John Smith wrote on Dec 20^th, 2020 at 2:55pm:


It is something to eat between meals, that is why people are so F.A.T. 

Bobby. wrote on Dec 20^th, 2020 at 1:06pm:


I don't really do 'meals' if I can help it beyond participating with others who do so or to put on for visitors.
I mostly just nibble along the way these days.
Small amounts of food in a continuous nibble.
As we get older, our metabolism slows.
Many men who continue to eat like a younger male of -35 years of age, tend to develop quickly that 'pudge' and over-weight look. They also look more tired as their digestion takes more energy to consume.

The 'nibbling' came from Nursing. Taking a 1/2 hour break even, could put my entire duties behind in regards to patients and I only reserved any breaks to click my little battery alarm clock to wake me as I close my eyes and zone out - especially on long Graveyard shifts and Doubles (16hr). Also, nothing worse than that 'full' feeling of a 'meal' that makes me want to roll over like a lion under a tree after a feed, rather than getting back up to work. Unlike a more 'rested' feeling of using the break to just 'rest' body and mind. Occassionally when passing my Nursing Station or doing paperwork there - I would 'nibble'. Many fellow Staff did the same. It's a more efficient way of working.
Couldn't really do it in Construction. Always harder to get back to work that way than feeling refreshed.

If I get distracting hunger pains (like thirst) - I don't wait 3 hours to break time. I take another break of a block of chocolate or a few foil wrapped treats from a box as I'm walking past the 'stash' - mostly provided as a thankyou from Patients and Visitors. Perpetual motion and Cruise control - never stopping, never wilting from hunger. Never feeling 'over-tired' from a Meal and the digestive energy to deal with it as it also raises body temperature like coal to a furnace.

The aim was to bring the fries back home ......

starring

Ham Berger
Ken Tuckey-Fried
Watta Porker
and
Sven Meelzaday

That's the first funny post I have seen from sourpuss, glum, Grappler.

Hooray! Somebody finally mentioned exercise.
The other aspect of all this is the fact many people’s metabolism changes with age.
Often in middle age we burn up calories and absorb fat in ways that make weight control more difficult. Add to this so many of us in the west are sitting on our bums all day and living far longer thanks to advances in modern medicine. The result of these factors is how we eat, what we eat and when can take on a very different meaning as we age. When younger I spent a lot of time running in marathons and competing in triathlons. When my knees finally gave out with age and over-use I was very suddenly unable to eat vast amounts of anything that took my fancy. Took me a few years to figure out how radically I had to change my diet.
Not everyone though has the same metabolism. I have an eighty year old friend who exercised little yet eats whatever takes his fancy. Interestingly his normal body temp is a few degrees above average which may mean he’s ‘burning up’ what he eats faster.
It’s ironic we’re having this discussion whilst the majority of our species on this planet haven’t access to sufficient food.
That gets me onto the down side of the consumption of obscene amounts of meat in ‘advanced’ societies but I’ll leave that lecture alone - - for now.

Ayn Marx wrote on Dec 20^th, 2020 at 6:46pm:


I used to be flat out 24/7/365 and very physically until 48, when I went down with a busted knee.... three years.... and then I developed heart troubles according to the family genetic structure - which I never expected.  So I ate like a hog and was built like a greyhound.... then ate like a hog and got a nice retirement tummy... my doctor thinks it's purely a beer belly, but I have a very high protein and carb diet generally, and not that much exercise these days.

Ayn Marx wrote on Dec 20^th, 2020 at 6:46pm:


whadayamean finally?

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