Oink

I've heard of fat bastards but not one of these. Is it this a northern or a west country thing?

Plus, my nan had a friend called Betty, but she'd often go the toilet and not wash her hands so apparently all her baking tasted like poo.

el_richo

I'll see if she can fit an extra in her suitcase next month.

el_richo

We used to make poo cakes when we were kids, and throw them at cars while we hid in the bushes. She'd have come in handy (sounds like a menu item at the local chinese massage palour)

https://www.bettys.co.uk/yorkshire-f...cones-box-of-4

Almost Canadian

During operations in the military, we were outside for significantly longer than 12 hours, carried our own food for the duration required and we coped. It may not be easy; but it is possible. Of course, it is far easier to blame one's circumstances.

HGerchikov

You could make your own Bettys Of York Tea Room Fat Rascals - Fruit Buns Scones Recipe - Food.com

Alan2005

It's a fancy northern scone.



I doubt it would be the same. A bit like trying to make your own ketchup.

Oakvillian

Haven't strayed into this thread until now, but seeing as there are quite a lot of chaps here of about the same height and weight (or at least target weight) as me, I thought I'd pile on. I'm 6'1" and would like to be able to maintain my weight a few pounds each side of 200. But I need to shed 30lb or so to do that. A few years ago I was quite good at balancing what I ate and how much exercise I did, but then a couple of unfortunate medical incidents in quick succession (appendectomy then broken leg) put me "off games" for a handful of months and I never quite got back into the habit of vigorous exercise. Dog walks don't quite cut it, and a wholly sedentary job doesn't exactly help either.

When I was in my early 20s and rowing competitively, I was in a "lightweight" crew and regularly weighed in at a couple of ounces under 11 stone (154lb). Even as a super-fit youth, that was hard work to maintain: we had a dietician monitoring food intake and assorted health metrics for the duration of the competitive season. As intake of beer increased through my 20s I reckoned that 13st or so (182lb) was a good "fighting weight" but those days are now a long-distant memory. Right now it'd be a significant achievement to reach anything below 210lb.

Shard

The wise Alan once remarked on a BE fitness thread, that a serious workout could all be undone by a simple cheese sandwhich. Although exercise has great health benefits, and some impact on weight loss through increased metabolism, it is largely down to diet. Not necessarily going on a diet, but what you eat.

Alan2005

The best exercise for losing weight is the fork putdown.

scrubbedexpat091

Or glass put down. My issue was soda and not food. Soda has been eliminated and weight already moving down.

At the height of my soda drinking, I was probably drinking 1,400+ calories per day.

BristolUK

I've never really understood that problem. Not in the calorie content of the drink itself, anyway.

The diet versions are so good these days.

I remember when Tab came out - low cal version of Coke and it was absolutely awful. Like a different drink altogether. 1963 according to Wiki but I suspect that was probably not in the UK. And you can still get it apparently.

Anyway, for me, it was "spit-out" horrible.

But diet coke/pepsi for me and most people I know who express a preference is a very nice drink. And judging by buying habits in store it seems preferred to the full calorie versions too.

I find the normal versions too strong now.

Of course, there's a separate issue about sweeteners but that seems to have been largely debunked or exaggerated.

The main issue for diet drinks (again, for me) is that they are even nicer when you have something to eat with them. So it's not the soda itself but the salted peanuts, potato chips, pizza, snacking etc that goes with it.

But if it's with something you're already eating then diet pepsi (whatever) is a no brainer.

Having said that, while I happily drink diet 7up/Sprite it has to be the normal version when added to Scotch.

Shard

Soda (non-diet) is madness.

caretaker

BristolUK

I know, I know...sacrilege.

Blame Colonel Henry Blake. I'd never have tried it but for him.

scrubbedexpat091

I find the diet with the artificial sweeteners to leave an odd aftertaste, there is a difference to me between sugar sweetened and artificial stuff, easier to just cut out soda altogether.

I did try carbonated water the flavored kind, but still just tasted like carbonated water with a bit of lemon or orange and not good.

I'll stick with water, zero calories, no sweeteners, and overall a better option.....

The caffeine headaches have sucked though, but have subsided and not as bad, figure a few more days and the brain should be done wanting caffeine.

Between the sugar and caffeine, it was certainly an addiction of sorts to soda, I tried and failed a lot cold turkey, so this time I went slower, just reducing what I was drinking, and increasing water, and so far I have managed to not have any, so hopefully it sticks long term this time.