I wish I knew how to quit you!
For some people a fellow cowboy, a cigarette, booze etc. For me (now that the cancer stick has been dealt with) it's potato chips and cheese. This is the first day of a month when I'll abstain from both of these things, which will be hard given my addiction. Usually I'll have a small packet of potato chips with my lunch (which will usually be a sandwich with cheese). Terrible!! salad and sushi from now on..
This, of course, is in a bid to rid myself of some...ahem... excess weight. I'll update as to how it's going from time to time.
This, of course, is in a bid to rid myself of some...ahem... excess weight. I'll update as to how it's going from time to time.
posted by Akash at 8:38 AM
11 Comments:
Good luck to you - this can be a difficult thing to do but so important. I see overweight people every single day in my practice. I estimate that a quarter to a third of my business would be eliminated if people would take care of themselves! Some good dietary guidelines can be found at the NIH website (Nat'l Inst. of Health) if you look under the Therapeutic Lifestyle Changes diet. Cheese is one of my weaknesses too.
My obese patients are very frustrated people. I often hear from them that they feel thin people look down on them. Is obesity comtemptuous? Gluttony is a Christian sin...
Look dude...it's all mental..and I mean that...99% mental...your body isn't making you eat all that cheese...Shadi isn't making you eat all that cheese..Nikhil isn't making you eat all that cheese. Convince yourself that your stronger than that and just bear down and bite the bullet. What YOU NEED to do is just work out. You should be at minimum be working out about 30-45min a day (cardio + weights)..Jog, sit on a stationary and read..something beside sitting there in front of your Tele, writing Blogs about the great movie you saw while your stuffing your face with cheese. Just kidding...but realistically, people need to invest in themselves by taking better care of ourselves..think of yourself as a annuity or IRA. What works for me is I actually schedule an appointment for myself everyday just like a meeting a go to the gym. I can put you on a program if you like. Basically, staying off the cheese and chips may help but at the end of the day, its about Calories In vs Calories Out.
xxAshxx
my motto is run and eat what you want! i am just starting training now for another marathon in summer or autumn and when it peaks i can eat pretty much what i want - but yes it is tough to keep up the exercise...
bob, i think if you stop drinking for a month and have the cheese and crisps you will be fine - but then that's pretty difficult as well!
I can sympathize. I am a complete mess when it comes to nicotine. I've quit smoking-- indeed, haven't smoked for months-- but my addiction to nicotine gum is spiraling out of control. It's like I'm a former junkie who's now hooked on methadone.
You're motivating me, Bob. Maybe I'll go on a Nicorette strike.
All in the mind indeed. Consciousness is king, blah blah blah. t's constant hard work, never let anyone tell us otherwise, but it gets easier, like falling into any routine. I adore chocolate, something i recall you have sidestepped, but i just never buy it. It's the road to ruination, sure enough. I juist hate the way if feel if i lapse for a few weeks, but i love the way i feel when i get back on it (the dead fish and fruit, that is)
It can all get a bit worthy eventually, but hey, i find my bottle of evian, and cold fruit for breakfast just declicious and refreshing, and i don;t care when people make fun.
Anywy, bonne chance amigo. And are you still playing squash? I;ve been playing badminton every monday night for the last 10 weeks with Matt, and it's massive fun, we're having wickedly close games, but good games. Cannot wait til Monday night.
Okay, seriously - the best weight-loss program I have ever had was BREASTFEEDING. I'm not kidding, I am out-eating my husband these days.
Don't worry, I'm not going to turn into one of those weird moms who breastfeed up to the age of 5.
By the way, how does Shadi stay so svelte?
Goddamn, what an outpouring of emails I have provoked!! I have no idea how Shadi stays so svelte - she eats probably as much as I do (certainly when looked at in proportion to our respective body sizes), she eats chocolate every day and I can't remember the last time she did any exercise...maybe it's the nervous stress.
I have spent the first two months of this year kicking the fags (UK version not US version - I don't want to be accused of homophobia), which has led me to eating more at lunch - as a temporary trade off I didn't mind - but now I no longer have any ciggy cravings I am trying to go the next step. Day 2 lunch without potato chips and/or cheese just completed - sandwich and a bowl of fruit..I'm starving!!
the step after that is the booze - that's going to be tricky cos then I'll just be leading a v boring life with no ciggies, cheese, crisps or booze.
i have also stopped smoking now - 6 weeks - cold turkey - it is fucking tough - but i somehow relish the challenge - problem is this is the third time i have done this and at some point i go back to it - clearly not working
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Most splendid that the Sachdeva princes are attempting to lead healthier lifestyle. However, please don't give up on the booze Bob as remember: boring=depressing=unhealthy...
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