Rewards for weight loss

[Katster]

Tell me about it!!!!!!

:-(

My mum informed me yesterday that her granny had it and my granny died of multiple cancers. At least now I can start having mammograms at 40 instead of 50 which is a good thing, but not sure if knowing all this actually makes me more bloody worried and given my past record, worrying is not good.

I seriously thought things would get better this year. They quite clearly haven't :-(

[feral chile]

Tell me about it!!!!!!

:-(

My mum informed me yesterday that her granny had it and my granny died of multiple cancers. At least now I can start having mammograms at 40 instead of 50 which is a good thing, but not sure if knowing all this actually makes me more bloody worried and given my past record, worrying is not good.

I seriously thought things would get better this year. They quite clearly haven't :-(

[jump]

My Mum has cancer at the moment, she has 3 types and one is rare & un-prouncable that only gets diagnosed 15 times a year around the world and my Nan (her Mum) died from cancer which is something that has deeply hurt but she's taking surpising well and is leaving tomorrow to follow a band on tour and she's pissed off she has to cut it a day short to come back for her chemo.

[Katster]

medicine will have advanced since then, and it's good to be forewarned. My husband has cancer in his family, both his parents died of stomach cancer, he's lost a cousin, a niece and a sister too, so when his tummy felt strange he went straight to the doc's and they did tests - he had a bacterial infection which, if left untreated, can lead to cancer.

And I'm on hypertension medication because my mother

died of a stroke at 51, so they tested me relatively early.

Preventative medicine's easier to come by if you have a family history of a particular condition.

[Katster]

My Mum has cancer at the moment, she has 3 types and one is rare & un-prouncable that only gets diagnosed 15 times a year around the world and my Nan (her Mum) died from cancer which is something that has deeply hurt but she's taking surpising well and is leaving tomorrow to follow a band on tour and she's pissed off she has to cut it a day short to come back for her chemo.

[jump]

Sorry to hear that. Sounds like she is handling it well, as is my mum. Have they arranged an appointment for you because you can ask for one if you want one?

[Katster]

Nah, it would mean I have to use up my holiday from work and I rather use those days to have fun.

Just hang in there and you'll be fine, no point getting stressed over something you can't control and you can use that energy to do something more productive with it.

[Jackmypie]

I've lost 4 pounds in a month just by drinking diet coke instead of regular coke. I guess you can say I'm addicted, I drink like 5 cans of that stuff a day. f**king lame.

Was 10st 9, now I'm 10st 5 which is pretty normal anyway I guess.

[ampersand]

i drink 2 cans of pepsi max and i think that's pad!

10st 9? do you have a vagina!??? i'm prety slim and i'm gonna be celebrating the point when i'm regularly on the 12st something mark!

[Katster]

I just completed my first proper training run in preparation for race for life. It took me almost 30 minutes to jog 1.8 miles. I need a few more training sessions I think!!

Good news is I have lost 5lb in just less than three weeks :-)

[ampersand]

nice one. i remember when i was doing that. put on a pound last week. had a pretty shite week though so that's my excuse.

hopefully i'll lose a shit load next week at glastonbury. supernoodles, crisps and cider plus walking. got to be a winner?

[greenfairy43]

Got my BMI down from 31 to 24 & a bit

[Snufflebutt]

Got my BMI down from 31 to 24 & a bit

[greenfairy43]

Thats brilliant.

Am finding that my gym sessions - its really only circuits that I'm doing, maybe an hour three or 4 times a week - have built up my muscle mass quite a bit. Wasnt even that fussed about it, was really only interested in cardio, cos i couldnt be bothered doing the treadmill/ rowing machines. I've lost weight but its kind of levelled off a bit recently. Need to cut out the rubbish again.

[Katster]

Well done greenfairy :-)

[Jackmypie]

i drink 2 cans of pepsi max and i think that's pad!

10st 9? do you have a vagina!??? i'm prety slim and i'm gonna be celebrating the point when i'm regularly on the 12st something mark!

Edited June 17, 2011 by Jackmypie

[ampersand]

Do I have a vagina wtf does that supposed to mean?

Also I'm still not fully grown yet lykk

[Jackmypie]

cos everyone that i know who is around 10st9 has a vagina

how tall are you?

[jump]

Be men and stop saying dieting & losing weight and start saying getting in shape.

10 & 12st sounds scary thin to me, I'm 15.5ish st (I'm a tall though) and when I was 14.5ish a friend started worrying about me as I was too thin to the extent she was having nightmares about it and drunkenly started accusing me of being balmic.

[Jackmypie]

Be men and stop saying dieting & losing weight and start saying getting in shape.

10 & 12st sounds scary thin to me, I'm 15.5ish st (I'm a tall though) and when I was 14.5ish a friend started worrying about me as I was too thin to the extent she was having nightmares about it and drunkenly started accusing me of being balmic.

[jump]

Hmm well how big is/was your waist? Mines like 34". So yeah. Apparently that's just a bit over average.

Edited June 17, 2011 by jump

[feral chile]

34 but averages, BMI etc. are bullshit imo as they don't include body structure which put it out of whack.

Get your thumb and index finder and wrap it around your other hand's wrist and if they over lap you have a small frame, if they touch you're average and if they don't touch you've got a big frame, not incredibly accurate but it's a good rough estimate.

[jump]

Doesn't that depend on how long your fingers are?

the thing is with these ideal weight charts and BMI Index, they don't factor in age, and I remember reading somewhere that you're supposed to add on a stone for every decade.

I used to be 7 stone 2 when I was a teenager, I'd be glad to be 10 stone now.

(I'm female by the way)

[feral chile]

It'll be relative to wrist size, generally long fingers = bigger wrist. I've got long fingers and they don't touch when I wrap it around my wrist but again it's not an accurate measurement just an estimate. All the other ways involve having to get someone to measure your hips, shoulders etc in weird rubric measurements.

[greenfairy43]

Well done greenfairy :-)