Chiefs Randalling on to svelteness

[Lizzylou]

Hola.
Thought we needed a new thread
Last day at work for me

Well done Bssh on only gaining 1lb holiday weight, am hoping to emulate this!

Senokot is your friend anote. And a mid/end of week weigh in.

Bssh you have been doing some amazing fasting !

Randall, Pilates is fab for toning your abs. And you don't sweat.

I know, I know. I need to get my (sadly non-existent) arse in gear. You're right.

I have watched the DVD you so kindly sent me but it scared me.
I'm not sure I have a 'core', I think it's just cheese.

Chiefs, I love you all. Who else would tell me what the average poo weighs? And Randall I am delighted with the idea that my gain is just 'backed up poo' - one good session and I'll be Elle McPherson, right?

Thanks for the tips - beans, lentils and Senecot are my friend. I'm on my way to buy some.

(oh go on, now my imagination is running riot. Just how did you learned and scientific chiefs agree the weight of an 'average' poo ....I think I have to know)

A few of us may have recorded before and after weights. In the interests of science of course.

Thanks Lizzy. I need to fast to counteract my indulgent weekends. I seem to be doing sub-200 cal fasts recently. What I find interesting is how I can eat around 5000 calories across a weekend with ease and eat next to nothing on fast days also with ease. It's literally mental.

Well hello there chiefs, and newbies!
Been having quite a good time, fasting with BIG randalling... Went to York this weekend on a girlie weekend. The main stress was how to fit in all the food experiences we wanted. I mean, how do you manage to visit a cafe for a poncey breakfast, another cafe that specialises in home made cakes, fruit toast ( fecking awesome by the way, dripping in butter) and scones, pub lunch with platters of sexy bits like humous, cheeses, olives, Italian artisan bread, French restaurants all in a day? Oh, and lashings of wine.
Well I managed it, just for you lot mind, to show you that I am willing to take one for the team randalling wise...
Funnily enough on the Friday morning weigh in ( yes you crazy Monday weighers, never never do that to yourselves again) I was only one pound above my lowest weight ( which is lowest since about a 100 years ago, pre DC). Can't imagine I am that weight now though!
Well done tea re job, I know it's been driving you a bit mad this job search lark, so well done! buzzy I haven't lost stones really, 20 lb maybe which I am we'll happy with. welcome back double!

So we are back to poo again are we?

A really quick one from me, just wanted to say thank you tea for the super fantastic parcel! It arrived this morning and I am so happy with the gorgeous clothes. Going to have a try on later. You are one lovely Chief!

Am back into shredding, still at the stage where it's making walking and stairs uncomfortable. Just got to push through the pain. I will get to day 30 this time and conquer level 3.

Right, will try to keep up with you all but got to go now, using dh phone as his signal is mildly better than mine but he has to go to work and I must shred before picking up dd from pre school.

Have a great Tuesday!

Decided to start again with slimming world today. . I know it like thr back of my hand and think I probably shouldn't change what works eh?

Just finished leftover spaghetti bolognese for lunch. Forgot how lush that carby warm feeling is haha

Hi Chiefs! I am so pleased to say that after moaning about only losing a pound last week, I weighed in yesterday and I've actually lost 3.5lbs - wahey! That was after a Sunday lunch and a glass of wine - balanced out with a walk on Dartmoor though.

I have a new tactic for this diet, which is not to tell anyone except DH that I am dieting. I had a bit of a lightbulb moment on Sunday. It occurred to me that every time I tell another woman (men don't seem to do it for some reason) that I'm on a diet, she attempts to make me eat - 'oh go on, you'll waste away', etc. So on Sunday I ate most of my roast beef and gave some to DH and had no pudding. Just did what my slim friends do and did that hand on the stomach 'oh I'm sooo full' thing. What they mean is 'I don't want to get fat' but nobody ever challenges it. Then at PIL's 'I don't want any cake thanks, I had a massive lunch earlier and I'm still full'. Both times nobody said a thing yet I can GUARANTEE that if I'd said I was on a diet then pudding and cake would have been pressed upon me. What's that all about then?!
Anyone else noticed the same?

Bigknickers what's your wedding dress like? Any pics?

Its a diane harbridge Georgia :-)

argh..I get married in 9 weeks. .dress in 7.. fuck fuck !!!

Absolutely beautiful dress! And structured, so it should hold you in if you need it (which you won't!)

Oh lovely dress Big knickers! You will look amazing, am sure
Well done Monkey, fab loss.

It's the diversity of this thread I love - poo, wedding dresses and the Proclaimers - not often seen in close proximity.

Am doing first fast day today - shredded before leaving home and was ravenous when I got to work - I always have breakfast and would have normally had Belvita biscuits but I made do with water and black coffee and the hunger seemed to go. Have just had Pret chicken, edamame and ginger soup - 137 cals - delicious but very salty - so that's it until dinner.

So far so good but it is only 2.18. Need to keep busy at work bossing people around so the time goes quickly. The good news is there's no food in the office and we're on the 17th floor - so no easy popping out to indulge.

Well done on the loss Monkey - and I think people always want other people to eat cake and puddings - makes their own decision feel better. Your strategy is a good one - gets out of it without seeming rude - no one can challenge how full someone else is.

Proper laugh out loud then at apple .. First fast day and the precise time it is - 2.18. Not that you're watching or anything hey
But seriously that's great start for first fast day, homeward stretch now, and remember ' you can eat it tomorrow' !

Oh yes, very relaxed me. Just emailed my partner to ensure dinner is ready the minute I walk through the door at 7.30 tonight - and it's now 3.45. So I'm barely giving it a thought.

Thanks for explaining the scientific methodology Randall . I needed to know - in the interests of science of course.

Just had two red Lindor chocolate balls - BUT I stopped at two. I realise this may not seem like the cutting edge of disciplined eating to some of you but for me this is positively heroic. And I've still got a few hundred calories left over for supper. This is a very welcome shift in recent eating patterns for me. Before MFP I would happily have scoffed vastly more chocolate and then skipped dinner. Not good, not good at all.

Well done all you losers, and apples hang in there. Not many hours to go now.

I have to say I have been surprised by being taken up the Shard on a trip to London. I was very impressed many years later when Renzo Piano called his building that many years later

buzzy the proclaimers and Glasgae. Honestly. I too am well jel. Though I'd be happy with karaoke.

Great news about the unemployment Lizzy ... after a day at work I'm going to work out how long before I can afford my next gap year. I suspect it might be in 20 years when the fecking children finish uni. Grump.

apples .... not long to go until you get your hands on tea. Yum. It will taste delicious I promise. And tomorrow you can eat what you want.

anote I can, sadly from experience, recommend running for forcing crap through your system. I would like to recommend that you run closer to public toilets that I did.

Ahhhh. The poo weighing period of chiefing. I did a 2 lb piss. I still like to tell people about my 2lb piss if I'm given the opportunity. I have not told my new colleagues about my 2 lb piss yet. I would like to manage a week in paid employement.

Bssh WTF fast day was yesterday. I want to do that.

Sylv you are welcome Chief dude. I thought I'd best send it soon before you diet out of it Some of those are clothes I invested in after I started chiefing.

Monkey BRILLIANT WORK CHIEF!

big it's sooooooo lovely.

I burn 372 calories walking to work and back. This is a good thing.

I did it.. after almost 2 months hiding I faced bootcamp again. I hated it and loved it in equal measure as usual. mud stains.. grass burn...sweaty hair. I.did.it. even though it meant racing home and handing my little one over on thr field to her daddy who met me there. Exhausted.

Do you mind if I share my daily diary - I haven't been able to buy some pretty stationary for food diary purposes yet.

B: orange and apple

2 weetabix and milk

L: pasta and bolognese with peas

S: nectarine.1 bicky and three squares of chocolate.

D: after BC. wild rice, paprika chicken and sweetcorn.

About 5-7 syns today I think.

Good.day. GO ME

Yay Bigknickers. Well done you - boot camp is truly my idea of hell.

Well I've survived my first fast day. And have learnt feeling hungry isn't actually that terrible. And water really does help.

600 calories at the moment. May have to go for one square of chilli chocolate with my black coffee then I'm done for the day.

Feel quite excited that I might be able to do this. And felt strangely powerful during the day. Interesting stuff.

Just NC as I shared too much on another thread!

;)

the first few times I was so angry with myself for putting myself in that position and I was all 'WTF AM I DOING HERE again!' but I do..in a strange way. Love bootcamp. Its so hard its crazy empowering when you make it to the end and is the fastest way to see results fitness and inches. Its scary but they don't yell..its just about improving.

Im pleased ive had a good day..

Last night dp asked me where all the crisps had gone followed with 'what's happening? why are you doing this? I'm worried about you'

I sobbed myself to sleep. We met when I was at my biggest. . supported me through a 5st weight loss and I know he can see right through me when I say im ok. This weight gain is killing me on the inside. . its a horrible place to be..I need to get back in control and stop the self loathing. Im so glad im marrying someone who genuinely loves me whatever. xx

on to tomorrow!

Well done bigknickers and Apples!

grannypants you'll be in slinky thongs in no time, especially with a lovely DP supporting you all the way

Whooooop. Boot camp. Whoooop fasting.

I like both after I've done them they both make me feel powerful, strong, full of energy and invincible.

I just ate chocolate. It wasn't enjoyable. Why?