Nice People 12: Nice in Nice

lemonjelly

Wheezy wrote: »

Thanks!

Last year I had pneumonia, and in hospital they ultrasounded my kidneys and liver an such and they saw quite a lot of blub hanging around there - lifestyle they said.
I've been on the chubby side since my late 30's, but now it was getting out of hand.



Thanks!

- no more fizzy drinks
- much smaller portions, especially at dinner time
- less often pork, more often fish or chicken
- no more crisps
- longer doggy walks

that's it really..

I'm trying the smaller portions. Obtaining the bike recently will (I hope) result in more exercise. Since moving I haven't stopped really, especially in the garden. That has resulted in weight loss, mainly noticed through having to pull trousers up more frequently/wear a belt.
I'd like to maintain that, or even lose a bit more. I think I need motivating somehow though, as I snack too often.

lostinrates wrote: »

Re crisps...aren't kettle crips unpleasantly greasy?

Nothing worse imo than greasy crisps, or chips. Bleaurgh.

I tend to go for McCoys a lot.:o

Wheezy_2

PasturesNew wrote: »

I just have no interest in going "out to sea" as any one bit of water round the boat for 1-2 miles is pretty much the same as any other bit of water round the boat for 1-2 miles.

You can't argue with that! :rotfl:

We like boats. Even boring boats like the ferry to Calais. We often go on the outdoor deck just to have a look at the waves, the seagulls, other boats...

Wheezy_2

lemonjelly wrote: »

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I tend to go for McCoys a lot.:o

Of course you do, because they are 'man' crisps.

chewmylegoff

Wheezy wrote: »

You can't argue with that! :rotfl:

We like boats. Even boring boats like the ferry to Calais. We often go on the outdoor deck just to have a look at the waves, the seagulls, other boats...

In the same situation, I go on the outside deck so I can vomit repeatedly over the side until the ferry docks at the other end.

I don't get sea sick on sailing boats, and I think it is really the pervading diesel / fuel oil smell through the ship that is mostly responsible. My evidence for that is that I can't drive a petrol go kart without getting horrid motion sickness but an electric one is fine.

GDB2222

chewmylegoff wrote: »

Day off today. I just did 2 hours on the exercise bike which by my reckoning means I can now eat a whole box of mars ice creams.

So, your knee has really improved then?

chewmylegoff

GDB2222 wrote: »

So, your knee has really improved then?

Yep although it is still stiff to some extent. I was doing 40+ mins on the bike within 3 weeks of the op but getting quite a lot of feedback from the knee but now there is very little pain unless I kneel down which is not much fun. I started running again on Monday which was slightly unpleasant but only because I haven't done it since January. Hopefully I can stop doing the ridiculous exercise regimen the physio has put me on soon.

chewmylegoff

PasturesNew wrote: »

That reminds me, I have been on a local/ferry boat .... and it was awful. VERY loud diesel engine in the middle, smelly .... horrid. I thought the journey would never, ever end. And, the worst bit .... I had to use the same boat to get back where I'd started.

It was my idea - as a novelty thing to do with my sibling - to visit a particular pub, so, we might as well take the ferry service. Not recommended.

This boat, I believe http://www.simplonpc.co.uk/Fal_Newman/AvonBelleII-JB-07_b.jpg

To this pub - which hasn't been the same since posh people bought it from locals ... and gentrified it http://www.westbriton.co.uk/Smugglers-Cottage-tearoom-fan-slams-closure/story-19626309-detail/story.html

That was the worst thing about cross channel ferries for me - knowing you had to come back on it. We used to go from Poole to Caen on the way to camping in France - which from memory is about a six hour crossing. I could never really enjoy the holiday because the whole time all I could think of was having to endure the return crossing.

lostinrates

DH loves the ferry with a buffet.

We went once with my parents and they got the giggles, he had a mountain of food with cray fish arranged all around it.

It looked like a plate from some sort of elaborate feast.

He went up at least twice more. He loves buffets.

Doozergirl

I've been cleaning. I'm now involved in a stand off situation with a massive spider. Doozer needs to get home now.

I'm not exactly afraid of it as long as he stays where he is, but he's so big that hoovering him up would almost certainly feel like murder.

PasturesNew

lostinrates wrote: »

He loves buffets.

Buffets, carveries, all you can eat - what's not to like?

I was so pleased when the breakfast we had the other week was "go back as many times as you want" as so many carveries are a "one shot only" approach.