Keeping up appearances.......

Dolphin1

Update for yesterday...

1) To have at least 15 NCDs - No crap eaten so now on 5 NCDs. :j I now need 10 days out of 13 to hit target. It's going to be tough especially with 2 weekends in there but I'll keep trying.

2) To meal plan at the end of the week for the following week - All done for the week. :j

3) Be in bed by 10.00pm and light out by 10.30pm Sunday to Thursday - In bed at 10.05pm and light out at 11.25pm :eek: so not quite!

4) At least 30 minutes walking during the day - 50 minutes done (1 x 20 minutes & 3 x 10 minutes). :j

Honey_Bear

Seasidegal58 wrote: »

I might have deduced where you are. If I'm right then in order to wave to me, your telescope must point south, then twist around to point east and then again to point north! I think...................:D Back on the treadmill on Tuesday!

I waved. Not sure if you saw, but I waved.

Dolphin1 wrote: »

Well, I am feeling a lot better today than yesterday and far more motivated. Post-holidays blues have gone thankfully. Glad you're feeling better. We all look forward to holidays but I'm not so sure they're that good for me, and it sounds as though you're a bit iffy about them in reality too. It takes a lot of organising to go away, travelling there if it includes flying is now a right pain in the bum, lovely time, followed by all of that in reverse. Because of that I no longer look forward to holibobs, and prefer a long weekend here and there, but even that's pretty disruptive so there has to be a jolly good reason for me to want to go away now.

Yesterday's update...

1) To have at least 15 NCDs - Nope, so still on 4. But there's still a lot of month left, so you'll do this.

2) To meal plan at the end of the week for the following week - Delivery arrived yesterday and I have done some tweaking of my plan so I am now set for the rest of the week. Meal planning is one of those jobs that if we get our head around it, takes about 10 minutes max to do properly. Why I spent years not knowing what I was going to be cooking, which used to be at the back of my mind all day, fretfully, until about 7.15 when I went into the kitchen - I've no idea. Is doing it making life easier for you?

3) Be in bed by 10.00pm and light out by 10.30pm Sunday to Thursday - Slightly better than the last week but still not at target, bed at 10.15pm and light out at 11.15pm. Reading, or screentime is just too tempting. It just is. Keep at it.

4) At least 30 minutes walking during the day - 20 minutes done (2 x 10 minutes). Have you got a route that you could tweak to add five minutes to that walk, or would it require another walk to meet your target?

Not quite there but feel better about my chances today though.

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Honey_Bear

HappyNow wrote: »

So, for today:
Back to 1400 calories daily, to include 5 x F & V. Fail. There was a lot of talk about pizza on here this morning. It led to things. Also we had visitors today so I'd felt obliged to buy cake. I wasn't sure what they'd like, and Tesco Finest cakes were on offer, so I bought one lemon drizzle, once chocolate and one carrot. They didn't want cake so now I have a cupboard full. So far I've kept it to two slices but it's VERY tempting. I LOVE this! We all know you should chuck it, or freeze it, and we also know you're going to share it with anyone who'll eat it with you! And you're right, it was all the talk of pizza wot made you do it!!
Six glasses of water daily to rinse away all that fat and sugar. Probably 2-3 max again, although plenty of fluids in tea and Pepsi Max. It's obviously a lot harder to stick to just water than it first appears. Why is that?
Only one bottle of wine per week, and the wine-week starts Fridays Tick on this one *phew* One tick!
At least seven hours in bed each night. I had a really late night last night, which resulted in me falling asleep in the chair today. Not looking great for tonight. I've yet to discover why this is such a battle, too, but every night I want to carry on reading. Who was it who pointed out that as children it was a punishment to be sent to bed early, and now it's my/our idea of heaven!
Stop pretending I've forgotten the Level 1 flying. *preen* all ok here It's amazing how much one can get done with the threat of guests!
No non-essential spending Not been out at all so not an issue. You're so much more self-disciplined than me then - I find it dangerously easy to spend money online.

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Honey_Bear

BalanceBy50 wrote: »

Targets Monday's updates
1. Do not borrow from small saving pots - Hmm I called into Sainsbugs for Polos shirts for the boys and bought 6 tops for myself which were badly needed and most were in the sale. I spent £36.50 which I think is a bargain and £8 on two lots of polos which were £8. I only had £15 in the clothing pot so took £20 out of house pot and £10 out of holiday pot. There is nothing in these pots now. I have made the decision as I don't need that money at the moment that I won't repay. Having cash lying around is fatal, I've discovered, much like having bars of chocolate. If it isn't there, I can't spend/eat it - but if I can get my hands on it, that's the end of my Good Intention. I bet the tops look fab, though, and if they were needed, they sound like good value.

2. Check for surveys on a daily basis. Fail - worked all day and evening There's always tomorrow (well, today now, I supposed.)

3. Lose 3.5lbs per month Tuesday is weigh day and I have smashed this target. I have lost 4.5lbs this week Oooh, well done!

4. Step target of 60,000 Yesterday I did 8,889 steps out of my 60,000 target so I am 14.8% o f the way there That's a lot of steps for one day. Were the 8,889 your normal amount, or did you have to go out of your way to do them?

5. Have a 12 hour eating window Was doing well until I decided to have a slice of bread and butter on my way to bed - not needed at all but a massive downfall of mine If the bread's there .... See issues around cash and chocolate lying around at GI 1.

6. In bed and lights out by 11pm and up by 7.15 on weekdays This target is really important to me as I take ages to fall asleep and my littlest hobo can be up anytime from 6 so then I doze with him in bed next to me. Last night lights out at 11.30 and I got up at 7.32 as I am working from home today I knew I would save time not having to put my make up on It makes a massive difference to all of us if we are not rushing in a morning Sounds good.

7. Deal with all post and letters from school on the day it arrives.Some forms to fill in for school and after school club so fail Probably too many at once, it being the start of the term and the start of the new academic year. It'll slow down soon to a trickle.

8. Do one thing a day towards getting the house to where I want it.Need to write a list for this Then writing the list is the first 'one thing' that needs to be done!

So quite a few and a mixed bunch really but hoping this will ingrain good habits!

Thank you for letting me join in

Welcome aboard!

Honey_Bear

• To have hit 63 kgs at some point on the scales over the course of the month which will require a steady downward tragectory. Nothing to see here. Move along everyone.
• 15 minutes Flying per day. Nothing yesterday, masses today with the result that I'm absolutely cream-crackered. Windows. That's all I've got the energy to say.
  
• Stretches after each dog walk. Still need a bit of self-discipline about this.
  
• Clear one paperwork Frog each week ([STRIKE]minutes[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]tax return[/STRIKE], stocktake freezer and food cupboards). Gained another job. Five hours of legal compliance training notes to type up, and not a single word of it can be skipped. *sigh* I'll probably never get round to typing up the interesting ones, like Will Hutton's talk, simply because I'll never have the energy or the time. Really, really interesting stuff, though.
  

BalanceBy50

Dolphin1 wrote: »

BB50 - Well done on the multi-quoting. It takes a bit of editing to get it right. That's why I can't always be bothered. Good luck with your MANY targets

Still practicing

Honey_Bear wrote: »

Welcome aboard!

Thank You

BalanceBy50

HappyNow wrote: »

Wow BB, eight targets and all good ones. Ambitious yet achievable I believe.

When I first started this diary I opened loads of online savings accounts alongside our current account, and gave each one a title (Holiday, Christmas, Clothing etc etc). I'd put in £10/£20 a month or whatever, then promptly transfer it back to the main current account to avoid charges! I will follow your progress with interest because I could so see the logic but didn't ever achieve it personally. This is so me!

This month I've signed up for Prolific Academic surveys and I love it - the surveys are always interesting and the pay is OK. I just HATE the others where you get screened out after spending your own time inputting your personal details. The only other one I do is YouGov, but it is so booooring. They only ever want to know my opinions on last night's telly. Once I get to the £50 withdrawal threshold I won't bother with that one again. Do you have any other recommendations besides Prol Ac? I have just started on Swagbucks and I also do Receipt Hog and Shoppix when I can be bothered - which was months ago so need to get back on with that :rotfl:

It's a funny thing how so many of us set quality time in bed as a target. I remember seeing a thing on Facebook, about how as kids our greatest punishment threat was 'you'll go to bed early and won't go to that party' and now that's our greatest reward I have pinched this from your diary and since I started a couple of weeks ago it has made a massive difference to my life so thank you

I think i need to write something here....

HappyNow

Dolphin1 wrote: »

Maybe us Yorkshire lasses just have a more sophisticated palate. :rotfl:

Definitely that

Dolphin1 wrote: »

I could give you a hand disposing of them especially if any of them are gluten free. :whistle:

Ah sorry, not a gluten free one amongst them. Also, whilst it's very kind of you to offer, YOU'VE GOT TEN NCDs TO FIT IN BEFORE THE END OF THE MONTH!

Well done with the meal planning and walking though. Just the bedtime routine to work on now - one we all seem to struggle with but can never really work out why.

BalanceBy50

Targets Tuesday's updates
1. Do not borrow from small saving pots - Does borrowing £3 out of my 7yr olds wallet count so i could buy a bacon sandwich :rotfl: I have repaid it today and he is no wiser

2. Check for surveys on a daily basis. Fail again...

3. Lose 3.5lbs per month Tick

4. Step target of 60,000 Yesterday I did 5,283 as i worked from home so not much ruuning around so I am 23.6% of the way there need to get a few more in

5. Have a 12 hour eating window Yep only 10hours :D

6. In bed and lights out by 11pm and up by 7.15 on weekdays Tick out at 10.40 and up at 6 as i had a breakfast meeting!

7. Deal with all post and letters from school on the day it arrives. No post but still have school forms to fill in :mad:

8. Do one thing a day towards getting the house to where I want it.Need to write a list for this

Getting better!

HappyNow

Honey_Bear wrote: »

• To have hit 63 kgs at some point on the scales over the course of the month which will require a steady downward tragectory. Nothing to see here. Move along everyone. You and me both. Hardly surprising though really, when we read back a few days. Tomorrow is a new day.....
• 15 minutes Flying per day. Nothing yesterday, masses today with the result that I'm absolutely cream-crackered. Windows. That's all I've got the energy to say. Oh I hate cleaning windows. Did you do inside or outside? Surely not both? We never do the outside of our upstairs ones because we can't find a window cleaner who'll do it and both Mr H and myself are scared of heights.
  
• Stretches after each dog walk. Still need a bit of self-discipline about this. But some is better than none.
  
• Clear one paperwork Frog each week ([STRIKE]minutes[/STRIKE], [STRIKE]tax return[/STRIKE], stocktake freezer and food cupboards). Gained another job. Five hours of legal compliance training notes to type up, and not a single word of it can be skipped. *sigh* I'll probably never get round to typing up the interesting ones, like Will Hutton's talk, simply because I'll never have the energy or the time. Really, really interesting stuff, though. Wow, that sounds like a marathon task, and legal compliance doesn't even sound like fun to write about. I'm hoping you're getting paid for it.
  

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