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OI CHIEFS! OVER HERE!

997 replies

buzzybuzzybeeshoes · 20/01/2013 14:41

Can't link to this from old thread but thought I'd start a new one as the old one was getting full and kept crashing my kindle.

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DoubleMum · 13/02/2013 16:35

LOL Bssh I was planning to do a fast tomorrow and hadn't even considered that it was Valentine's Day. Guess I'm not an old romantic after all, eh? (Especially since I'm still planning it!)

Lizzylou · 13/02/2013 16:59

Bloody Hell Randall!! Fantastic going Grin

I'm not holding up too much hope for me for tomorrow in all honesty.
I thought I wouldn't be spinning tonight due to snow, but it has cleared so off I go.
Maybe it will magically make me lose 3lbs overnight?

WiseKneeHair · 13/02/2013 17:53

Yay Randall I like the confusion theory.
I'm very impressed with Bssh and Double for still fasting tomorrow.
Grin at the 520 cal cake.
Won't be doing anything for Valentines day, we don't particularly celebrate, although I did mean to get a card on the way home from work and forgot.Blush
Have done my exercise, so mitigated some of the calories from yesterday. Reckon I can still keep it under for the week.
Enjoy step Lizzy

RandallPinkFloyd · 13/02/2013 17:53

It has been a rather up and down week to say the least Bssh so that could be it I suppose.

I may well do something similar (though not quite so bonkers) this week and see what happens. Certainly more fun than being virtuous every sodding day!

I was still within my calories for the week, by the skin of my teeth, so it wasn't a proper 5:2 or anything. I just cut right down for a couple of days before I went and a couple of days when I got back.

Well done to all you exercisers, I think it's fair to say that I failed miserably at that!

juneybean · 13/02/2013 18:00

I've just ate what felt like a huge bowl of pasta (2oz) but am still under for the day Hmm

DoubleMum · 13/02/2013 19:08

I never thought I'd say this but I just ate a huge salad with feta cheese (that needed using up) and I am totally stuffed. I even put some soup on my mfp diary for when DH got home, and I'm too full to eat it. 'Tis most bizarre.

TeaMakesItAllPossible · 13/02/2013 20:44

Randall that is truly amazing.

I am coming to the end of my fast day - I haven't included licking the spoon for the cake I've made the boys for tomorrow. If I haven't lost anything tomorrow twil be the spoon's fault.

Double - it's amazing isn't it! Don't be surprised though if next week you hit a day where you JUST NEED TO EAT Blush.

My DH has come home with a scotch egg from M&S for valentines day. It was brought on his walk home after having not eaten all day! I am distinctly underwhelmed so he has left the house again telling me he has something to do. He is still hungry so I feel a special type of romance coming my way!

I can't wait for breakfast tomorrow. I'm hungry.

DoubleMum · 13/02/2013 20:53

Gosh tomorrow Tea he might bring you a sausage roll!

WiseKneeHair · 13/02/2013 21:24

Love the scot h egg tea
My DH came home and said "Er, I've got something to say...I haven't got you a valentines day card" to which I replied "thank god for that, I forgot to get you one, too" Guess we deserve each other. Grin

GeekLove · 13/02/2013 21:30

Hello chiefs!

I am not looking forward to my weigh in. Thanks to horrid chest infection no exercise for me as have only just got back to work. Also by a wierd combination of effects I am only eating in once this week. I am missing exercise but can just about make it through the day without feeling too rough.

Well done on your losses despite this foul weather.

BsshBossh · 13/02/2013 22:24

Well, considering we're not getting our kitchen back until Friday morning, DH and I will be celebrating Valentine's on Friday instead. So my 520 cal cake meal tomorrow is postponed. Ready meal for my fasting day Valentine dinner. Very romantic Grin.

Lizzylou · 14/02/2013 07:25

Happy Valentines day losers.
Dh got me a chocolate heart filled with Thorntons truffles. Looks fab, will have to share it out. It is a big day here with some life/work stuff coming to conclusion so we are having a takeaway curry. It is fairly momentous though!
Oh and I lost 1.5lbs! Must be the cumbrian breakfasts.

DoubleMum · 14/02/2013 07:57

Well done Lizzy!
DH got his dates wrong so I don't have a valentine's card. Not very impressive really.

BsshBossh · 14/02/2013 08:27

Fantastic, Lizzy! And the life/work stuff sounds exciting and intriguing I am a nosy cow. We'll get our kitchen back tomorrow (hopefully) so Valentine's is postponed. Shame, as I was really looking forward to eating Black Forest cake as my "breaking the fast" meal tonight.

TeaMakesItAllPossible · 14/02/2013 08:36

lizzy that's fantastic. Well done.

I have tins and flowers for valentines day which is suprisingly pleasing as I love baking. I have tried to make the boys a red chocolate cake, ala red velvet cake but the chocolate has over powered all the red food colouring I had in the house. So it is just a heart cake. Will have to do some research into that! And make some pink icing quick! If it makes you feel better double DH only remembered after finding a rose I'd got him and disappeared promptly.

And on the weight loss front I have stuck this week ... but have seen my inches go down ... and inch off each thigh, an inch off my waist and half an inch off my hips. My percentage body fat has gone down 1% in the last week too. So all good but ultimately disappointing. I wonder what it is that makes the weight the ultimate goal because I look so much better but I shall admit to being slightly jealous of my DH who has now lost 19lb and hit his target weight today. He on the other hand is a bit jealous of the impact I'm having on body fat! Oh well. I have a cake to ice!

Lizzylou · 14/02/2013 09:07

Tea, the body fat loss and your lower measurements are fab!
You have to be happy with that!

I am going to try a fast day next week, am out for meals twice over the weekend (will make good choices) so will need a day to rein it in. I quite like the idea and have been amazed at how much food you can pack in for 500cals if you think about it.

bleedingheart · 14/02/2013 09:18

No loss again, however, my trousers are looser so I'm doing something right!

Had lovely cards from all the main men in my life! DS1(5) has written 'I love you 10 million kilograms of sugar'
Very cute!

DoubleMum · 14/02/2013 09:40

Aww, cute DS!
DH sent me an e-card so he is somewhat redeemed.
Luckily some peppermint tea seems to have taken the edge of the raving hunger I woke up with this morning, so fast day is still on track.
Well done on inch losers - if you're losing inches the lbs are sure to follow.

BsshBossh · 14/02/2013 09:44

Well done inch-losers.

TeaMakesItAllPossible · 14/02/2013 09:44

Very cute DS!

You're right. I will be happy with inches this week. Thanks Chiefs.

Lizzylou · 14/02/2013 09:50

Awww, cute DS Smile My two just said I was their Valentine then followed that with "Will you share your chocolates with us?"

Paul Hollywood just answered my question on the online chat.

I am swooning! Smile

DoubleMum · 14/02/2013 10:17

What are you asking Paul Hollywood? Is it about his buns?

WiseKneeHair · 14/02/2013 13:00

Happy Valentines Chiefs.
Double as I've already mentioned, I haven't got anything from DH. If he's a good un the rest of the time, I wouldn't worry about it. My DH did something really romantic this morning - he didn't wake me when he left at 4.30am to
go to work. Grin
Well done on losing everyone, be it weight or inches. I personally would go for the inches rather than the weight as one is numbers on a machine, the other actually affects how you look and how your clothes fit. Actually, if I'm honest, I'd go for both but I am greedy

DoubleMum · 14/02/2013 13:10

I've just phoned my parents to distract me from lack of lunch. Things must be bad.

WiseKneeHair · 14/02/2013 13:14

Double Grin more herbal tea needed, I think.