rigsby:
careful with the grapefruit , if you take medication for blood pressure or statins grapefruit negates the drugs . most of my medications have " do not consume grapefruit " on the box . shame really , grapefruit was my favourite .
Very true rigsby, the amount of people that have mentioned this is unreal.
Luckily @ 56 I`m “drug” free…nothing whatsoever 
rigsby:
careful with the grapefruit , if you take medication for blood pressure or statins grapefruit negates the drug…
It doesn’t negate the drug, in most cases it actually increases the level of the drug in your body by making it enter the body faster which in turn leads to a greater risk of side effects. Hence the warnings on the box.
For statins if you are on simvastatin or atorvastatin then grapefruit, both the fruit and the juice, should be avoided but you should be okay with other statins.
It also interacts with some blood pressure and some heart arrhythmia medicines but again not all. Your doctor can usually prescribe an alternative if you want to continue to eat grapefruit.
Grapefruit should also be avoided if you take medication for Crohn’s Disease.
A lot of this stuff was covered in the nutrition part of my PT course and other courses I’ve done recently. I had no idea about it before that.
Coffeeholic:
Try green tea as a alternative to coffee, loads of health benefits from that.
Greenteaholic just doesn’t have the same ring to it. 
i used to drink a lot of fizzy drinks but after discovering flavoured water i choose that instead although probably because its far cheaper
i smoke and drink a lot of coffee but that is about it. i will need to creat a fitness regime for myself but that is because of something i am planning on doing which is nothing to do with extending my life expectancy. i see no point in doing that and i havent registered with a doctor since i moved over 5 years ago
My surgeon told me gyms do not work, it is all a con.
All you do is build up muscle mass so you weigh more, if you stop, the muscles turn to flab.
They make billions on selling the promise of losing weight.
There is a programme on this week about sugar ( unless it’s already been on) called The Truth About Sugar. I managed to cut my sugar in tea from 1 heaped to just over half a teaspoon ( not much I know). It could be interesting. I used to think sugar was just empty calories and rotted your teeth. Also surprised that hardly anyone I know take sugar in tea/coffee. I eat chocolate but dont drink sugary drinks. Also I hardly EVER drink water on its own. Am I doomed? 
Anyone fancy a bacon sarnie
scanny77:
which is nothing to do with extending my life expectancy. i see no point in doing that
You might do when you’re watching your life slip away a lot sooner than expected.
Just before Xmas a friend of mine died age 45, a year older than me. Felt a bit crap on Sunday night, went to bed, never got up. A lump of cholesterol had broken off an artery and blocked his heart killing him. He wasn’t overweight but he did eat a lot of takeaways as he was single and lived in the middle of a part of a street with several of them.
It made several of us look at ourselves.
switchlogic:
scanny77:
which is nothing to do with extending my life expectancy. i see no point in doing thatYou might do when you’re watching your life slip away a lot sooner than expected.
Im with Luke on this, Ive “lost” family and friends over the last three years, of which a fair few were between 49 and 55, its pretty frightening when its on your doorstep, when your up close and involved.
Its also quite strange how the “DILLIGAF” characters in your life, seem to scream and shout the loudest when they get something wrong with them ?
Just an observation 
switchlogic:
scanny77:
which is nothing to do with extending my life expectancy. i see no point in doing thatYou might do when you’re watching your life slip away a lot sooner than expected.
i was doing that then i left the contract to seek work closer which has worked out well. instead of the 45 minute drive to work i now walk 15 minutes. thats an hour extra every day for me plus zero fuel costs. unfortunately i am still doing similiar hours which i had hoped to reduce but i dont want to rock the boat after returning to work after 7 weeks with my feet up.
as for extending my life? what the hell would i want to do that for? i have no interest in living long enough to retire. i am 37 now, another 23 years is enough for me. if someone tells me i have another 10 years after that then i might take matters into my own hands. bugger that!
toby1234abc:
My surgeon told me gyms do not work, it is all a con.
Your surgeon might be good at surgery but he’s a bit stupid about other things. There is a massive program these days where medical practitioners and the NHS refer people to the gym and the person gets 30 reduced price gym sessions and a program designed to meet their requirements, I train people on that program and it gets results. The NHS also refer people to the gym for stroke or cardiac rehab, I work with those as well, and for other issues such as COPD and MS. It works out cheaper in the long run than constant treatment and hospital visits or the patient living on medication for the rest of their days. People I and the other trainers have worked with over the last year have started the program on medication for high blood pressure or diabetes and are now no longer on the medication because their blood pressure has come right down and they are no longer diabetic after losing weight/body fat.
toby1234abc:
All you do is build up muscle mass so you weigh more,
More nonsense. Yes you can build muscle mass, that’s what body builders do. However with the right program you build lean muscle and reduce body fat, especially visceral fat which is the stuff you carry round the belly and around your major organs and is a major contributor to Type II diabetes. and if you didn’t have excessive weight to lose weigh pretty much the same as when you started but have a different body shape and be a lot healthier.
Also, FYI, it’s another myth when people say muscle weighs more than fat, it’s nonsense as a pound of muscle and a pound of fat weigh, err, well, a pound. 
The pound of fat is bigger and takes up more room than the pound of muscle but they weigh exactly the same.
toby1234abc:
if you stop, the muscles turn to flab.
Myth, muscles cannot turn to anything. They can get bigger or get smaller but they cannot turn into fat or flab; fat and muscle are totally different things and one cannot become the other. Yes, some body builders who spend years building muscle mass and when they stop training do get fat but that’s not muscle turning to fat. It happens because when they were body building they would be consuming vast amounts of calories to feed and grow the muscles, far more than required just to get through a day, and when they stop they don’t adjust their calorie intake downward and they are so used to eating 6 or more meals a day they continue to do so. They aren’t exercising so their muscles reduce in size and the extra calories they consume are stored as fat instead of feeding and growing the muscles, Their muscles are still just muscle and haven’t turned into anything else.
toby1234abc:
They make billions on selling the promise of losing weight.
I joined a gym 3 years ago last week, cost less than a quid a day and lost 9.5 stone over the next 11 months. They didn’t promise me I would but I did and the important point was although I was using the gym for both cardio and resistance training the gym wasn’t the main contributor to the weight loss, that was the kitchen and my dinner plate.
People think all they have to do is go to the gym and they will magically lose weight but you can undo all the good work of a gym session in minutes with poor food choices.
Oh, and during those 11 months I wasn’t on a diet, didn’t cut anything out completely except fizzy drinks, and most days consumed more calories than I was doing each day as a fat [zb]
Conor:
Just before Xmas a friend of mine died age 45, a year older than me. Felt a bit crap on Sunday night, went to bed, never got up. A lump of cholesterol had broken off an artery and blocked his heart killing him. He wasn’t overweight but he did eat a lot of takeaways as he was single and lived in the middle of a part of a street with several of them.It made several of us look at ourselves.
Sorry to hear about your friend but it’s often a sad incident like that which makes others look at them self and make changes. My wife’s death did it for me, brought home how fragile our mortality is. If the passing of your friend causes just one or two people to make changes and live healthier then his death was not totally in vain.
scanny77:
i am 37 now, another 23 years is enough for me. if someone tells me i have another 10 years after that then i might take matters into my own hands. bugger that!
A lot of people in their thirties think like that, i did. That perspective tends to change as you move into your forties and then your fifties.
When I lost my wife in 2011 I pretty much gave up, then I made changes. Last year I met someone new and I’m really happy in a relationship again, and she’s 22 years younger than me so that’s just one thing which makes me want to be fitter, healthier and live for longer.
A guy I know of had to be put in the office when the company had a new fleet because the seat belt wouldn’t go round his gut,he was taken off the road til they got him an extender seatbelt attachment 
I’ve recently rejoined a gym looking at getting back under 13stone as I’ve slipped a bit and was shocked when I got on the scales and weighed 13st11 which may not seem a lot but @ 34 is the heaviest I have been in my life,back down to 13st2 atm hoping to reach around 12.5st or thereabouts before too long.
Gym every other day a only cardio,lots of water and no crap foods for me from now on.
ckm1981:
hoping to reach around 12.5st or thereabouts before too long.
Weighed myself this morning and that’s exactly what i was, im 6’ 1" by the way.
Coffeeholic:
scanny77:
i am 37 now, another 23 years is enough for me. if someone tells me i have another 10 years after that then i might take matters into my own hands. bugger that!A lot of people in their thirties think like that, i did. That perspective tends to change as you move into your forties and then your fifties.
When I lost my wife in 2011 I pretty much gave up, then I made changes. Last year I met someone new and I’m really happy in a relationship again, and she’s 22 years younger than me so that’s just one thing which makes me want to be fitter, healthier and live for longer.
i sincerely wish you the best of luck with that but my circumstances are completely different and i guess my outlook on life is too. everyone is entitled to their views and i look at some old people and think i just dont want to reach that stage either physically or mentally. i know each person is different and there are plenty of able bodied 80+ year olds but i cant see my body being one of them. i have physical issues with some things now and have done for many years and they are not going to get any better with age. i dont have kids (the last time i did see a doctor was to make sure i cant have any) and i am not in contact with any family. i dont even have a next of kin apart from maybe a close friend who has inoperable cancer. i dont expect people to agree with my views but hopefully this will help you understand why i have them
Hope something happens soon to change those views, Scanny.
bald bloke:
ckm1981:
hoping to reach around 12.5st or thereabouts before too long.Weighed myself this morning and that’s exactly what i was, im 6’ 1" by the way.
ffs am 6’3 and 18stone
war1974:
bald bloke:
ckm1981:
hoping to reach around 12.5st or thereabouts before too long.Weighed myself this morning and that’s exactly what i was, im 6’ 1" by the way.
ffs am 6’3 and 18stone
I’m just under 6ft,used to be 12stish when I was playing football and doing kick boxing reguarly.