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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: Mr Skrunts on 18 January 2010, 15:02:38
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I used to be a fitter in a factory that produced soups (amongst other foods) We made quite a lot of varietys for all the major supermarket names. So for quite a few years I havent really bothered with soup as I was fed up of seeing it at one point.
I have had a tin each day since Saturday, Chicken (Cream of), Oxtail and then today I have had some Heinz Lentil soup and seemed to enjoy it more than the others.
So it got me thinking, what's your fAVOUITE TINNED SOUP (Will talk about Home Made Soups in annother thread at a later date)
Mine Seem to be
Lentil and Cream of Chicken.
Followed by Minestrone and Big Game Soup (Vegtable)
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I used to be a fitter in a factory that produced soups (amongst other foods) We made quite a lot of varietys for all the major supermarket names. So for quite a few years I havent really bothered with soup as I was fed up of seeing it at one point.
I have had a tin each day since Saturday, Chicken (Cream of), Oxtail and then today I have had some Heinz Lentil soup and seemed to enjoy it more than the others.
So it got me thinking, what's your fAVOUITE TINNED SOUP (Will talk about Home Made Soups in annother thread at a later date)
Mine Seem to be
Lentil and Cream of Chicken.
Followed by Ministonie and Big Game Soup (Vegtable)
That's a bit gritty! ;D
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I used to be a fitter in a factory that produced soups (amongst other foods) We made quite a lot of varietys for all the major supermarket names. So for quite a few years I havent really bothered with soup as I was fed up of seeing it at one point.
I have had a tin each day since Saturday, Chicken (Cream of), Oxtail and then today I have had some Heinz Lentil soup and seemed to enjoy it more than the others.
So it got me thinking, what's your fAVOUITE TINNED SOUP (Will talk about Home Made Soups in annother thread at a later date)
Mine Seem to be
Lentil and Cream of Chicken.
Followed by Ministonie and Big Game Soup (Vegtable)
That's a bit gritty! ;D
1st spelling was ministone. ;D ;D
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I used to be a fitter in a factory that produced soups (amongst other foods) We made quite a lot of varietys for all the major supermarket names. So for quite a few years I havent really bothered with soup as I was fed up of seeing it at one point.
I have had a tin each day since Saturday, Chicken (Cream of), Oxtail and then today I have had some Heinz Lentil soup and seemed to enjoy it more than the others.
So it got me thinking, what's your fAVOUITE TINNED SOUP (Will talk about Home Made Soups in annother thread at a later date)
Mine Seem to be
Lentil and Cream of Chicken.
Followed by Ministonie and Big Game Soup (Vegtable)
That's a bit gritty! ;D
1st spelling was ministone. ;D ;D
Same thing but in Italian! ::)
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I love carton soups more, like Covent Garden vegatable............mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! :-* :-* :-* :-* 8-)
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Mrs Optimist makes beautiful home made tomato soup......my personal favourite. :y :y
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I love carton soups more, like Covent Garden vegatable............mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! :-* :-* :-* :-* 8-)
You're just a posh bugga. Sounds nice though. :P :P
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I love carton soups more, like Covent Garden vegatable............mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! :-* :-* :-* :-* 8-)
You're just a posh bugga. Sounds nice though. :P :P
Not as nice no doubt as Mrs Optimist's home made soup!! :-* :-* :-* :-* :D :D
I must get around now to making some!! ;D ;D ;)
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Yep lentil followed by chicken then tomato :y
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I love carton soups more, like Covent Garden vegatable............mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! :-* :-* :-* :-* 8-)
You're just a posh bugga. Sounds nice though. :P :P
......agreed.....Lizzie lives in super wealthy Kent...she would think nothing of paying £5.....for a cup of coffee.....and £20 for a bowl of soup. :y :y :y
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I love carton soups more, like Covent Garden vegatable............mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! :-* :-* :-* :-* 8-)
You're just a posh bugga. Sounds nice though. :P :P
......agreed.....Lizzie lives in super wealthy Kent...she would think nothing of paying £5.....for a cup of coffee.....and £20 for a bowl of soup. :y :y :y
.............you missed the fish n chips at £10!! :o :o :D :D :D ;)
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Instead of soup i have peeled plump toms & i ad garlic, chillis & spices :P :P :P :P
I occasionaly have soup.
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i used to build the covent gardn soup kitchen shops in london and i think there soups are the best, but i love heinz tomato and vegetable mixed with carrots mince and new potatoes. absolute yummy :)
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It has to HEINZ TOMATO, the only comfort soup in a tin.
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I used to be a fitter in a factory that produced soups (amongst other foods) We made quite a lot of varietys for all the major supermarket names. So for quite a few years I havent really bothered with soup as I was fed up of seeing it at one point.
I have had a tin each day since Saturday, Chicken (Cream of), Oxtail and then today I have had some Heinz Lentil soup and seemed to enjoy it more than the others.
So it got me thinking, what's your fAVOUITE TINNED SOUP (Will talk about Home Made Soups in annother thread at a later date)
Mine Seem to be
Lentil and Cream of Chicken.
Followed by Minestrone and Big Game Soup (Vegtable)
You do come out with some sh!te Skruntie. You wont get near Mark's postcount, cause he'll either make his bigger or yours smaller. ;D
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there's a coup,e of corkers in the heinz tastes of the world range... the morrocan lamb couscous and chickpea... and the chill beef/bean one are great when yo get home at 3 am from a long day...
also the country garden range, stilton and broccoli is lovely... could maybe use a touch more stilton, but still very good...
a really good leek and potato goes down well, but none of the tinned varieties come up to the standard of my home brew version...
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I''m afraid that the salt content of these processed foods is a little on the excessive side for my liking :o :o
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I love carton soups more, like Covent Garden vegatable............mmmmmmmmmmmmmm!! :-* :-* :-* :-* 8-)
You're just a posh bugga. Sounds nice though. :P :P
......agreed.....Lizzie lives in super wealthy Kent...she would think nothing of paying £5.....for a cup of coffee.....and £20 for a bowl of soup. :y :y :y
.............you missed the fish n chips at £10!! :o :o :D :D :D ;)
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Got some fish & chips when we have the snow wanted to charge £3.00 for the salt ;D
Pea & Ham or one of the chunky soups.
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1. Baxters Cullin Skink........slurp :y
2. Heinz Cream of Tomato
3. Heinz Cream of Chicken
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there's a coup,e of corkers in the heinz tastes of the world range... the morrocan lamb couscous and chickpea... and the chill beef/bean one are great when yo get home at 3 am from a long day...
also the country garden range, stilton and broccoli is lovely... could maybe use a touch more stilton, but still very good...
a really good leek and potato goes down well, but none of the tinned varieties come up to the standard of my home brew version...
i didnt like the heinz winter vegetable soup, tasted too watery for me. but tomato with lumps of cheese thrown in is very nice and hot crumpets dipped in
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I make a mean soup myself, butternut squash & roasted red pepper, or carrot & corriander, bloody lovely, but if i was pushed into a corner and had to choose tinned soup? Pea & ham.
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Scotch Broth
Potato & Leek
Are my fav's mmmmm .
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Heinz Tomato for me. Even at the local ABS Christmas meal, I always get them to do me it for starter (and jelly and ice cream for pud) :y
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Heinz Tomato for me. Even at the local ABS Christmas meal, I always get them to do me it for starter (and jelly and ice cream for pud) :y
And yes, I get them to just open tin and heat - none of this homemade stuff!
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French onion - or sweaty socks as my mate used to address it.
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Baxters Cullen Skink..... :y
Or Heinz Tomato, if its in short supply.... ;D
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then today I have had some Heinz Lentil soup and seemed to enjoy it more than the others. .......
It's aswel you don't see it being made! ::) ::) ::)
Just kidding! :y :y :y
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It has to HEINZ TOMATO, the only comfort soup in a tin.
Good!!! Keep buying the stuff!
It's amazing the volume of tomato soup that goes through the factory. I've no idea of numbers of cans, but one of the Kister wrapping machines (wraps the final pack that you see in the super market) just wraps packs of 24 at around 50 a minute day after day after day! :y :y :y
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chicken n mushroom with toast :P :P
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Farmfoods......Heinz soups 3 for a £1
Well here in Derby anyway.
Mick
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It has to HEINZ TOMATO, the only comfort soup in a tin.
Good!!! Keep buying the stuff!
It's amazing the volume of tomato soup that goes through the factory. I've no idea of numbers of cans, but one of the Kister wrapping machines (wraps the final pack that you see in the super market) just wraps packs of 24 at around 50 a minute day after day after day! :y :y :y
Are there any Tomatoes in the soup or is it all water, thickener & E numbers?
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Are there any Tomatoes in the soup or is it all water, thickener & E numbers?
I'm on the maintenance so know as much of the recipe as you do, but tomatoes come in huge pallet loads from all over the place.
Veg soup uses massive amounts of potatoes veg & meats etc. it gets weighed out in massive stainless tubs. :y
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Don't go for the posh tinned soups myself. Cup-a-soup for me. Drink gallons of it, as I try to avoid tea and coffee because of the caffeine content.
On the other hand, my home made soups are absolutely superb (souperb?). Especially the fish soup. :) :) :)
And now for one of life's imponderables: why has Batchelors Cream of Asparagus Cup-a-soup disappeared from the supermarket shelves? :(
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Don't go for the posh tinned soups myself. Cup-a-soup for me. Drink gallons of it, as I try to avoid tea and coffee because of the caffeine content.
On the other hand, my home made soups are absolutely superb (souperb?). Especially the fish soup. :) :) :)
And now for one of life's imponderables: why has Batchelors Cream of Asparagus Cup-a-soup disappeared from the supermarket shelves? :(
I would however be careful about the salt content of these products J.
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Salt is the latest of countless thing over the years the powers that wanna be tell us not to eat...eggs, potatoes, choccy, red wine, the list is endless & will be infinate. Salt is & always has been a basic & necessary seasoning & in moderation is fine,plus it's boon to cramp sufferers & many low sodium products are readily availiable. No offence Z.
I've only ever cooked from scratch Potato & leek & Carrot & lentil but thet came out well. Clam chowder is great with fried onion, garlic, m'rooms, fish or seafood of your choice & plain boiled rice. Chicken soup is as great with fried diced chicken, m'room & par boiled cauliflower. Chuck the lot into a casserole dish, stir in some mustard, sprinkle with sliced tomatoes & cheese. Luzz it in the oven uncovered til crispy!!!
As for cold drunk straight from the can ...Mulligatawny (must've miss spelt that)...anytime!!!! :y
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Salt is the latest of countless thing over the years the powers that wanna be tell us not to eat...eggs, potatoes, choccy, red wine, the list is endless & will be infinate. Salt is & always has been a basic & necessary seasoning & in moderation is fine,plus it's boon to cramp sufferers & many low sodium products are readily availiable. No offence Z.
I've only ever cooked from scratch Potato & leek & Carrot & lentil but thet came out well. Clam chowder is great with fried onion, garlic, m'rooms, fish or seafood of your choice & plain boiled rice. Chicken soup is as great with fried diced chicken, m'room & par boiled cauliflower. Chuck the lot into a casserole dish, stir in some mustard, sprinkle with sliced tomatoes & cheese. Luzz it in the oven uncovered til crispy!!!
As for cold drunk straight from the can ...Mulligatawny (must've miss spelt that)...anytime!!!! :y
In pillock mode again! The chicken soup recipe involves cooked pasta at the "stir in stage". Cracking soup based pasta bake though!!!! ::)
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Don't go for the posh tinned soups myself. Cup-a-soup for me. Drink gallons of it, as I try to avoid tea and coffee because of the caffeine content.
On the other hand, my home made soups are absolutely superb (souperb?). Especially the fish soup. :) :) :)
And now for one of life's imponderables: why has Batchelors Cream of Asparagus Cup-a-soup disappeared from the supermarket shelves? :(
I would however be careful about the salt content of these products J.
Least of many evils, seeing as how I'm already on medication for my blood pressure.
No caffeine, 'cos I'm an insomniac. No sugar, 'cos I'm diabetic. No alcohol, 'cos I'm overweight. No ciggies, 'cos they were killing me.
I'm having soooooo much fun!
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Salt is the latest of countless thing over the years the powers that wanna be tell us not to eat...eggs, potatoes, choccy, red wine, the list is endless & will be infinate. Salt is & always has been a basic & necessary seasoning & in moderation is fine,plus it's boon to cramp sufferers & many low sodium products are readily availiable. No offence Z.
I've only ever cooked from scratch Potato & leek & Carrot & lentil but thet came out well. Clam chowder is great with fried onion, garlic, m'rooms, fish or seafood of your choice & plain boiled rice. Chicken soup is as great with fried diced chicken, m'room & par boiled cauliflower. Chuck the lot into a casserole dish, stir in some mustard, sprinkle with sliced tomatoes & cheese. Luzz it in the oven uncovered til crispy!!!
As for cold drunk straight from the can ...Mulligatawny (must've miss spelt that)...anytime!!!! :y
None taken G 8-) 8-). The issue of excess salt is however worthy of attention for those who suffer from hypertension (high blood pressure), renal problems, or some chronic conditions such as diabetes where the effects of such consumption are distinctly unwelcome.
The crucial term, as you rightly state is, 'in moderation' and this of course holds true for most things in life. :y
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Like Heinz Cream of chicken, Heinz Mushroom soup and one or two of the Baxter's range :y
Also like Ainsley Harriot wild mushroom soup (packet) :)
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Heinz cream of chicken and oxtail soup....Mmmmm :P
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I used to be a fitter in a factory that produced soups (amongst other foods) We made quite a lot of varietys for all the major supermarket names. So for quite a few years I havent really bothered with soup as I was fed up of seeing it at one point.
I have had a tin each day since Saturday, Chicken (Cream of), Oxtail and then today I have had some Heinz Lentil soup and seemed to enjoy it more than the others.
So it got me thinking, what's your fAVOUITE TINNED SOUP (Will talk about Home Made Soups in annother thread at a later date)
Mine Seem to be
Lentil and Cream of Chicken.
Followed by Minestrone and Big Game Soup (Vegtable)
You do come out with some sh!te Skruntie. You wont get near Mark's postcount, cause he'll either make his bigger or yours smaller. ;D
That sounds like the beginning of a plan...... :D :D :D
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That sounds like the beginning of a plan...... :D :D :D
In stirring mode again Vamps.
Looking at the post counts on you and Steve there is a good chance you both could catch Mark up this year, so just be carefull what you say. Oh forgot, you allready tried that and upset Admin. :-X
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My favourite soup, well, I do not like to eat, it but I love to see it being made, it is called.....Scrunties Nut's..... ;D ;D ;D :P
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cream of mushroom then lentil.
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Copied from the biscuit thread
I seem to have been on the tinned soup again today.
Had bacon butties for breakfast.
Asda delivered. So I tried some Baxters Lentil and bacon soup that I ordered, but prefer the heinz lentil.
tea rime had some heinz chicken noodle.
Nipped back at supper time and had a tin of asda cream of chicken followed by a small strawberry cheese cake. Tongue
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My fave soap in Imperial leather!!!! 8-)
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My fave soap in Imperial leather!!!! 8-)
Go wash yer mouth out with it. cheeky berger. ;D ;D ;D
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Getting hungary, just realised it's 2pm, and yup, I fancy soup again, Tomatoe or Mushroom this time. I reckon I must be Pregnant :-/
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For those of you with an ex Kwik save/Somerfield/co op nearby try the branded co-op creamy golden vegetable soup. 50p a shout, buy 3 get the 4th free.
Tastes great, fry off some chicken & mushrooms, garlic, herbs etc. & pour over some pasta. :P
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vegetable soup with mushrooms ;D
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Least of many evils, seeing as how I'm already on medication for my blood pressure.
No caffeine, 'cos I'm an insomniac. No sugar, 'cos I'm diabetic. No alcohol, 'cos I'm overweight. No ciggies, 'cos they were killing me.
I'm having soooooo much fun!
let me get this right - all this to extend you're lifespan, by removing everything you enjoy :o
so you may live a extra ten years, but it feels like thirty, cause you can't enjoy it :-/
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Least of many evils, seeing as how I'm already on medication for my blood pressure.
No caffeine, 'cos I'm an insomniac. No sugar, 'cos I'm diabetic. No alcohol, 'cos I'm overweight. No ciggies, 'cos they were killing me.
I'm having soooooo much fun!
let me get this right - all this to extend you're lifespan, by removing everything you enjoy :o
so you may live a extra ten years, but it feels like thirty, cause you can't enjoy it :-/
To quote Marvin the Paranoid Android - "I know! Wretched, isn't it?"
It's all about family and responsibility in the end. :( :( :(
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Least of many evils, seeing as how I'm already on medication for my blood pressure.
No caffeine, 'cos I'm an insomniac. No sugar, 'cos I'm diabetic. No alcohol, 'cos I'm overweight. No ciggies, 'cos they were killing me.
I'm having soooooo much fun!
let me get this right - all this to extend you're lifespan, by removing everything you enjoy :o
so you may live a extra ten years, but it feels like thirty, cause you can't enjoy it :-/
I would submit that it's about having a lifestyle that promotes good health in an effort to prevent the steady decline into ill-health with all the misery that would involve.
Personal responsibility in how we look after our health goes beyond how we behave and as Jereboam rightly says, (in paraphrase) it's also about ensuring that our loved ones are not saddled with the unhappy and unnecessary effects of our personal indulgence.
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Least of many evils, seeing as how I'm already on medication for my blood pressure.
No caffeine, 'cos I'm an insomniac. No sugar, 'cos I'm diabetic. No alcohol, 'cos I'm overweight. No ciggies, 'cos they were killing me.
I'm having soooooo much fun!
let me get this right - all this to extend you're lifespan, by removing everything you enjoy :o
so you may live a extra ten years, but it feels like thirty, cause you can't enjoy it :-/
To quote Marvin the Paranoid Android - "I know! Wretched, isn't it?"
It's all about family and responsibility in the end. :( :( :(
or indeed "Life.........don't talk to me about life!" ;)
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Don't go for the posh tinned soups myself. Cup-a-soup for me. Drink gallons of it, as I try to avoid tea and coffee because of the caffeine content.
On the other hand, my home made soups are absolutely superb (souperb?). Especially the fish soup. :) :) :)
And now for one of life's imponderables: why has Batchelors Cream of Asparagus Cup-a-soup disappeared from the supermarket shelves? :(
I would however be careful about the salt content of these products J.
Least of many evils, seeing as how I'm already on medication for my blood pressure.
No caffeine, 'cos I'm an insomniac. No sugar, 'cos I'm diabetic. No alcohol, 'cos I'm overweight. No ciggies, 'cos they were killing me.
I'm having soooooo much fun!
Never seen a fat alcoholic. Go figure.
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Least of many evils, seeing as how I'm already on medication for my blood pressure.
No caffeine, 'cos I'm an insomniac. No sugar, 'cos I'm diabetic. No alcohol, 'cos I'm overweight. No ciggies, 'cos they were killing me.
I'm having soooooo much fun!
let me get this right - all this to extend you're lifespan, by removing everything you enjoy :o
so you may live a extra ten years, but it feels like thirty, cause you can't enjoy it :-/
I would submit that's about having a lifestyle that promotes good health in an effort to prevent the steady decline into ill-health with all the misery that would involve.
Personal responsibility in how we look after our health goes beyond how we behave and as Jereboam rightly says, (in paraphrase) it's also about ensuring that our loved ones are not saddled with the unhappy and unnecessary effects of our personal indulgence.
Thanks for the favourable interpretation - it's true to some extent. But after I thought about it a bit longer, I realised that my motivation wasn't actually quite as altruistic as that.
To be honest, I was putting on weight at about a pound a month, all my clothes were too tight, and I felt like sh*t all the time. I was drinking too much whiskey, but otherwise my eating habits weren't that bad, so there was limited scope for improvement. Big problem was (and still is) lack of exercise. Asthma and arthritic knees (combined with the obesity) tend to slow me down a bit. Eventually went to see the doctor, and he put me on some appetite reducing medication. I'm still on it, and I've managed to shed about 9kg, but it stalled at the beginning of the winter and I actually gained a bit, though I've got it stabilised at the moment. Still feel like sh*t a lot of the time, though.
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Never seen a fat alcoholic. Go figure.
Perhaps that's the way forward then...
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i went to the doctors this morning, he said i'm a Hypochondriac. cant believe ive got something else wrong with me now. ::) ;D ;D
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i went to the doctors this morning, he said i'm a Hypochondriac. cant believe ive got something else wrong with me now. ::) ;D ;D
Another bl**dy foreigner working for the NHS, then :( :( :(