Lisa Jones wrote on Sep 19^th, 2023 at 12:53pm:


Only mothra can tell you what she looks like. You likely have not met her.

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Sep 20^th, 2023 at 1:34am:


If I did not drink, eat junk food, and kept a moderate amount of physical activity in my life, I could be free of the metformin tablets that I take every day. Other than last night's KFC snack, I have had a reasonably good diet in the last week. I had physical resistance training a few nights ago, where I was suffering sore feet for the next day -- all good now.

My medication costs me $7 a month. I doubt that the pharmaceutical companies are really raking in a great profit. And even with government subsidies, there would not be a great deal in the profits. The profits would add up, though, and be enough to pay for the expenses and employees making the drugs.

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 21^st, 2023 at 2:59pm:


Heh i didnt say ALL is caused by meds but a pretty high percentage is and the ppl on here hating

Spot

Sir Spot of Borg wrote on Sep 21^st, 2023 at 3:21pm:


Rubbish. My health problems are caused by too much sugar and not enough exercise.  The medication I have would help undo the damage or keep my body in reasonable health. I would have avoided taking medication in the first place had I maintained at least a reasonable diet and exercise routine.

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 21^st, 2023 at 4:27pm:


its great to see you owning the problem rocky and i'll tell you why.


if you think the problem exists outside of yourself then how can you fix it?
you cant
all you can do is see yourself as a victim

once you see yourself as a victim, your mental state changes to one that vibes with failure because you are now powerless (this is the crux of why the victim mentality is so destructive).

as a victim you will vibe with addiction, short term pleasures to numb the pain (alcohol, pot, food).
you will tend to complain.
you see a problem as happening to you, not happening for you.

you will want a lot of other like minded victims around so you can throw a big pity party.

if one of these victims starts to do what you are doing (accepting personal responsibility) the other members of the group will feel threatened and try to derail you.

i would bet that the fat friends dont like someone who is succeeding at losing weight and will gossip about that person.


so well done and keep going.

remember

the mainstream are fat, not in a good relationship and have less then 1000 bucks in the bank
thats most people.


if you start to step outside that box, they will hate on you

in a way, hate from the mainstream can be a good marker of success

Jovial Monk wrote on Sep 20^th, 2023 at 9:33am:

  very true monk-- does Bobby hate women-? I know he hates me- but that's ok!

aquascoot wrote on Sep 21^st, 2023 at 5:01pm:


I have seen myself as a perpetrator of my own diet for the last 34 of my last 44 years of life. I cannot really blame myself for when I was in single digit age for what diet I had. Mum and Dad fed me what they could afford. I presented myself as a glutton for food. But, I was nowhere near as gluttonous as I was when I reached my 30s. My teenage years were the time where I could eat what I wanted and not get all that fat. But, I did get to look at some photos Mum and Dad found of when I was a teenager. It was like I was a different person back then. There was a photo I saw of myself being somewhat obese in my teens. I did not remember being that fat in my teens. But, I do recall Mum giving me meal replacement shakes and then getting told to go for a jog more often. I think I basically burned off the excess weight in about 2 months.

I looked in the mirror the other night at a face I could barely recognise. I had been really down and out for the last few months. I don't know what it was -- perhaps the realisation that I have to make major changes quickly in my life, so that I can move into my middle years financially and emotionally secure. But it took taking the wrong supplement with a few hours later evening bottle of scotch that had me feeling like I was ready for a heart attack the next morning, for me to realise that I had to change my health status immediately.

I am not happy with the way my life has been over the last 15 years. I wish I could restart my last 20 years and do it right, instead of feeling sorry for myself. Heck, I would not mind going back 30 years and trying to get ahead in life from that point.

I don't know what it was that triggered me lately. Maybe it was the 5-figure bank account balance I had 18 months ago that slowly diminished due to my casual spending. Or maybe it was the massive financial hit I got when my car's engine had to be replaced. Goodness me, though. It was enough for me to stop boozing and casual spending on rubbish to only just begin (this last month) being frugal.

Thank you for the talk, aqua. But, I have to admit that the last 4 years are completely my own undoing. The "undoing" of the good work I did back in 2014/2015 when I was well on my way to being physically fit. But, I have rediscovered that feeling just in the last few months (other than the other week's big hiccup) to just go without drowning my problems with booze and comfort eating.

UnSubRocky wrote on Sep 21^st, 2023 at 11:40pm:



umm - do you see men in a gym as being queer?

I don't - I think it's you who bats for the other side.   

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