Super Hard Chiefs (don't mention the poo)

[DoubleMum]

New thread for chiefs who choose their hard - all welcome!
Moving on from this thread which is full:
www.mumsnet.com/Talk/big_slim_whatever_weight_loss_club/1696110-Calling-all-Chiefs-who-Choose-Their-Hard

Wowzers Tea that's truly impressive stuff. My ultimate goal is 140lbs which is exactly half way in my healthy BMI zone. I honestly didn't think it would be possible but every time I think that I shall think of you. You are my inspiration! If you don't mind me asking how much have you lost in total and how long has it taken?

Stop getting up so early Lizzy, you're making the rest of us look bad. I was sleepy and stroppy this morning because DS woke me at 8:30!

SDP, soz about the arse gravy.

Erm. I was touching 200lbs seven days after DS4 was born which was about 40 months ago. My BFing norks were the size of Rutland.

I lost 53lbs in twelve months to get wed though carb avoidance and resistance training. Then put 4-5lbs back on over next year. I started Chiefing at 150 lbs. I'm at 127lbs now. This time through fasting and cardio, with resistance training.

So 23lbs chief loss and 72lbs total.

I promise I never, ever thought I would be this weight. I didn't think it was possible. My sister looks just like me but is 4 inches taller and is a size 8 and I just thought she had small bones and me big bones. I'm not an 8, and don't think it would suit my ageing skin, but I don't look like two of her in one body anymore I don't think it would have been possible if it weren't for the chiefs.

Honestly, I've just been frock shopping at a vintage clothing shop and it was a pleasurable experience as I had a big choice rather than looking for something that fits.

I'm going to spend the afternoon doing ankle exercises so I can wear heels tonight

Through not though. Gah!

Well done Tea.
Lizzy I have a great mental image of you running around now.
Went to a farm park today and have eaten naughtiness.

Mmmmm. Farm naughtiness. Pigs. Bacon. Cows. Ice-cream. Apples. Cider. Haystacks. Muscular, sunkissed farmhands

No none of those (more's the pity), cheesy chips!

Everything back to normal today thank goodness! We were in Lyme Regis today so dodgy bum could have been a disaster. I did have Fish and Chips but that was at lunchtime and will not be eating a morsel for the rest of the day. Dh and the kids had fantastic ice cream at one of the little shops. Needless to say I was not tempted.

at arse gravy Randall

Hope the ankle exercises help for tonight tea, have a fab time. You really have done so well, and so near your goal. It must be such a good feeling to be the weight you want and looking fantastic.

lizzy I'm sure next weeks park run will be much better than today. No good will come of being awake so early. I am usually up by 6 with dd who refuses to sleep later. Now dh is home I am having a lie in tomorrow, hope so anyway.

double I love cheesy chips, really love them. They are extreme naughtiness though. However nothing is as bad as nearly a litre of ice cream!!

Hope everyone has enjoyed the sun, lets hope it hangs around for longer!

Wow, 72lb, that's bloody amazing!

When I started chiefing I was the heaviest I have ever been by a long way. Way more than after having DS. I wasnt slim before, a large 14, but I lost what little baby weight I gained straight away, left hospital in my normal clothes. (Not as much of an achievement as it sounds, I had horrendous hyperemesis all the way through!)

Them when DS was 4 mo DH was unfaithful and we separated. That was the Christmas before last. Over that year is when I got fat.

So on the 9th of January 2013, I started chiefing. I weighed 209.6lb. I'm currently 154.4lb.

I'm 5'8" so the middle of healthy on the BMI chart falls at 140. That was my goal when I started but if I'm completely honest I never thought that it actually was possible. It was just a number, pie in the sky really.

You've changed my mind. If you can lose 72lb then I sure as shit can lose 70. Blimmin inspirational is what you are!

You are all inspirational, and the only thing keeping me going.

My PILs are giving me the money for a Fitbit for my birthday (bless them), and it came yesterday. I had no idea they were so tiny! Can't believe something so small cost £80. I haven't opened it yet as it isn't my bday yet and am not sure if I'm supposed to.

Just had to google fitbit double. Looks great and bet you can't wait to get started. I'm sure no one would mind if you started using it before your birthday, you need to have a few days at least to play around with it and see what it does!

Randall you have done brilliantly in such a short time. Thinking about that has given me the kick up the ass I need. I've struggled the past few weeks but that's it now. I am going to get back into logging (not sure why it's felt so hard to do), up the exercise and lose this bloody weight.

I think I have become a little complacent. Smaller clothes are fitting and people are saying how well I've done. Thing is I have another 30lb to go to be where I really want to be. Yes I'm pleased at what I've done but its only half the job.
Time to turn up the willpower and get back to mfp.

It's great that people are noticing though SDP.
I have another 100 lbs to go which might explain how unmotivated I feel at the moment, but I try not to think about that!

I do think sometimes it can get harder once you see the results sometimes SDP. In some way it spurs you on but in others it can make you feel a bit complacent iyswim. Plus I think logging really is a habit. Once you're in the habit you don't think about it but as soon as you break the habit you have to start all over again. It's the main reason I've logged every single day since we started. It's not because I love to see my cheese fests in all their glory for the whole world to see , it's because the second I lie or leave something off I know it would be the start of a very slippery slope. I really need MFP to keep me on track.

Double those fitbits sound ace. My friend has one but I've not had a proper play with it. I reckon you'll find it really useful.

I wouldn't have done any of it without the chiefs though. Seeing that thread on that day has changed my life. Sounds a but wanky I know but it's true. Having you all here to kick me up the arse is what's kept me going. Hearing Tea's story has given me the push I need to really think I can do it.

Try not to look at the big picture Double not if it's too overwhelming. Try breaking it down into smaller goals, like a stone at a time or a dress size or something. I saw something on Pinterest the other day that I meant to pin for you.

It said something like "Don't be deterred from a goal because of the time it will take to achieve it. The time will pass anyway."

Think about it like this. If you only lose 1lb a week you'll be at your goal in less than 2 years. Those 2 years are going to go by regardless so think about how you'll feel after all that time if you give up now and you're still the same weight or heavier. Will you bee kicking yourself thinking about what you could have done? Then think about how you'll feel if you stick at it and you're at your goal weight and shopping for new summer clothes. Will you resent spending that time restricting what you ate?

Just a quick flying post as I'm having a mad week.

double you have done so well. You've lost over 30lbs (in fact I think you and I are pretty much the same loss). You've stuck at this for almost 6 months! And if you've got 100lbs to go well that's a hell of a lot better than having 130lbs to go. We chiefs need each other, I'll hold your hand anytime.

Well said Lego!

You are all marvellous
I like the time theory Randall, makes perfect sense.
And I totally echo Lego, Double, we are all here to help and support you

I think complacency sums me up this year. I knew my goal wasn't too much and enjoyed people noticing and feeling fitter. I have 14lbs to get to where I want to be, I need to stop troughing and just bloody do it!

Have gymmed after a relative lie in to 6.30am
Dh got up and went for a bike ride with Ds1 then and ds2 and I snuggled in bed for longer. We do get up very early, but we go to bed very early too. 3.30 is abnormal though!

Aw bless you, you're all lovely.

A day of chores today. We finished painting the shed and discovered why it wasn't the colour we wanted - all the white had sunk to the bottom and we hadn't stirred it. So now a corner of the shed is virtually white and all the rest is darker blue than I wanted. Shall just have to get used to it as it's not getting done again! The corner is hidden by pots anyway.

Chores here too, Double.
Sorting out front garden and I HAVE to do some housework. Place is a pit

Wise words Chiefs. It's so obvious when you hear it yet so hard to keep motivated to get to the end.

However I have logged today and will keep it up. I can't behave myself without it, that has been proved. So back to weighing everything out to get back into the habit. This time next week my inability to log will be a distant memory.

I have spent too many years hating my weight so there's no way I'm giving up now. I would be gutted to get to Christmas having not achieved my goal. So thank you for putting it plainly Chiefs, I will be rocking a size 10 at the Christmas party.

Chores here too and once again I have a mountain of washing. Best get on it.

Love the idea of a shed that changes colour.

Me too SDP . Your fitbit Double looks really, really interesting. I think I might be being stupid. Does it measure how much you're sleeping and the amount of calories you're burning and send it to some scales? I think we've got the scales that go with it. How are you going to use it Double?

Just to add to what Randall, Lego et al are saying. I'm not sure dabbles in NLP - it's an approach to communication and personal development and the like - but when an objective seems too big or complex it recommends chunking it down. That's exactly what Randall suggests .... setting small goals .... doing what's right to get to the end goal. It might involve deciding that the end goal is 100lbs. But that you'll exit 2013 with: 50lbs gone; weathered a difficult period but kept up the healthy eating and introduced fitbit and three times a week walks to your lifestyle. Then you might decide that 2014's objective is to maintain for six months at the weight you've got to but to take up street dance and run 5km . And then before Christmas 2014 you'll loose another 28lbs. etc. etc. There are other goals that are important, as well as lbs off, that need to be recognised and celebrated when you're changing your shape as much as we are.

Both Bssh and I have lost loads of weight but it's gone over a period of time longer than the Chiefs have been around so don't be overwhelmed or think it is an impossible thing. Likewise it is ok to be complacent and take a break but know that it's still a path you want to take tries to justify how long the last 2lbs will take her

I think what Randall's doing is truly inspirational. I wish I had the balls of steel to just have powered through to where I am now but then I wouldn't have met the Chief dudes and frankly, I probably wouldn't have got as far as I have. And being larger for longer was worth it for the Chiefing pleasures.

Tomorrow I'm back to fasting and am going to try to do some gym work around my ankle. I wore wedges last night so that and our walk around Weston-Super-Mud today have my ankle throbbing and fresh bleeding in the bottom of my foot

Ouch, my feet are wincing Tea.
I really needed the talking to. I've had another not-great day today, my willpower seems to have disappeared somewhere. But I WILL get it back. For a start there's some very gorgeous clothes upstairs waiting for me to fit into them.
Alas, I don't really know much about the Fitbit yet, except that you can sync it to your phone and to MFP. YY to the sleep although I won't be using it for that. Really I just want something to tell me that I need to do a bit more today to beat yesterday's total. It's a bit shorter than a USB stick. Amazing.

Bleeding foot? Sounds baaad tea, you be careful.

I have logged properly today! A corner has been turned I feel. Now need to get Ms Michaels to whoop my ass. Will be weighing in at 160 by my holiday. Have had to tweak that goal a bit due to my recent gluttony.

Work tomorrow and fast day. Ds is off school so need to get him to a dr as well. He went to one of those pools with huge death slides etc last week and has been whining about his ears since. Sympathetic Mum here has been convinced it was water in his ear and told him to stop being a drama queen but he is clearly in pain. Feeling the guilts now, doubly so once my parents have looked after him tomorrow.
Looking forward to that one!

double once you get that fitbit up and running I bet that willpower comes straight back, nothing like a new bit of kit to give you a spark.

Whoop SDP

Hey Double I did that. My objective when I started was to do more than the last time. I measured progress in lamp posts to start with wish I'd had a gadget to push me! Such a great idea.

My foot's fine. Tis a mere flesh wound my lord and I have cocodomol