The totally off-topic thread

[Pushka]

In case I forget to tell everyone:
today is my last shift until February 14 :mrgreen:

You had to say that, didn't you! Did you get up very early just to post that?

 

[markis10]

With regards to weight loss, I've been really surprised at the hidden calories in food.

For instance, I was working in the office and wanted to buy what I thought was a healthy option. It was a very tiny chicken and salad wrap. I calculated the calories from the kilojoules listed on the packet and found it was one third of my daily allowance. And it was so small that a guy might even have had two! So really start to look at the calorie content of foods you buy.

Cruises are deadly for diets. I'd really think about how to manage that before you go. I've just returned from a four day one and despite exercising in the gym and doing two energetic Zumba classes I still gained weight! After two days I then totally cut back on food. Just yoghurt (no fat no fruit kind) plus a banana for breakfast, a boiled egg and protein shake for lunch (I'd brought some with me) and then just two courses (appetiser and soup) for dinner.

It's the coffees, multiple course meals and of course alcohol that will do you in. Just too easy to eat. You can almost see people getting heavier by the day.

The word lite is often a good indicator of something not really good for you, with inference it's lite when it comes to fat (but often boosted by carbs, specifically sucrose) and will have more calories. I am presently working hard to reduce weight whilst I am not working, I have the time and lots of motivation after yesterday's GP visit where I was told I had one of the highest BPs he had ever seen, not helped by considerable stress from the old work with regards pushback on what my final pay should be 7 weeks after I resigned :evil:.

 

[NM]

Getting a plaster now. No break visible, but can see fluid on the elbow. Will have to come back next week to the fracture clinic ... Parenting fun!!

That's quite a common scenario (? Radial Head # etc) On the upside it means conservative treatment will be successful

I hope the cure for fluid-on-the-elbow is better than the cure for fluid-on-the-brain, which of course is a tap-on-the-head :mrgreen:

 

[knasty]

What age is the right age to do big family holidays where the kids will remember it? I am tempted by the itineraries mentioned in other threads but little Miss number 3 is only 2. Upside is the longer it is the longer I have to save...

 

[markis10]

What age is the right age to do big family holidays where the kids will remember it? I am tempted by the itineraries mentioned in other threads but little Miss number 3 is only 2. Upside is the longer it is the longer I have to save...

I suspect 5-10 years is ideal.

 

[QF WP]

I am presently working hard to reduce weight whilst I am not working, I have the time and lots of motivation after yesterday's GP visit where I was told I had one of the highest BPs he had ever seen, not helped by considerable stress from the old work with regards pushback on what my final pay should be 7 weeks after I resigned :evil:.

Not glad to hear the news from the GP, but glad to see you have taken it to heart (pun intended). Some moderate exercise walking along those riverside walkways??

 

[markis10]

Some moderate exercise walking along those riverside walkways??

Yep, it's nice to have the luxury of time to enjoy it, and the odd bit of bike riding now I have the bike serviceable. I also walk into town, if time poor I will use the cross river ferry but still the majority of the trip is a good walk.

 

[bass_ke]

What age is the right age to do big family holidays where the kids will remember it? I am tempted by the itineraries mentioned in other threads but little Miss number 3 is only 2. Upside is the longer it is the longer I have to save...

It's not only the memories that count. We spent two months in Thailand, Laos, Malaysia and Singapore when our daughter was 10 months old. The bond we formed on the road as a family unit was awesome!

 

[bass_ke]

Hope your health comes right Markis, when my BP started to rise a couple of years ago it was my main motivator.

I really loved getting out on the bike, Brisbane has some great bike trails!

 

[amaroo]

What age is the right age to do big family holidays where the kids will remember it? I am tempted by the itineraries mentioned in other threads but little Miss number 3 is only 2. Upside is the longer it is the longer I have to save...

We started when the kids were under two - free seats! We were lucky and always jagged empty free seats for them

Our two are now aged 13 and 10 and have been OS every year since the age of 1. They don't remember the first few trips but have become seasoned well behaved travellers.

 

[JohnK]

Related: Why does training in a 24/7 company only start at 0800?

Shame I would have to miss out on that training.

I dont get paid enough to start work at 08:00am....

 

[docjames]

Congrats drron on the weight loss. I could certainly benefit with following.....


What happened with the TKR?

 

[amaroo]

Yep, it's nice to have the luxury of time to enjoy it, and the odd bit of bike riding now I have the bike serviceable. I also walk into town, if time poor I will use the cross river ferry but still the majority of the trip is a good walk.

I highly recommend swimming. Fantastic low impact exercise for "rugby" ankles/knees and one hell of an overall workout for everything else.

Also rowing will really blow the cobwebs out......maybe wait until the BP is under control for this one.

Good luck with the new regime.

 

[NM]

What age is the right age to do big family holidays where the kids will remember it? I am tempted by the itineraries mentioned in other threads but little Miss number 3 is only 2. Upside is the longer it is the longer I have to save...

We did a 3-month holiday when minis were 6, 9, 10 years old. Their consensus is that 6 is too young to remember, 9 should have remembered but he was not overly observant at that age. My big trip as a child was when I was 10, and I remember much of that holiday vividly, even taking my own family back to places I remember visit 30 years earlier. So if you want the kids to remember it well, I would be aiming for 10 years old, and certainly no younger than 8.

 

[NM]

I suspect 5-10 years is ideal.

I suggest that very few 5 year olds will remember any details at all. 10yo should be able to have good memories.

 

[knasty]

Maybe we should bribe grandma to babysit in the intervening years and do adult holidays...I think NZ is not a bad option with small kids.

 

[Princess Fiona]

I suggest that very few 5 year olds will remember any details at all. 10yo should be able to have good memories.

My two eldest are teens and two youngest are 10 and 8.
They are all beginning to get super excited as all of our big trips are to the UK visiting family, this will be our first big tourist trip somewhere else.

 

[NM]

Maybe we should bribe grandma to babysit in the intervening years and do adult holidays...I think NZ is not a bad option with small kids.

Don't misunderstand my comments about age. Holidays with younger kids can be fun and very rewarding. But don't expect them to remember too much about it. They will remember that they went (photos will confirm that), but they won't remember where or what they did with any detail. The real memories start to come in the 9-10 years bracket in my experience.

 

[Pushka]

The word lite is often a good indicator of something not really good for you, with inference it's lite when it comes to fat (but often boosted by carbs, specifically sucrose) and will have more calories. I am presently working hard to reduce weight whilst I am not working, I have the time and lots of motivation after yesterday's GP visit where I was told I had one of the highest BPs he had ever seen, not helped by considerable stress from the old work with regards pushback on what my final pay should be 7 weeks after I resigned :evil:.

OK, that's not too good then....sounds like stress reduction might also be in order then.
I don't think FAT is the problem - it's the carbs that are the issue with diets.

 

[penegal]

Just home from a nice long lunch at Pitchfork,Peregian.
Wonder if anything important has happened.

Was it as good as last time ?

It certainly was.

Can I sniff another AFF/SC do?

Sounds like a plan - I would love another excuse to get up to the Sunshine Coast