"Tom Nie" wrote in message
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Amen, Charlie.

Lots of things are righteously correct until you get a bullet through an
ankle, or pelvis broken in half, or emphyzema from smoking too many
years - and a new wife who cooks great food.

TomNie

"Charlie Self" wrote in message
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Clifford Heath wrote:
mike wrote:
I think that the problem needs to be tackled in a different way..
I am pretty sure that if the hamstrings

Agree totally. I can't believe that these obese posters think
that what they put *under* their feet will fix the problems
they've caused by what they put *over* them.

Go for a decent *fast* walk for an hour, 4-5 miles, a couple of
times a week, your hammies and glutes will gain so much tone
they'll hold your pelvis upright and suck your gut in, stop it
hanging forward and dragging your back further out of line. You
might even lose some of that excess weight. I wasn't overweight,
but when I started walking *hard* for one hour a week, I lost
a Kg (2.2lb) *each week* for the first 8 weeks.

There you go. Just the thing for everyone. Unfortunately, after three
knee surgeries, none caused by obesity, and arthritis in my feet, a
fast walk is something I watch other people do. I'd guess some more of
us fat slobs who put too much "over" our feet are in the same boat,
whether from injury or illness.

What you can or can't believe has no relevance outside your own family.


Oh, man. No bullet strikes, just too much time falling off of off-road
motorcycles, sometimes with the bike on top. Do that for 10-15 years, and
zing. Add in a genetic predisposition to arthritis, COPD (I quit smoking
nearly 17 years ago, about a decade later than was really helpful), and a
second wife, who, while not new, is one helluva country cook.

I haven't hit 300 yet, but I've come much too close at times, though I'm now
slowly--ever so slowly--backing off. But until I quit smoking, I still only
weighed about 210 or 215 at the most, and could still drop a pound or two by
missing a meal. These days, I gain weight at the thought of food.