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

Oh I'm not in the twelves yet, not sure I ever will be tbh as I'm rather big boned shall we say!

A girl can dream thou

The way you're going Randall 12s will be hanging off you soon!
Tea, I like your plan for 42, may join you
Lilleth you are another fab runner
I don't mind running once I get going and love the results, but am no natural. Built for comfort, not for speed as me old mate told me in 6th form (when I was an old style size 10 ), still bear him a grudge for that.

Have had fleeting 40min gym sesh whilst boys at driving range, was good but that gym is low on weight machines, high on free weights thus crawling with meathead macho types, so stuck mainly to treadmill. Worked on speed and felt v good.

No explosive belly thus far today so fingers crossed that is that!

They fit!!!

It made every single biscuit I haven't eaten since Jan worthwhile. Thanks chiefs, you have no idea how grateful I am for that first thread

Oh and well done to all you runners. I look like an elephant in Lycra when I attempt to run...

Yay for Laundry
Well done you.

And less of the elephant comparisons Miss Slinky!
You have done so well, don't dare talk yourself down (am in scary Lizzy mode)

Yayyyyy Lego! Fantastic!

Ah seriously no matter what tis true. Even if I was a size 8 I'd still be an elephant. I'd love to be good at running, I've downloaded a c25k app so I'm halfway there

Ah brilliant Lego!!! That's so great I bet you are thrilled

Laundry, no, you wouldn't, promise.
If my old PE teachers knew I now ran and enjoyed exercise it would finish them off Everyone has to start somewhere, have a go!
I know plenty of lithe lovelies who would die after 5mins running. Kiss my (decreasingly) fat arse
Us chiefs kick butt.

Right, you weight lifting Chiefs, this is my new free weights routine that I'm going to start from Friday. Aim is to do this twice a week at first then ramp it up to three times a week (lifting progressively heavier) and reducing cardio (running & HIIT) to twice a week. How does it look and can I add/amend anything (I don't want the routine to be longer than 45 minutes as I have a life )? All with dumbbells:

3 sets, 10 reps (only 10 reps cause I want to lift heavy)

Legs
Plie squat (hold at bottom for 30 secs)
Romanian deadlift (slide dumbbells down legs)
Lunge (all reps on one leg first)

Chest/Back
Floor press
Floor flye (hold 5 secs at top)
Bent-over row (both arms together)

Shoulders
Overhead press (one set do arm at a time)
Upright row
Bent-over lateral raise

Arms
Biceps curl (one arm at a time if tired)
Triceps kickback (one arm at a time if tired)

Core
Plank
Dumbbell twist

That looks fab Bssh. So good I am going to nick it!
Great plan.
I think I may invest in some heavier dumbbells as well.

LOVE Dumbbell twists, Romanian deadlifts and Plie squats. No idea why but I just enjoy doing them!

Will you do these at home or in the gym??

Hey Bssh that's brill - I had to go and look at what most of these things are.

Looking good - the only thing I'd add were some hamstring specific exercises [bitter experience emoticon] - perhaps a ball leg curl or something like that. I have found at my advancing age that squatting and lunging without targeting the hamstrings specifically (rather than as a consequence of other stuff) it can give a lower back niggle.

The only other thing I'd say is that when I had a trainer she recommended starting weights with a 5 min cardio burst and breaking up the reps with a burst. So you might go 10 plie squats, 10 floor press x3 back to back. Then do a 30 second sprint or some star jumps or a bit of boxing. If you haven't got the time to do this, but still want to, what you could do is 2 weeks on half of the exercises then 2 weeks on the other half.

On those weeks you can't fit in four sessions I would definitely recommend interspersing cardio and weights in this way.

Lego I run like Phoebe from Friends

I have been through my wardrobe as I've decided I might just stay this size and I've got quite a few skirts/tops/frocks - suitable for work, mainly black - that are in the region of large 12-14 that I was going to recycle but the conversation about how people are changing sizes but still getting smaller has made me think .... does anyone want them? Happy to post on. I'm short and curvy (well I was, now I'm short and got no boobs, a smaller arse but thighs the size of the hulks) so they might suit someone similar (short, not like a green grumpy guy). I thought it might make people feel good about not forking out on clothes for when they're temporarily this size or indeed give someone the start of a wardrobe at their ending size. Some are in great condition. Some probably should go in the bin but I love them. Some have little quirks. Some are quite distinctive. Mainly things like topshop, new look, M&S, topshop, oasis, topshop. Did I mention topshop? Let me know and I'll post them on.

I have just eaten a muffin (bread not cake) and it was delicious. I love non-fast days

Good tips Tea and Lizzy thanks. Yep, will be doing these at the gym (pay an extortionate monthly fee so may as well get my money's worth!). They also have loads of weights so I can lift more without having to buy any myself (we have a basic set but even DH now uses the weights at his work gym).

I get the US fitness magazine Oxygen as it's focus is weight training for women and the routine is from the March edition. It's online with photos too - you need to click through the slides:
beta.oxygenmag.com/Training/Slideshows/Best-Body-Challenge-Month-Three.aspx#slide-1

*its not it's

That's a lovely idea Tea. I would love to say yes but I feel it may be quite some time until I can squeeze into a 12-14 sadly.
Bssh that looks a good routine. I've been looking at weight on amazon but I don't have a clue what I'm meant to be looking for really, what weights do people have? Am not ready (or rich enough) to join a gym yet.

Huzzah! Fuck you skinny jeans

(Bssh, I'm more terrified of you by the day!)

Double we have these at home:
www.amazon.co.uk/York-20kg-Cast-Iron-Dumbbell/dp/B004ELB550/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368092462&sr=8-1&keywords=york+dumbbells

They're great because you can adjust the weights depending on your strength and buy more plates as you need. Argos also do interchangeable dumbbells.

Double say yes anyway, they don't have to be worn immediately .... some of them I was able to squeeze into with some control tights when I was a 16-18. One of them I wore at size 16 18 and six months pregnant. And the rate you're going on the lovely food you'll be there quicker than you imagine

Some of them you may just want to throw straight away. PM me your address and you can have a laugh at what I consider to be style!

Bssh I'm LOLing at the thought of postage and packing on weights but I see it's free delivery with amazon!

Have you thought about wrist weights Double? you just attach them to your arms and legs and walk so you build resistance that way. It's a good way to start and make existing exercise a bit more challenging. If you want to be really cheap and cheerful on weights I still use 2L bottles of water or baked beans - the cans - as weights. If I want to do squats at home I squat holding the toddler or if he's too wriggly I hold a big pack of six bottles of water. I think I read somewhere that 1L of water is equal to 1kilo.

I did wii-fit holding water bottles when I was starting with the exercise (probably when I was about 15-16st and didn't feel I could deal with sweating in the gym) (along with some Pilates to get my core stability into gear)

I suspect some others here are much closer to that size Tea, I should give them first dibs. You're very kind.
Bssh those have great reviews, am going to ask for them for my birthday. I've already asked my parents for money towards a fitbit, my family are going to think we've gone crazy. We've already had my parents to stay for a weekend with no alcohol (we did offer!) and fed them on salad, chicken and roasted veg for 2 days.
Tea I do have some wrist weights (they don't do up around my astonishingly fat ankles, I don't know if they are supposed to), so I'm going for a walk in them right now to balance out the mars bar icecreams I scoffed down a while ago. Don't know what came over me. I bought them for the DCs, I thought, but obviously not. Won't be making that mistake again, and the DCs can have healthier ice lollies anyway.

Tea, I am 5ft 9" or else I would have snapped your hand off!

Just booked a weekend in Belfast for Sept with friends. Bit overexcited now

Those weights do look good, but I am on spending ban now, been bleeding cash this month!

Lizzy is it a Randalling weekend?
Have never been to Belfast, must go sometime.

Sounds brilliant .... Belfast. I'm over excited and I'm not going

I just did an hour of Jillian on some sort of kickboxing lunacy. Never mind fuck you skinny jeans. I wanna shout ... fuck off Jillian.