J2Ski Forum Posts and Replies by AllyG

Thanks Tino,
But I'm sure one day you'll find Mrs Tino :D.

Tony,
I know I cheated and put everything down, but you needn't be so grumpy :roll: At least I have a complete list now ready for my holiday.

Snowbandit,
Yes, it's a lucky thing I'm going on the train and the weight doesn't matter :lol:.

Going to bed last night, I realised I'd forgotten to pack my pyjamas! So I've got to do a second edit of my list (I bet pyjamas cost a fortune in Courchevel!). And I never packed shampoo or shower gell because my daughter always puts those in her suitcase together with massive amounts of make-up and girl stuff for herself.

Ally

Snowbandit,
Well done for doing the exercise. I'm trying to lose weight as well. I usually manage to lose about 2 lbs per week, so if you do the same you should manage to lose your 10 lbs by Christmas:D

Ideally I'd like to lose a stone by mid-February for the ski holiday, but half a stone will at least mean I can do up my ski trousers.

Ally

Yes Tino - been married 25 years - OMG forgot those as well!

Ally

Well, if I'm going to write a list of what's in my suitcase, I might as well make it a proper list so that I can print it out to remind me next time I'm packing for a ski holiday, although some of the items will be against Tony's rules.

I have to pack for 9 days because it takes us a day to get to and from London.

1. 9 T-shirts
2. 9 pairs of underpants
3. No bras (I never wear them - most stupid unnecessary item ever invented).
4. Electric toothbrush plus charger and head and interdental brushes and toothpaste and socket converter ( I have a very expensive dental implant and it's most important that I keep my mouth clean).
5. Soap and toilet paper in case they've forgotten to put some toilet paper in the apartment and the shop is shut when we get there.
6. Ditto for a small amount of powder milk and a large packet of de-caffeinated tea (can't survive without tea and caffeine stops me sleeping)
7. My daughter's duvet and cover in vacuum bag (she hates the sheets and blankets they always seem to have in the apartments).
8. First aid bag with blister plasters, normal plasters, anti-septic cream, pain killers, voltarol, lemsip flu strength.
9. 6 pairs of ski socks
10. 1 pair of ski trousers
11. No jacket (because I wear it on the train with passport, lift passes, money, train tickets etc. in pocket)
12. 3 pairs of leggings to wear under ski trousers
13. 3 thin thermal tops to wear over T-shirt and under ski jacket
14. 1 fleece in case it's cold (plus wear one on the train).
15. 1 pair of ski goggles to go over my glasses
16. Prescription sun glasses
17. Neck warmer in case the weather gets terrible
18. No jeans other than the ones I wear on the train.
19. Ski gloves.
20. A towel in case they've forgotten to supply one.
21. Sun cream and lipsalve.
22. Mobile phone charger
23. Gluten free and dairy free food for food intolerant daughter.
24. 9 pairs of ordinary socks.

If I remember anything else I will edit the list - should be quite handy come February.

Edit - forgot my woolly hat! Good job I wasn't really packing and half-way to France now!

Edit - forgot my pyjamas!

Ally

Yes Ian, but more than one pair might be a good idea - I'm betting you didn't buy 6 pairs :D

Ally

That's a good idea. Any spare socks for Ian? :lol:

Ally

Hi Nelly,
Yes, that's the same book - we got ours for free as well when we went ski-ing with Inghams a few years ago ? '07. If you can't find yours you could always buy another one secondhand as well. It took me ages to work out how to do those exercises so I didn't want to have to buy a new book and learn how to do a new set of exercises.

I walk the dog as well - usually about 3 miles per day, one mile each walk, and I do my running while I'm walking the dog so if I've jogged 1/2 mile I've also walked 2 1/2 miles. Eventually I should be able to work back up to jogging the whole 3 miles.

I've been cleaning ditches the last few days - not strictly speaking a ski-ing exercise but it does involve plenty of bending and stretching and weight lifting. I'm trying to get the leaves and mud out of the ditches so that our road will stop flooding. Some of the ditches are on our own land, but some of the work is on the road so really the council should be doing it.

Keep going with the exercises :D

Ally

Snowb4ndit,
That's very cheap. So what else have you got to pay for - just lift passes and food? The lift passes are so expensive now. It's totally unbelievable how much they cost, 7 days for 3 valleys = 267 euros.

Ally