At 61, having lost a few friends along the way, death's relentless reality creeps ever closer.
I lost an old friend only last week. I hadn't seen him for years as he moved away long ago. Apparently he died from COPD, a lung disease. I don't suppose all that hashish smoking helped much.
Me? In the last couple of years I have had a "very minor" issue noted with a heart valve and was recently informed that I'm pre-diabetic - I'm at the very high end of that scale, but not quite diabetic.
So, since the start of June, I've lost just under three stone in weight. The rate of loss is starting to slow now. I'm still very much overweight but feeling fitter than I have for years. It's easier to get through my work now - so much so that I ought to increase my workload.
It's interesting to note that my blood pressure has dropped too - consistently back within the 'normal' range (I self monitor).
Unfortunately, about a dozen of my customers have died in the past couple of years - it's normally two or three a year at most.
I intend to be around for a long time yet, but so much is luck of the draw.
So sad Marc, I hate it when I'm told that by mine, just what do you say.
Well done Walter. 😁
I'm the same. A well man check up a couple of months also said I'm pre-diabetic. I've lost 13lbs by counting calories, a 4,3,3,1,1,1 weekly loss. Loving the 5-2/ fasting science that after my holiday (a cruise damn it) I'm going to give it a go. How have you done such rapid loss?
I haven't done anything spectacular to achieve that weight loss, and I was pretty shocked that it came off so quickly.
All I've done is cut out all sweet stuff except a small bar of chocolate once every two weeks. Also, once a month, I go down the coast for the evening, so treat myself to a portion of onion rings and a pineapple fritter from a lovely chippy. Those are my treats and I focus on them when I feel tempted. It's a little psychological trick. I don't tell myself 'no treats' - rather, I defer it until one of my treat days.
Also, I only eat now when I feel hungry, and I choose something that's reasonably healthy and drastically cut the portion sizes. It's possible that I may have to work harder at it as the weight loss slows, but the above is working for me so far.
Another thing I'm doing is taking regular exercise. It doesn't have to be anything dramatic - maybe three (very) brisk twenty minute walks per week. I know we get exercise in our work, but that's not enough. It needs to be the sort that gets us puffing a bit and increases heart rate.