GRIPES

[nomadpete]

5 hours ago, old man emu said:

I've seen clouds forming throughout the day, and then watch them drift away in the late afternoon. After sunset I see lightning downwind where the clouds have gone.

Sounds like glider heaven. Every cumulus has lift under it.

[old man emu]

Central West NSW is inded glider heaven.

[facthunter]

Air Mass analysis is the key to Climate outcomes and they Move about.  Orographic features cause rain events or Frontal activity by Lifting  and cooling the Air Mass.  Adiabatic expansion. Nev

[facthunter]

Gliders need ridges or thermals. Nev

[facthunter]

Watch out for Hailstones near Cb.  Even in clear air. Nev

[old man emu]

Gripe: Because of my soft-touch keyboard I keep having to go back into posts to correct typos. I think that I might be being pressing the keys too softly. Also, I often type "the" as "teh". That's muscle memorty, I think. Also I keep hitting adjacent keys. These things are set to try us.

[pmccarthy]

Me too, all of that.

[facthunter]

Apparently My crook right and is inoperable.  Nerve damage. What's Muscle memory, Mark?. Remembering when you HAD Muscles?  Nev

[pmccarthy]

Muscles disappear. If you diet, fat around the shoulders disappears. But that big spare tyre around the gut is immovable.

[onetrack]

I have never ever developed a "big spare tyre" around my gut, and I really don't understand how people can let it happen, and do little about it. If I gain even a couple of kgs during a period of slacking, I feel a lot more restricted in my physical movements, so I make sure I lose it, with some energy expending work.

[facthunter]

There were no obese people in Changi. Losing weight too fast will reduce Muscle Mass.  The "Pinch test" tells where FAT is. Doesn't work with the Head though.   Nev

[willedoo]

50 minutes ago, onetrack said:

I have never ever developed a "big spare tyre" around my gut, and I really don't understand how people can let it happen, and do little about it.

It's fairly basic. onetrack, you're lucky enough to have a fast, fat burning metabolism like my dad had. You couldn't fatten him. A lot of people aren't as lucky and have slow metabolisms and a tendency to accumulate fat around the midrif. There are people who are vegetarians, don't drink or eat any fattening food and do heaps of exercise and can't shake the belly roll. And to diet it away doesnt work either as it's the last to go; the rest of the body will wither right away before the belly does.

[facthunter]

It's mostly crap FAST food with FAT, salt and sugar.  Sixty years ago hardly anyone was fat.  Look at old photos. WE are the same but Our lifestyle isn't. Cut out Highly Processed foods and sugary drinks Avoid High GI foods Eat whole fruits, not Juices. Cut out snacking, Cakes and cream and Icing sugar. Sugar is rocket fuel, Fried Chips soaked in Overheated FAT. The safe level of transfat intake is ZERO, Nev

[willedoo]

How's this one for an example Nev. I'm only about 77kg but can't shake the belly fat no matter what I do. While not huge, it's not ideal either. I don't drink alcohol, the only animal protein I eat is seafood, don't have dairy products, gluten, sugar or any sugary foods or drinks. I eat almost no processed, packaged food and never eat junk food. Diet consists mainly of grains, fruit and vegetables. I get quite a bit of exercise for someone my age, partly targeted, the rest from physical work. Every day I do heaps of gut related exercise, sit ups etc., yet still maintain belly fat. There hardly any fat on my body, just around the midriff. There's nothing left to cut out of my diet, zero saturated fat and zero sugar, only the natural sugar found in fruit. There's a lot of people around like that who have the same issue. Also too many who eat all that stuff you listed.