Frugal Frump to Fab - 2015

I have bought myself a fitbit, I work in an office sat in front of a computer all day. It's so easy to be busy all day, shattered when I get home but have not moved much. I have renewed my online weight watchers subscription and can link with the fitbit. I have an under active thyroid so weight loss is really slow but I'm aiming to be a size 12 rather than a 14 for my birthday in late June (6 months should just about do it - I hope :rotfl:)

Today I'm going to colour my hair - lots of grey at 37 is not the look I'm after, whilst that's sitting on my head plan is to do eyebrows and paint my toenails.

Tomorrow is wardrobe sorting day I have been keeping lots that doesn't fit because I have intended for it to fit again but I have been given some vouchers so I will hopefully have a choice of things yo wear!

Happy Boxing Day to all our readers!!;) So good to see new people joining in and good to read your plans for 2015. I need to come up with some of my own.


When I joined, I felt like an invisible bag lady now my self esteem is at an all time high. I keep asking myself why I didn't do this before.


I'd definitely say that losing weight was what helped the most, probably because being overweight was what made me most miserable. There are numerous ways of tackling it, I chose Slimming World because it gave me a structure.


We had a quiet day yesterday, just DH and I, DD1 and DGD1. Not feeling 100% as DH has kindly passed on his chesty cold germs. So we had a great lunch, DGD opened her presents (we don't do adult ones any more) and then played cards in the evening. Today everyone's doing their own thing. Teenage DGD is still asleep, DD1 is pampering in the bath, DH reading the paper and I'm catching up with virtual friends!:D

Morning all, can I please join? This sounds like a great idea.
I am going to think about what I want to achieve and then I'll post my plans.
Happy Boxing Day! x

Hi

I'm coming back on board again!!
I've really really got to lose some weight in 2015, as a family we want to go somewhere hot for our summer holiday and I am NOT going looking like I do.
I now have over 6 stone to lose and I think another poster has about the same amount to lose, so perhaps we can support each other.
I hope everyone has has an enjoyable christmas?
Popped to the sales today, it was so busy we didn't really get a chance to look at much, but I did get some black boots for £15 which I needed so that was good.
Will catch up later x

Morning All,

I have woken up sneezing so seem to have succumbed to the cold I have been trying to fight off all week. I think the fact I had to work later than normal last night didn’t help.

Yesterday I took Mum shopping as she goes stir crazy if she can’t get out regularly and there were no buses. I took the opportunity of spending some of my Christmas money – I had £40. I bought a new black leather handbag for £14 and 2 dresses from the charity shop for £4.50 each. The handbag is the perfect size as I don’t like big bags but my old one is too small for all the keys I seem to have ended up having to carry this year – mine, work, Mum, DS. I’d been using a big one I had but it had been annoying me as it was too big. This one is quite compact but fits in purse, card wallet, phone, mini umbrella, 3 big bunches of keys and even my Kindle, has a carry handle but also a cross body strap and everything is separated into compartments so I’m not rummaging for my purse all the time.

The two dresses I bought were both black and white. One is a Per Una jersey dress with long sleeves and V neck which is black with white circle designs on it. It was calf length but I chopped it off under the bust, cut off six inches or so and reattached it so it is now knee length but has kept the swirly skirt. I may turn the bit I’ve cut off into a ruched band to go over the join but it looks ok without it as I wore it for work last night with black tights and black court shoes. It needs a camisole under it to make the neckline less revealing for work but I was pleased with the result. The other is a Phase Eight shift dress with black and white stripes. Unfortunately, it is sleeveless but will look good with a short black cardigan and worn again with black tights. I’d like some knee length black boots with a low heel to wear for work but apart from that I don’t really need anything else. I have already sorted my wardrobe out to get rid of some stuff to the charity shop but need to go through again and see if I can cull anything else as I try to work on a one in one out principle.

My hair is still looking good after using the Babyliss styler. I only wash it every couple of days so haven’t had another go yet. I’ve just got out of the bath and am still in my dressing gown so may go and have a bit of an eyebrow tidy and pedicure before I get dressed.

I’ve drawn up a chart in my new Household Diary/Planner to fill in weight and vital statistics on the first of each month in the hope it will help keep me focussed on getting trimmer. There’s no more chocolate in the house so I’m trying to eat healthily already so that the New Year entry starts off well.

Hope everyone old and new is enjoying their Frump to Fab journey.

Rose