Changes to metabolism – what next?

Cramps = not fit enough.

Not strictly true…

and all their mums have curly hair and brush their teeth?

…is exactly the phrase I was looking for.

I’m not actually suggesting that y’all are loonies, but this conversation is uncannily like the kind of things I listen to on a daily basis, as ladies who are almost obsessive about their weight sit and talk incessantly about this diet and that gym and some other toning regime while eating too much.

Then they look at me and say ‘It’s easy for you, you never put any weight on’.

Um, except I do put weight on, and it’s not ‘easy’.

..and yes, that is still a lot of water.

Um, except I do put weight on, and it’s not ‘easy’.

You would say that.

…seeing are you never put weight on.

High 5 Crikey, life ain’t easy sister, you’re just not in touch with your metrosexual side…. yet

You might be right yeti, but I’m fitter ( running wise) than I’ve ever been I think and I get less cramp these days, and my ( poor) eating habits haven’t changed

Oi guys! Less of the comments about curly haired mothers. 🙄

Auntie C_G – you saying you ain’t a little bit crazy? x

(how are you btw?)

Ooooh, just a wee bit. 🙂 I’m enjoying my pootling, how about you? Normal service resumed?

Still surprised that you think 1 pint of water or half a litre of water six times a day is too much. Will try to up my bean intake and see if that makes any difference.
And you are right emsz

Right! (big strop occurence is occuring…)

I do put weight on but I try not to sit and eat chocolates or cake or any other crap and I do 6-12 hours excercise a week and only eat when I’m hungry, and don’t drink sweet soft drinks, and make a bloody effort instead of sitting there moaning about it and getting fatter year by year by doing the same stupid shitty diets or going to gyms and expecting to get thin by sweating because you are doing something in a big warm room and when I go out on my bike I have no bloody choice when I get tired; I have to carry on, instead of stopping and going to sit in the bloody hot tub for half an hour. I’ve had 20 odd years ofthis crap, of people moaning about the weather when all they do is walk from their car to the door of work and then from their car to the door of their house, buying sodding goretex jackets to walk around the supermarket in, just stop eating so bloody much and do some **** exercise you big fat bloody lumps of simpleness.

Ahem.

I try to eat my lunch at work alone these days; it aids my digestion.

Crikey – this female work environment seems to be really affecting you 😉

Yep… I’m in overdrive C_G… 2 to 3 sessions a day, smallest waist size since I started buying trousers that were sized by age, and I’m eating a full sized cake every week whilst still losing weight 🙂
Why is it though that it’s only other blokes that comment on my physique?

crikey – you buying take-a-break yet?

Have a donut crikey, sounds like you need one 😆

i need to add in another hour of exercise a day….

*plans some kinda on-the-way-home type exercise in my mind that i’ll never bother to do*

i understand where you’re coming from crikey, get moaned at by fatter people (normally wimminz and sizeable older men) saying i wouldn’t understand cos i’m thin. whereas i’m not thin, just thinner than them, cos i’ve struggled with a yo-yoing body weight since i was a kid. i have an unhealthy relationship with food, first to admit it… but at least i put effort into keeping it under relative control.

I agree with everything you said crikey I just think we have different methods

2 to 3 sessions a day

Sessions of what? Possible danger of overtraining?

overtraining isnt in yeti’s dictionary.

i’m on the fence as to whether the exercise is a healthier replacement than the crack habit he swapped it for in the first place.

its ok though in the end as he’s easily tempted back into his whorish crack taking ways 8)

AAAAAARRRRRRRGGGGGGHGHGHHGHGHGHGHJG!”!”!!!!!!!11111!!!1

I just sit and quietly fume. Over a 4 night stretch I will eat 2 sandwiches and a yoghurt each night. The other folk will get through a full 12 inch pizza each, plus Coke/Dandelion and Burdock 3 litres between 6 of them. Then the next night will be a take-away curry, plus rice, poppadums, more Coke. When they bring their own food in it’s a huge plate of food; enough to feed three people, then they’ll have crumpets before going home.

At Christmas they will slowly trough through a full tin of Roses or Quality Street and a packet or two of biscuits over a 12 hour shift.

I have watched people come to work here and seen them put 2-3-4 stone on in as many years, all the while being on the latest simpletons diet, and yet none of them seem to make the connection between the amount they eat and their weight.

4 people this year have had to get bigger uniforms; WE WEAR SCRUBS< WHICH ARE NOT EXACTLY FORM FITTING!!!!!£”121221z

breathe crikey, remember you have to breathe!

although having said that, you’re warming up nicely and your next post should rate a 9/10 on the rant-o-meter, I reckon.

Seems like someone is jealous of the donut munchers…

…just let yourself go, Crikey 😀

Crikey – just play this in your head…

Phil – I still smoke **** for rock, tis true.

I agree with everything you said crikey I just think we have different methods

I think you are right, and I’m sure I’ve overstated the curliness of your mums hair. My concern is always that for a way of eating to be sustainable, it has to be part of your mental furniture, and by concentrating on food and on weight, it becomes too visible, too much of a central thing and therefore occupies too much of your attention.

When I want to lose weight I simply eat less of the same stuff, but continue to ride and walk as much as before.

it has to be part of your mental furnituresofa

My last word before I go and not-eat, a number of years ago I tried to get really thin; associated with racing. I did it, but it scared the bloody life out of me; I know how the feeling of control can be addictive, and it gave me a small insight into the way anorexia must affect people.

It actually changed my view overnight with regard to anorexics; scary place to be in…

So eat less do more and don’t obsess..

So eat less do more and don’t obsess obese..

Crikey, scrubs? Medical staff?

You would hope they would know better!!

crikey – get someone to check your blood pressure! Have you talked to your colleagues about your racing snake days? Perhaps it would give them something to contemplate ie their relationship with food?

TSY – definitely normal service then! Do you have a challenge planned for this year?

molgrips – have you had problems with cramps after exercising?

No, I never get cramp except at the end of an extremely long hard and hungry ride.

‘Simply eat less’ does not work well enough for me. Because when you exercise a lot I MUST eat more to compensate, otherwise I lose the ability to exercise. So then I moderate WHAT I eat according to what effect different foods have on my body. That’s the iDiet.

but this conversation is uncannily like the kind of things I listen to on a daily basis, as ladies who are almost obsessive about their weight sit and talk incessantly about this diet and that gym and some other toning regime while eating too much

I don’t agree. This conversation is about people who want to understand exactly what’s going on in their bodies. We are not just jumping on the latest fad expecting wonders. If you are a pizza eating couch potato then yes you just need to cut the junk food and move around – you’ll get thinner. If on the other hand you’ve been very active for your whole adult life, you routinely do lots of long hard rides, you eat in moderation and you still find yourself 10kg over what you want – then it’s time to investigate. That’s what this is.

It’s absolutely NOT as simple as eat less move more. As we’ve discussed at length on here.

When I want to lose weight I simply eat less of the same stuff, but continue to ride and walk as much as before

So what happens when you get so hungry you can’t think at work, and you find your ability to ride hard disappears? Does this not happen to you? Cos it happened to me.

I read that its eating your crusts that gives you curly hair, and its nothing to do with your mom ( although YOUR mom obviously eats her crusts)
🙂

C_G – triathlons 🙂 Possibly some road racing. Nothing too epic really. Would like to do 200 miles in a day.

I weigh myself pre and post the loo most days

This made me spray my apple over my monitor – thanks TSY I needed that 😆

Crikey would you like a hug?

Do some people think that paying a gym membership helps them get fit without actually breaking a sweat?

P.S. I drink a lot of water too, occasionally to the point that I start to think I’m diabetic except I don’t have any other symptoms, but I seem to struggle to keep it and get dehydrated really easily too. Just can’t seem to find the balance point…

mustard, calcium and thyroid levels can influence how thirsty you are, might be worth asking the GP for a check next time you’re there?

I lost 6oz by having a wee this morning Mustard.

mustard, calcium and thyroid levels

How can I tell if I’ve got a mustard deficiency? OR conversely, a bit of a mustard surplus?

There’s a ham fisted approach wwaswas…

How can I tell if I’ve got a mustard deficiency?

Get your seed tested.

Get your seed tested.

it’s all grainy 😉

it’s all grainy

All I can deduce from that, is that you might be French.

calcium and thyroid levels can influence how thirsty you are, might be worth asking the GP for a check next time you’re there?

I’ll look into it. I wouldn’t have thought it was calcium, or at least not deficiency, as I have quite a lot of milk and green veg in my diet.

Also it’s not so much thirst as dehydration ie pee that looks like i’ve just had a berocca (which coincidentally I’ve been taking since my I got a right kicking by a cold just before christmas).

TSY do you keep your scales by the urinal so you can see your weight drop?

TSY do you keep your scales by the urinal so you can see your weight drop?

I was assuming he was standing on them as he urinated.