Do you want to live longer, lose weight and have a healthier life?

[Filo]

I've a way to go yet still need to lose at least another stone. Mick's abandoned us but I will continue to post as it's helping to keep me motivated. Good Luck

I`m sure that must be a slip of the keyboard, you must mean mjdgreg

[Marydene Rover]

Even though you have not used my username mjdgreg in the thread title, I will assume you are talking to me as the 'm' of mjdgreg does indeed stand for Michael.


Not a Typo Filo,

mjdgreg has previously acknowleged that the 'm' stands Michael I was being friendly calling him Mick.

[Filo]

Even though you have not used my username mjdgreg in the thread title, I will assume you are talking to me as the 'm' of mjdgreg does indeed stand for Michael.


Not a Typo Filo,

mjdgreg has previously acknowleged that the 'm' stands Michael I was being friendly calling him Mick.

I take it you call him Mick in your face to face conversations as well?

[River Don]

Week 9

11st 4 a new low. Bought a pair of jeans with a size 32 waist.

[Marydene Rover]

Well done RD great work.

Week 9

 I've lost 3 lbs this week now down to 14st 8lbs which is 2 stones off in 9 weeks, I've increased the excercise and I'm cycling at every opportunity. I can get into some stuff in the wardrobe that I haven't worn for ages.

Marydene 

[Viking Don]

Have only read the first and last posts. But noticed that Mad Mick has a fan club on off topic.

[River Don]

Have only read the first and last posts. But noticed that Mad Mick has a fan club on off topic.

I'm no fan. Just interested in the 5:2 diet.

[River Don]

11st.3

Keep calm and carry on

[Viking Don]

Well in answer to the thread title, simply, NO.

For every half an hour every day run you do you'll add half an hour to your life, so you really better like running or it's all for nothing. On the other hand if you smoke and drink you may lose ten years. But they're the years you'll be spending dribbling into a rice-pudding in some carehome wondering who you are and why your kids don't visit you anymore, even though they come every day, or you haven't even got any kids.

Choice is a wonderful thing.

[Marydene Rover]

Well done RD, I'm still 14' 8lbs this week so no change still happy with my progress. Viking Don this thread does not advocate running or excercise it deals with the health benefit associated with having only 600 calories on 2 days each week.

[River Don]

Well in answer to the thread title, simply, NO.

For every half an hour every day run you do you'll add half an hour to your life, so you really better like running or it's all for nothing. On the other hand if you smoke and drink you may lose ten years. But they're the years you'll be spending dribbling into a rice-pudding in some carehome wondering who you are and why your kids don't visit you anymore, even though they come every day, or you haven't even got any kids.

Choice is a wonderful thing.

The thinking behind the 5:2 diet is you might get an extra 10 years before the senile dementia sets in, That's the main reason why the programme maker looked into the research. He wants to live longer and stay mentally alert. At which point cancer might get you or you might then still spend 5 years dribbling in your rice pudding. Better than 10 though. Of course you might also get lucky, like my Aunty who smoked and drinked and still saw out 90+ years and stayed mentally alert to the end.

There's always going to be a certain amount of luck involved I suppose but you might just be able to increase your odds of a better old age.

[mjdgreg]

Well in answer to the thread title, simply, NO.

For every half an hour every day run you do you'll add half an hour to your life, so you really better like running or it's all for nothing. On the other hand if you smoke and drink you may lose ten years. But they're the years you'll be spending dribbling into a rice-pudding in some carehome wondering who you are and why your kids don't visit you anymore, even though they come every day, or you haven't even got any kids.

Choice is a wonderful thing.

You sound like you might be a bit of a fatty who likes to smoke and drink. All you will be doing if you have an unhealthy lifestyle is bringing on the associated health problems of old age forward, possibly into middle age. Harden up like me Marydene and Viking Don have done and get with the programme.

For the record, I'm now 10 stones 10 llbs.

[Marydene Rover]

Welcome back mjdgreg I thought you'd abandoned us 2 lbs off this week so now 14' 6 the weight loss has now slowed but I feel great.

Marydene

[mjdgreg]

Thank you Marydene. You are doing very well. Keep up the good work. Maybe one or two others may be inspired to harden up by your excellent example.

[River Don]

11st 2 this week. A new low.

[River Don]

Where are you on the global fat scale?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/health-18770328

To be honest I'm not sure how accurate this seems but according to this I'm in better shape than 95% of British blokes in my age range.

According to this I'm now the weight of your average middle aged Rwandan...

[mjdgreg]

I'm in better shape than 90% of my age range in the UK and 64% of the rest of the world. That will do me. I'm the equivalent to your average male from Malawi.

On another note, why is England never recognised as a country when you input information into these kind of calculators etc. I always thought England was a country. Why do we always have to be classed as the United Kingdom. I'd much prefer to be classed as English.

[Viking Don]

A bit of a fatty? I've got kitchen appliances in orbit around me as I type mate.

Seriously, if you wanna lose weight, do some exercise, eat less takeaways. If you wanna put off the onset of senility do some maths every day. If you wanna live longer quit smoking and take fish oil suppplements every day, or even better eat an oily fish a couple of times a week.

I was just quoting stats in my last post, if that makes me a bit of a fatty then you must be enormous Micky!

[Marydene Rover]

14'5 a new low.

[Marydene Rover]

World BMI Charts I'm still way too fat a long way to go.

[River Don]

11'2 today.

I've wondered if the weight loss has stopped before but I've noticed for the last couple of weeks my weight seems to vary between 11'4 and 11'1 depending on when I eat. I'm happy enough if that's it.

[jucyberry]

Are any of you chaps still doing this and if you are is it still working?

[mjdgreg]

Yes and it works. I'm down to my 'fighting weight' of 10 and a half stones. I don't want to go any lower so keep any eye on my weight and eat enough to maintain it. I still do two 600 calorie days per week but this is to keep me healthy and is nothing to do with weight loss.

Since I've started, the arthritis that was developing in my left hand has disappeared. I also have better skin (I used to have to put a steroid cream on my chest and back most days but no longer need to do this any more). I am now perfectly healthy and am looking forward to receiving my telegram from the King when I reach 100. I will promptly then tear it up and put it in the bin.

I'm thinking of writing to the Prime Minister to see if I can get a rebate on the tax I pay. As I'm obviously doing the right thing and keeping myself healthy I will not be a burden on the NHS. It's time all you fatties were made to pay more as you are costing the likes of me a fortune. 

[The L J Monk]

How long are you expecting the Queen to live?

[mjdgreg]

How long are you expecting the Queen to live?

Why do you ask? That's a bit of a random question if you don't mind me saying. I'll answer it anyway. I don't know but I hope she drops dead as soon as possible so it is one less sponger living a life of unbridled luxury that the taxpayer has to pay for.

[River Don]

I'm still keeping up to it, though I did take a three week break over Christmas and promtly put half a stone back.

I'm back on the straight and narrow, two days a week off food and the weight is falling away again.

[The L J Monk]

I'm glad you've corrected your error Mick. Unless you were hoping for the Queen to live beyond 130.

God Save the King.

[RedJ]

For anyone doing this (I'm planning on going out and getting some scales this weekend) I'd recommend the myfitnesspal app, I think they have a website if you prefer that too. You can set a target weight and put in your current weight and it'll give you a calorie count per day of what you 'can' eat to reach it, and you can put in what you've eaten and it adds up the calories for you. Also takes off the calories you've burnt during exercise so you know what you've been up to.

[mjdgreg]

This isn't a diet. It's a lifestyle change. Eat as normal, except for the 2 days that you restrict your calorie intake to 600. You will live longer and have improved health. Losing weight is just something else that happens.