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    Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Ok I know its January and New Year resolutions and all that but it seems every day in all the papers (Tabloids) and magazines there are new diets/ new fitness regimes and new everything.

    All to get the fat bastards like myself slim or to make thin sods think their fat or those with average bodies to want perfect bodies, or to make those happy with their shape/weight think they shouldnt be. The stress of it all will be the killer

    Although I note McDonalds had record sales of hamburgers last year in the uk

    Now my view is diets don’t work long term (I think 95% don’t re the stats) but maybe good for a kick start

    Now if someone invented celery stick that tasted like a hamburger but with no calories?

    What’s the solution?

    I read 2,000,000 people in the USA are over 40 stone

    It’s too easy to say ‘Life Style change’. there wasnt 31,000 Mc Donlalds in 1900. ps dont look at pics in attachment if you hungary

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    I also assume many people who die from being over weight don’t want to?

    I’ve loss 6lbs in my latest ‘attempt’ to shed a few pounds

    I see there is so far a 70% ish success rate after reading Paul McKenna book (see 5% with diets) but his book hasn’t been out that long

    Enjoying your food rather then just ‘swallowing’ I thought was a good idea plus a lot of the other stuff he mentions

    Should people give a dam , unless you cant get out of the house who cares apart from the diet industry. Should we have a constant ‘battle’ with ourselves ? We live a lot longer then our 1900 foke and the older generation were bought up on dripping and bombs during the war ,hasnt harmed them ?

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38 View Post
    It’s too easy to say ‘Life Style change’. there wasnt 31,000 Mc Donlalds in 1900. ps dont look at pics in attachment if you hungary
    Presumably they're all sick of goulash...

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Diet fads?

    ...don't read the papers then.

    (lost 4 lbs since Sunday..)

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    (lost 4 lbs since Sunday..)
    Pah...! Everyone knows a bloke can lose 4 pounds just taking a dump.

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38 View Post
    Now my view is diets don’t work long term (I think 95% don’t re the stats) but maybe good for a kick start
    Of course diets work long term - as long as you change your diet from one thing to another e.g. cut out all fried food and eat more greens. The concept of diet is "what you eat" not "what you are eating this month" that would be a "fad diet" - stay away from them


    [quote]Now if someone invented celery stick that tasted like a hamburger but with no calories? [\quote]

    It wouldn't work. Its not the taste thats the issue - some overweight people do like celery you know

    What’s the solution?
    Don't snack , eat sensibly and get some exercise.

    I also assume many people who die from being over weight don’t want to?
    Most people don't want to die. Many people don't think about consequences though.


    I’ve loss 6lbs in my latest ‘attempt’ to shed a few pounds
    You managed it easily then. Success

    We live a lot longer then our 1900 foke and the older generation were bought up on dripping and bombs during the war ,hasnt harmed them ?
    So in time gone by we had a few main meals with dripping? big deal.

    Now we have 100's of fast food chains, supermarket ready meals and entire aisles in the supermarket of biscuits, sweets and fizzy juice.

    Also Medical science is slightly better than it was in the 1900's. Blood donation wasn't even organised until the early 20th century.

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38 View Post

    I read 2,000,000 people in the USA are over 40 stone
    Waheyyyyy im thin then


    Quote Originally Posted by Double Trouble View Post
    Pah...! Everyone knows a bloke can lose 4 pounds just taking a dump.
    and there was me thinking you were a lady

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38 View Post
    We live a lot longer then our 1900 foke and the older generation were bought up on dripping and bombs during the war ,hasnt harmed them ?
    Well, apart from the ones who died through being bombed.

    Where's the big shock here? It's January - people are feeling guilty about overindulging, they want to get healthy. It's not exactly difficult to predict, happens every year.

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    Where's the big shock here? It's January - people are feeling guilty about overindulging, they want to get healthy. It's not exactly difficult to predict, happens every year.
    Indeed, heard at the gym on Tuesday "You can tell it's January, it's full in here. This won't last past february"

    I intend to stick it. I have an in-house-fully-trained-guilt-machine aka Mr Darcy if I don't. He has been made to promise to give me the whole "I'm so disappointed ... " speech if I bail.

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    Well, apart from the ones who died through being bombed.

    Where's the big shock here? It's January - people are feeling guilty about overindulging, they want to get healthy. It's not exactly difficult to predict, happens every year.
    I think its much more this year then last year

    Like you seem more grummpy this January then last January

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by Dreadful Scathe View Post

    Don't snack , eat sensibly and get some exercise.

    So for the alcoholic, don’t drink

    The drug addict don’t take drugs

    The Gambler don’t gamble

    Shopoholic don’t shop

    This is easy

    Why not tax hamburgers like cigarettes?

    A tax related to per centage saturated fat, id be worth a bit

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38 View Post
    Like you seem more grummpy this January then last January
    Nah, I definitely remember being way grumpier this time last year, all that faffing around in certain threads...

    Maybe you're a year older?

    But a simple way to check - Fletch, have you noticed more customers this year compared to previous years?

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    I was quite surprised that Clapham was relatively quiet last night - last two years there first 2-3 weeks in January have been incredibly busy (with huge numbers of extra women) and I've hated going. Have always assumed it was a new year's resolution type thing...

    It was quite civilised last night.

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by Barry Shnikov View Post
    Diet fads?

    ...don't read the papers then.

    (lost 4 lbs since Sunday..)
    well done honey

    Quote Originally Posted by Icey View Post
    Indeed, heard at the gym on Tuesday "You can tell it's January, it's full in here. This won't last past february"

    I intend to stick it. I have an in-house-fully-trained-guilt-machine aka Mr Darcy if I don't. He has been made to promise to give me the whole "I'm so disappointed ... " speech if I bail.
    good luck

    I would be happy'er if you had said i'm going to stick to it, its not easy be really positive from the start, when I stoped drinking and wen't on my slimming world plan I said 'this is it i will do it'

    go for it.

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by DavidJames View Post
    Nah, I definitely remember being way grumpier this time last year, all that faffing around in certain threads...

    Maybe you're a year older?

    But a simple way to check - Fletch, have you noticed more customers this year compared to previous years?
    Perhaps the thread title is a bit miss leading

    I wasn’t trying to suggest 30% more people are on new pledges this January to last year

    Maybe the media reports etc are the same this year as per last year

    What do I know im just hungary


    Super Size Me is on Channel 4 tonight 10pm, havent seen it before , I hope it will be interesting

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by fletch View Post
    well done honey



    good luck

    I would be happy'er if you had said i'm going to stick to it, its not easy be really positive from the start, when I stoped drinking and wen't on my slimming world plan I said 'this is it i will do it'

    go for it.
    seen any big up turn in numbers ? cf last January ?

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by stewart38 View Post


    Super Size Me is on Channel 4 tonight 10pm, havent seen it before , I hope it will be interesting
    It's scary

    Watch it with a huge McDonald meal Even better 2 huge McDonalds meals.

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by Twirlie Bird View Post
    It's scary

    Watch it with a huge McDonald meal Even better 2 huge McDonalds meals.
    Salad for me im on a diet

    Got to stop thinking about food

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    Re: Has the world gone Diet mad?

    Quote Originally Posted by martingold View Post
    and there was me thinking you were a lady
    (flagging the above for funniest post of 2008)
    you haven't been around long, have you ?

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