"Bounce back better together": PM Johnson urges Britons to lose weight

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"Bounce back better together": PM Johnson urges Britons to lose weight

 

FILE PHOTO: Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson walks outside Downing Street in London, Britain March 3, 2021. REUTERS/John Sibley

 

LONDON (Reuters) - "We'll bounce back better together," Prime Minister Boris Johnson told overweight Britons on Thursday, championing his own weight loss and health eating diet to try to persuade others to get in shape to reduce coronavirus risks.

 

After being hospitalised with COVID last year, Johnson has often spoken about how he believes his weight was behind how severely ill he became and how since then he has started a new exercise regime and no late-night cheese diet.

 

Evidence emerging around the world suggests that people who are overweight or obese are at increased risk of getting more severely ill with COVID-19.

 

"I've been doing a lot, in fact everything I can, to lose weight and to feel fitter and healthier. And what I've been doing is I've been eating less carbs, avoiding chocolate, no more late night cheese, I've been getting up early to go for runs and the result is that I actually have lost some weight," he said on Twitter, unveiling a new scheme to get people fitter.

 

"What we want to do is encourage another 700,000 people around the country who have the kind of problems that I have had to do the same thing, so we'll be not just fitter but also healthier and happier and we'll bounce back better together."

 

The government, he said, would spend 100 million pounds to help people to access doctors' appointments, access the right Apps to help with weight loss and that it was looking at what he called fit miles schemes as well.

 

His press secretary, Allegra Stratton, told reporters the British leader had lost most probably more than the 14 pounds (6 kilograms), or a stone, he talks about as she believed he was being modest, adding that he takes his diet "very seriously."

 

Asked if he had given up drinking alcohol, Stratton said she wasn't sure if he had cut it out completely. "He certainly was offered a drink yesterday and said no, no I am not drinking at the moment."

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2021-03-05

 

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[1Gringo]

I'm waiting for the extra weight to melt away with the impending hot season.  washing it away with more beer doesn't seem to be helping.

[howbri]

Carbs are NOT the problem. Lose weight easy with potato, rice, corn, beans and veggies. Saturated fat IS the problem, only found in animal protein.

[Benmart]

1 hour ago, howbri said:

Carbs are NOT the problem. Lose weight easy with potato, rice, corn, beans and veggies. Saturated fat IS the problem, only found in animal protein.

Odd that my fat is replaced with muscle due to exercise and a primarily lean meat /veg diet. My lab results are also odd in that all values are within recommended levels. My EKG and urinalysis are both "good". No gout, no high BP, no smoking, boozing,...nothing out of the ordinary yet. Guess I'll keep weight training and Muay Thai boxing.  I just may make it to 70 this year. 

[RichardColeman]

If you are too drunk in a pub or shop you can be refused alcoholic drinks. Maybe Greggs can start saying no to customers for health reasons

[from the home of CC]

lol 'bounce' appropriate term for sure...

[Mikeasq60]

9 hours ago, 1Gringo said:

I'm waiting for the extra weight to melt away with the impending hot season.  washing it away with more beer doesn't seem to be helping.

Youll be fine keep doing what your doing, enjoy your life.

[Mikeasq60]

 Is Johnson such a picture of health? Now the UK is in the business of offering medical advice to its citizens. Govt over reach to the extreme.