Weight Watchers free trial challenge!!

plzhelpmesave!

hiya all

well done ailuro - you are cracking on with this! Foot better thanks, been at hosebound since yesterday as DD has an ear infection with all the high temperature, snotty nose and clinginess that comes with it, bless her!! had a couple of rough days and nites, and have been a bit less careful with food - to put it mildly!

Supposed to be going away with friends for the first time in years tomorrow - but tbh, will only go if DD is well enough to stay with DH - keep your fingers crossed please!! been looking forward to getting away!

Also been spending a bit of time on the DFW and MFW boards looking and reading other people diaries.... need to knuckle down and sort out our finances, rather than keep telling ourselves that it's alright, it's 0%!! It's still money we have to pay back and me and DH need to start singing from the same hymn sheet on this.

ailuro2

In weight loss, as in debt reduction or mortgage free goals, start with realistic targets and eat the elephant by starting with a nibble on its toes.;)


When I joined the MFi3 challenge 2 1/2 years ago I wasn't convinced we'd get anywhere near to paying off 25K in three years. Yet we did it with time to spare, and ended up paying off the whole mortgage (£27K)
http://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/showthread.html?t=435291
We started with overpaying a little every month and it just kind of snowballed till it was gone. Once you're in the habit of not overspending it becomes second nature to think before you spend the money on something you don't really need. We've been on quite a few holidays during the challenge, so we've not gone without at all - just got everything at the best price we could find.We earn ordinary wages, so it's a real achievement for us.:D

It would be incredible if not mind blowing if I was posting about weight loss in a similar mindset many months down the road...that I didn't believe I could go all the way when I first joined the challenge but I got into the good habit of not overspending my points and it had become second nature to think before I spent points on something I didn't really need. That I'd had my treats but had did the b est I could with points to get the most out of them.

Who knows what will happen?

When we set our minds to do something we can do it if we keep at it, keep on keepin' on, as it were, or 'just keep swimming' as Dory says in Finding Nemo!:j

Plshlpmesave, my DH laughed when I joined the mfi3 thread, he had even more doubts than me, but once we started keeping an eye on the mortgage balance and seeing it shrinking,he started to get on board a whole lot more. Like tracking points, write everything down so you can see where you went right, and where you didn't do so well.;)

Have a good weekend everyone - remember WI is on Monday for most of you. Be good.:beer:

tara747

plzhelpmesave, did you get to go away with your friends? I hope so

ailuro2, another very interesting post - thanks. And well done on the MFi3 success, wow!!!

I am a bit apprehensive about tomorrow's WI as the weekend (esp today) has not been good! Well, it has, and that's the problem.

Anyway! Let's wait and see what happens.

ailuro2

Good Morning

Keeping my fingers crossed for the Monday weigh in.

Good Luck ladies!:j

plzhelpmesave!

Ailuro - you are a legend!! well done on all your massive achievements, for sharing your tips and the support. really good idea about approaching the 2 things in the same way and I have every faith that you will be thin and rich!! thanks hun x

Me, well that's a whole other ball game!! yes tara did get away and had a brilliant time! went out and just had a laff and a good girly time together, so gonna try and make it an annual thing. Ate LOADS though, including a BK fish meal and pasties at 3am - nothing else was open!!

So back on the WW wagon... didn't to to Bums & tums this morning as toooooo tired, but am cleaning up the house as im at home and have a work meeting later so will have to go out - even though i wanna sleep! My sis made loads of food last nite so haviing her leftover biryani tonite, and have just had a desert for an early lunch - or is that a snack???

Will try and only have fruit & yoghurt til dinner time.... Will WI tomorrow when im at the gym - although SP on the home scales says 121.10 - AGAIN!!! keep thinking I will never see that number again..... but it keeps popping up!

NBirdy

3lbs off here - woohoo! Didn't expect that as TOTM today and all the birthday naughties last week. So very happy with that - got my 10% star too

Loss this week - 3lbs
Loss on challenge - 1 stone 5lbs

Next target is to get to 1.5 stone off.

ailuro2

Well done NBirdy - that's a fantastic weight loss, congratulations on getting your 10% too - if you were going to classes you'd get a keyring for your 10% - I've still got mine from a few years back- even though I put it all back on and another 10% or so on top of that! Keep up the good work!!:D

plzhelpmesave - I'll not be thin and rich, but not too fat and not very skint would do me, really it would!:rotfl:

Well done for being honest and owning up to having a blowout this weekend - glad yo had a good time!

tara747

I'm 132.8lbs, put on 0.7lbs this week after my good showing midweek! Raging

tara747

Well done to the losers - and NBirdy, congrats on your star, that is great! Woop woop!

NBirdy

Thanks ailuro and tara! Must admit I find this thread vey helpful with keeping me on the straight and narrow

ailuro2 - my first thought was 'oo I want a keyring!', but then I thought there's no way I want complete strangers or even people I know, to notice it and know that I do WW! Plus if it was on the car keyring then DH (6' 2, very fit and slim) would make me get my own keys cut lol.

tara - pah, how annoying! Any ideas why?