Well done Peeder on the weight loss. Wise move as the virus seems to be partial to those more comfortably upholstered. By sheer not very significant coincidence when I weighed myself this morning it said 66.6kg.
People have said it before Spart. You're a tenth of the man that 666 is.
Great article I can remember it well
comment by Spart-Derby really are the best says red dog. (U4603)
posted 1 day, 23 hours ago
Well done Peeder on the weight loss. Wise move as the virus seems to be partial to those more comfortably upholstered. By sheer not very significant coincidence when I weighed myself this morning it said 66.6kg.
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Unless vertically challenged that makes you about the width of a brush Spart! Or did you just put one foot on the scale?
Last time I weighed myself I tipped the scale at 118 Kg and yes I'm on a diet but I've an excuse for gaining a few extra pounds.
Spart is on a diet RFB.
At his current rate, he'll be gone by Christmas.
RFB, I am not tall and have a BMI of 23, within the healthy band. Only about 12% of people my age are in the healthy band. We are a nation of fat barstewards. Only 15% of all US adult males are in the healthy band. Two facts which might explain why the US and UK are up there at the top when it comes to covid 19 deaths.
You must be about 7 foot tall if 118kg is a healthy weight.
It doesn't help, that's for sure, but it doesn't account for our high numbers. Italy has far fewer obese people than Germany for example and a substantially lower BMI but has had many more deaths. As a nation we are getting more and more obese. Yesterday we had a man who is 207kg and exceeds the safe weight limit for CT and MRI scanners. Patients like these need to go to Chester Zoo (I'm not joking) where they have equipment that can cope with creatures of this size.
No one bothered asking who ate all the pies then. You really have to work at it to get that big.
Work, but a labour of love.
I observed two very large people in Keynsham Tesco's yesterday.
I'm a quite short 6' unless I've shrunk.
I used to spend some time in the gym before ill health overtook me so would be outside the BMI guidelines anyway.
I used to belong to the 'body is a temple' sect.
After two deep vein thrombosis + OSA [Sleep Apnea] and umpteen episodes of cellulitis, I'm no longer quite the slim bloke I once was!
OSA makes people put on fat by all the adrenaline released to wake you up, CPAP is a wonderful invention though.
I treated myself to a Belgian Bun yesterday to celebrate finally dropping into the overweight BMI zone. By BMI is now 29.9 I’m 6’1” and 16 st 2 lb. (102.6kg)
I’ve had loads of targets. First it was 110kg then 240lb then 17st then 16 1/2 stone then 230lb then the BMI to get to overweight. Next target is 16st only 2lb away.
I found it easier to lose weight setting small targets and the coronavirus outbreak is a great motivator as being over 55 and obese with high blood pressure could mean a tough time with the virus.
My BP has dropped from 170/113 to 147/90. Still high but heading in the right direction.
Keynsham RFB, did you know Horace Batchelor?
comment by Red Forest Bear [Bear Knows] (U6288)
posted 1 day, 8 hours ago
I observed two very large people in Keynsham Tesco's yesterday.
I'm a quite short 6' unless I've shrunk.
I used to spend some time in the gym before ill health overtook me so would be outside the BMI guidelines anyway.
I used to belong to the 'body is a temple' sect.
After two deep vein thrombosis + OSA [Sleep Apnea] and umpteen episodes of cellulitis, I'm no longer quite the slim bloke I once was!
OSA makes people put on fat by all the adrenaline released to wake you up, CPAP is a wonderful invention though.
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RFB
I have sleep apnoea as well. I'm sure vidal will confirm that sleep apnoea and being overweight go hand in hand. The question is, which came first?
20 years ago I weighed 115 kg but could run 100m in 15 seconds. I was built like an albino Akinfenwa! My doctors told me I would never weigh less than that but I was perfectly healthy.
Over the years, football related repeated ankle injuries (now cured by having a major reconstruction last autumn) and worsening sleep apnoea caused in part by hereditary mouth/palette etc saw my weight rise slowly but regularly.
I took control last year - eventually! 5 months off work recuperation and a change of lifestyle. But a long way to go. 20 years ago I could walk 25 miles a day in the Brecon beacons. This time last year I couldn't walk to the local shops. On Sunday, I managed 10 miles across Salisbury Plain in 3 hours and am cycling over 100 miles a week. Not a patch on many of you, but I'm getting there.
My life goal (well, one of them) is to see Derby win the FA Cup. I'll need to be around a while to fulfill that ambition.
Obesity is the leading cause of obstructive sleep apnoea, though not the only one. It’s possible that in some people the condition can also lead to weight gain because of how it affects the metabolism but generally it is a cause of OSA rather than a consequence of it. Losing weight will help the sleep apnoea and will also reduce the risks of cardiovascular conditions which are associated with OSA. Losing weight is difficult though. CPAP is the mainstay of treatment otherwise.
comment by Spart-Derby really are the best says red dog. (U4603)
posted 2 days ago
Keynsham RFB, did you know Horace Batchelor?
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I think that he had shuffled off, well before I arrived in 1999!
comment by Peeder (U1684)
posted 22 hours, 46 minutes ago
comment by Red Forest Bear [Bear Knows] (U6288)
posted 1 day, 8 hours ago
I observed two very large people in Keynsham Tesco's yesterday.
I'm a quite short 6' unless I've shrunk.
I used to spend some time in the gym before ill health overtook me so would be outside the BMI guidelines anyway.
I used to belong to the 'body is a temple' sect.
After two deep vein thrombosis + OSA [Sleep Apnea] and umpteen episodes of cellulitis, I'm no longer quite the slim bloke I once was!
OSA makes people put on fat by all the adrenaline released to wake you up, CPAP is a wonderful invention though.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
RFB
I have sleep apnoea as well. I'm sure vidal will confirm that sleep apnoea and being overweight go hand in hand. The question is, which came first?
20 years ago I weighed 115 kg but could run 100m in 15 seconds. I was built like an albino Akinfenwa! My doctors told me I would never weigh less than that but I was perfectly healthy.
Over the years, football related repeated ankle injuries (now cured by having a major reconstruction last autumn) and worsening sleep apnoea caused in part by hereditary mouth/palette etc saw my weight rise slowly but regularly.
I took control last year - eventually! 5 months off work recuperation and a change of lifestyle. But a long way to go. 20 years ago I could walk 25 miles a day in the Brecon beacons. This time last year I couldn't walk to the local shops. On Sunday, I managed 10 miles across Salisbury Plain in 3 hours and am cycling over 100 miles a week. Not a patch on many of you, but I'm getting there.
My life goal (well, one of them) is to see Derby win the FA Cup. I'll need to be around a while to fulfill that ambition.
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I was always thin weighed 11 stone when I left the Army at 21! The worst thing about trying to get fit is the lack of energy, but lock down/isolation doesn't help with that.
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posted on 11/6/20
Well done Peeder on the weight loss. Wise move as the virus seems to be partial to those more comfortably upholstered. By sheer not very significant coincidence when I weighed myself this morning it said 66.6kg.
posted on 11/6/20
People have said it before Spart. You're a tenth of the man that 666 is.
posted on 12/6/20
Great article I can remember it well
posted on 13/6/20
comment by Spart-Derby really are the best says red dog. (U4603)
posted 1 day, 23 hours ago
Well done Peeder on the weight loss. Wise move as the virus seems to be partial to those more comfortably upholstered. By sheer not very significant coincidence when I weighed myself this morning it said 66.6kg.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
Unless vertically challenged that makes you about the width of a brush Spart! Or did you just put one foot on the scale?
Last time I weighed myself I tipped the scale at 118 Kg and yes I'm on a diet but I've an excuse for gaining a few extra pounds.
posted on 13/6/20
Spart is on a diet RFB.
At his current rate, he'll be gone by Christmas.
posted on 14/6/20
RFB, I am not tall and have a BMI of 23, within the healthy band. Only about 12% of people my age are in the healthy band. We are a nation of fat barstewards. Only 15% of all US adult males are in the healthy band. Two facts which might explain why the US and UK are up there at the top when it comes to covid 19 deaths.
You must be about 7 foot tall if 118kg is a healthy weight.
posted on 14/6/20
It doesn't help, that's for sure, but it doesn't account for our high numbers. Italy has far fewer obese people than Germany for example and a substantially lower BMI but has had many more deaths. As a nation we are getting more and more obese. Yesterday we had a man who is 207kg and exceeds the safe weight limit for CT and MRI scanners. Patients like these need to go to Chester Zoo (I'm not joking) where they have equipment that can cope with creatures of this size.
posted on 14/6/20
32½ stone, wow!
posted on 14/6/20
No one bothered asking who ate all the pies then. You really have to work at it to get that big.
posted on 14/6/20
Work, but a labour of love.
posted on 15/6/20
I observed two very large people in Keynsham Tesco's yesterday.
I'm a quite short 6' unless I've shrunk.
I used to spend some time in the gym before ill health overtook me so would be outside the BMI guidelines anyway.
I used to belong to the 'body is a temple' sect.
After two deep vein thrombosis + OSA [Sleep Apnea] and umpteen episodes of cellulitis, I'm no longer quite the slim bloke I once was!
OSA makes people put on fat by all the adrenaline released to wake you up, CPAP is a wonderful invention though.
posted on 15/6/20
I treated myself to a Belgian Bun yesterday to celebrate finally dropping into the overweight BMI zone. By BMI is now 29.9 I’m 6’1” and 16 st 2 lb. (102.6kg)
I’ve had loads of targets. First it was 110kg then 240lb then 17st then 16 1/2 stone then 230lb then the BMI to get to overweight. Next target is 16st only 2lb away.
I found it easier to lose weight setting small targets and the coronavirus outbreak is a great motivator as being over 55 and obese with high blood pressure could mean a tough time with the virus.
My BP has dropped from 170/113 to 147/90. Still high but heading in the right direction.
posted on 15/6/20
Keynsham RFB, did you know Horace Batchelor?
posted on 16/6/20
comment by Red Forest Bear [Bear Knows] (U6288)
posted 1 day, 8 hours ago
I observed two very large people in Keynsham Tesco's yesterday.
I'm a quite short 6' unless I've shrunk.
I used to spend some time in the gym before ill health overtook me so would be outside the BMI guidelines anyway.
I used to belong to the 'body is a temple' sect.
After two deep vein thrombosis + OSA [Sleep Apnea] and umpteen episodes of cellulitis, I'm no longer quite the slim bloke I once was!
OSA makes people put on fat by all the adrenaline released to wake you up, CPAP is a wonderful invention though.
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RFB
I have sleep apnoea as well. I'm sure vidal will confirm that sleep apnoea and being overweight go hand in hand. The question is, which came first?
20 years ago I weighed 115 kg but could run 100m in 15 seconds. I was built like an albino Akinfenwa! My doctors told me I would never weigh less than that but I was perfectly healthy.
Over the years, football related repeated ankle injuries (now cured by having a major reconstruction last autumn) and worsening sleep apnoea caused in part by hereditary mouth/palette etc saw my weight rise slowly but regularly.
I took control last year - eventually! 5 months off work recuperation and a change of lifestyle. But a long way to go. 20 years ago I could walk 25 miles a day in the Brecon beacons. This time last year I couldn't walk to the local shops. On Sunday, I managed 10 miles across Salisbury Plain in 3 hours and am cycling over 100 miles a week. Not a patch on many of you, but I'm getting there.
My life goal (well, one of them) is to see Derby win the FA Cup. I'll need to be around a while to fulfill that ambition.
posted on 16/6/20
Obesity is the leading cause of obstructive sleep apnoea, though not the only one. It’s possible that in some people the condition can also lead to weight gain because of how it affects the metabolism but generally it is a cause of OSA rather than a consequence of it. Losing weight will help the sleep apnoea and will also reduce the risks of cardiovascular conditions which are associated with OSA. Losing weight is difficult though. CPAP is the mainstay of treatment otherwise.
posted on 17/6/20
comment by Spart-Derby really are the best says red dog. (U4603)
posted 2 days ago
Keynsham RFB, did you know Horace Batchelor?
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I think that he had shuffled off, well before I arrived in 1999!
posted on 17/6/20
comment by Peeder (U1684)
posted 22 hours, 46 minutes ago
comment by Red Forest Bear [Bear Knows] (U6288)
posted 1 day, 8 hours ago
I observed two very large people in Keynsham Tesco's yesterday.
I'm a quite short 6' unless I've shrunk.
I used to spend some time in the gym before ill health overtook me so would be outside the BMI guidelines anyway.
I used to belong to the 'body is a temple' sect.
After two deep vein thrombosis + OSA [Sleep Apnea] and umpteen episodes of cellulitis, I'm no longer quite the slim bloke I once was!
OSA makes people put on fat by all the adrenaline released to wake you up, CPAP is a wonderful invention though.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
RFB
I have sleep apnoea as well. I'm sure vidal will confirm that sleep apnoea and being overweight go hand in hand. The question is, which came first?
20 years ago I weighed 115 kg but could run 100m in 15 seconds. I was built like an albino Akinfenwa! My doctors told me I would never weigh less than that but I was perfectly healthy.
Over the years, football related repeated ankle injuries (now cured by having a major reconstruction last autumn) and worsening sleep apnoea caused in part by hereditary mouth/palette etc saw my weight rise slowly but regularly.
I took control last year - eventually! 5 months off work recuperation and a change of lifestyle. But a long way to go. 20 years ago I could walk 25 miles a day in the Brecon beacons. This time last year I couldn't walk to the local shops. On Sunday, I managed 10 miles across Salisbury Plain in 3 hours and am cycling over 100 miles a week. Not a patch on many of you, but I'm getting there.
My life goal (well, one of them) is to see Derby win the FA Cup. I'll need to be around a while to fulfill that ambition.
----------------------------------------------------------------------
I was always thin weighed 11 stone when I left the Army at 21! The worst thing about trying to get fit is the lack of energy, but lock down/isolation doesn't help with that.
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