StuBeeDoo Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 (edited) I've now been off my statin medication for 2 months. I've managed to get my weight below 13st, and have kept it there for over 4 weeks (yep, even over Christmas/New Year....) by avoiding red meat, dairy products and bread, and by walking 3+ miles at a fast pace on at least 5 days a week. I feel so much better! If, when I see him on Tuesday, the Doc tells me he wants me to go back on the statin I'm going to tell him where to stick them. Je suis Charlie Edited January 14, 2015 by StuBeeDoo TriggerFish, Chimp Choker, The_Judge_ and 5 others 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimp Choker Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 They would then be suppositories mate StuBeeDoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxtek Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 The exterior door handles on the E46 are so satisfying, makes me happy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sag2 Posted January 14, 2015 Report Share Posted January 14, 2015 I've now been off my statin medication for 2 months. I've managed to get my weight below 13st, and have kept it there for over 4 weeks (yep, even over Christmas/New Year....) by avoiding red meat, dairy products and bread, and by walking 3+ miles at a fast pace on at least 5 days a week. I feel so much better! If, when I see him on Tuesday, the Doc tells me he wants me to go back on the statin I'm going to tell him where to stick them. Je suis CharlieWell done buddy ? StuBeeDoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuBeeDoo Posted January 15, 2015 Report Share Posted January 15, 2015 (edited) This one has just come back to me..... I thought at the time I should post it here, but by the time I got on the 'net again I'd forgotten. Anyway....... Tuesday morning, early, I was out on my walk. Normally, around here, anyone you pass-by only speaks if spoken to. So, imagine my surprise when I'm walking up to a frosted-over car and the woman wielding the scraper looks 'round, notices me, smiles, and cheerily says "Gooood morning!". It's a very small thing, but for someone (that'll be me then...) who normally has trouble getting even a grunt out of anyone he greets when out walking, it really cheered me up. Je suis Charlie Edited January 15, 2015 by StuBeeDoo CharlE46, TOOM, TriggerFish and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted January 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2015 I'm on a training course this week, so I'm working at a different site, so theres no roadworks or traffic to fight with! M3NXN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOOM Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 (edited) I'm in love! But it's like never before, i never dreamed of such good and strong positive feelings... aaaaaaaaaa Edited January 20, 2015 by TOOM TriggerFish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuBeeDoo Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 ............. I feel so much better! If, when I see him on Tuesday, the Doc tells me he wants me to go back on the statin I'm going to tell him where to stick them. In spite of my new dietary/fitness regime my cholesterol is back to 6.2. He gave me the option of going back on, but he didn't push it. He seemed to think that as I don't have any family history of heart problems and I feel better/fitter off the statins that I can continue to stay off. CharlE46, feva and L4nky808 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The_Judge_ Posted January 20, 2015 Report Share Posted January 20, 2015 Supposedly adding 1tsp of olive oil to a glass of water a day and drinkingit will have a good effect on cholestrol too lloyd_330, StuBeeDoo and Chimp Choker 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JasonK Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 Only because it will make you throw up any food you have eaten that day that might have any negative affect on cholesterol if digested! I can't imagine that tastes nice at all lol. Sent from my Lumia 1520 using Tapatalk (with free typos) The_Judge_ 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuBeeDoo Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I can't imagine that tastes nice at all lol. Sod how it tastes! If it gets my cholesterol down, I'll do it every day for the rest of my life. JasonK and lloyd_330 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimp Choker Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 That's a bloody good tip if correct. I my even try this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lloyd_330 Posted January 24, 2015 Report Share Posted January 24, 2015 I used to have a table spoon of olive oil before a big drinking session to line the stomach, worked wonders! Haha no idea about the cholesterol though lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B0B Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Just rang an old pension provider to update my details as they haven't had my current address since I moved over ten years ago! Got told I have nearly a £1000.00 worth of shares since they demutualised in 2006 and over £200.00 in dividends. Happy days The_Judge_, TriggerFish, StuBeeDoo and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly123 Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 Looks like TOOM is getting pumped Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TOOM Posted January 27, 2015 Report Share Posted January 27, 2015 I met the most beautiful woman I have ever seen. Her smile = endless happiness. There are no words to explain properly! Full stop!!! B0B, sag2, StuBeeDoo and 3 others 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted January 29, 2015 Author Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 On the way home today, I had a very, very low speed crash, which was my fault. (A car barged its way into a position where there wasn't space for it, forcing me into a side road). The car behind me followed, and once we'd come to a stop, I let the foot brake off, and rolled backwards a little and hit her car. I pulled over, and she pulled over next to me with her window down(she didn't seem fussed, wasn't even going to bother checking her car). I got out and checked hers, and there was a tiny bit of damage, much like the folded size/shape of a staple, which I told her about. She wasn't fussed at all, and said not to worry. Really nice attitude, given it was my fault, and there was damage which I'd have been 'happy' to pay to fix. (My car was fine, or the dirt's hiding the damage, one or the other!) It was a 2011 Ford Focus, so not an old banger either. So to you, other driver, whoever you are, thanks (and again, sorry)! (Makes a contrast to the driver who hit/damaged my sister's car and is now denying it...) TOOM, The_Judge_, StuBeeDoo and 1 other 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Posted January 29, 2015 Report Share Posted January 29, 2015 (edited) Good person. I had someone go Into the back of me in one of my banger e30s. The woman was worried silly when she got out. I didn't even look at the car, told her not to worry, I wasn't bothered.upon inspection, no damage anyway! In fact some one else went I to the back of a different e30. I got 2 number plate holes in my bumper. Again, said not to worry. She took my number anyway. I got a call saying she was claiming. A insurance man came and looked, said it'd be a write off, could he cut me a cheque and forget about it. No problem. He wrote out a £800 cheque and went off! Edited January 29, 2015 by Sam M3NXN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robster84 Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Over the moon today. Last morning done at old job. Off to start work for Kent Cams next week M3NXN 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pauly123 Posted January 30, 2015 Report Share Posted January 30, 2015 Dogs booked in to get boz chopped off next week- no more pumping of teddies and shoes Jay., sag2 and The_Judge_ 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted February 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 (edited) When booking some time off earlier, I realised I've got enough annual leave left to book one week off each month until the end of the leave year in September (35 days) Edited February 2, 2015 by TriggerFish Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxtek Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Bloody hell you get a lot of holiday! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TriggerFish Posted February 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 Yep, a friend said they got 25, less christmas closure, I couldn't believe it was so few. I thought 28 was legal minimum. Plus we get 8 'consessionary' days/bank holidays. Will be 5 days less next year though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maxtek Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 I got 20 not inlcuding bank holidays and xmas, in all fairness though it was a sh*t company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StuBeeDoo Posted February 2, 2015 Report Share Posted February 2, 2015 I thought 28 was legal minimum. AFAIK 28 IS the minimum, but that includes the 8 bank holidays (it's done that way so that people who have to work some or all of the bank hols get them back). I get 25 + bank holidays, but we have to keep 2x half-days for the afternoons of Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve. TriggerFish 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
