Auntie Wang is surprised that Chen Hao no longer touches red-braised pork. He explains how he has kept it up for three months.
Auntie Wang
小陈，今天怎么不吃红烧肉了？
Xiǎo Chén, jīntiān zěnme bù chī hóng shāo ròu le ?
Young Chen, why are you not eating the red-braised pork today?
Chen Hao
医生让我忌口，说我的血脂太高。
Yīshēng ràng wǒ jì kǒu, shuō wǒ de xuè zhī tài gāo.
The doctor put me on a diet, he says my blood lipids are too high.
Auntie Wang
你这么年轻，血脂就高了？
Nǐ zhème niánqīng, xuè zhī jiù gāo le ?
As young as you are, and high lipids already?
Chen Hao
是啊。除了油以外，盐也要少吃。
Shì a. Chúle yóu yǐwài, yán yě yào shǎo chī.
I am afraid so. As well as fat, I have to cut down on salt.
Auntie Wang
那你中午在公司怎么吃？
Nà nǐ zhōngwǔ zài gōngsī zěnme chī ?
And how do you eat at the office at midday?
Chen Hao
我自己带饭。把菜先用水煮一下，再放一点儿油。
Wǒ zìjǐ dài fàn. Bǎ cài xiān yòng shuǐ zhǔ yīxià, zài fàng yīdiǎnr yóu.
I bring my own food. I boil the vegetables first, then add a little oil.
Auntie Wang
天天这么吃，忍得住吗？
Tiāntiān zhème chī, rěn de zhù ma ?
Eating like that every day, can you stand it?
Chen Hao
头两个星期很难，现在习惯了。
Tóu liǎng gè xīngqī hěn nán, xiànzài xíguàn le.
The first two weeks were hard, now I am used to it.
Auntie Wang
瘦了没有？
Shòu le méiyǒu ?
Have you lost weight?
Chen Hao
三个月瘦了六公斤，血脂也下来了。
Sān gè yuè shòu le liù gōngjīn, xuè zhī yě xiàlai le.
Six kilos in three months, and the lipids have come down too.
Auntie Wang
那真不错。晚上你还出去走吗？
Nà zhēn bùcuò. Wǎnshang nǐ hái chūqù zǒu ma ?
That really is good. Do you still go out walking in the evening?
Chen Hao
走啊。一吃完饭我就下楼，走四十分钟。
Zǒu a. Yī chī wán fàn wǒ jiù xià lóu, zǒu sìshí fēnzhōng.
I do. As soon as I finish eating I go downstairs and walk for forty minutes.
Auntie Wang
那明天我跟你一起走，我也该动一动了。
Nà míngtiān wǒ gēn nǐ yīqǐ zǒu, wǒ yě gāi dòng yī dòng le.
Then tomorrow I will walk with you, I ought to move about a bit myself.
Between 忍 and 住 you slip in 得 or 不: 忍得住 (to manage to hold back), 忍不住 (to fail to). 住 marks here that the action holds firm, that it takes hold, and it works the same way in 记住 (to memorise), 拿住 (to hold tight), 站住 (to stop dead). It is one of the most productive complements of result in the language.
Before a number, 头 means "the first": 头两个星期, 头三天, 头一次. It is not replaced by 第一, which names a single rank. English says "the first two weeks" with the ordinal before the number; Chinese puts 头 in front, and the word order is all that changes.
The 斤 is five hundred grams and is used at the market; a doctor's scales count in 公斤, kilograms. A Chinese person talking about their weight often says 斤 in ordinary conversation and 公斤 at the doctor's, and the number doubles from one sentence to the next. Chen Hao is reporting a consultation here, hence 六公斤: six kilos.
