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

Doing a little jig for you here Sylvia. (Can I log it?)
How's it going Bambie?
Major tidying/cleaning going on here in honour of parental visit. Have just sat down for a cup of tea.

So far so good double, 34 pounds down now so am at my pre baby weight again finally. I think I am a little addicted to MFP though as my target keeps changing. At first I didn't think I would ever see 11 stone again and now I am determined to get back to the 10's and stay there. I am quite tall so 9's are a no go for me but would be chuffed with anything in the 10's.

How are you doing this week? I can't believe the glorious sunshine has gone :(

Well done SDP bet you feel brill! Jigging in celebration here, in the almost but not quite sunshine

Hi BambieO

Double hope you are logging all the hardwork on MFP?!

Hope you are all enjoying the start of the long weekend.

Hi shewhojuggles it's good to be back! This is where it all started for me, feels like home

Well done SDP for getting into your pre-pregnancy jeans.

Bambie I'm thinking of changing my target now I've reached goal weight. I've checked all the BMI/healthy weight/body fat charts and am wondering whether I would still look good another 10 lbs down. I'm over 40 now and have a naturally curvy body which Dh and I like, especially now I am officially a healthy BMI. I think I'll step up the weight training as originally planned, continue with the fasting, and take it a lb at a time. If I don't like what I see in the mirror then I'll reassess...

Anyway, let's see how I go.

Hi all. I think I want to live in double's garage as long as there are no spiders although it may not be good for my weight loss! Well done on the cleaning frenzy.
Welcome back here, too BambieO
Also jiggling for SDP for getting into her pre-pregnancy jeans. my youngest is 4.5, do you think I can blame my fat on him?
Bssh I know what you mean. I am starting to look at body fat as much as weight and I think when I get to around where I want to be, I'll concentrate on body recomposition.
I ran my first Parkrun this morning and really enjoyed it. Hoping to do it again next week. Think my next step is to join a running club! Makes me nervous thinking about it, but I think it would be beneficial and enjoyable.
Enjoy the Bank Holiday everyone. Think we are taking a picnic to Clumber park in Sherwood Forest tomorrow, so fingers crossed for nice weather.

Right, I've been a miserable old mopey pants the last few days but am off out Randalling today so I shall pull myself together!

Fantastic news on the jeans Sylvia there's nothing like the feeling of defeating a pair of bastard jeans!

Good to see you Bambie although I see from your MFP that you are doing stonkingly well so in whoops for you

Have a fab rest of the bank holiday weekend chiefs. Onwards and downwards.

Hope you're alright Ms Mopey Pants.

Me too Bssh, although I want to hit 10 stone 10 to give myself a bit of room to play with so a couple more pounds to go and then I will be concentrating on toning and body fat I think, it's all so complicated!

Thanks Randall :) I have been trying really hard so I'm pleased its working, still a bit flabby around the gills though so must try harder over the next few weeks. How are you feeling today, are the mopey pants banished? You are doing so well.

Hi knee! Brilliant news on the park run! And SDP fantastic news on the jeans you must be so pleased

Hope you are all having lovely weekends

Lovely weekend and mostly good, but had a surprise pub lunch today and it involved chips. Naughty!

Haha it's got to be done double :)

Mmmmmmm chips.

This weekend I started off doing a Lizzy and I finished it by channelling my inner Randall.

Wise - that's great a running club and your first park run. I wish there was one near me. I fancy a challenge to improve times.

SDP you look right lovely in your jeans. You go girl and tell em to feck off on your way out of them again and into a smaller size

Yey Bambie good to see you.

Randall hope the Randalling paid off and brought much sunshine and booze to your life.

I did it. I did it. I did it. The 10k. And I did it in 55.26 which I'm pleased with - passed my own expectations massively. And I had energy in the bank at the end to run a mile to catch the train home after a pint of lager to rehydrate with my pals. And if I'd have lined up with the right time at the start I would have been probably a minute quicker as I got caught behind a lot of slower runners for the first 6k. I really enjoyed it. So I'm now thinking of doing a half marathon on my 41st birthday - 16 weeks time. Not sure if that's a stupid thing to do but I will decide by the end of the week when I've invested in new trainers - mine are older than my youngest child and I use them daily at the moment

Unfortunately I managed to wet myself no pooing though when I speeded up to under 8mins per mile during the last 4K. So as well as new trainers I might need to have a look to see if there is a solution to stress incontinence. It is not glamorous being an old fucker

Tea, that time is amazing, truly!!
I wet myself on my first ever sponsored race thing too, was only 5km, but there was a queue before the race and.....
You are far faster than me, truly.

I have spent weekend in a tent in gale force winds with the shits!? When I had nothing left in my body to produce said shits, it went all alienesque belly rumbling and windy. With rotten egg breath. I had no wine due to stomach probs and so didn't sleep for 2 nights, lying listening to howling wind and next tent snoring like bastards. So we came home last night and all is well.

Went on scales this morning anticipating fab loss, nowt. I am seriously considering just hacking off a limb.
Certainly less embarrassing than having explosive squits in campsite loos.

Glad to be back!

lizzy that sounds awful, bet you are v glad to be home and feeling 100% soon.

tea well done, that's fan bloomin tastic impressive running. Was it the one in Bristol? The local radio were talking about it today and I thought of you (running gracefully, not peeing yourself!) I feel your pain there though, just star jumping worries me, wish I'd done my pelvic floors like the mw said. Half marathon sounds beyond impressive, you star!

Hectic work day then barbecue here today. Dh only had dd to look after and has been sparked out on the sofa for the last hour. Hard life eh?

Fasters, tell me something.... Does the fasting day have to be say 7-7 or any 24 hour period? I only ask because I did a trial yesterday/today from 5pm yesterday until 5pm today, just sticking to max 500 cal. I reckon I could do it this way but would struggle starting at 7am for example and going through. Any ideas?

Tea that's fantastic! Really well done you (for the fast running, not the weeing). A half marathon is like science fiction to me.
Sorry you had a crappy weekend Lizzy (pun absolutely intended). I bet the weight all comes off next week though. At the moment your body is thinking 'Bloody hell, we'd better hold on to everything we've got!' Next week when you're less squitty it'll be happier to let go.
Sylvia I always did fasting in the same day, so let's say I had dinner at 6 the night before I'd try to wait until 6 that day to eat anything. I found it was better than splitting it into smaller meals anyway as once I'd starting eating I didn't want to stop at something little. But in the TV programme he didn't do 24 hr fasts, he just confined himself to 500 (600 for men) cals so there's definitely health benefits to that as well.
Have lost 5.2 lbs which am very happy with. That takes me over 2 stone and also over 10% of my body weight so definitely a nice milestone.

Tea that's an amazing achievement. Wow! And here was I thinking, "Oh I can't be arsed to run 15 minutes (my current maximum), I'll just ease my way into today's workout with a 10 minute run." Well, can't do that now seeing your post; gonna have to crack on with the running now.

Double terrific loss, that healthy diet plan of RG is definitely working for you.

Lizzy we've all be where you are, just keep at it, eventually (as you well know) the lbs drop again.

SDP I always do a 24 hour fast cause I find it easier to eat at a single setting. And I try and make that "break fast" meal as close to bedtime as possible so I'm not tempted to overshoot my 500 calories. This means I fast from 9pm on, say, Monday to 9pm on Tuesday. Dr M split his meals but only because he liked eating two meals with his family (and he admitted he found it hard to wait a full 24 hours).

SDP forgot to add, just do it any way that makes it easier for you to stick with. Eventually, as you get more used to fasting, you can build up to a full 24 hour fast. Health benefits are optimum (apparently) around 24-36 hours but any break you can give your digestion would allow your body to repair itself eg 12 hours or 16 hours.

Double, you star! Well done

Bssh, I know and now my stomach has settled I am back down to weight I was before.
I am planning a "Tea" run tonight as well, couldn't have done it yesterday, oh no.

Gorgeous day and I am back at work! Boooooo.

Wowzers Tea well done you, a half marathon next you rock! (Soz about the pissing and all that)

Lizzy gutted you had such a rubbish time in the fair country of mine, I hope you don't bear any grudges and come back soon. I reckons the weight will come off this week, it's probably just post-shits bloat.

Double what can I say, 5lbs in a week is simply amazing, you must be so pleased with yourself. You bloody deserved those chips!

I have Randalled my little arse off for the last 2 days and it was fab. Lovely pubby day with friends on Sunday and spent the day in the sun in Chester with DS and XH yesterday. Had a fat tea in Frankie & Benny's but did loads of walking too so hopefully that offset some of it!

I did 2 fast days Thursday and Friday in preparation and I'll do another 2 today and tomorrow to repent so that will have to do.

I'm not too bothered tbh as the weekend has really lofted me out of the guns. My friends finally noticed I'd lost weight, although they were all shocked at how much. Turns out I really had hidden the extend of my lardiness very well!

Plus The Jeans That Made Me Cry are now so lose that I've invested in a smaller size. I haven't tried them on yet but they have been dubbed The Pants of Motivation. I haven't worn size 12 jeans for well over ten years. Fuck you skinny jeans, fuck you right up the arse!

Lofted me out of the guns? What the frick does that mean?

• lifted me out of the glums!

Oh no Randall, I lived in Wales for 4 years and it very much holds a special place in my heart, have been called Miss Wannabe Welsh
Except for when the bloody rugby is on!

Glad you had a lovely weekend of Randalling and well done you on size 12s!

Fab news on the Pants of Motivation Randall. I expect when you're not looking they'll give the Jeans Which Made You Cry a good spanking.
Very nice that people started noticing at last. Nobody here has noticed yet so I guess I've got at least another stone to go before I can expect any comments. Good motivation to keep on eating the veg though (as long as my bank balance can take it).

Also I was imagining you being fired out of some kind of cannon which seemed rather extreme, so relieved you corrected.

Double that made me lol!

Glad you still love the hills despite its effect on your arse Lizzy however if you really do want to be welsh I'm going to have to have a word with you about your shocking attitude towards our national game

People have only really started noticing my weight-loss once I hit the 3 stone+ mark. I think when you've got a lot to lose it sort of comes off all over so it's not so noticible iyswim. Plus I think people are worried about upsetting the fatty by mentioning it just in case they're mistaken and you're just wearing better clothes!

Certainly my friends were shocked but I think they were more shocked that they hadn't realised how fat I actually was if that makes any sense.

I've always thought, Randall, that I don't look as if I weigh what I actually weigh. But I thought that might be wishful thinking.