“If we got cold, we stayed cold”

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I mentioned the other week that my old man has recently had a double heart bypass and valve replacement (or “had a pig heart fitted” as I refer to it).

It was elective and he’s recovering well, but thanks for all the kinds wishes 🙂

Thursdays are a fairly flexible day for me.

Mostly spent on my laptop.

Writing blogs, responding to members, looking into new ideas, tweaking and refining the programme, studying, etc.

So I’ve dropped the kids at school and gone to my Dad’s to do that the last few weeks.

Bit of company for him and help if he needs it.

His blood pressure is currently pretty low.

And he’s feeling the cold more because of it.

So he commented the other day when I turned up in a short sleeve shirt while he had several layers.

The conversation moved on to my two oldest sons who are much the same – Jamie particularly only ever wears shorts and T-Shirt to school, even in the depths of winter.

He (my Dad – “Pronouns Pal”) mentioned something I’d never considered before.

When he was a kid, they didn’t have central heating.

In fact my Granny never did till the day she died.

If it was cold, you turned up for lunch in your coat.

So “If we got cold, we stayed cold”.

They’d make sure they went out sufficiently attired so they didn’t get cold in the first place.

Because (like me and the boys have always had) coming into a nice warm house (or car) to defrost wasn’t going to happen.

A bit of planning ahead that’s not needed in the same way anymore.

Like in a lot of ways.

But, in some ways, we could benefit with a little more thought as to what’s going to be happening later.

If we know that we’re going to have a “big night”…………

And we precede it with a normal breakfast and lunch / dinner ………..

Then we’re asking to hit a surplus for the day.

If we go lighter than normal on those two meals…………..

And / or maybe the preceding day………….

We stand a good chance of hitting maintenance.

Or maybe even deficit.

Or, at least, less surplus.

Always worth remembering.

Ultimately, no one wants to live like a monk.

We still want to eat out with friends.

Have a few drinks.

Sure, we can damage limitation that (is 7 doubles and diet mixers and a main course really much less fun than 10 pints, a starter, main, dessert, two sides and kebab on the way home or tub of Hagen Dazs when we get in?)

But we can also plan ahead a little around it.

Cut back a bit before.

Or after.

Or both.

Do the equivalent of stopping ourselves getting cold in the first place.

Because we sure ain’t getting ‘warmed up’ when that time comes (the next step to getting ‘warmed up’ come January is to click this link and get booked in –> myrise.co.uk/briefing-meeting).

Much love,

Jon ‘2 Scorpio’ Hall and Matt ‘War’ Nicholson