line between "hobby" and "mental illness."
28. People who want to share their religious views with you almost never<br>    want you to share yours with them.
29. You should not confuse your career with your life.
30. Nobody cares if you can’t dance well. Just get up and dance.
31. Never lick a steak knife.
32. The most destructive force in the universe is gossip.
33. You will never find anybody who can give you a clear and compelling<br>    reason why we observe daylight savings time.
34. You should never say anything to a woman that even remotely suggests<br>    that you think she’s pregnant unless you can see an actual baby emerging<br>    from her at that moment.
35. There comes a time when you should stop expecting other people to make <br>    a big deal about your birthday. That time is age eleven.
36. The one thing that unites all human beings, regardless of age, gender,<br>    religion, economic status or ethnic background, is that, deep down inside -<br>    we ALL believe that we are above average drivers.<br>37. A person, who is nice to you, but rude to the waiter, is not a nice<br>    person. (This is very important. Pay attention. It never fails.)
38. Your friends love you anyway.
 Thought for the day:<br>   Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur <br>   built the Ark.<br>   A large group of professionals built the Titanic.
         SMASHED IT!!!!!!……….. BIG TIME!!!!!!!!
Its Friday and I’m of to the pub.
Thankyou, good night and I love you all!!
Even you Non Vintage.<br>
(Edited by lollys mate at 8:32 pm on June 3, 2005)
I still weigh just under 8 stone and have for the last God knows how many years, but my waist IS getting bigger. It’s just my age I know, but I hate it! If I try cutting back on food, my face just gets thinnner and my boobs shrivel up. The only thing that reduces the ol’ waistline at this age is excercise. I did sit-ups for a while and that did make a difference, but I jsut can’t be arsed any more!
42<br>5F10<br>14st 11Lbs -too much of it FAT:o
I don’t suppose there is any interest in a collective shrinking among  "Overounds" for a charity such as Debra.
Something along the lines of losing 10% of body-weight between now and  Arc day. Say £10.00 per 1% making a £100.00 pledge/donation. Doing something like this for a charity might concentrate the mind a little more !!!
Just a late night idea….
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