Chiefs where have you gone?

[DoubleMum]

The thread has disappeared seemingly replaced by a biscuit!

notetofollow I can't no-carb at all. I must have carbs, LOL, but I do much better when I cut them right down.
Mortgage meant to be OK.
Today a nightmare of trying to get freelance writing work and too many people sending me dodgy messages and asking me to rewrite articles on penis extenders.

Hi everyone, how are you all doing? - busy, busy people this time of year??

I hope things are going well for you all- Double? Randall? Lizzy? Tea, Dinky? Anote? Buzzy - anyone out there?

I need to come clean, my weight control has gone to pot.

I bought some new trousers at the weekend that are planned as a key part of my Christmas/New Year wardrobe - black basically, it's slimming apparently. When you dont ask too much of it.

Anyway said trousers are really struggling to meet over the vast stomach that has been steadily expanding since the summer. The stomach that was been given lemon drizzle cake yesterday, sausages and mash and nearly a bottle of wine - not all at the same time, but you get the picture. I've forgotten to hold back.

So my emergency plan is to not weigh, but to reinstate the good habits I had when weight came off and then to try the trousers on every Sunday - I have 3 Sundays in which to make them fit.

And I'm telling you all as a public declaration of intent to make me do it properly. Will have 3 low cal days a week, I never could do the 500 days but around 800 - 900 seems to help. 3 of those and no really obviously crap the other days. I cant avoid a few drinks at various things but I can avoid cakes, biscuits, chocolate etc. None of that until Christmas Day.

I just have to shrink the beast. Anyone else fancy a December challenge?

Hi Apples and all,

Yeah mine too. Actually, tell a lie, I've not put any on but not taken any off either. I did a vegan November (Animal Aid challenge) and didn't have any problem at all controlling my weight while doing that (surprise!!) but equally didn't lose more than a pound or two. I was chuffing peanut butter from the jar, though, so maybe no big surprises there. Was surprised at how easy it was, and it's something I really believe in, so am going to try and keep it up if I can (but I'm learning! Not going to bar myself from or forbid anything, as then I'll crack and chain 18 buttered wispas after a week. Just going to try and avoid animal products rather than Be A Vegan with a big fanfare).

Could really do with keeping some sort of a lid on the scoffing in the run up to Christmas and avoiding the traditional Christmas 5lb. My MIL makes amazing Christmas cake and makes us a huge one every year which I think is responsible for at least 3lb.

Double and Tea - really sorry about the redundancies, how are things going?

Lizzy - still alive? Can't believe you and SDP are managing a day in school on top of these freezing dark mornings. It's nearly finishing me off.

I'm still stuck, back at the pre-birthday high.

I've lost the ability to fast
It makes me properly poorly. I can manage one but I really don't feel great and if I try two I'm fucked. So much so that last Friday I almost flaked out in Morrison's car park .

So no more Randalling. Sad, sad times but needs must. I'll have to go back to my strict 1200 a day and stick to it. No days off anymore.

I wouldn't mind but I'm really not skinny, I'm over 10 1/2 stone for crying out loud!

Looks like I'll have to do it slowly but I can live with that. Ideally I want a stone off, 9 1/2 is where I felt happiest, but if I can get half a stone off by Christmas I'll be happy enough.

Big well done for a whole vegan month btw.
That's seriously impressive.

that's weird Randall re the fasting - you were the master of fasting (mistress, whatever)

Buttered wispas Buzzy? - figure of speech or really a thing??!

Half a stone before Christmas. its 5 Dec, 2 pounds by 12th, 2 pounds by 19th, oh - I'm running out of days

3 pounds by 12th, 3 more by 19th, last one by 24th?

tricky. But we'll try.

I know! I'm so pissed off. My powers have deserted me

Yeah, half a stone is a bit of a big ask but I reckon we can get close.

Sounds good Apples, but don't go at it too hard or you might I would snap and go crazy over Christmas!

Buttered wispas aren't really a thing, you're right... was just trying to think of an example of an outrageous foodstuff that wouldn't make any of you hungry

Randall, sorry about the fasting Chief. I think it does happen to people - I can't fast, I'm totally sold on the weight loss and health benefits but it makes me headachey, faint and psychotic and then I binge and feel worse. Doubt this weather is helping either, these just aren't fasting temperatures are they? More like pie temperatures.

The vegan thing wasn't really that hard for a month - missed milk chocolate and milk in tea for around a week until I got used to coconut milk. Not that fussed about cheese anyway.

Weekend at home with DD2 this week while DH takes DD1 to the football - have said she can choose what we do, so will have to avoid soft play chips no doubt!

What's everyone else up to this weekend?

going at it too hard is not a likely problem for me when it comes to dieting unfortunately - possibly when it comes to drinking, but not when it comes to dieting

busy weekend, shopping, cooking, working, play at school, taxiing DD home from party etc and of course the weekly run in with the 'slimming' black trousers.

i know you're all on the edge of your seat to know how that went.

Well, I can get them on and I can get them done up. But I cant really bend and they are like a giant compression bandage. But being able to do them up gives me hope and next week i'm aiming to reduce the pressure just slightly.

This weather really doesnt help though.

Keep at it Chiefs

Well, highs and lows so far.

I've just managed two fast days on the trott so my skills may have returned after all, but it's a bloody good job because I'm now going for an Indian on Thursday and a birthday buffet thing on Friday.

We shall see if my Randalling but still losing skills are still intact!

Chiefs... Chiefs... I thought I'd done ok over Christmas. Clothes feel fine, didn't think I'd pigged out spectacularly but haven't weighed myself since the 19th. Got back on the scales last night - FIFTEEN STONE TEN POUNDS. Let's see what inroads I can make into that now I'm no longer making inroads into MIL's homemade Baileys and the Roses backlog.

Any Chiefs out there?
I'm back on mfp and determined this year is going to be the big weight loss one.
I hope Christmas was lovely for you all and not too much damage done? I haven't put on vast amounts as I had 10 days of proper lurgy (never ever been so ill). Luckily, I was better for Xmas thanks to Steroids and Antib's but missed parties, Nativity play (though dd was poorly so couldn't go either) and Panto. I did get up country Boxing night and got to play about in the snow which was great, especially for the kids who don't get to see it that often.
Back to work Wednesday so hoping to get back into a good routine.
Going to do the dreaded weigh in and see how many stone I need to lose by the summer.

Hi Buzzy and Sylvs,

I'm here and desperate to get back in the zone. My break was Buzzy style - I couldnt pass food without eating - and cakes, chocolates and alcohol were in abundance.

Poor you Sylvs on the illness - sounds dreadful and hope you're feeling better - but every cloud and all that

I'm now 13 stone 12 and at one point in the summer I was 12, 12. a whole bloody stone has gone on - half of it in the last 3 weeks.

Went back on MFP this morning but just ate some shame making kettle crisps and ginger cake - there's still too much crap in the house. But tomorrow is back to work so food control will be easier.

Would be nice for us all to have some Chiefly support - I'm really going to give it a good shot these next few months and get back in the 12s by March.

Oh, I am totally back in. I'm so glad to find you!
I have been Randalling like a motherfucker.

I reckon it's going to take me at least two months to get back to last christmas's low.
My cup of (self-inflicted) woe runneth over

Soz you've been so poorly, Sylv. Glad you're feeling better.

So is this us back on it then? Is the band back together?

Most definitely back together again
There's still too much crap food in the house but going to get rid by putting it in the kids pack ups now they are going back to school. I will send them off with fruit too, just to appease the lunch box police!
Btw Randall, I had some superb baked Camembert over the festive period and thought of you. the cheese board has been making an appearance most evenings but it will stop now as there's only a little Stilton left.

i've thrown stilton away today -sorry Randall! - only a small piece but its a cheese i dont really like and the cheese board scraps have to go.

Just debating whether or not to dump the mince pies - sell by date is today - i know they'd be fine for a few more days yet but at 200 cals a go they need to go

Apples, I ditched my mince pies earlier. I had the very same thoughts as you but decided I had eaten far too many and enough was enough.

Tweaked my username....I still must get rid of Fat Skirt but New Year, new name minus the fat.

it feels wasteful chucking food away but DD doesn't like those kind of things - which might account for her being a size 8 - and DP and I just dont need the temptation

Next challenge is to stop the nightly tipple. No wine at home until Friday.

I've taken to having a little Irish Coffee in the evening, that needs to stop. Christmas is OVER.

My dream is to be a size 8. A 10 would be pretty good too.

Time to eat less and move more. Eat much less and move a lot more.
I hear Jillian shouting my name from beneath the dusty shelves....

Shove a tin of Quality Street on top of her and stick your fingers in your ears

I have Jillian in mind for next week - not this week - i'm not up to her yet

Don't throw away the cheese. There must be another way.
It's not the cheese's fault.

That is one of my favourite things ever.

This time last year I was an 8/10. I'm definitely a 10/12 at the moment.
That sounds a twatty thing to complain about but honestly, it's a big difference. When you think I only went down 4 dress sizes in 5 1/2 stone you get the idea. Plus I feel bigger, a lot bigger and it's not a nice feeling. Not after I worked so hard. I won't go back to feeling uncomfortable in my clothes. I won't go back to feeling self-conscious and hiding away. I won't. I won't. I won't.

I've done a lot of research and sadly have had to come to the conclusion that, for me, Kate Moss was right - nothing tastes as good as skinny feels. (Apart from cheese, of course. And cider. And crisps. And really good curry)

Two months, that's all I need.
Two months and I shall be back in single digits.

You all read that didn't you?
Because I'm going to need you to remind me of it and keep me on track.
(Jillian can get fucked though)

Jillian will have to make an appearance soon because she works, even though I don't want to get her out the case. I need to see results quickly or I get downhearted.

I'm finding fasting just isn't happening, I can't do it in this job. So serious meal planning and preparing healthy snacks should get around this. It's just making the right choices isn't it?

I think we all need to be kicking each other's arses this year. You can't miss mine at the moment

I want to like Jiliian, I really do, but she was so mean to me when I was fat.
I try to be a good person and not bear grudges but she's making it very difficult.

I know what you mean about fasting. The last few times I've tried it I've really struggled. It's given me massive blood sugar issues and I've literally had to eat my way out of it. Really not a nice feeling but at least it gave me a little insight into how XDH feels when he has a hypo!

I just done two in a row to give me a kick start and it's been fine but I think that's mainly because I have plenty in reserve! From now on I'm going to go back to old school and stick to 8400 per week in whatever form that needs to take depending on circumstances. I can't be trusted to self-regulate doing 5:2, I need to calorie count and log every day.

8400 sounds hardcore - I'm taking the same approach but allowing 1350 a day. I'm fatter so I'm allowed.

in practice it means a few days of c1000 to allow for the drinking days

need to get on MFP properly but quite busy at work today - as you can tell

An objective of arses too small to find to kick should be our plan

I will aim for 1200 with no fasts at the minute.

Tomorrow sees both the children back at school, then I go back on Wednesday (only 5 weeks until half term!). Really not looking forward to going back, I love the job but some of the people I work with are just impossible. However, I have to work so head down and get on with it. I'm sure I will be fine a couple of days into it.....that's the problem with long holidays I guess.

I think I may start the shred tomorrow, not going to lose any inches thinking about it!