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SUCCESSFUL SEPTEMBER - HERE I COME!
Month's Goals:
- I will be 10st 7lb by the end of September (Start 11st 3lb):- 3/10
Gym and swim three times a week - 5/12
1500 calories average a day/Food Diary - 8/30
- I will complete module one of para legal course:-
Sunday afternoon study session - 0.5/4
- I will stick to my budget:-
Spending diary and discipline
15 NSD's and £5.00 a day challenge.
8/15 and £90.00/£150.00 so far. (4 Mystery Shops - £47.00/ 1 Survey - £3.00/ Internet Coupons - £40.00)
- I will be organised:-
Post here each day, and do it, not just view it - 11/28. (two days away)
Today's Challenges:-
07.00 - 08.00 - RB/TD/Exercises/Dress to shoes/Family organised/tong hair
08.00 - 09.00 - Kids to school, [STRIKE]Lolly lady work[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]09.00 - 09.45 - Banking[/STRIKE]
09.45 - 10.30 - Gym shoes and outfit
10.30 - 12.30 - Hair appointment - [STRIKE]Plan menu for week and shopping list[/STRIKE]12.30 - 13.30 - [STRIKE]Lunch watching Australia's Biggest Loser[/STRIKE]/Exercise
[STRIKE]13.30 - 13.45 - Online grocery shop - £50.00 max[/STRIKE]
13.45 - 14.45 - Hour on Cupboard -[STRIKE]Daily Record Lego [/STRIKE]14.45 - 15.45 - [STRIKE]Lollypop[/STRIKE]15.45 - 16.45 - Study
[STRIKE]
16.45 - 18.00 - Jn spelling homework - Lentil Soup - Evening routine.
18.00 - 22.00 - Family time - Bk.
22.00 - 23.00 - MSE time
[/STRIKE]
Remember
1. Gym kit with outdoor clothes
[STRIKE]2. Buy daily record for star wars lego coupon - going now - snk biscuits[/STRIKE][/STRIKE][STRIKE]4. Prepare gym kit during evening routine for quick exit
3. Pay in four cheques
4. Set up standing order to Tesco CC
Diet Day
[STRIKE]
Meusli - 400 calories
Salmon and veg - 400 calories
HM lentil Soup - 400 calories
[/STRIKE]
Not sure if it is a good idea to press on today. debating giving in to this chest infection or seeing if I can fight it off. Will opt for fight at the moment, just stuck an ugly concoction of fresh lemon juice, bronchial mixture and a fizzy vitamin C tablet down me.
Ended up going to my bed for most of the day. Still did mean it was a no spend day, when originally it was going to be a big spender! Going to move hair appointment and gym clothes to next month.I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Scrooge you would be proud of my pukka pad, has more crossed out than not !DC.
"Some people walk in the rain... others just get wet... " - Roger Miller0 -
SUCCESSFUL SEPTEMBER - HERE I COME!
Month's Goals:
- I will be 10st 7lb by the end of September (Start 11st 3lb):- 3/10
Gym and swim three times a week - 5/12
1500 calories average a day/Food Diary - 8/30
- I will complete module one of para legal course:-
Sunday afternoon study session - 0.5/4
- I will stick to my budget:-
Spending diary and discipline
15 NSD's and £5.00 a day challenge.
9/15 and £90.00/£150.00 so far. (4 Mystery Shops - £47.00/ 1 Survey - £3.00/ Internet Coupons - £40.00)
1 debt in 100 days challenge - Started 11th september 2009 - Clear Overdraft by 9th December 2009 - 0/£872.02
- I will be organised:-
Post here each day, and do it, not just view it - 11/28. (two days away)
Today's Challenges:-
[STRIKE]
07.00 - 08.00 - RB/TD/Exercises/Dress to shoes/Family organised/tong hair
08.00 - 09.00 - Kids to school, Lolly lady work - Jn's spellings
[/STRIKE]
09.00 - 09.30 - Study legal course
[STRIKE]
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts work
12.30 - 15.30 - Rest to try and get rid of bug
[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
15.30 - 17.30 - Cupboard
17.30 - 18.00 - Tea - Pesto Pasta and peppers
[/STRIKE]
Remember
[STRIKE]
1. Gym kit with outdoor clothes
2. Buy daily record for star wars lego coupon
[/STRIKE]
Diet Day
[STRIKE] 2 slices of toast - 400 calories[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Cheese sandwich and crisps - 600 calories[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Pesto pasta and peppers - 500 calories[/STRIKE]
Just going to do what I absolutely have to today to stop life descending into total chaos, still feeling lousy.
Done my menu planning and on-line shop - managed to come in at £40.00, which I am pleased with.
Saturday - Roast Beef and trimmings
Sunday - Prawn Stir Fry
Monday - Vegetable Burgers and chips
Tuesday - Spagetti Carbonara
Wednesday - Beef in red wine - dauphinois potatoes
Thursday - Lentil Soup
Friday - AwayI learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
SUCCESSFUL SEPTEMBER - HERE I COME!
Month's Goals:
- I will be 10st 7lb by the end of September (Start 11st 3lb):- 3/10
Gym and swim three times a week - 5/12
1500 calories average a day/Food Diary - 8/30
- I will complete module one of para legal course:-
Sunday afternoon study session - 0.5/4
- I will stick to my budget:-
Spending diary and discipline
15 NSD's and £5.00 a day challenge.
9/15 and £95.00/£150.00 so far. (4 Mystery Shops - £47.00/ 1 Survey - £3.00/ Internet Coupons - £45.00)
1 debt in 100 days challenge - Started 11th september 2009 - Clear Overdraft by 9th December 2009 - 0/£872.02
- I will be organised:-
Post here each day, and do it, not just view it - 11/28. (two days away)
Today's Challenges:-
[STRIKE]08.00 - 09.00 - MSE catch up - DT/BR and Exercise[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]09.00 - 10.00 - Dress to shoes - organise family[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE][STRIKE] 10.00 - 11.00 - Downstairs clean up - one wash on and out[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE] 11.00 - 11.30 - Rest Come Dine With Me[/STRIKE]
11.30 - 12.30 - Upstairs clean up - change bed in DS room
[STRIKE]12.30 - 13.30 - Lunch watching Monty Hall[/STRIKE]
13.30 - 14.30 - Hour on cupboard
[STRIKE]14.30 - 16.30 - Restoration sleep for sore chest[/STRIKE]
16.30 - 18.30 - Study session - PL and [STRIKE]TW[/STRIKE]18.30 - [STRIKE]19.00 - Evening routine - organise for Sunday [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]18.30 - 22.30 - X factor - DH makes roast for tea[/STRIKE]
Diet Day
[STRIKE]
Meusli - 400 calories
Baked potato and tuna - 400 calories
[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Roast Dinner with wine - 800 calories[/STRIKE]
Remember:
[STRIKE]Online shop arriving between 12.00 and 14.00[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Check to see have enough star wars tokens[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
Card for Carole in bag
Jn to thank Christeen for sweets
[/STRIKE]
Going to pace myself today as still feeling rough. An hour's work and an hour's rest, see how that goes.
OK day considering still feel lousy, had a bit of a banshee moment, when realised as fast as I was tidying up, everyone else was creating a tip. The troops rallied around a bit then, but I shouldn't have to lose it.
Will do things in red tomorrow.I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
SUCCESSFUL SEPTEMBER - HERE I COME!
Month's Goals:
- I will be 10st 7lb by the end of September (Start 11st 3lb):- 3/10
Gym and swim three times a week - 5/12
1500 calories average a day/Food Diary - 8/30
- I will complete module one of para legal course:-
Sunday afternoon study session - 0.5/4
- I will stick to my budget:-
Spending diary and discipline
15 NSD's and £5.00 a day challenge.
11/15 and £195.00/£150.00 so far. (4 Mystery Shops - £47.00/ 1 Survey - £3.00/ Internet Coupons - £45.00/ Insurance work - £100.00)
1 debt in 100 days challenge - Started 11th september 2009 - Clear Overdraft by 9th December 2009 - 100/£872.02
BFD - 1/11
- I will be organised:-
Post here each day, and do it, not just view it - 13/28. (two days away)
Today's Challenges:-
[STRIKE]08.00 - 09.00 - MSE catch up - DT/BR and Exercise[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]09.00 - 10.00 - Dress to shoes - organise family - wash on and out[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]10.00 - 14.00 - Family time[/STRIKE]
14.00 - 15.00 - Upstairs clean up - change bed in DS room
[STRIKE]15.00 - 15.30 - MSE catch-up[/STRIKE]
15.30 - 16.30 - Hour on cupboard
16.30 - 18.30 - Study session
[STRIKE]19.00 - 19.30 - Evening routine - organise for Monday[/STRIKE]
Diet Day
[STRIKE]
Meusli - 400 calories
Cottage cheese sandwich and apple - 400 calories
Prawn Stir Fry - 500 calories
[/STRIKE]
Remember:
Getting better, but low energy levels. Not up to tackling red items, will re-schedule for tomorrow.
Spent the time working through a complicated insurance claim, which will bring me in £100.00, so really pleased with that. Also converted some excess prawns into a fish pie for tomorrow, so that will save a couple of pounds too.I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Get well soon scrooge..DC.
"Some people walk in the rain... others just get wet... " - Roger Miller0 -
SUCCESSFUL SEPTEMBER - HERE I COME!
Month's Goals:
- I will be 10st 7lb by the end of September (Start 11st 3lb):- 3/10
Gym and swim three times a week - 5/12
1500 calories average a day/Food Diary - 8/30
- I will complete module one of para legal course:-
Sunday afternoon study session - 1/4
- I will stick to my budget:-
Spending diary and discipline
15 NSD's and £5.00 a day challenge.
11/15 and £195.00/£150.00 so far. (4 Mystery Shops - £47.00/ 1 Survey - £3.00/ Internet Coupons - £45.00/ Insurance work - £100.00)
1 debt in 100 days challenge - Started 11th september 2009 - Clear Overdraft by 9th December 2009 - £100.00/£872.02
BFD - 1/11
- I will be organised:-
Post here each day, and do it, not just view it - 14/28. (two days away)
Today's Challenges:-
[STRIKE]
07.00 - 08.00 - MSE catch up - DT/BR and Exercise - DTS/Org family
08.00 - 09.00 - Kids to school/Lollypop
09.00 - 09.30 - Study session in car
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts job
12.30 - 14.45 - Cleaning Job
14.45 - 15.45 - Lollypop[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
15.45 - 16.30 - MSE break
16.30 - 17.30 - Literary circle with Jn
17.30 - 18.30 - Evening routine/fish pie - organise for Tuesday
19.00 - 20.00 - 20/20/20 Gym Class
20.00 - 21.30 - Sauna with new novel[/STRIKE]
Diet Day
[STRIKE] Meusli - 400 calories
Salad with yesterday's leftovers - 400 calories[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]Fish Pie - 700 calories[/STRIKE]
Remember:
[STRIKE] - Cheques for school trip and dinners
- Mk takes photocopying to work
- Post letter to Santander[/STRIKE]
Another week, almost the middle of the month, seems to have gone on forever. Tomorrow I'm going to do a mid month review to ensure I hit goals. The weight is not shifting as quickly as I would like, so looks like I might have to try a drastic diet for the last few days of the month, we shall see ...I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
SUCCESSFUL SEPTEMBER - HERE I COME!
Month's Goals:
- I will be 10st 7lb by the end of September (Start 11st 3lb):- 3/10
Gym and swim three times a week - 6/12
1500 calories average a day/Food Diary - 10/30
- I will complete module one of para legal course:-
Sunday afternoon study session - 1/4
- I will stick to my budget:-
Spending diary and discipline
15 NSD's and £5.00 a day challenge.
12/15 and £195.00/£150.00 so far. (4 Mystery Shops - £47.00/ 1 Survey - £3.00/ Internet Coupons - £45.00/ Insurance work - £100.00)
1 debt in 100 days challenge - Started 11th september 2009 - Clear Overdraft by 9th December 2009 - £100.00/£872.02
BFD - 2/11
- I will be organised:-
Post here each day, and do it, not just view it - 15/28. (two days away)
Mid Month Review:
On Target
- Going to Gym as planned
- Sticking to menu plans and calorie intake
- NSD's well ahead of plan
- Budget and £5.00 a day well ahead of plan
- Very organised month -feeling much more in control
Needs Attention
- Weight sticking at 11 stone
- Falling behind on study schedule
Plan
- Kick start metabolism with British Heart Foundation 3 day diet - 22/23/24 September
- Working full time from 22nd for two weeks at Accounts job covering Manager. Very quiet. Will do two hours studying each day of her holiday, and complete module 1 on Sunday 27th September 2009.
Today's Challenges:-
[STRIKE] 07.00 - 08.00 - DT/BR and Exercise - DTS/Org family
08.00 - 09.00 - Kids to school/Lollypop
09.00 - 09.30 - Study session in car
09.30 - 11.00 - Meet Elaine[/STRIKE]
11.00 - 14.45
[STRIKE]
- Collect currency from HBOS
- Spend free book token
- [STRIKE]Set up new S/O for Tesco 0% CC
- Set up new S/O for Santander 0% CC[/STRIKE]- Change S/O for HBOS
- With free vouchers - Asda
- Card for Anna and pressent
- Popcorn for tonight
- Pop in to see Anna
- Pick up recorded delivery parcels from Post Office
- Make sure all washing is done for weekend away
[STRIKE] - Ring Christeen
- Eat sandwiches and coffee in park
- Phone CPS to check still registered
- Ring Christiana to see if she is OK[/STRIKE]
- DVLA Green form from Shirley
- Get insurance organised and send R/D copy in Tesco
14.45 - 15.45 - Lollypop
15.45 - 16.30 - MSE break
16.30 - 17.30 - Maths H/W with Jn
[STRIKE][/STRIKE]17.30 - 19.30 - Evening routine/Spaghetti Carbonara - organise [/STRIKE]for [STRIKE]
Wednesday
[STRIKE]19.30 - 21.30 - Family movie night - The Day When the Earth [/STRIKE][STRIKE]
[/STRIKE]Stood Still[/STRIKE]
Diet Day
[STRIKE] Meusli - 400 calories
Tuna Sandwich and crisps - 450 calories[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
Apple - 80 calories
Salmon Baked Potato - 500 calories
[/STRIKE]
Remember:
[STRIKE]- Forest School Today - wellies/waterproof clothing/water bottle/trousers[/STRIKE]
Need to stick closely to plan today or I will forget some essentials, and the whole pack of cards could come tumbling down. Fiddly day today, but would be great when accomplished.I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
SUCCESSFUL SEPTEMBER - HERE I COME!
Month's Goals:
- I will be 10st 7lb by the end of September (Start 11st 3lb):- 3/10
Gym and swim three times a week - 6/12
1500 calories average a day/Food Diary - 10/30
- I will complete module one of para legal course:-
Sunday afternoon study session - 1/4
- I will stick to my budget:-
Spending diary and discipline
15 NSD's and £5.00 a day challenge.
13/15 and £205.18/£150.00 so far. (4 Mystery Shops - £47.00/ 1 Survey - £3.00/ Internet Coupons - £45.00/ Insurance work - £100.00/ Hour Unplanned Overtime - £10.18)
1 debt in 100 days challenge - Started 11th september 2009 - Clear Overdraft by 9th December 2009 - £100.00/£872.02
BFD - 2/11 - 1BG
- I will be organised:-
Post here each day, and do it, not just view it - 16/28. (two days away)
Mid Month Review:
On Target
- Going to Gym as planned
- Sticking to menu plans and calorie intake
- NSD's well ahead of plan
- Budget and £5.00 a day well ahead of plan
- Very organised month - feeling much more in control
Needs Attention
- Weight sticking at 11 stone
- Falling behind on study schedule
Plan
- Kick start metabolism with British Heart Foundation 3 day diet - 22/23/24 September
- Working full time from 17th for two weeks at Accounts job covering Manager. Very quiet. Will do two hours studying each day of her holiday, and complete module 1 on Sunday 27th September 2009.
Today's Challenges:-
[STRIKE]
07.00 - 08.00 - DT/BR and Exercise - DTS/Org family
08.00 - 09.00 - Kids to school/Lollypop
09.00 - 09.30 - Study session in car
09.30 - 12.30 - Accounts Job[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]12.30 - 13.00 - Photocopying in Tesco and Post Office/Energy Lightbulbs/Figs[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
13.00 - 14.40 - Clean house right through/clothes organised for trip
14.40 - 15.30 - Lollypop
15.30 - 16.15 - MSE Break[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
16.15 - 17.30 - Pack bags for weekend away
17.30 - 18.30 - Evening routine/Veg Burgers/Chips - organise for Thursday
19.30 - 21.30 - Body Pump Gym Class - Swim/sauna and book
[/STRIKE]
Diet Day
[STRIKE] Meusli - 400 calories
Feta and Tuna Salad - 450 calories[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
Vegetable Burgers and Chips - 600 calories
Apple - 50 calories
[/STRIKE]
Remember:
[STRIKE]- Gym clothes for Jn[/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
- Wash gym clothes for me
- Phone Paul about leaving early Friday
[STRIKE]- Check flight times for trip [/STRIKE]
[STRIKE]
- Pull together passports/currency/details/insurance
[/STRIKE][STRIKE]- Shirley green DVLA form[/STRIKE]
Busy couple of days ahead, as will be working full time+ tomorrow. Need to get everything organised for trip away, today, to avoid stress.
Focus.
Update: Just kept going and got nearly everything accomplished. Really couldn't be bothered to go to Gym tonight, but forced myself. Although the class was extremely tough, I survived and feel strangely energised tonight. Discovered I have triceps! Also for the first time my zip on the Adidas 3/4 length trousers, bought in fitter, skinnier times, didn't burst open. Progress indeed.I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel afraid, but he who conquers that fear.0 -
Scrooge whats this BHF diet ? Off to investigate.DC.
"Some people walk in the rain... others just get wet... " - Roger Miller0
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