Keeping up appearances.......

Dolphin1

I'm not going to set any formal targets for the first half of Suptember but I will try and be good especially now that I seem to have got in to the habit of moisturising (phew, took some effort though). I will be cheering on from the sides with my pompoms though :j. Good luck!

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Well, it was a wet bank holiday Monday so I have read right through your diary. Interesting reading, you have done so very well paying down your debt, but I can understand where you are coming from.

We moved in June into a 'supported' bungalow.......thanks to a reasonable rent I am in the position that I can pay off the debt we incurred moving.

I did a complicated transfer from one card to another and then an amount from the second card back to the first in order to get 0% deals, one for 6 months and the other for 15 months. Paying £400 a month between the two cards with a fair wind it should all be paid off by Easter next year. It will be so good to have money to spend on ourselves again.

I have booked a cheap holiday in a caravan on Suffolk for a week in late April. We did not get away this year due to OH coming out of hospital just the day before we were due to go. I was so thankful I had paid for cancellation insurance and we got most of the money back.

I will be watching your progress.................

Honey_Bear

Back in the game!

• No computer after 9.00pm; Done.
• Lights out by 11.30pm; I switched it off at 11.03, and I have no idea why I was so tired, but I just couldn't keep my eyes open to read. Very frustrating, I love reading in bed.
• Five fruit and veg a day; Dates, tomatoes, red pepper, peas, mushrooms
• 15 minutes flying a day, sticking to the new schedule: Monday: Dusting/dewebbing; Tuesday: Kitchen; Wednesday: Floors; Thursday: Bath/shower room; Friday: Windows/Paintwork; I've had to re-rder this, because I had the kitchen and the bath/shower rooms on successive days. That's never going to happen. However, I'm now going to have to do one or the other today having done floors yesterday, so just *yuk*
• Drink two glasses of water a day, on top of the 4 fruit teas and at least a pot of decaff coffee. Forcing them down and looking forward to having more energy. I think it's sort of working.
  

HappyNow

Deleted_User wrote: »

Well, it was a wet bank holiday Monday so I have read right through your diary. Interesting reading, you have done so very well paying down your debt, but I can understand where you are coming from.

We moved in June into a 'supported' bungalow.......thanks to a reasonable rent I am in the position that I can pay off the debt we incurred moving.

I did a complicated transfer from one card to another and then an amount from the second card back to the first in order to get 0% deals, one for 6 months and the other for 15 months. Paying £400 a month between the two cards with a fair wind it should all be paid off by Easter next year. It will be so good to have money to spend on ourselves again.

I have booked a cheap holiday in a caravan on Suffolk for a week in late April. We did not get away this year due to OH coming out of hospital just the day before we were due to go. I was so thankful I had paid for cancellation insurance and we got most of the money back.

I will be watching your progress.................

Hello Csarina, thanks for dropping by . Debt free by Easter, that must be a lovely feeling, well done. I won't be able to say that until September 2018 . I love doing the 'credit card shuffle' you mention - it's so satisfying. I have no idea how much I have paid in interest over the years (probably just as well - I'd be sobbing) but I juggle money around every few months now to keep it to a minimum. Even then it was £150 last month, and this month will be more. Ah well, no point me moaning, it serves me right for getting into this mess .

Pop back whenever you're passing - visitors always welcome

HappyNow

Dolphin1 wrote: »

I'm not going to set any formal targets for the first half of Suptember but I will try and be good especially now that I seem to have got in to the habit of moisturising (phew, took some effort though). I will be cheering on from the sides with my pompoms though :j. Good luck!

Ooh, another pom pom waver, excellent! You and Honey should get together for a photo-session. I've been thinking I need an Avator and that would make a great one :rotfl:.
Enjoy your time off, especially the nights away, but remember that just because you're not posting doesn't mean you can stand around eating loads of cake and not moisturising - we ARE watching!

joeyjimbles wrote: »

I've done 15 days on MFP so far and it definitely helps keep me accountable. I even turned down a potential dinner invitation yesterday because I know that if I go I will want to thoroughly enjoy myself and throw calories and caution to the wind and would rather not go if I feel restricted (I've been back and forth on this one but feel happier just not bothering). Its only two weeks but so far, so good.

I'm only on day two and I'm already eyeing up the biscuits! I think maybe 1600 calories was a little ambitious, but I suppose the beauty of MFP is that if I REALLY can't resist I could always go for a run or bike ride to earn the calories. Now there's an appetite suppressant if ever there was one!

We've got a family meal on Saturday and I'm feeling like you - I'd rather not go than either mess up my MFP or feel deprived. I can't miss it though because it's for my parents and I'm driving (and not paying!) so I shall just eat plenty of vegetables and hope no-one notices.

HappyNow

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Happy, did I read that right, that you are sticking to 1600 cal a day? That sounds like virtual starvation to me. I cut out the hobnobs last week by having finished all the ones I'd baked for OH and lost 2lbs. *sigh*

Yes, 1600 maximum. Yesterday I accidentally only had 1489, and I haven't even carried over the missed 111. I think I can last out for a month which MIGHT be enough to make me feel so much better that I decide to carry on, although probably at a higher calorie figure. Or it might make me start pleading with you for that hobnob recipe. DON'T GIVE IT TO ME.
Argh, people here, got to go. Back soon

Dolphin1

HappyNow wrote: »

Enjoy your time off, especially the nights away, but remember that just because you're not posting doesn't mean you can stand around eating loads of cake and not moisturising - we ARE watching!

Thanks, I'll do my best to enjoy the break. I'll definitely try and keep up with the moisturising but can't make any promises on the cake eating . Remember, I will be at home most of the time so I'll be watching too !


I'm only on day two and I'm already eyeing up the biscuits! I think maybe 1600 calories was a little ambitious, but I suppose the beauty of MFP is that if I REALLY can't resist I could always go for a run or bike ride to earn the calories. Now there's an appetite suppressant if ever there was one!

:rotfl: That would definitely work as an appetite suppressant for me.

HappyNow

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Back in the game!

• No computer after 9.00pm; Done.
• Lights out by 11.30pm; I switched it off at 11.03, and I have no idea why I was so tired, but I just couldn't keep my eyes open to read. Very frustrating, I love reading in bed. I never read in bed, maybe I should try it to see if it helps me drop off.
• Five fruit and veg a day; Dates, tomatoes, red pepper, peas, mushrooms DATES YUGH (still not found that vomit smiley). Love the rest though
• 15 minutes flying a day, sticking to the new schedule: Monday: Dusting/dewebbing; Tuesday: Kitchen; Wednesday: Floors; Thursday: Bath/shower room; Friday: Windows/Paintwork; I've had to re-rder this, because I had the kitchen and the bath/shower rooms on successive days. That's never going to happen. However, I'm now going to have to do one or the other today having done floors yesterday, so just *yuk* That sounds a really good way to fly. I'm going to join in if that's OK. So, bathroom today......
• Drink two glasses of water a day, on top of the 4 fruit teas and at least a pot of decaff coffee. Forcing them down and looking forward to having more energy. I think it's sort of working. I think drinking water is habit-forming and somehow I've let the habit drop. When I stopped focussing on it I found my lips went rubbery and I felt dehydrated. There's a new (well, unless I missed it last time) category on MFP for water drunk and I am aiming to get four per day minimum. So far I've done three both days.
  

Loving the flying target particularly. A definite weakness of mine

HappyNow

Dolphin1 wrote: »

Remember, I will be at home most of the time so I'll be watching too !

**blushes slightly, discreetly kicks a smartie box under the sofa, and walks innocently off**

HappyNow

So.... two days into Suptember and going strong.

Finances Spent £3 on a cream cake for Miss Happy on Tuesday, when she came home upset and exhausted after her first day at school (teacher training, not pupil!), worried that she's not up to it. I didn't partake of the cream cake :Abut she really needed to comfort-eat that day. Yesterday was much better apparently and she's looking forward to today. Yay! Wednesday's only spent was when Mr Happy spent £17 on tap parts. It means that hot water now comes out of every tap except the bath, but at least the bath taps look normal now and no-one ever used it anyway. We're all showerers, so I don't care if it never gets mended. No other spends.
MyFitnessPal. Loving it and keeping within the calories. 1459 on Tuesday and 1563 yesterday. I think it's all in the planning. I'm trying to make it healthy as well as low-calorie so getting my five a day F & V is built-in.