Beer belly ratio

UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUMS THE UK PROFESSIONAL DRIVERS FORUM (INTERACTIVE)
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I’ve been on a diet for the past month now and have already lost a stone and a half. Not done any extra exercise either. I joined a slimming world group with my fiancee, as we both want to lose weight for our wedding day, as well as to benefit our health. I would recommend the slimming world diet to anyone, its easy to do and you still get to eat big meals. Just got another 6 stone to lose!

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In my previous job I was constantly on the go, so after a few months driving I decided I would need to do summat, so I changed my diet (to be fair it wasnt too bad before but it was done in the wrong way ie one large meal once a day, before bed ) Now I wake up late afternoon have cereal then a packed salad around three the next morning, and thats it until the next afternoon :slight_smile: oh and I have a couple of apples and bananas throughout my shift :smiley: I also have cut out beer in the week :cry:

I have also started cycling to work, about 5 n half miles, I started doing two days a week and slowly built up, last week I cycled 5 days outta six :smiley:

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I am lucky in the fact that my weight / height ratio has remained almost un moved since I was 21 and I am now 57, I don’t eat huge portions of fatladen crap they offer over here and speak my mind in diners and fast food outlets.
“You can double your order for only a dollar more”
“No thank you … I have no desire to become a fat slob like most here”
This usually gets a shocked reaction :open_mouth:
An old workmate of mine would make me laugh by ordering a huge fry up with a salad to follow to stay healthy :laughing:
Subway advertise the guy who lived on their food every day and lost half his body weight o my stepson orders a footlong meatball sub trying to be healthy, I lecture him and say there is nothing remotely healthy about a footlong lump of fatty crap and in any case the guy lost his fat by walking 5 miles each way to the subway :laughing:

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When on the road full time I was doing Ikea flat pack furniture delivery, up and down stairs all day with heavy boxes and weighed about 24 stone! Always big and I guess always will be. Went in the office and packed it on, up to over 32 stone! Am on the weight watchers now and since June down to 28 stone 8lbs, over 3 stone lost and 10% of my bodyweight. Its a lifestyle choice not a diet and am determined to keep it up. It is hard on the road, but I think easier, than being stuck in the office, at least on the road you have lots of choices where to get food.

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I’ve recently changed my lunch box habits & cut out all the crappy stuff, now it consist of a banana , Apple, some grapes, little pot of sweetcorn , a healthy oat bar , natural yogurt with sultanas ,& a healthy roll,low fat butter , ham or beef salad…I can honestly say I’m feeling the benefits, not just on the waist but how I feel overall, …spread out across the day I have more energy & feel more alert …

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driverjohn:
I only started driving hgv’s 8 weeks ago…i have already gained 6lb in weight and i always take sandwiches, biscuits and cuppa soups, haven’t ate even one greasy dinner or bacon on toast but still putting the weight on…

At this rate by this time next year i will be about another 50lb heavier :open_mouth: :open_mouth:

John.

your putting on weight? honestly? mystifying eh?

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As much as I love bananas, bread and milk, I personally find that these are killer items for packing on the pounds. I always go back on a diet of rabbit food whenever I reach the point of nearly being unable to fasten up my 36" jeans. I will not admit defeat by buying a pair of 38s! :laughing: You know you’re into fatty territory when you’re in 38"+ kecks. :frowning:

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I am overweight but I have a big ■■■■ so as long as Ican see it i’m happy :laughing: :laughing:

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Wheel Nut:
I have a big ■■■■ :laughing: :laughing:

Not what your lass was telling me.

Ken.

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Rob K:
As much as I love bananas, bread and milk, I personally find that these are killer items for packing on the pounds. I always go back on a diet of rabbit food whenever I reach the point of nearly being unable to fasten up my 36" jeans. I will not admit defeat by buying a pair of 38s! :laughing: You know you’re into fatty territory when you’re in 38"+ kecks. :frowning:

I think you’ll find a 36 inch waist means your morbidly obese. But then that’s what happens when you live in Yorkshire and survive on a diet of deep fried whippets.

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switchlogic:

Rob K:
As much as I love bananas, bread and milk, I personally find that these are killer items for packing on the pounds. I always go back on a diet of rabbit food whenever I reach the point of nearly being unable to fasten up my 36" jeans. I will not admit defeat by buying a pair of 38s! :laughing: You know you’re into fatty territory when you’re in 38"+ kecks. :frowning:

I think you’ll find a 36 inch waist means your morbidly obese. But then that’s what happens when you live in Yorkshire and survive on a diet of deep fried whippets.

FAIL. :sunglasses:

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Rob K:

switchlogic:

Rob K:
As much as I love bananas, bread and milk, I personally find that these are killer items for packing on the pounds. I always go back on a diet of rabbit food whenever I reach the point of nearly being unable to fasten up my 36" jeans. I will not admit defeat by buying a pair of 38s! :laughing: You know you’re into fatty territory when you’re in 38"+ kecks. :frowning:

I think you’ll find a 36 inch waist means your morbidly obese. But then that’s what happens when you live in Yorkshire and survive on a diet of deep fried whippets.

FAIL. :sunglasses:

Fail at what exactly? Was the paranoia telling you I was seriously having a go at you. Twas a joke Robert, a joke.

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switchlogic:

Rob K:
As much as I love bananas, bread and milk, I personally find that these are killer items for packing on the pounds. I always go back on a diet of rabbit food whenever I reach the point of nearly being unable to fasten up my 36" jeans. I will not admit defeat by buying a pair of 38s! :laughing: You know you’re into fatty territory when you’re in 38"+ kecks. :frowning:

I think you’ll find a 36 inch waist means your morbidly obese. But then that’s what happens when you live in Yorkshire and survive on a diet of deep fried whippets.

:laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing: :laughing:

Although I will be accused of being a hanger on anti yorkshire racist its still funny as ■■■■ .

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Deep fried whippets and a side order of cloth caps .Ay’up… What a fry up! :wink:

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I think I upset Rob because like cows in India the whippet is a holy creature in Yorkshire. If one is standing in the road you can’t shoo it out the way or even touch it, you must drive on the pavement if need be.

So to any Yorkshiremen I apologise wholeheartedly for being sacrilegious about your deity.

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switchlogic:
I think I upset Rob because like cows in India the whippet is a holy creature in Yorkshire. If one is standing in the road you can’t shoo it out the way or even touch it, you must drive on the pavement if need be.

So to any Yorkshiremen I apologise wholeheartedly for being sacrilegious about your deity.

There is a temple somewhere in darkest Bradford , no pun intended , where they worship a whippet that was born pure white and had eight legs , the temple of Octo Whippet , it would have been a good racer but alas it would have broken the strict rules of whippet racing.
It now lays in a special dog bed of pure gold decorated with rubys , people come from all over yorkshire to visit The Temple Of Octo Whippet, built by pedigree chum.

So Switch you are correct in your view that the whippet is indeed a sacred animal.

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I saw said whippet once. A very moving experience, was almost enough to turn me from an atheist to Yorkshireanity. But then the high priests of the flat cap declared me a southern softie and banished me from the Peoples Republic of Yorkshire to a life of exile in the hell of London.

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Before I started driving for a living I used to work as a doorman in clubs, never had any problems with my wieght.
Started driving and the weight pilled on!
Been on a strict diet for the last month, lost a stone and 4lbs.
Been taking food to work with me instead of hitting greggs!

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I decided to google Octo Whippet, don’t ask me why who knows how my brain works, and google images came up with this rather disturbing image of a whippet ■■■■.

Anyhow getting back on track if your worried about your waistline then of course a whippet is an ideal role model

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Once the High Priests and Octo Whippet declare you unfit to worship at the many paws of Octo Whippet that is that , there is no coming back . :cry:
I am suprised they even let you leave unmolested , so to speak, as southerners are seen as The Devil incarnate and normally fed to Octo Whippet alive , you escaped lightly. I just lied and put on my best Emmerdale impression and managed to escape.
Although sometimes when parked at Woodhead pass in the middle of the night I hear a strange howling outside my cab and the sound of eight paws scratching at the door :open_mouth: