Super Hard Chiefs (don't mention the poo)

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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

Fasting today, so will link arms with tea and juggles as we drink our endless herbal teas.... Sigh.
lizzy which site, I lurve campsite porn actually, takes me ages to choose, unchoose, change mind, rechoose sites each year. We doing one week at an amazing looking site on dordogne which isn't really in keycamp etc brochures but looks awesome www.soleilplage/ and then week two at www.sequoiaparc.com/. Can't wait!

That would be soleilplage.fr/

Dinky, ooh both look lovely!
We are off Here
Going on 24hr ferry to Santander (so I think I can legimately call it a cruise?) then driving across to France.
We've always done Britanny and Vendee, so being v adventurous this time

They all look lovely. I may waft them in front of DH to see whether I can change his mind about camping before DS4 is 5. Looks perfect for us.

You're all mad. Camping is satanic.

I'M HEALTHY !!!!!

Literally by the skin of my teeth but I made it. 164lb exactly, what are the odds?!

Obese to healthy in exactly 16 weeks, I can't believe it.

Couldn't have done it without you Chiefs, I can never thank you enough, you all rock

Now to tone up and get rid of this next 24lbs, yikes!

I'm soooooooo happy for you Randall

GO RANDALL!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Well done you

Yay!! Well done Randall!!

Randall you are a Super Chief!! Bloody well done. And in 16 weeks...?!! Brilliant

Randall whoop whoop! I bet all your fretting about weigh-in helped burn some extra calories too .

Tea hope you feel more fighting fit soon.

Tiger well done on the running. I'm up to 15 minutes now having added a minute each week. Trying to get to 30 minutes doing it this way but have suffered a "running stall" this week in that my body just couldn't be arsed to run so I thrust it up an incline of 12% on the treadmill instead!

Randall gotta come back to you with another whoop whoop! You are amazing

Go Randall Go Randall
You are amazing. All in 16 weeks as well. You Super Chief!!

Thank you It doesn't seem real yet.

I got on and off the scales about 10 times just to make sure!

Oh god, I have to actually do some exercise now instead of just talking about it don't I.

randall you star you! That is a really awesome achievement, enjoy it today! You really must look incredibly different.
lizzy have always liked the look of that one, and like the fact that you can walk to a resort, as that's not usually the case with those sites. That area is lovely, and will be sooooo much more reliable than up north. I adore Brittany but last time in Carnac where it rained virtually very day, we decided that we would always go further to guarantee weather.
tea, go on do it. It's really not like camping tbh of you get a mobile home r chalet thing, and even tough we have done lots type holidays, these ones are always my favourite, kids just love it!

I am also very pleased to report that The Jeans That Made Me Cry are now actually a little lose!

Fuck you skinny jeans

Great news on the jeans Randall!
And also on the fact that you now have to do the Pilates DVD!
You did say you would

You'll be great at it Randall

and I love that expression fuck you skinny jeans. I may have to go jean shopping to tell all the jeans to fuck off as they've caused me many a tear over the years.

Erm and Lizzy WTF is an oblique? No idea on tummy exercises, my sag has largely gone, I have a pot now but it's firm. I'm not sure what happened. I think it was Jillian what did it and the exercising on fast days. Though it could just be a by-product of losing weight because my norks are very small now

Tea Obliques, the bits on the sides of your belly.

Tea I would kill for very small norks! (Not you, obviously)

Everyday really is a school day.

Ahh, in that case I would say you're going along the right path already. My obliques side bits came in before my belly did. If they're already coming in I'd just keep plodding on and do the plank and some stomach crunches between your weights

Gym gurus ( you know who you are!) tell me how to get rid of the flapping bingo wing look? My biceps are quite good, but my god, still hate my arms cos not tight underneath. They will never be baguette arms ( would sooooo love them to be) but hope I can improve them. Any tips? Very rarely wear sleeveless things cos of my arms and it's v restricting clothes wise....

dinky as you lose more weight you'll find bingo wings reducing alot (mine were the last bit of my body to reduce but they did). Nonetheless, I like using the exercises on this page if you have access to dumbbells:

exercise.about.com/cs/weightlifting/l/blsampletricep.htm

Those dips are hard but great. I do those, plus press ups.

I've been using the heavy ball too - think it's called a medicine ball. It looks like a football but is heavy and hardly bounces.

Stand straight, knees slightly bent, tense core, hold ball straight above head. Bring ball down in one swoop to bounce it, catch it and pull above head again.

number22

The ball is great generally as an introduction to training with a resistance weight. I really enjoy it.

ah, obliques... I now have a name for those pesky saddle bags of chub. I'm starting the Jillian Michaels DVD tonight while OH is away, hoping that will help with improving the midriff area in general. My ankles are too sore for running and i have had the DVD for a while, still wrapped

Dinky I've not used free weights at the gym but i use three of the machines. There is a little picture on the side of each one which shows which muscle group it works. I made a beeline for the one with the highlighted bingo wings . How is your fast going? I've only had water and tea so far but ominous rumblings of hunger have started.

Tea press ups?? I salute you