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

An hour of Jillian?

Oh yes, will be Randalling with aplomb, with some culcha thrown in

I'm sure I read somewhere that Jillian is selling her house for some large sum. I guess she's made a lot of money by driving women to the point of exhaustion!
I'd expect nothing less Lizzy.
Very hungry day today, would have been one of those shove everything possible into my mouth days.

That sounds faby Lizzy! well jel

Tea, I would have bitten your hand off to. Especially after realising this week that all,y work trousers now look like clown pants . I'm 5'8" though.

The combination of Jillain and kickboxing would bring me out in hives.

Evening Chiefs!

I've been missing again the last couple of days, been up to my ears making sugar flowers for a few cake orders. Glad it's all done now, need a good nights sleep. It's near impossible to do fiddly flowers with dd wanting to help so all production has been once she is in bed.

Did a fast again today and aimed for a complete fast. For some reason it's easier to do on a work day (even though I'm surrounded by food). So I had an early dinner then fasted from 5 last night, had a banana at 10 am then sailed through until dinner tonight. Just got to get back into shredding most days and I will be happy.

Just reading back and remembered someone (Randall?) saying about bra measurements. There was a great thread a while back about how to measure yourself properly as a lot of the shops aren't that accurate. It's worth a look, though I very shamefully do not know how to link on here. I now wear a bra that fits, first time in years I have been comfy in one.

Both dh and ds have commented on my weight loss, though ds said he could tell I had lost weight now I was wearing my nice jeans...."You dont look so......um, oh I don't want to say it.." Long pause as he tried to not say Fat.

tea I want to snap your hand off over the clothes but don't think I would be able to shoe horn myself into a 14 or a 12. My next step is to attempt 14's but not there yet. I hope someone can make use of them.

Just under 2 weeks until my London trip. Any recommendations of things to do/ places to eat before we go on the London Eye? Bssh I'm sure you can help here. There's so much we could do but only have the morning and don't want to waste it.

Right off to explain fractions (again) to ds. Though year 7 maths is about my limit. We will end up in an argument as I very patiently explain how to divide them. Wish me luck!

This thread is full of fasters

SDP if the weather's fine I'd simply stroll along the Southbank taking in all the buskers, browsing through the books stalls under Waterloo Bridge, enjoying a coffee and cake in the NFT cafe, lunching on Mexican food at Wahaca (where I regularly blow 2000 calories in one go ). If you have more time you can walk down further to the free Tate Modern.

If you go on the weekend then there's a great food market behind the Royal Festival Hall. Also a great restaurant there called Canteen - good British grub.

Alternatively you could walk the other way up the Southbank towards Vauxhall - go under Westminster Bridge and have a coffee (and cake!) from a lovely waterside coffee stall there with fab vews of Parliament. Actually ogling the awesome architecture of the Houses of Parliament up close (even if only from the outside) is well worth a trip across Westminster Bridge.

SDP, you are fasting whilst making cakes Respect!
I am trying lowcarbing just to shake things up and because once my stomach settled after my bug I was ravenous so thought it was good way to manage appetite.
We shall see.

Today has been awful. If a horse had appeared in my living room I wouldn't have rated its chances.
I second Bssh's suggestion, there's loads to do near the London Eye itself, it's a wonderful part of London. My fave restaurant used to be the Oxo Tower but that was for publishing lunches, it might not be the in place to be now. You can sit on the balcony at the top though, right over the Thames looking to the Houses of Parliament.

Hello all,
Trying another zero fast, al la bshh . Best give me a result tomorrow or I won't be happy
Am away for weekend where I will be fed lots of cake so need to prepare! sdp how lovely to get compliments even backhand ones! Well jell of lizzy randally trip, may joking TEa in the excited from a distance thing.
Right, time for herbal tea number 98 of the day.....

dinky I'm on a zero cal, 36 hour fast today too. My 4th. Finding it difficult today but will try and keep at it and remember that I can always have a 500 cal meal if I need to. Thing is, it's not hunger but greed habit that's making me drool over think about food tonight.

bssh will stick with it, nice to know I have a companion! I did one last week , plus 2 normal fasts and never lost a pound, so will be a bit miffed if nowt again tomorrow. Consoling myself with thought of cheese and wine this time tomorrow night! We can do it!

I attempted my first fast yesterday. 24 hrs from 1pm Tues to 1pm Weds. It was more doable than I'd expected. I'll try it again from time to time I think.

Tea I'm only 5' 4" so would happily take some bits but it really is totally fine if you can't be faffed. Really, really fine.

SDP also recommend just hanging out on the south bank. The oxo tower is fab for a cocktail or two and Tate Modern has quite a nice, reasonable restaurant on the top floor.

Well dinky I'm over the slump. I have to admit that it didn't help that DH texted me from work to tell me he was having a Mexican burrito for dinner. But I've overcome all fantasies of sticking his face in burrito. My mind is clear and I've got a spurt of energy suddenly. So looks like I'm going to not sleep at all last the full 36 hours.

Bssh you rock!

3lb off today finally, that 36 hour zero fast of yesterday finally did it! Roll on the weekend!
Good luck to all you chiefs weighing, we rock!

Yay, Dinky, well done! Great loss.

dinky fantastic news. My first 36 hour fast got me out of a 3 week "stall" and I've been losing ever since. If you don't find it hard to do then it makes sense to prolong a fast by a few extra hours - think of all the accrued health benefits and extra fat burning time (well, that way of thinking gets me through a fast at least).

I lost 2lbs this week (inspite of TOM), so am 3lbs under target goal. Happy with this cause I want to drop a few more lbs to give me wiggle room to bounce up and down a bit without guilt.

Just saw your mfp update bssh , another great result. And agree, it's nice to have some wriggle room, i have another few pounds to go before I can relax!

Well done Bssh and Dinky!
I am the same, despite not really consuming (or keeping in my body) food for 4 days! Never mind, feel good for all the exercise and this is a long haul thing.

Going to be uber strict this weekend with no Randalling!!

dinky and bssh fantastic losses! We should attempt to add up the Chiefs total losses - it'd probably add up to a whole person or two....

Lizzy I've had a few weeks of no loss after being strict then big losses after pigging a bit. There is no sense to this business sometimes. You're right, it's a long term thing - here's to next week!

I wish I was tall. I'm looking at my pile of clothes and wondering whether they were actually meant to be short on the wearer as I don't buy petite

Lego I can so be faffed. PM me your address and I shall feel like the last eight years of collecting clothes hasn't gone completely to waste.

Double and SDP some of the clothes are more giving (I was wearing them when a 16 and six months preggers) so, as I've got loads, how about I pop some of those ones in packet to you guys? Again, if you're interested PM me your address.

SDP arrgggghhhhh fractions. I have a Y6 small boy and I've had to explain them at least 8 times since Christmas. He keeps forgetting. I might just find a pithy couple of sentences and say them to him each morning instead of good morning. May you have survived.

Exciting the trip to London. We're meant to be going in two weeks too - our house swap has fallen through though so I'm awaiting patiently to see whether this job is materialising before deciding whether to fork out for an apartment or go to Warrington for a week's holiday at my parents Tate Modern and the walk there with all the people and a walk about across the pedestrian bridge is a lovely way to spend a morning if it isn't pissing it down and I too recommend being taken up the OXO tower for your birthday the food is lovely

Respect to Dinks and Bssh ... 36 hours - no food. I could not do that. I manage from 7pm to 7pm eat 500 calories and then go to 1pm the next day sometimes but I couldn't manage with nothing. And great losses. Well done Chiefs. You really do rock.

Lizzy I know exactly how you feel. I think apart from the height thing we are body twins. I seem to spend long periods of time lurking around the same weight. I do that carb cutting when I want to kick start my metabolism - not sure whether it's that that works or my TOM going - but it does go eventually.

I have gone up this week after exercising like a loon and one fast day plus quite a restricted diet. So I'm fasting on a Friday. Gah. I hurt. Jillian hurt me yesterday with her kick boxing lunacy.

I have PM'd you Tea. I have a Yr 6 boy too and I don't seem to have been explaining fractions so I'm a bit worried now! With SATS next week there's been constant papers but I've just let him do them. Maybe he's been getting them all wrong.

tea have also pm'd you.

double perhaps your ds is a fractions master and doesn't need any mummy help! Though I can't remember having fraction friction with ds last year. I found bbc bitesize invaluable, explains maths to mums with great success. Also have some year 7 revision books which have helped him (and me) along the way.

Must spend today tidying, cleaning and being followed by a very whingey dd. if she hadn't spent half the night waking up she would be a lot happier today. Ah well only 8 hours until her bedtime.

Will be back later....