New Rule: The Quarantine 15 Real Time with Bill Maher (HBO)

[Shermann]

Maher flirts with fat-shaming which isn't my style, but I think he's onto an important message here.

Maher quotes a study from Public Health England that people with a BMI of 35 to 40 increase their risk of death from CV-19 by 40%, and it goes up dramatically from there. If accurate, he makes a fair point that the media should touch on this more. Face coverings help protect others as well, but only provide about 5% protection for the wearer as I understand it. That's nowhere near as significant as this.

I've never reached a BMI of 35 but was about 15 lbs over the top of my normal BMI range a month ago. After a month of hellish strenuous exercising I'm only about 5 lbs over now. So I started working on this before the Maher story. Perhaps I have confirmation bias?

[Iggo]

1. Yep. It would come across better if it wasn't Bill Maher.

The point is fair.

But not from Maher.

[Shermann]

2. Perhaps. In any event, this gives me some wind in my sails to plow forward.

My relationship with the exercise bike has been rocky at best over the years. But I'm finding it therapeutic both mentally and physically. After you make the adjustments to socially distance and wear masks, what's next? Wait to fall sick and die anyway? I feel like I'm actively working towards improving my chances of making it even more.

[reader1]

3. late night snack

is my biggest problem, but I do work out 30 min 4-5 days.

[Shermann]

4. "Snack" in the singular?

The plural version gets me every time.

[stopwastingmymoney]

5. The point about if doctors had said that working on our health would help us

I think is really valid. Work on supporting your immune system. Get outside and walk, take Vitamins C and D. Eat your vegetables.

All these things would help us be stronger if we get the virus.

In my experience most doctors don’t value nutrition, it’s sad really.

[Shermann]

6. +1 to Vitamin D

This has been coming up from time to time. So yeah I'm also working on my tan.

I haven't heard too much about Vitamin C recently, but I'm keeping stocked up with fresh fruits the best I can.