Budget 2016

Mistermeaner

i dont like the concept of blaming companies for pedalling crap that fat people then consume - its has to be about personal responsibility. Eating crap is a choice.

Willpower is what is needed - I only eat one meal a day (in the evening) and nibble on fruit the rest of the time. If I didn't I would put on weight.

I also run 30-40miles a week and go the gym most days.

Willpower

cells

mwpt wrote: »

Well, the price of soda at cinemas will go from outrageous to extortionate.

maybe the soda companies will resort to homoeopathy. milk based drinks are exempt so all coke needs to do is put a drop of milk in a litre of water. Then a drop of that into a litre of water. Then repeat that 10 more times and then put a drop of that into each batch or 100,000 cans. You then have a milk based can of coke with maybe a couple of atoms of milk. Vola

Coke if you are reading this my commission is 10% of the £530 million avoided sugar tax....

ukcarper

You can always drink a healthy yougurt drink like Yop oh no that's got about the same amount of sugar as coke.

wotsthat

ukcarper wrote: »

You can always drink a healthy yougurt drink like Yop oh no that's got about the same amount of sugar as coke.

Exempt. Never underestimate the lobbying power of the meat and dairy industry. I can't imagine a more lethal 'healthy' food than a nice combination of milk and sugar.

wotsthat

Mistermeaner wrote: »

i dont like the concept of blaming companies for pedalling crap that fat people then consume - its has to be about personal responsibility. Eating crap is a choice.

Willpower is what is needed - I only eat one meal a day (in the evening) and nibble on fruit the rest of the time. If I didn't I would put on weight.

I also run 30-40miles a week and go the gym most days.

Willpower

You put weight on if you eat more than that or exercise less? Do you spend the rest of the day asleep hanging upside down in a tree?

kabayiri

ukcarper wrote: »

You can always drink a healthy yougurt drink like Yop oh no that's got about the same amount of sugar as coke.

It's the innocent things which we forget (pun intended).

Tomato ketchup, it's full of sugar. I wonder if people know.

Mistermeaner

wotsthat wrote: »

You put weight on if you eat more than that or exercise less? Do you spend the rest of the day asleep hanging upside down in a tree?

keeping weight off is about diet IMO, the exercise is secondary (but obviously helps)

NB: I'm pro-actively staying light as I race, I could probably afford to put a few pounds on and still be in the healthy range

wotsthat

cells wrote: »

everyone has an inbuilt calorie counter its the reason people dont go from normal to obese in the course of a couple of months it tends to take years with a soft limit of ~1kg a month added in weight and even then most people reach a level and then flatline and stay around that

Within reason the body self regulates but there are limits. If I consume 500 calories a day more than I need I'll gain weight but eventually flatline not because the body has decided enough is enough but because I've reached a weight where those calories are needed to maintain the weight gained.

It's the same in reverse. If you lose weight and consume the same eventually the weight loss will tail off because your BMR is a function of weight.

michaels

Does anyone else thing that targeting fizzy pop for its sugar content is acceptable cos it is 'chavvy' whereas fruit juices, flavoured milks and sweet coffees are exempt cos they are drunk by the middle classes?

michaels

Mistermeaner wrote: »

keeping weight off is about diet IMO, the exercise is secondary (but obviously helps)

NB: I'm pro-actively staying light as I race, I could probably afford to put a few pounds on and still be in the healthy range

However their is the issue that just because your bmi is not high doesn't mean you are healthy. Through an intensive and long running programme of inaction I have converted almost all the muscle in my body to fat, I have gained about a stone in weight but my bmi remains safely in the healthy category but I am far from being physically healthy.