Its all about finding the right balance and being sensible .
I read this thread with interest - I'm now just under 17 stone currently and at 6' 1" I am considered borderline obese according to the chart in my local chemists.
Up until 10 years ago I was fit as a butchers dog , 14 stone and in the gym for at least an hour every day and eating 'sensibly' but since then let myself go. Eating out and good food are my greatest pleasure ( well almost ) these days.
At the age of 61 I still have never been in a hospital for any overnight stay due to an illness , I do not care about all the health fads and eating correctly. I want to enjoy my life. But on a health check earlier this year my doctor found my blood pressure to be running at 200 over 100 and I got a very severe ticking off .. and tablets which I will have to take for the rest of my life.
I now try to be sensible .The hypertension is controlled, I do take multivitamins, echinacea and antihistamine tablets every day in addition to the blood pressure tablets and try to make the gym a couple of times a week...
Having said that ,in my lunch box today I have an apple , a banana and .... errr two pork pies........
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