Chiefs where have you gone?

[DoubleMum]

The thread has disappeared seemingly replaced by a biscuit!

Well done Double!

Apples - it always makes me laugh as people at work are always if I go to the Lakes/Scotland swimming and I always get a lot of "hope you have a thick wetsuit" yet it used to be really common for school kids to do crossings (OK not the length) of Windermere in PE! I have a lot of fat to keep me warm anyway Your Camino thing sounds knackering - but what a fab way to celebrate!

SDP you are a better woman than I if you get up early to shred. You'll get to be Smuggy McSmuggerson all day though (the only good thing about early exercise).

Wine... I'm ok with giving that up for a diet. I'm very much a nothing-or-3-bottles girl so only tend to have it on those evenings when it's a write-off anyway. I usually don't bother if it's just one glass [alky emoticon].

Well, I was sooo tired last night. I was going to exercise, but after doing seven days in a row, I think my body was saying no. So, I had a bath, Curly Wurly and went to bed early think I'm feeling better for it. Im going to run today.
Well done everyone.
I like wine but it doesn't like me very much anymore, so I only tend to have 1-2 at the weekend.
Dinky you obviously do a mean Quorn chilli too
double well done, but listen to your body, you don't want to get an injury early on, it's very easy to do.
Happy Chiefing everyone.

I meant to say apple that DS1 calls my book group the "drinking loudly and laughing a lot group" He doesn't believe we talk about books at all he may be right Although, I can only drink when I host it as otherwise I have to drive.

Have fun drinking wine reading books tonight wise!
Rather silly of me, but am fasting today, and have made hairy bikers masala roast chicken from diet book. Unfortunately I seem to have out some Bombay potatoes from Jamie's empire roast chicken in oven as well... Dontthink think I can have all that for less than 500 cals! Smells fab though.
Will try and be a bit good ish
No excercise again though, it's just too cold, and first week back at work ish... >> slopes off making more excuses>>

Gosh we are very virtuous aren't we.
I have just been to the gym again. All went well except I couldn't for the life of me turn the cross trainer on and was too embarrassed to ask. Stupid I know. I'd actually quite like to go tomorrow too but this £50 GP referral thing only lasts for 16 sessions I think so I didn't ought to use them all up at once.

Dinky, I like your numbers for wine. I'm sure they're the right ones.

I've had a day of proper hard, concentrating in client meetings for work, followed by book club.

My boss made us eat bad things including Nando's but generally the lack of time to eat meant I had calories left for book club wine. So all good. May need to pop round and check out any left over bombay potatoes though

Wise, Randall put me onto frozen curly wurlies - and there was a time they were 4 for a pound in Waitrose. Happy days.

Dinky that dinner sounded yummy. I'll have to get my hairy bikers book out and try that. I'm excited because I am using my new slow cooker today easily pleased to make a beef casserole. It has a timer, so I could put it on beofre leaving for work. The house will smell divine when I get home.
Double shame it's only 16 sessions, are you able to extend that at all?
Apples yy to frozen curly wurlys, they are the best

Why is it that some days you are starving and others just not? Ive had soup for lunch, and even then wasn't particularly hungry and am full, whereas other days i would still be ravenous. I'm supposed to eat some cottage cheese and veggies now, but might save them for later.
I'm hoping to get home early today and do a bit of body weight work before taking DS3 to his first ever Beavers session. Ahh, my baby is growing up!

You're all being so good! I'm shamefully rubbish at exercising, being out of breath makes me all panicky, not a good look for the gym. I did try that iphone app thing but I don't think I did it right as I recorded a grand total of 6 steps and absolutely hammered my phone battery! I know I do enough walking though, a dog and an autistic 3yo see to that, so step counting is a bit of a cop out really. It's proper exercise I need to do.

I've been good all week so have managed to shift 5lb of pure bloat so now the real work begins.

Will be Randalling tonight and tomorrow for a hen weekend so will have to do a couple of fasts next week to make up for it but on the whole all going in the right direction.

You are all inspiring me to do better, keep it going!

Oh, you're here!
I am massive, ate loads, drank loads, did my back in, humongous.
I am chipping away at it, 3lbs off since Monday.

Liiiiizzzzzzyyyy!

How's the job going?
How's the lovely Mr Lou doing?

Randaaaaaaaaaaallll!
Missed you, have no time for mn atm.
Dh now back at work, tentatively. The stroke has unleashed all manner of emotion from him. He went to work appointment occupational health meeting today, they passed him for work and he cried all the way home.

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Wow, back at work already? That's amazing.
I've heard about how 'major events' can trigger all sorts of emotional issues.
There's so much more to it than just the physical stuff isn't there. It shakes the very core of you. Going back to work must feel like a very big step back into 'normality', I'm not surprised he felt overwhelmed by it.

Great big chiefly hugs for all of you x

I'm not weighing until next week. Let's just say I split my vair cool Rita Ora would so wear em troosers across my thighs

I lost 7lbs before Christmas as a result of new job frantic-Itis but after the warm beer, cheese and gingerbread of the festive season my norks run over and so does my newly acquired muffin top.

I think if I weigh next week after a bit of removal of the beer, cheese and cake and some movement then it'll seem achievable again [deluded emoticon]

Hey Double ..... Glad to hear you are enjoying the gym - brill.

Fuck! Fainting in Morrisons. Loosing the ability to Randall

LOL at Jillianing. I got her out in desperation last week too. Yo Dinks. Sylv. And Wise. She is a mean mofo but I find her arms mesmerising and like pretending to be a ninja during the kick boxing. Shame about the rest of it. Boy4 sat on me during the plank and I was left broken on the kitchen floor. I have not done it since. I am struggling with the exercise - working longer hours and commuting long distances again so all my space to move around has gone. I managed 5k today. And am playing my first game of hockey tomorrow in a month. I too am determined.

Ahhhh Rands you got back your super power

Teeeeeaaaaaa!!

Aww, the band really is back together.

I know, the shock faces are warranted. We are in truly sad times.
Although I did manage two this week so clearly I have re-fuelled over Christmas!

New job eh? Sounds exciting.

You did 5k? And that's you being all chubby and rubbish?
You don't change do you!

Impressive progress from MrLou there. Fit for work. Hope he has a good plan for phasing back. Does he mind the increase in emotions? I have a relative whose emotions changed significantly after a heart attack. He weeps at everything, well apart from those things that make him incandescent with rage or so very happy he actually dances. It has taken a lot of getting used to but he doesn't seem to notice. It can be very overwhelming for us though.

Right MFP will also be on the plan this week as you've all inspire me. There is some brilliant chiefing going on. I wish I had slunk back last week.

Lovely to hear everyone's news.

Hey Double. Can you ask the trainers to show you exercises you can do at home to pad out the sessions you've got? 16 sessions is so few really. If it works for you can you ask for more?

Love the chiefs

Erm. Maybe. Erm. Yes. It was so hard my heart felt it was leaving my body. And at one point I thought I might fall over. But you're probably right. I don't change except over Christmas where my sofa developed an arse print I am going to get back to proper fit again. Grrrrrr

BTW I discovered that sweaty Betty running leggings are rendered completely see through if your ass has grown and you bend over to read a child a story in the class room in front of a selection of parents today. Just put more pants on than I did. There was much blushing by them and me!

See? I'd love to be able to do that.
Not bare my arse in front of unsuspecting parents, but the exercising til you're all red in the face and puffed.
I can't handle it at all, I get really freaked out and panicky.

I'd love to just run till my legs won't run anymore but I'd have some sort of jibbering fit.

I'm such a twat

i know I'm a bit of a Chief interloper - I only lurked in all the wonderful early threads, but I have truly felt your journeys with you and am tres, tres excited to see such a good gathering of the clan. The wonderfulness of mumsnet is that I feel emotional reading about Mr Lou, empathetic about Randall's exercise o phobia and love the familiarity of Tea's appetite for fitness (and find it hard to believe the tales of sofa residency and arse exhibition)

I've had a good week, 4 pounds down - I think MFP only thinks its 2 but I've been lying to mfp - I know, I know I'll stop - and I'm rewarding myself with a shameful hour or two on the sofa catching up with Celebrity Big Brother - I am transfixed by the awfulness to katie Hopkins and a hard week of brain power at work calls for some serious trash

OK well having read all that I have a wide selection of images going round in my head now. More bottoms than I'm used to, being frank.
Lizzy, lovely to see you, glad Mr L is on the mend although sorry it's all a bit emotional.
I got it wrong, tis 24 sessions, not 16. That's what I paid £50 for, but it ends after that and I very much doubt we will be able to justify gym membership for me. Not unless someone gives me a swish new job.
I have just eaten lots of cheese which was not on plan. Randall, I thought of you.

Yo, all! ( tries to sound all young and hip instead of a knackered 46)
lizzy lovely to hear from you, so pleased mr l is back to work! hopefully means an nice new chapter! Back to work would most def be a big deal for him so not surprised re the tears. Onwards!
tea you just don't change, 5k is a quick stroll for you I'm sure. Glad to see you still on the gin though!
So.... I got on the scales, after a few good days, as I had not been on them since way before christmas and had just estimated on mfp what I thought I would be. Unfortunately what I was on Friday morning was still 2 fecking pounds heavier than I had put as my post christmas starting weight! Not pleased.
Best get down to it , am off to Nyc for a sneaky few nights sans famille to see my sis who lives there , go in 2.5 weeks so need to lose half stone before then. Dust for me then.....
Awesome result apples can I have some of your loss please?
Have a lovely weekend all.

A frugal weekend spend-wise, but not particularly diet-wise. But not awful. No exercise though!