Weight Loss Techniques.

New York is passing a law barring discrimination against overweight people, some worries about employers being sued.

I would have thought that being obese is going to stop people from doing certain jobs that require a physically fit person for instance a scaffolder also jobs where there are hygiene standards like a waitress.

Influencer who promoted virtues of fruit-only diet dies aged 39 'of malnutrition'..


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I was talking to a PTI at the gym today,she said that the gym owners have been looking at the large number of people who never exercise,and that some kind of offer might be made to encourage them to come to the gym.

At first I thought that this would be a bit negative,I dont want the gym full of smelly FUBs, but on further reflection there are already a few on GP referral and tbh they dont come very often,usually only once or twice.

So even if some offer does see the fatties signing up in large (lol) numbers (unlikely imo) they wont come for long those sort of people never do,if they sign up for a year the gym will make money and we get to laugh at their antics so everyones a winner.

Mounjaro obesity jab authorised in UK, A diabetes medicine dubbed the "King Kong" of weight loss jabs has been approved in the UK for treating obesity.

Mounjaro, or tirzepatide, makes you feel fuller so you eat less.

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A trial has shown the diabetes drug, tirzepatide, sold under the brand Mounjaro led to participants, who were obese or overweight losing an average of over 34 pounds (15kg)

Follow the link for all the info

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I’ve gone in last 3 yrs from 14 st to 11 st 8 lb after being diagnosed as diabetic ( type 2 ) , no chocolate , cakes , biscuits etc , though I was never a great eater of any of those , diabetis runs in the family with a fair % dieing of it apparently , though reading up there’s no conclusive evidence of it can run in the family
Diabetis is obviously not good , but loosing weight , healthier lifestyle is obviously better
But when I go in greggs & order water / porridge & mates order 2x bacon/ sausage & omelette rolls + a cake / large latte i do feel a lot suicidal , strangely not one of them are diabetic , though they could end up with serious injuries when those belts finally give way

Schooled through the 60's and can't really recall really obese pupils, thought I can remember just one lad,there were always those whose interest in sport was something aliens did!! they were generally slightly overweight or just not designed for sport, but we're always sent out on the weekly long run during PE(as it was then called) and inevitably we're last to return, and in later life through working years the same people ,that I seen, were of the sane build,Is it a thing from the Instant meal and quick food revolution of the 70/80's that has caused or created this obese explosion?

Apparently obesity has increased from the 60s, the reason is more sugar in the diet,its in everything.
I was looking at some girls at the gym today,one was a little darling her 3 friends were attractive but 40 years ago they would have been two dress sizes smaller,and these girls werent fat by todays standards.

Sport (at school level) and fitness are 2 different things, far too much time spent on sport and virtually none on fitness.
Exercise and equipment have changed so much in the last 40 years (like everything else) there is equipment in the gym that was unknown in the early 80s and even the exercises done are different now,for instance its rare to see people doing reverse curls with a bar now.
I will be honest i had never heard of 'the core' 15 years ago,now core exercise is very important,Pilates and calisthenics could be done in a school gym but it would need properly trained instructors not like the games teachers of years ago.

Instruction is the key,every time I go into a gym I see someone doing something wrong, a proper fitness regime could be worked out for children at school and records kept.
My grandaughters pre school was good,a lot of PT and she was 2.5 when she started there,she loves swimming and taking ice skating lessons at 4.5,her mother is strict with her sugar intake,start the young and they will keep things up as a matter of course.

I'm 6,2, have a naturally stocky body size and none of my family are thin.

I eat one meal a day, walk for 1-1/2 hours and often skip meals. I weigh 15 stone. 

If I ate three times a day, did regular exercise and avoided 'bad' food, my body weight would be between 16 and 16-and-a-half stone, as it was for years. During periods of over-consumption, it would rise to 17 stone, at which I would cut back to bring it down to 16-and-a-half. 

According to the BMI, even at 15 stone I would be classified as overweight, which is ridiculous as I know that once I start eating normally (and healthily) again, the weight will creep back up to 16 stone, even if I continue to do one-one-and-a-half hours of exercise a day. 

My personal view is that my 'natural' weight is around 16 stone, as this is the equilibrium that my body seems to settle on once I eat and exercise normally. However, this would bring down the wrath of my doctor and her BMI Index on my head.