We are obsessed with appearance in this country, I used to be about 17 stone in my early 20s, I wasnāt quite an awful size but not far off it. I dropped a good bit of weight over the years and now Iām about 12 stone. Donāt eat half the quantity of food i used to eat.
Whenever i go down home i have to worry about my family thinking Im sick or something. I was forced to go to a nutritionist a few years back who told me I was in great shape. Nevertheless theyād still be trying to shovel the food into me when I go down. I swear they think I was healthier when I was clinically obese rather than my right weight
Yeah from my experience itās those who skip breakfast that actually tend to have issues keeping weight down. A good bowl of porridge and a couple of slices of toasted brown bread is a great way to start the day. The real time to make progress is to avoid eating after 7pm by all accounts.
As @TreatyStones often says, you canāt outrun a bad diet. All the walking and exercise in the world isnāt worth a shite if youāre filling your body with crap. The lack of basic knowledge on diet and nutrition in this country is shocking. Even basic things like understanding carbs, fats and protein.
Fair play @Fagan_ODowd, hope you can enjoy a few pints as a reward to yourself
Ah look, one way or another it canāt all be true.
Iād say this thread is the truth and heās just a big flabbery fat useless bollocks.
Iāve broken my rule now after a few pints and posted on this shithole so Iāll log off for a while.
Good night lads.
You might be right.
I donāt think it would suit me, Iād never skip breakfast on a workday out of habit but Iād often do it during the holidays or on weekends and Iād end up buying six sausage rolls or something at 12 o clock, the thoughts of facing into a healthy lunch wouldnāt appeal to me in that state.
Iāve never been fat but when I quit sport I was at my heaviest, maybe a stone or more overweight, I cut back on my drinking by basically not drinking at home anymore (Iāve since relaxed this a little bit), that was huge.
Then later I took up running which probably helps keep it down.
Anyway Iām a firm believer in having a good breakfast, itās probably full of shit but I usually have 4 weetabix at about 745 and it does me till lunch
Losing weight is a different thing but in terms of maintaining Iād skip breakfast and then have a very big lunch and dinner which Iād much prefer to having something in the morning and then having to make smaller meals later.
In reality if you cook all your meals for yourself losing weight is incredibly easy