Keeping up appearances.......

Honey_Bear

Dolphin1 wrote: »

Update for yesterday...

1) None eaten :j. Yay!
2) Just over 12,000 steps :j (most of them in the rain). Wow! Talk about devotion to duty, and above and beyond and all that. Just wow.
3) Light off at 11.30pm . *tsk tsk*
4) No spends on other people :j. Well done.

Really not feeling it today but will soldier on.

You're probably weren't feeling it because of the lights out thing. I always think I'll get away with it, that it won't matter and I always feel like carp the next day. Still, you've been doing so well this month I think we can sweep that one under the carpet.

Great to see you poting again, Joey. Enjoy half term.

:wave: Happy. I hope things are calming down.

Dolphin1

Honey_Bear wrote: »

You're probably weren't feeling it because of the lights out thing. I always think I'll get away with it, that it won't matter and I always feel like carp the next day. Still, you've been doing so well this month I think we can sweep that one under the carpet.

I think you were right, I was really tired yesterday but had an early night last night and feel much better today. It just goes to show that the lights out target has been set for a good reason.

Dolphin1

Update for yesterday (despite the fact that I was tired)...

1) None eaten :j.
2) Just under 12,000 steps :j.
3) Light off at 10.15pm :j.
4) No spends on other people :j.

I'm quite pleased with how this week has gone and can see a difference on the scales. I have a meal out tonight so I am going to have to be extra good today and over the weekend if I don't want to jeopardise what I have achieved this week. Not sure I'll be able to resist dessert tonight though .

Honey_Bear

• Meal plan from existing stocks as much as possible every week. Shopping list written alongside meal plan for next week. I like this system. Dolphin, we have exactly the same meals four nights a week every week because we love them, it's the other three that are mix and match. I now have a list of about a dozen meals that I can slot in those nights, some of which OH cooks (omelettes, he's brilliant at them) and some only I can cook (spiced bean burgers). It means he can choose what he wants to cook or eat sometimes - yesterday the choice was spag bol or chipolatas, both from the freezer. The other alternative would be to have a two week meal plan, or just slot one extra meal idea in and move everything forward a day. Has your OH got any suggestions for meals he's like added? Is he willing to cook one night a week? I seem to remember seeing a three week meal plan at a school once, which seemed like a good idea.
• Clear desk gibble daily Auntie May's tea service has been temporarily boxed so it's off the desk. It's been in the attic ever since I was given it, about 23 years ago. On Sunday I served chocolate mousse in it, which felt really good. And yes, I did wash it up before it was used. Honestly, the things people think about my lack of Flying ....
  
• Stop ****ing swearing. Fine £1 a word for each ****ing occurence I think yesterday was the first swear free day so at least sometimes thinking before I open my mouth is starting to happen.
  
• Identify and contact five outlets for each working day in February, so that's 21 in all One more call made, One more sample pack sent out - I like a 100% hit rate. Next county next week. And you're right, Dolphin, it's taken two years to make me pick up the phone and cold call, and despite it being a targetty goal thing several times last year it just never got done. I think this is my last chance, really because I'm going to have to splash out a bit more money this year if I want to carry on with it as a busines idea and I wanted the spendy thing to be fully worthwhile - which means finding more customers.
  
• 15 minutes s a day flying five days a week. Helps if you turn the fridge off before you try to defrost the icebox. I thought it was taking rather longer than usual.
  
• No sugary stuff one day a week for the first week, two days a week for the second week, three days a week in Week 3 and four days a week in Week 4. Sugar-free and very, very boring as a result. I might resort to peanut butter later; it seems to be that or cheese. This will not be a weight-loss month, obviously.
• No computer after 9.00 pm (except my ipod so that I can choose my night-time listening) and lights out by 11.30 pm Success at last.
  
• 5 fruit and veg a day Thank goodness for beetroot juice.
  
• Electric toothbrush once a day. Done.

Dolphin1

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Meal plan from existing stocks as much as possible every week. Shopping list written alongside meal plan for next week. I like this system. Dolphin, we have exactly the same meals four nights a week every week because we love them, it's the other three that are mix and match. I now have a list of about a dozen meals that I can slot in those nights, some of which OH cooks (omelettes, he's brilliant at them) and some only I can cook (spiced bean burgers). It means he can choose what he wants to cook or eat sometimes - yesterday the choice was spag bol or chipolatas, both from the freezer. The other alternative would be to have a two week meal plan, or just slot one extra meal idea in and move everything forward a day. Has your OH got any suggestions for meals he's like added? Is he willing to cook one night a week? I seem to remember seeing a three week meal plan at a school once, which seemed like a good idea.

Thanks Honey Bear, our meal plan is already fortnightly and like yours it is only fixed for four (sometimes five) nights per week so that we can be a bit more relaxed on Friday and Saturday nights. OH doesn't so much moan about having the same thing (he wouldn't dare) but he does comment however when I ask him if there is anything in particular he would like he has no ideas at all.

OH would be happy to prepare tea occasionally although I have more time and I am very conscious of what we are eating to get a balanced diet so I try and keep him away from the kitchen as much as possible. His idea of a meal would be pizza and chips or cottage pie and chips or pretty much anything with chips and loads of carbs.

Honey_Bear

We allow ourselves fish and chips on Friday and very occasionally we go to Wevverspoons on Tuesday for steak - wiv chips, obvs. I love chips.

Dolphin1

Update for yesterday...

1) Chocolate pudding with ice cream for dessert last night at the meal .
2) Just under 14,000 steps :j.
3) Light off at 11.00pm but it was Friday so it doesn't matter :j.
4) Sent the £10 birthday money to my niece but it was in the budget so no extra spends on other people :j.

Honey_Bear

Honestly, Dolphin, if you weren't posting I don't think I would, so thank you so much for keeping me on the straight and narrow.

:wave: Happy. I hope things are okay with you - sending you *coping vibes* in case you need some.

• Meal plan from existing stocks as much as possible every week. Nothing to add.
• Clear desk gibble daily I don't mind a bit of clutter building up on the weekends - it all gets scooped up first thing Monday morning and dumped in the in tray. Must go through that at some point.
  
• Stop ****ing swearing. Fine £1 a word for each ****ing occurence Just in case I'm letting the odd word slip out I'll bung in some shrapnel, but honestly I don't think I have sworn over the past two or three days. Oddly, when someone I'm used to having free and frank conversations with dropped in the other day I noticed they were swearing and I wasn't and I felt a bit guilty, which was totally weird.
  
• Identify and contact five outlets for each working day in February, so that's 21 in all No phone calls due on weekends. Good-oh. The truth of it is now that I've started this humungeously dreaded job it's nowhere near as grim as I thought it would be - isn't that always the case? Two years I've been procrastinating. Thanks Happy - without your thread I would probably never have got past this dreaded job, and whatever the final outcome - that's another fear conquered. :j
  
• 15 minutes s a day flying five days a week. I love the weekend!
  
• No sugary stuff one day a week for the first week, two days a week for the second week, three days a week in Week 3 and four days a week in Week 4. First week that should have been totally sugar-free but wasn't quite - 0.9kg lost. Does rather go to show just how much of the pure white and deadly I was eating, especially as I've allowed myself to scoff cheese when I had sugar cravings.
• No computer after 9.00 pm (except my ipod so that I can choose my night-time listening) and lights out by 11.30 pm No computer, so that's helpful.
  
• 5 fruit and veg a day Tick. Fridays and Saturdays are usually my weakest days, so I'm chuffed with that.
  
• Electric toothbrush once a day. Not done; pure laziness.

Dolphin1

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Honestly, Dolphin, if you weren't posting I don't think I would, so thank you so much for keeping me on the straight and narrow.

I have really been 'in the zone' this week and it has paid off on the scales so I just need to keep it up.


:wave: Happy. I hope things are okay with you - sending you *coping vibes* in case you need some.

*coping vibes* from me too!

• Meal plan from existing stocks as much as possible every week. Nothing to add.
• Clear desk gibble daily I don't mind a bit of clutter building up on the weekends - it all gets scooped up first thing Monday morning and dumped in the in tray. Must go through that at some point.
  
• Stop ****ing swearing. Fine £1 a word for each ****ing occurence Just in case I'm letting the odd word slip out I'll bung in some shrapnel, but honestly I don't think I have sworn over the past two or three days. Oddly, when someone I'm used to having free and frank conversations with dropped in the other day I noticed they were swearing and I wasn't and I felt a bit guilty, which was totally weird.
  
  That is weird but I think that you should be very happy if this target gets you out of the habit of swearing. I don't swear very often but when I do, it sounds awful and I regret it straight away. It's usually when I'm annoyed with something or someone.
  
  
• Identify and contact five outlets for each working day in February, so that's 21 in all No phone calls due on weekends. Good-oh. The truth of it is now that I've started this humungeously dreaded job it's nowhere near as grim as I thought it would be - isn't that always the case? Two years I've been procrastinating. Thanks Happy - without your thread I would probably never have got past this dreaded job, and whatever the final outcome - that's another fear conquered. :j
  Excellent :j.
  
  
• 15 minutes s a day flying five days a week. I love the weekend!
  
• No sugary stuff one day a week for the first week, two days a week for the second week, three days a week in Week 3 and four days a week in Week 4. First week that should have been totally sugar-free but wasn't quite - 0.9kg lost. Does rather go to show just how much of the pure white and deadly I was eating, especially as I've allowed myself to scoff cheese when I had sugar cravings.
• No computer after 9.00 pm (except my ipod so that I can choose my night-time listening) and lights out by 11.30 pm No computer, so that's helpful.
  
• 5 fruit and veg a day Tick. Fridays and Saturdays are usually my weakest days, so I'm chuffed with that.
  
• Electric toothbrush once a day. Not done; pure laziness.
  
  :naughty: And I thought you were on a roll with this .
  

You are still doing really well :T.

Dolphin1

Update for yesterday...

1) A meringue with cream in the afternoon and some chocolate sponge with cream in the evening (so not a great day but I will get back on track today.
2) Just over 12,000 steps :j.
3) Light off at 11.15pm but it was Saturday so it doesn't matter :j.
4) No spends on other people :j.