My post-lockdown commute back to work

[aging one]

Hey Mendid, do this BMI calculator. I just did it. Then shoot me a message letting me know I will screenshot mine now for you.

BMI calculator | Check your BMI - NHS

[Stumpy]

To do that I think you would need one of those bike with large tryes (tires for JPPR2) and it would need shock absorbers as well.

I agree. I have an older Trek 4900 with a front shock lock out and use the mtn off road style tires most of the time. Occasionally a friend asks me if I want to do a long ride in some Thai deal and I swap out the tires for my road tires. Up here in Lampang there are beautiful roads to ride on and so many side roads to avoid main highways. and NO, I do not wear Lycra or Spandex matching bike poofter shit.

[Stumpy]

I just did it. Then shoot me a message letting me know I will screenshot mine now for you

Just did mine A0. 22.4 and says I am at the top end of my weight range and should lose 1.5% of my current weight.... Why bother...

[Headworx]

Yeah I take no notice of these calculators. According to my stats, the lower end of my healthy weight range is 71kg which is 30+ kg under what I actually weigh. I'd look like an Auschwitz survivor during the liberation at that weight, and it would be incredibly dangerous to my health to even try to get near that range. Pass.

[aging one]

20.4. This keeps my insurance down at my age as well.

[Shutree]

I was actually talking to a couple of Farang mates here in the village this morning and cycling to get fit or to save money came up in discussion.
all of us agreed that riding a bicycle anywhere on a well used Thai road would almost be suicidal so it would have to be riding around the countryside on non sealed backroads.
To do that I think you would need one of those bike with large tryes (tires for JPPR2) and it would need shock absorbers as well.
The closest main road to me is Hwy 24 and there is no way I am riding a b push bike on it.
Also as an excuse, I have had a knee replacement and have read that riding is not really a good thing to do.
So I guess its back to the chair and being or remaining a fat kunt.

For me the main issue is the sea of awkward dogs on all the local roads. I haven't used my bike in weeks. A friend has an indoor bike trainer, not expensive on Lazada. Expensive options are also available. User comments suggest the 'wheel-on, friction' models are the cheapest and adequate although some are noisy and can wear down the tyre. A friend has a cheap one and rides about 6 hours per week, without leaving home and without any dog bites. I plan on ordering one this week.



Web photo of some random similar machine.

[Mendip]

Hey Mendid, do this BMI calculator. I just did it. Then shoot me a message letting me know I will screenshot mine now for you.

BMI calculator | Check your BMI - NHS

The NHS seem to think I'm 'obese' as well.

What really annoyed me when I started this quarantine was that when I filled out the health app I lied about my weight and added a couple of centimeters to my height... and I still came out as 'obese'!

In fact the Thai app wasn't very polite at all and added an adjective in front of the obese word.

Yeah... I really have to sort this out. My daughter's only 9.

Anyway, I've made a good start today. Fish and rice with salad for dinner and no Leo tonight!

[Stumpy]

Here is a question for the the audience on here.

How many of you guys eat on a clock versus eat when you are actually hungry?

I know guys that eat on clock no matter what. They eat too much. I have asked them "Are you hungry?" They say no but its 5:30 and this is when I eat. I hear the same for bfast and lunch. A good discipline is eat when you are hungry, not to a clock and do not eat comfort food, its usually really fattening.

[ootai]

Anyway, I've made a good start today. Fish and rice with salad for dinner and no Leo tonight!

Yeah right, like you have choice!

So far we have;

Obese: Mendip and Headworx I am guessing with Headworx but at 30kg+ over his ideal weight it would be close
fat Kunt: ootai
stick figures or skinny fukkers: JPPR2 and aging one

[ootai]

Here is a question for the the audience on here.

How many of you guys eat on a clock versus eat when you are actually hungry?

I know guys that eat on clock no matter what. They eat too much. I have asked them "Are you hungry?" They say no but its 5:30 and this is when I eat. I hear the same for bfast and lunch. A good discipline is eat when you are hungry, not to a clock and do not eat comfort food, its usually really fattening.

I eat when she has cooked it as I don't like to eat cold food unless its my morning cereal with cold milk.

As for you JPPR2 missing breakfast would mean I would fukking die. I can miss lunch but never breakfast.

[PAG]

I recall your post on tea bag rationing. Food For Foreigners here in Phuket do nationwide delivery.

[Stumpy]

I eat when she has cooked it as I don't like to eat cold food unless its my morning cereal with cold milk.

As for you JPPR2 missing breakfast would mean I would fukking die. I can miss lunch but never breakfast.

It has taken me years with my wife to have her ask me if I am hungry before she cooks. Initially she said Fine, cook for yourself, I said fine, I am a big boy and cooked for years before I met you. Of course you know how that flies here. LOL

I understand on Breakfast. We all have our times. I get up and have zero desire to eat anything even though my last meal was probably no later than 6 or 7pm the night before. I just like a glass of OJ usually and I am off until lunch where I usually eat a bit more because I am busy doing something after lunch then do a lighter dinner. Another hurdle I had to overcome was my wife made Huge meals. I ate what I felt and said done. She said "you waste a lot of food", I said "no actually you do. I do not need a plate that can feed 3 or 4 people".

[Headworx]

but at 30kg+ over his ideal weight it would be close
fat Kunt: ootai

197 cm (or about 6 foot 5) and naturally big-framed but weighing 71kg is ok you say? I'd look like a fucking javelin with Aids.

[lom]

I know guys that eat on clock no matter what. They eat too much. I have asked them "Are you hungry?" They say no but its 5:30 and this is when I eat. I hear the same for bfast and lunch. A good discipline is eat when you are hungry, not to a clock and do not eat comfort food, its usually really fattening.

That's exactly the opposite of what my PT once told me.
"Eat at regular interval (5-6 hours) and eat something half ways between the meals, a yogurt or an apple. Keep the stomach working, if you don't then it will go into hibernation mode and when you eat next time it will store away the energy in your fat reservoirs thinking it is in Eritrea."

[baldrick]

In fact, I'm currently writing a book about it, that will help educate university professors on the subject.

PhD , PhD , PhD

and my only suggestion was going to be balance his exercise by using his left hand instead of the gardeners

To do that I think you would need

dog deterrents

[Stumpy]

That's exactly the opposite of what my PT once told me.
"Eat at regular interval (5-6 hours) and eat something half ways between the meals, a yogurt or an apple. Keep the stomach working, if you don't then it will go into hibernation mode and when you eat next time it will store away the energy in your fat reservoirs thinking it is in Eritrea."

There are many theories of course and one thing for certain we all have different metabolisms thus what may work for me, will not for you which is why most diets schemes fail because they are not achieving the results the dieter expected. I have found most that eat on a clock are lethargic and tend to schedule their entire day around when they will eat and if they miss that window they usually over eat which is worse. I once tried the little meals with snacks and found that eating all the time was annoying. So for today

Morning: glass of OJ and 6 or 8 big strawberries. 8km bike ride, stopped at the park. Walked about 6000 steps while I was on a conf call.

Lunch: Spicy basil fried rice with a few pieces of pork. About 11:15

After lunch did some property stuff and added another 4500 steps

Dinner: Carrots and asparagus over a small portion of rice and an ice cold beer. Back out to water back forty fruit trees. Will hit 14k steps and at least 180 minutes of active time based on my smart watch that tracks all my activities.

That's a reasonably typical type day of staying busy.

[ootai]

197 cm (or about 6 foot 5) and naturally big-framed but weighing 71kg is ok you say? I'd look like a fucking javelin with Aids.

Well when I said that I didn't know your height and yes at 71kgs you would look like a stick.
I once had a cardiologist tell me I needed to lose weight and get down to 75kgs and I told him I hadn't been that weight since before i was a teenager so it weren't gonna happen. Sometimes I wonder how they ever graduated to be a Doctor.

[Dillinger]

10km walks are a good idea, but it's fitting them in. Two school runs a day

How far is the school away? Walk to it whilst your daughter cycles.
Hang on, aren't the kids off school?

not to mention 40 degree heat by March

You'll burn even more calories in that and all those rabbid soi dogs aren't so vicious in the day.

Try and make sure you get 10,000 steps in a day (Samsung health app on your phone) to start.
Cut your carbs and beer and cider intake right down and it'll fall off pretty quick.

Or if you wanna lose 10 pounds of ugly fat straight away, chop your head off

[hallelujah]

^^^ It's not wartime you know, JPPR? You don't have to ration your meals

My missus eats more than that and she's only about 2 foot 4 and 30kgs wet through.

[nidhogg]

Hey Mendid, do this BMI calculator. I just did it. Then shoot me a message letting me know I will screenshot mine now for you.

BMI calculator | Check your BMI - NHS

Your result suggests you are
a healthy weight
23.1

[Edmond]

And 10km walks are a good idea, but it's fitting them in. Two school runs a day and everything else going on don't leave a lot of spare time before it gets dark in the evening, not to mention 40 degree heat by March.

This is the sort of lazy-arse defeatism that's made my sister's BMI on par with Dilly's.

A balloon.



FFS man you'll be living as retired and you can't fit in an hour at the park straight after dropping off the kid at school? Can't fit in 40 minutes of home gym work before leaving to collect her?


Hot in March? There's no gyms near the kid's school to go to just after dropping her off to do an hour on the threadmill in the aircon next to the yummy mummies 5 days a week?



Christ, sounds like there's more chance of Dill's next Spring time diet fad succeeding.

[Happy As Larry]

I plan on ordering one this week.

Do let us know how it goes

[cyrille]

Hey, I reckon I can guess why they decided on 299 baht for that tea.

More expensive than any of the others...just because it has 2.99 written all over the pack.

[ootai]

This is the sort of lazy-arse defeatism ........

FFS man you'll be living as retired.

Christ, sounds like there's more chance of Dill's next Spring time diet fad succeeding.

Mendip aren't you in awe of how much you are getting on this thread?
Where will it end?

[Saint Willy]