The '101 days to change our lives' challenge

fallen_angel_shelley

wrote:

Hi, can I join this challenge, please? I have worked out that my 101 days will be up on the 24/8, seems a long time but i'm sure it will fly buy.

1: Start paying extra of my C.C with the money I have been saving from giving up smoking.
2: Chase up Lloyds tsb about my claim for bank charges, £337.
3: find out if I can get a tax rebate for working part of last year.
4: Start my diet again and drink more water.
5: Get all the decorating done and put up the flat packed furniter.
6: Stick the stuff on ebay that I have been saying I will do for ages.
7: Join the £2 club.
8: Stop staying on the net so late at night and have some early nights.
9: Try and work out how to use this site to it's best and how to add icons and coloured text etc.
10: Plan for my travels round Thailand next year on my own! must see places, things to do, costs etc.

Well thats it for now. Good luck to everyone else as well

nickelodeon

Well I have been eating healthily and doing some excercise for two weeks now and I weighed myself this morning and.......

I've lost 4lbs!!!

I'm so pleased, it was this thread that started it and has kept me motivated so thanks everyone!
I want to lose a stone in total, so 10lbs to go! Just have to stick to it, I'm going out for dinner tonight and I'm going to have pizza as a treat, but just make sure I stop eating when I'm full.

Keep up the good work everyone!

Ess-six

Here's my update following today's weigh in - day 6 of the challenge for me.

1.Lose 21lb
Have lost 3lb - a great start!
2. Save £1,000 to pay of 0% credit card bill
Payday today, will recce my bank statement and outgoings for the month later this week - and will hopefully be able to squirrel some cash away.
3. Declutter and raise £200 on Ebay
Sold 4 items this morning, all have paid, so £15.13 raised (Ebay fees not deducted yet though!)
4. Research my family tree
Not started.

So all in all I'm feeling quite pleased with myself :j

Posting my aims on this thread has really helped me to stay focussed, especially with my weight loss, so thanks to you all for your encouragement.

chunky79

:hello:
I love the sound of this

My challenge i set out is this.

Unescessary spends
Stop making Mr tesco man rich Doing really well now i am meal planning
Stop over buying clothes for the kids apart from baby as he is huge and growing so fast i cannot keep up with him (6months old and just now moving into 12-18month clothes) Bought some clothes from Next staff shop and Asda, total spend on 6 full outfits =£30 Spare Money
Save to do bathroom
save to get married (keep putting it off because of the cost)
Overpay mortgage once i start back work from additional maternity leave.
Save towards paying off loan early.

Health Body and Mind

Eat healthier Not doing too badTone my stomach Not started yet
Start to be more optimistic again. Doing really well thanks to this site:T

Tidy home tidy mind

Start to de-clutter Made a lttle dint so farDo a car boot sale to get rid of the clutter.
Sort kitchen cupboards and tops of units far too many utensils that do not get used.DoneCan't think of anything else yet but i am sure i will

Also this last 2 weeks i have made a massive dint in getting my garden finished and my lounge is almost finished.
I am so glad i signed up for this challenge it has motivated me

I now have to finish decorating the staircase cutting in to do and it will finally be finished :T

Karmacat

Losing weight wasn't anything I mentioned, but I've been snacking (make that gorging) on the fast food left over from my mum's visit - and I feel horrible now. You know when you don't want to exercise cos you've stuffed yourself? Thats how I feel right now. Well, if Scarlett O'Hara can say it, I can say it too, tomorrow is another day.

Ingela

I have decided today that i am going to join the gym... its £30 a month and i know that's not very money saving but its the only exercise i actually will do. At the moment i'm feeling very bloated and tubby and i need to get this sorted.

The only decision now is whether to go and join whilst i am definitely decided but don't actually have the money, or wait for the tax rebate to come through that i've allocated some of to pay for? I could go down and join tomorrow and start using it straight away, which would definitely make me feel better.. but im not sure how long the tax is going to take to come through.

fallen_angel_shelley

fallen_angel_shelley wrote: »

Hi, can I join this challenge, please? I have worked out that my 101 days will be up on the 24/8, seems a long time but i'm sure it will fly buy.

1: Start paying extra of my C.C with the money I have been saving from giving up smoking.
2: Chase up Lloyds tsb about my claim for bank charges, £337.
3: find out if I can get a tax rebate for working part of last year.
4: Start my diet again and drink more water.
5: Get all the decorating done and put up the flat packed furniter.
6: Stick the stuff on ebay that I have been saying I will do for ages.
7: Join the £2 club.
8: Stop staying on the net so late at night and have some early nights.
9: Try and work out how to use this site to it's best and how to add icons and coloured text etc.
10: Plan for my travels round Thailand next year on my own! must see places, things to do, costs etc.

Well thats it for now. Good luck to everyone else as well

just a quick up date, done number 7 and joined the £2 club, £2 savaed so far.

notanothergreyhair

Day 18 in the notanothergreyhair house and this is the story so far...

notanothergreyhair wrote: »

Ok, here are mine;

1. Brush my teeth 3 times a day, I need to get my oral health up to a high standard. (they are not minging by the way!)
This has fallen a little, I brush them every day but I need to make sure I do it well because it MATTERS!

2. Lose 2 stones of fat.
The scales and I had a disagreement so we aren't talking right now

3. Keep an accurate spending diary for the full 101 days.
I am doing ok on this, in fact I have been designing lots of new spreadsheets to keep me motivated

4. Make £100 extra money through ebay/amazon/quidco.
This I have done sweet FA about and ought to, some of the proceeds are allocated to a forthcoming wedding I am attending.

5. Stick to my established budget religiously.
See #3

6. Work every day towards my exams.
pfft!!! Better than I was anyway.

7. Pay off £1500 of my debt.
£244.83 paid off!

8. Smile at one different stranger every day (it is good for you).


There may be more as time goes on but the above changes will leave me feeling very happy when I have fulfilled them.

Good luck everyone.

x

tigtag02

well done notanother :)

I LOVE your comment to number 2 and may even steal it after this weeks weigh in (we had *diet* fish and chips for tea )

andan

Hiya guys,

I have been floating round on mse for ages looking for a good challenge and have been watching this one for days plucking up the courage to join.

So was wondering if i could join your challenge!

My goals for the 101 days are:-

1) Finally pass my driving test (Been learning for almost two years and still rubbish)

2) Make some new friends (am new to the area and don't really know anyone)

3) Tone up this wobbly body of mine

4)Learn to swim

5) Declutter my house

6) Get my finances in shape

7) Read a book a month ( have been reading the same book for almost two years now!):o

I hope to achieve my targets by joining the gym and posting an ad on gumtree regarding friends. I aim to take out my own car three times a week in order to practice for my driving test and to get it up to standards.

Thanks everyone, you all seem to be doing so well and are a real inspiration. good luck.:T