Confessions of a crisp addict!

So I was sooo busy last night getting everything done I wanted to get done. I:

- Did my bodyattack class.
- Came home made and ate dinner. Chicken stir fry, nice and healthy (ish anyway)!
- Watched an episode of Game of Thrones (one of my obsessions, watching series 3 again in preparation for the new season!)
- Cooked a lasagne and a fruity beef curry for this week's dinners. (this took me about an hour or so but means no more real cooking for the rest of the week which means more time to do other things!)

Because of the cooking, I was really running out of time for the cleaning tasks I had set myself, but thankfully OH agreed to change the bed clothes (this is one of the few household tasks he will do without complaining!!) We just sat down to watch Moone Boy at 9pm and OH's sister rang from Edinburgh, so between us we were on the phone to her for over an hour. So we watched Moone Boy after that and then I was just pooped! Climbed into bed to do some reading and meditation exhausted at about 10.30pm! Yesterday was also almost a NSD...just £1 for a bottle of water in the gym. Something i really need to invest in probably is a good sized water bottle...I am constantly refilling plastic bottles!

So today's plan...I usually attend 5.30 Bodybalance on a Tuesday, however I really enjoyed Bodypump last week and have promised myself that i must try to attend at least one of these per week as I feel that lifting weights is what I really need to be doing to tone up. So I am going to go to Bodypump tonight at 7.15 pm. So I am heading home swiftly at 4.30 pm to eat some lasagne that I made last night along with coleslaw and salad. I have the washing maching timed to be finished just in time for me coming home, so I will hang that out, clean the bathroom, then go to Bodypump. I will try to spend no money!! And perhaps start thinking about packing for my wee trip to Edinburgh at the weekend.

Hello. Just wanted to say I was really tempted by crisps last night. But I had a wee bag of salted peanuts and it curbed the craving really well! Off to Edinburgh tonight to visit friends. There will be looked of indulging I'm sure, but no crisps!!!!

Anyone else ever get days when they feel lethargic with their energy completely zapped?? What do you do to overcome it? Zzzzzz

Hello!

Sorry for the lack of posting. Work has gotten busy and I haven't been using the laptop much at home, so I have found it difficult to get time to post!

Things are going ok this week in relation to a few things:

- I did bodyattack on Monday, bodybalance on Tuesday and a 3 mile run in yesterday (as I have agreed to take part in a marathon relay team. My leg is 5.3 miles). so exercise is going good!
- I have really been feeling down about not decluttering things, so I bit the bullet last night and cleared out my wardrobe, trouser drawer and shoe drawer. I filled a bag for the charity shop and a bag for rubbish. It felt good to do and it literally only took me the time it took to watch Masterchef last night!. So the plan is to work my way through the bra, knickers, socks, tshirts, jammies drawers next. Then start to tackle toiletries and the spare room. Thinking to myself that if I even spend half an hour each evening, i can actually achieve quite a lot in that time! Then I can move onto the bigger things...attic, shed etc.
- Eating in general has been reasonably ok. However Tuesday night and Wednesday night I felt really unwell due to my period and I just wanted to eat eat eat! So I did. But I am over the worst of it now and actually last night was much better. I had a really healthy dinner and the only badness was a creme egg with my cup of tea after dinner.
- Savings is going good! Got my second pay packet from the new job and am really noticing a difference, both in my own savings and in our joint account. I am going to update my signature after the 1st of April, because I am going to do a bit of jigging around between my current account, flexdirect and isa accounts. I also really need to figure out what I'm going to do ISA wise, because the rates are so rubbish! Hoping something better might come up after the end of the tax year??? At a rough guess my savings at the mo are approximately £2300 my money and around £3000 joint account. I know OH has about £5000 saved of his own money...so we are sitting at about £10,000 overall. Would like to have the same again saved at least by January 2015 so that we can realistically start thinking about buying a house. We should be able to do that if things continue as they are, so fingers crossed!

Anyway, off to see a client before heading home. Getting hair cut tomorrow and then a surprise 30th birthday party. Will have to try and eat well and exercise at least a little bit!!

Bye!

Hey guys soooo it's been a while! Just gonna have a wee review of goals:

My own savings: Target: £7000
Savings skimmed off joint account: Target: £3000
Exercise goals: some form of exercise at least 3 x week
Diet goals: lose 1lb per week through healthy eating and exercise
Crisp goals: twice a week maximum!!
Decluttering my home: ongoing!
Keeping on top of house work: ongoing (perhaps with some help from the fly lady thread??)
Grocery challenge: £50 per week for 2 adults
Happiness challenge: to enjoy every day as if it is my last!


So I finished the tax year with £1635 in my ISA, with a good surplus of about £730 in my current account (for emergencies). So in real terms, I'm sitting at about £2000 for the first quarter of the year. So I would say I am on track. Planning to hang on to a surplus of £2500 in my current account throughout the year to reap the rewards from my FlexDirect account each money. Currently feeling confident that I will make my £7000 target (hopefully!)

This should definately be acheivable given the £1500 gift we received last month from OH's parents. There is currently quite a lot in our joint current account (around £2700). I have set up a DD into an online saver of £200 a week in an attempt to ensure this money won't be squandered!!

Exercise has been going reasonably well. However I am running in a marathon relay on 6 May, so have decided that i need to prioritise my running training to try and get a good time on my 5 mile leg! So am running only between now and then!

Haven't been too bad on the crisps, but have decided to go off them completely at least until I get this run out of the way!

I decluttered my kitchen grocery cupboard yesterday! Yay! i would like to try and get some stuff to sell. Will not be decluttering today, but will try and get time tomorrow!

Downstairs was cleaned at the weekend. Need to do upstairs over the next night or two!!

Haven't been strict with my shopping budget, but seem to be managing to keep it in and around £50 a week! Just have to stop eating out and getting take away so much now!

Happiness....feeling happy at the moment and looking forward to a bit of a break at Easter!!