It really is the festive season – I joined several hundred Santas for a charity 5k run on Sunday. I wore my backpack as a Santa belly frontpack and developed an interesting ‘who ate all the mince pies?’ running gait. So as we get into a time of Christmas parties and extra food and booze, what are your plans? Are you giving yourself a bit of leeway and vowing to resume good habits in January? Or are you showing restraint? Check in in the comments below…

Off to rugby training in a little while, with some long johns under my running leggings, as it’s f..f..f..freezing in the wilds of Bedfordshire tonight. Looking forward to seeing what the other women are wearing; last week we were treated to a rare sighting of pink leg warmers, which for some reason reminded me of this video. (Jesus, it’s bad. I do apologise). What have you been up to this week, fellow checkers? Let us know in the comments below…

We’ve been doing this a long old time, fellow checkers. Whether you’re a recent convert or a long-time…ahem…loser, let us know how your battle against fatness and/or fight for fitness is going. Check in in the comments…

It’s All Hallows’ Eve, so if you’re planning to weigh-in, do it before you scoff the leftover chocs and sweets. Or before you punch a clown.
You can let your fellow Chubby Checkers know how you’re doing in the comments.

Hello, fellow checkers. It’s time for the members of our small – and not perfectly formed, but who needs perfect – team to check in. Tell us how your resolve to eat better/get fitter/lose weight/tone up/drink less/whatever is resolving itself! You know the score – inform, educate and entertain us in the comments…

Chubby Checkers, (new ones, lapsed ones, born again ones) please limber up or lumber up and let us know how your week has gone. Check in in the comments below…

Sorry for today’s tardy, lardy Chubby Checker Check-in. But it’s still Monday, and you know the drill – tell us how your healthy living lark is going. Are you feeling monastic, bombastic, or elastic? Are you heavy-legged or high-spirited? Are you feeling Luke Cage lusty or Blunderwoman blubbery? Check in in the comments…

Er – the song is most definitely Not Safe For Work, people. Unless you want to bring da motherf***ing ruckus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDvqyLxLIO8

It’s Monday, it’s check-in day for our small and imperfectly formed, get fitter not fatter club. Give us some inspiration, some songs good for exercising, some tips, recipes, weigh-ins, updates, or just some general bolstering* (*sounds rude, isn’t rude). Check in in the comments below.

It’s autumn. Time to pack away the excesses of summer and get back on track with our various missions. Whether you want to be fitter, faster, smaller or stronger, this is the place to check in and get some encouragement. New converts are welcome. Tell us how you’re doing in the comments below…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RLtRGGKTc6I

Where I am, it is the last week of the summer school holidays, and ice cream vans are frantically selling their last boxes of Nobbly-Bobblies (don’t get me started on ice cream vans, it won’t end well). So in the UK at least, we are heading towards autumn, the third season of 2016, and the Chubby Checkers are still wobbling on! Well done, those who are still with us, those who have joined, and all those who fell along the way – who are welcome to return. In fact, let’s treat this week as some sort of amnesty. If you’ve sinned in the summer, now’s your chance for absolution. Check in in the comments below…

Back on track with the Checkers this week. We’ve been a bit threadbare in recent weeks (possibly due to holiday season, or maybe just fat-fighting fatigue). Let’s hear where you’re at, and how you’re doing. Check in in the comments below… (I posted this earlier but the site broke for a bit and it disappeared)

Roll up (although you should have fewer rolls by now) and sign in to Chubby Checkers. I’ve been absent this week for horrible reasons, so I’m counting on you lot to have been fighting the good flab fight for me. Update us in the comments…

Another week gone in our quest for healthier living. Apart from the foul experience of being ‘bantzed’ at by a passing numpty when I was out exercising, it’s been a good one – how about you? Check in in the comments below…

It’s Monday, it’s check-in day, and I’m chuffed to have hit a target this week. Check in in the comments below and share your progress, tips, and encouragement – we’re all (well, a handful of us) in this together!

It’s time to sound the Chubby Checker klaxon. Monday is checking-in day at the Afterword’s very own weight-loss/lifestyle change/odd little ‘anythingbutWeightwatchers’ corner of the internet. Please give us a wave and an update in the comments below…

The sun is shining here in England, summer clothes are in abundance, and I’m beginning to think I may be the only person living today that doesn’t have a tattoo (even the lollipop lady’s got one). I’ve got my shorts on and my legs out. I’ve checked, and they definitely are less chubby. How are your pins, people? Check in in the comments below…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr5M4z2kQrQ

Roll up, roll up, it’s time to share your tales tips and tales, blips and scales. The Afterword’s very own weight loss/fitness/personal challengey thingies thread heads into July, so check in in the comments below…