i need to lose weight i reason im a good 20+ stone now, but find the idea of dieting a bit ponsy or at the risk of sounding all neanderthal "unmanly", it dosn't really go with my "one of the lads","life and soul of the party" lifestyle that ive always had,but these last couple of days has been the decider for me, im asthmatic and had an attack that needed me going to hospital, im not really one for exercise now either that dosnt help, considering in my 20's - 30's i used to cycle several hundred miles a week on and off road and think nothing of it i struggled riding 4 miles to the pub with the family the other week, the asthma dosnt help their either unfortunately, i cant see me going to weight watchers or anything like that but i need the motivation to get me off my arse again
so plan is to sort my chest out, actually go and see my doctor(my missus has been nagging me to go see him for ages but i wont go because she has told me to go and i very rarely do anything she tells me to do), cut down on the ale and coke(the drink) completely, stop snacking especially late at night, its now 1.30am, sitting here watching crap on telly, ive had crisps, bag of haribo's, toast and a ham sandwich just since 12 o'clock,i had a meal at 7 pm and wasnt particularly hungry, just ate for something to do, maybe if i went to bed at a reasonable hour id eat less, sleep is another problem for me, last night i went to bed at 2, back up at 3, went back to bed at 6 and was up at 8.i want to get back on my bike and do more walking just build up slowly and try not to kill myself trying. my blood pressure is always good runs about 110/60- 120/70 every time i check it, i always seem to have a high pulse currently 88 but it was up to 145 BPM last night but that was after a neb and id been battering my inhaler all day so being tachy is to be expected
is there somewhere you can download weight watchers diets without actually having to go to a meeting
it was a bit cathartic getting that off my chest time for some inspiration gents, and ladies, wish me luck ive a feeling im going to need it
First off, there's nothing 'unmanly' about dieting, not all diets have to be 'girly' Hollywood trendy ones. Just cutting down on the gunk, the sugars, the bad fats, the processed foods alone can be a 'diet'. I was like you not more than a couple months ago, the very word 'diet' made me cringe, I was stuck in my ways, couldn't be bothered ... sure we're all going to die anyway!
When you get a scare, that changes. Heart disease is in my family, along with arthritis, bowel cancer, sciatica, pneumonia [which I suffered as a kid, and have had scares over the years] ... etc .. they've not been the healthiest bunch either side, heavy drinkers, light on the exercise. The past few years I felt like i was heading the same way as many who've gone before me, too much alcohol, sugar, smoking, fatty foods without any kind of balance, over eating, late night eating, snacking during the night, mounds of food and eating everyone else's leftovers on top! I was prescribed a Ventolin inhaler because my breathing was getting worse, and I stopped smoking 5yrs back. The doc also told me he thinks I have sleep apnea because of my weight, I have gained most of it over the past 6-7yrs, and I know myself, I've felt the slow down. Your body knows when it's sick, it knows when you need to act, or face heart attack, stroke, brittle bones, loss of muscle, ulcers, organ failure, blood diseases etc ... your brain tells you. You wouldn't even be looking at this thread if you your mind wasn't telling you to sort something out.
I do indeed wish you the best of luck, I know nothing about weight watchers but hopefully someone else here can fill you in on that, but there's more than one way to diet, just cutting down on sugars and carbs is a start. I suggest looking into low carb dieting, it can't do any harm. I never thought I'd skip sugar, spuds, fizzy drinks, high carb alcohol like beer and cider and especially bread! Man i love fresh bread! Between that and sugary tea, that's been the toughest for me. I'm not suggesting the same path for you, research is needed, find something that you can commit to, the Keto diet just happened to appeal to me. I'm still early days so I cannot and would not push it on anyone else. But I just know it's doing something for me. Bunch of people have told me I'm looking better lately, I don't really feel it, but they are the ones looking ... they say I look a bit fresher, less tired, a little 'spritier' [though I'm having some afternoon-eve crashes, like real fatigue, but I'm fighting through it] - I know a lot of it is withdrawal from the sugar, it's like a drug! Giving up the cig's was a lot easier, because I had vaping to fall back on. Dieting is hard, that's the reason most of us Men avoid it, it's not because we think it's weak, it's because deep within we know it takes a hell of a lot of effort and discipline. If anything, we are weak for not even trying.