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miserable ageing chat - no fuckers welcome

569 replies

NoahDear · 20/09/2009 14:07

only us

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BalloonSlayer · 20/09/2009 17:54

Oh and the heavy doses of carbs I was on also made me fart so loudly I woke myself up one morning wondering what that bloody awful noise was.

Quattrocento · 20/09/2009 17:55

No BS. This is not what I want to hear. I want to hear about how a diet of Green & Blacks administered nightly will help me to regain the figure I had when I was 18. And that said diet is improved radically with a couple of glasses of wine.

Don't give me any of this bracing carb-reduction schtick.

CybilLiberty · 20/09/2009 17:55

that's not a problem I have

movingnow · 20/09/2009 17:55

Does that plate really help?

KerryMumbles · 20/09/2009 17:55

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noddyholder · 20/09/2009 17:56

low carb is th only thing that has worked for me post 40!

KerryMumbles · 20/09/2009 17:57

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Quattrocento · 20/09/2009 17:58

carbs are good, carbs are good, carbs are good

BalloonSlayer · 20/09/2009 18:00

Just have less carbs in the evening.

Yeah the plate does help. You can cheat... I mean you can pile mashed potato into a skyscraper and it still doesn't go outside the border .

But the amount of pasta you are allowed is laughable.

CybilLiberty · 20/09/2009 18:01

Yes less in the evening def works. I vaguely remember being slimmer partially because of that

Megglevache · 20/09/2009 18:01

Gentle otter, unfortunately no, not Motown...Mutton

I think a couple of young things, sniggered I do hope it was not at me.

I second cutting down on evening carbs, made such a difference to me too then I blew it all by eating cakes and all manner of starchy shite.

Deeeja · 20/09/2009 18:03

chocolate isn't carbs though, is it?

KerryMumbles · 20/09/2009 18:04

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noddyholder · 20/09/2009 18:06

chocolate is carbs!

BalloonSlayer · 20/09/2009 18:07

Basically carbs are sugar. BUT starchy foods such as potatoes, rice, bread and pasta are carbs as they break down into sugar in your system

BalloonSlayer · 20/09/2009 18:08

... or something

[untechnical emoticon]

KerryMumbles · 20/09/2009 18:12

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ahundredtimes · 20/09/2009 18:13

Am 40 and 41 in a few months. I've lost weight a stone since Easter. I have no grey hair. I also don't have a biker jacket. I don't mind being 40

oh my god, I'm the cheerful fucker on the thread. Sorry.

JeremyVile · 20/09/2009 18:14

This may very well be guff but has inspired me. Scroll down, Tori is particularly encouraging...

sarah293 · 20/09/2009 18:15

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ahundredtimes · 20/09/2009 18:18

Oh god forget the exercises - you all have to go and have that electric pulse therapy on your face thing with collagen. Is extraordinary, does gravity-defying things, and everything works afterwards - unlike botox.

ahundredtimes · 20/09/2009 18:19

The thing about ageing which has thrown me is how I am now completely unable to judge the age of other people.

Does anyone else have this?

me: oh hello (you look nice, I'll talk to you, you are probably my age)

her: Hi, I'm trying to work out what to wear for my 25th birthday, my mum isn't here, what do you think?

Deeeja · 20/09/2009 18:19

Yeah, but Riven, then the wind blows

BalloonSlayer · 20/09/2009 18:21

I do the Carole Maggio ones. I am really bad about remembering to do them, and I don't know why as they really work.

Mind you there are some I cannot do with DH around. The one where you have to rub an index finger up and down your lips at speed always brings an offer of "I've got something that can help with that."

Quattrocento · 20/09/2009 18:21

100x you just don't belong here

Did I tell you about the time I was having a mandatory work-related health check and was there at the hospital, picked up a leaflet in the waiting room, and read all about procedures for labial reduction.

Labial reduction - WTF? Who would do that? Is it just another thing to worry about?