The “I just had a sit down in the park with crisps” brigade

[Candodad]

You are the problem. The rules are simple. Go out and exercise and then go home. Just that, nothing more than that.

To be fair then problem is actually bigger than that and has been brewing for years as we increasingly become a country with rules but almost everyone has an excuse for why that rule shouldn’t apply to them/their child/family.

I know the law doesn't prohibit it. But the guidelines do.

Look, I get that you’re determined to win, if not any meaningful point here, at least some kind of stupid semantic one.

But really, if the police have been expressly told not to get involved, in what sense is it a meaningful guideline?

Which were always pretty vague?

It just never fails to amaze me how so many people think they are the exception to the rule. I've been pregnant several times but never felt that I would drop dead unless I stopped and ate a satsuma. 'My physio recommends....' What's wrong with walking around your garden (assuming you have one) or doing an exercise video in your front room.

@PrimeraVez, what rule would that be? Because there is no rule that forbids sitting down whilst going out, nor one that requires pregnant women to limit their exercise to walking round their gardens or exercising in their front rooms.

Shitsgettingcrazy

Then those people are working at the gym. How many people would agree that it's reasonable to eat battered sausage and chips whilst exercising? I doubt many people would concur that was exercise.

I strongly suspect the police have been told not to try to stop people sitting down whilst they are out exercising because their lawyers have told them that any enforcement action they try to take would never be upheld by the courts, and that they're in danger of being on the wrong end of an expensive judicial review if they don't stop exceeding their powers.

Ok, ‘exception to the rule’ is an expression. I don’t literally mean a ‘rule’ as there are no rules, just guidelines. What I should have said is why are people refusing to abide by the spirit of the guidelines?

Anyway, I won’t be coming back to this thread. You can’t argue with stupid. Good luck to you all

But really, if the police have been expressly told not to get involved, in what sense is it a meaningful guideline?

Because you keep conflating laws and guidelines.

We know what the law says. We also know that the guidelines are more specific. That doesn't mean that we should ignore the advice given in the guidelines. As I said, hand washing is a guideline, not law, but I think the vast majority of us would accept that as being sensible advice issued for our safety. The same as the other guidelines. They may not be law, but they are good advice issued by scientists based on information on how this virus is transmitted.

Then those people are working at the gym. How many people would agree that it's reasonable to eat battered sausage and chips whilst exercising? I doubt many people would concur that was exercise.

Nope I said some of them have jobs relating to fitness. They don't need to be in a job to do that. I also know people who are competitive body builders, not as their job. As their hobby they will eat at the gym too because they are often there hours.

So is the type of food you object to.

Exercising is exercising. Doing it whilst eating, doesn't stop it being exercise. Exercise is not defined by wether you are eating or not when you you do it.

I swear some people will not be happy until everyone is shut up in their homes with the windows barred and their weekly gruel allowance posted through their letterbox.

Shitsgettingcrazy

On no planet would anyone consider eating high fat food while out exercise. What codswallop. Anyone who does is the sort of person who tries to argue a Terry's chocolate orange is one of their five a day

weekly gruel allowance posted through their letterbox

Poured through their letterbox

"I can't imagine any Judge thinking eating a packet of crisps while exercising is reasonable"

Then you know nothing (predictably) about the criminal justice system in England.

Judges preside over Crown Court (serious crimes).

Magistrates deal with lesser offences and no, they wouldn't be impressed to have such a case be presented to them.

Which won't be happening anyway. Because it's bollocks.

Terrys chocolate orange is one of your five a day isn’t it??!!

Next you’ll be telling me I’m not allowed to eat a sausage while I’m out 🤷‍♂️ (Batter optional)

"On no planet would anyone consider eating high fat food while out exercise."

On the planet of people who are a healthy weight and not on Planet Perpetual Diet

Terrys chocolate orange is one of your five a day isn’t it??

Cocoa is a bean and beans deffo count

So sick of sticky beaks like you. As you can see, you ARE allowed. Just keep an eye on what you're doing not everyone else , get a hobby if you're that bored!

On no planet would anyone consider eating high fat food while out exercise. What codswallop. Anyone who does is the sort of person who tries to argue a Terry's chocolate orange is one of their five a day

Purposely misunderstanding again I see.

If you are out doing exercise, and eating. Its still exercise. The eating doesn't stop it being exercise.

People do eat in the gym

Exercise is exercise, whether you eat whilst doing it.

Walking is exercise. If you eat whilst doing it, you are still walking and still exercising. The fact that you are eating, doesn't mean you are no longer walking.

The definition of exercise does not include 'but if you eat whilst doing it, this is no longer exercise'

@hearhooversthinkzebra it seems you have a problem with the type of food being eaten. If it was an apple, or salad....would that be OK?

If not, the fact that its high fat food is entirely irrelevant.

MH1111

Reading posts on here no doubt many people do think that. Likely the same people who think a slow fifty yard stroll to the nearest bench to eat a tube of pringles is exercise.

On the planet of people who are a healthy weight and not on Planet Perpetual Diet

You don't have to be on a perpetual diet to understand that battered sausage and chips is not healthy food.

If I have mushy peas with my battered sausage does that make it healthy?

Do the guidelines specify the max fat content of your snacks?

Terrys chocolate orange is one of your five a day isn’t it??!!

Three.

Cocoa bean, orange and palm oil.

it seems you have a problem with the type of food being eaten. If it was an apple, or salad....would that be OK?

It's nothing to do with the food being eaten, it's to do with the purpose of the outing, which should be for exercise.

The government have four reasons to leave home. One of them was "exercise". None of them was "leisure". Strolling to the park for a picnic is leisure, not exercise.

We know what the law says. We also know that the guidelines are more specific. That doesn't mean that we should ignore the advice given in the guidelines

That is precisely what the police have been briefed to do. If the guidelines are as you say.

The guidelines are vague and if they contradict the law then it’s obvious what takes priority.

At what speed does strolling become exercise? Is it related to how much you weigh? What do the guidelines say?

My son has HSP and suffers blood glucose drops sometimes.

He can actually sit when out if needed. We don't unless necessary but sometimes people really don't fit into the rules.

Shitsgettingcrazy

Yep, eating battered sausage and chips on your walk is exercise in the same way as smoking 40 B & H and drinking a can of Tennant's on your walk is exercise.