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Right gang .... 'fess up time for me.
Recent events have highlighted our limited time on this mortal coil and my recent life-experiences have borne testimony to this.
I'm not into the Facebook-mantra of posting all my recent life-habits and have no real desire to inform the world if my latest no.2 was a pan-splitter or a 'wee ghostie'
However. Let's face facts. We are not getting any younger and we should maybe all do something about our longevity.
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My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer and we all got to know last December. I am pleased to say that she has made a total recovery and can look forward to an older age (she's well into her 70s) with a renewed optimism.
My father had a recent breast cancer scare that turned out to be scar tissue from a fall that hadn't healed properly. He injured himself during mum's radiotherapy but 'didn't want to get anybody worried about the lump'
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Mum's attitude to her problem made me think about my own mortality and my own wife and kids.
I decided to undertake a new regime after watching a Horizon documentary by Michael Moseley.
BBC - Eat, Fast And Live Longer (Jedz, pôsti sa a ?i dlh?ie) on Vimeo
Two days a week at 600 calories for a man, 500 calories for a woman.
Five days doing your normal life. Wine, beer, curries etc. No regrets, no point counting, no misery. Weight loss is a side effect to the health benefits that we cannot see or measure without scientific intervention.
No eating like a sparrow and no manic exercise regime.
Why am I posting this ?
I'm celebrating my loss of 2 stones since Jan/Feb by simply adopting the 5:2 diet regime - and it is not difficult to adopt.
I've dropped from 13/13/6 to 11/13/6. My waist is now sub-30" and my 48yo sedentary girth is receding.
Look after yourself - for your sake and the sake of your loved ones.
Recent events have highlighted our limited time on this mortal coil and my recent life-experiences have borne testimony to this.
I'm not into the Facebook-mantra of posting all my recent life-habits and have no real desire to inform the world if my latest no.2 was a pan-splitter or a 'wee ghostie'
However. Let's face facts. We are not getting any younger and we should maybe all do something about our longevity.
<boring bit>
My mum was diagnosed with breast cancer and we all got to know last December. I am pleased to say that she has made a total recovery and can look forward to an older age (she's well into her 70s) with a renewed optimism.
My father had a recent breast cancer scare that turned out to be scar tissue from a fall that hadn't healed properly. He injured himself during mum's radiotherapy but 'didn't want to get anybody worried about the lump'
</boring bit>
Mum's attitude to her problem made me think about my own mortality and my own wife and kids.
I decided to undertake a new regime after watching a Horizon documentary by Michael Moseley.
BBC - Eat, Fast And Live Longer (Jedz, pôsti sa a ?i dlh?ie) on Vimeo
Two days a week at 600 calories for a man, 500 calories for a woman.
Five days doing your normal life. Wine, beer, curries etc. No regrets, no point counting, no misery. Weight loss is a side effect to the health benefits that we cannot see or measure without scientific intervention.
No eating like a sparrow and no manic exercise regime.
Why am I posting this ?
I'm celebrating my loss of 2 stones since Jan/Feb by simply adopting the 5:2 diet regime - and it is not difficult to adopt.
I've dropped from 13/13/6 to 11/13/6. My waist is now sub-30" and my 48yo sedentary girth is receding.
Look after yourself - for your sake and the sake of your loved ones.