Out with the old, in with the new: the January NSD challenge

dollybeads

lilylass wrote: »

Me too! It's totally addictive & I've been trying to quit. I did a rough calc and figured I spend around £500/year on it so need to get it stopped. Any suggestions welcome!

Me too, its my absolute addiction, plus 3 others at work drink it so we keep each other going. I only like the cans not bottles, sounds insane but I can taste the difference (honest). Will cut back to 1 tin a day rather than the usual 6 as at the moment :eek:

I would really like to join this challenge to keep me on track. Have had 2 NSD so far this month and would like to aim for 10 being new and all. Sleep well everyone, its work tomorrow booooooooo

suzie_wong

kerri_gt wrote: »

I don't drink a lot of coke/diet coke, but I can tuck away an alarming number of cups of tea a day - it's not unusual that I get into double figures :eek: The worring thing is that I have noticed sometimes I get splitting headaches and think that this could actually be from lack of caffeine - do any of you guys suffer in the same way?

Not really- I have always been a headachey person, but due to tiredness and stress more than anything else. I do get serious cravings for a ciet coke mid-morning, as many people do with coffee/ tea. The other times I could probably cut back, but don't know what to replace it with. I like water with meals, but find it a bit boring at other times.
I usually have 3 cans of diet coke a day, sometimes 4 :eek:

suzie_wong

dollybeads wrote: »

I only like the cans not bottles, sounds insane but I can taste the difference (honest). Will cut back to 1 tin a day rather than the usual 6 as at the moment :eek:

Not sure I can cut back to 1- but 2 is a possibility!! There are specific times I have a can- mid morning, when I'm cooking the tea, and later in the evening. I need to break the habit of one of them first- I guess the evening one is the obvious one to cut out first. Will let you know how I get on!!
The only times I ever went off diet coke were when I was pregnant- and that's a bit of a drastic way to cut back! :rotfl:

Tixy

Just another 1 NSD to declare for me (today) taking me to 4 please Spoon.

I had tried to plan saturday to be free of spends but then went shopping with my mom, pleased with my purchases on one level but not strictly sure I needed another pair of boots - to add to the 25+ pairs I already own (not to mention all the shoes, sandals, trainers etc). Maybe I should count and list them all and keep it in my wallet to look at next time I see some nice footwear. Actually I've just remembered I bought 2 pairs one was a new paid of walking boots though and they were reduced to £15 so I could probably justify those a bit easier.

ehallett

Another NSD for me today so I am up to 7 for the month.

Emily xx

solventsoon

Tixy wrote: »

Just another 1 NSD to declare for me (today) taking me to 4 please Spoon.

I had tried to plan saturday to be free of spends but then went shopping with my mom, pleased with my purchases on one level but not strictly sure I needed another pair of boots - to add to the 25+ pairs I already own (not to mention all the shoes, sandals, trainers etc). Maybe I should count and list them all and keep it in my wallet to look at next time I see some nice footwear. Actually I've just remembered I bought 2 pairs one was a new paid of walking boots though and they were reduced to £15 so I could probably justify those a bit easier.

More boots, Tixy

solventsoon

kerri_gt wrote: »

I don't drink a lot of coke/diet coke, but I can tuck away an alarming number of cups of tea a day - it's not unusual that I get into double figures :eek: The worring thing is that I have noticed sometimes I get splitting headaches and think that this could actually be from lack of caffeine - do any of you guys suffer in the same way? I've had three such headaches Wed - Fri afternoons this week - same time each day which has got me wondering whether I should try to cut down? (also wondering if it is eye strain from the computer but I don't feel any pain/headache around my eyes at all)

It's possibly the opposite, kerri, too much caffeine - there's a lot of caffeine in tea and, if you drink builder's brew, there's more caffeine in that than in coffee...




Re diet coke, I used to drink loads of the stuff... but cut down by watering it down slightly with sparking water. It tastes a bit odd to start with but I quickly got used to it and diluted it more and more. I used to add some lemon to it to disguise the slightly odd taste. I had a real caffeine addiction from it, now I can take it or leave it.

Hope that helps

Tixy

solventsoon wrote: »

More boots, Tixy

To be fair Spoon, these were the first ones I have bought this year......:undecided

solventsoon

thriftyfairy wrote: »

Hi all, This is my first post on here, I am new to this forum. I would like to sign up to this challenge. I am aiming for 10 NSD's this month. Today is my first NSD. Woo hoo, I haven't spent a single penny today. I am excluding rent,council tax,bills and rainy day savings.

Hi and welcome thriftyfairy, good to have you on board. I'll add you, and your first NSD:j:j:j to the front page now. Good luck for the rest of the month:D

thriftyfairy wrote: »

Thanks for the warm welcome! I just have a quick question:
Do we report back each day that we have a NSD, or add it all up at the end of the month?
Sorry if thats a silly question.
Thanks,

There are no silly questions here, thriftyfairy, as you will learn when you've been here a while:D. I think BM may have answered your question below but basically post as often as you need/want to.

BigMummaF wrote: »

Eh-O ...have you been fitted for your strait-jacket yet, or have you been lucky enough to avoid Mistress Spoon? Not saying we are all but some are more obviously so than others

Now, BM, that's not very nice... you're giving the newbies the impression I'm as mad as a box of frogs:D, are you trying to frighten them off?:rotfl:

BigMummaF wrote: »

To answer your question, most of us find it helps to report in daily; I do usually but I've been spending time with me muvva whose been a bit fragile with one bug or another It helps to concentrate the mind if you are able to pop in every day, particularly at the beginning. Any way you choose to do it tho is fine & Good Luck. Give us a shout whenever you're passing..

BigMummaF wrote: »

On my honour, I was only thinking of you t'other day LfV & wondering where you & Pure Dead Dopey had got to Now it seems Cheryl's gone awol too:( but it's lovely to have you back

PDD isn't posting on here at the moment, she's moved to another forum. Hopefully she'll be back though, fingers crossed. Not sure where Cheryl is, I think she was working a lot though..

BigMummaF wrote: »

I've another two to add on my total bringing it up to 6, but today I had to replenish the bread bin at home. Un/fortunately we were in the supermarket at the right/wrong time & I snaffled a fair few whoopsies in the bread aisle especially. Plus, because I was home so late this afternoon, I succumbed to frozen roasties & yorkies Ah well..Mum is feeling brighter & really, that's all that matters...

Good news about your mum, glad she's on the mend:T

solventsoon

Tixy wrote: »

To be fair Spoon, these were the first ones I have bought this year......:undecided

Well.... in that case, I'll let you off Tixy:D:D