Too much effort on reducing and not enough on growing?

angelavdavis

I don't get offended and enjoy the debate!!!!

Zulu_Dawn wrote: »

Wow!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I never buy duck as it is too expensive and yet some of you can afford it on a budget 50% less than mine!

Lidl's were selling it for £2.99 for a large sized breast which was the same pack weight as the ones (2 x portions) I have previously bought in Tesco for £4.99. Cut in half you have the same portions!

Zulu_Dawn wrote: »

I just popped out to have a brie sandwich (bread 75p per loaf - deal from sainsburys, cheese left over from BBQ;)) and came back to this.......

£75 on a dinner party represents one two thousandth of my debt. I'm not going to repay this by cutting that out. (and to defend myself the leftovers provided me with dinner on Sunday and Monday and two packed lunches:T

ZD - I think you have done yourself an injustice here. £75 was actually for a dinner party, two evening meals and two packed lunches - what else is left, I bet there is some booze left or other bits? I bet your actual spend on the dinner party would have actually been a lot less if that was all you had catered for.

silkglade

immoral_angeluk wrote: »

That's fantastic!!
:T :T :T :T :T :T

Thank you I-A as it was YOUR recipies that I stole :rotfl:

I think that as I am now Dealing with and Managing our debt that I have stopped comfort eating too. We moved house in Nov 06 and I have lost all that weight since the move :T

Tashja

Shamefully we are piling the weight on

I went through the cupboards last week and made 40 scones out of what was in there - of course they all got eaten in record time !!

Oh the shame.

T xx

anniestar

Snaggles wrote: »

Apology accepted and I also apologise for being snippy. :cool:

Me too !!!!!

Snaggles

Tashja, I think you have an excuse for weight gain!

newlywed

I agree. With the shopping I never thought we could decrease it without being hungry. But not buying cakes and making them instead saves lots (and lots of additives).

The OS board taught me to think and plan meals - something my mum did but I obviously never paid enough attention to!! I used to think that spending £8+ on tuna steaks for one meal was fine as it was cheaper than a restaurant. True it is the first step, but buying a chicken to roast for £3 that will then make 3 meals is so much better. I just never thought about it until it was pointed out for me.

For us it was stuff we threw away - never even realised how much food went out of date and in the bin. Now hardly anything is wasted.

We try value tins and if there isn't much difference then we use that, but some things won't ever be value for us (baked beans, meat, eggs). Every family is different.

It is about looking at suggestions, trying some of them and seeing what you can do.

Good thread though. Interesting points

newlywed

Tashja wrote: »

Shamefully we are piling the weight on

I went through the cupboards last week and made 40 scones out of what was in there - of course they all got eaten in record time !!

Oh the shame.

T xx

Glad it's not just us!!! Banana's going soft means cakes are to be made, microwave sponges and microwave flapjacks means it only takes 5 mins to make something sweet at any time of night! :eek:

Just seen your signature and I don't even have your excuse for weight gain - nor does OH !

GreenNinja

Reading ZuluDawns initial post made me smile, it made me think of a novel I have read many times, the secret dream world of a shopoholic, where the heroine of the story who is a mad shopping freak is trying to sort her life out and reads a self help book and is advised that there are 2 ways to manage your money, "make more money" or "cut back". Anybody who has read the book will probably understand why this has tickled me.

Joking aside I have read lots of peoples SOAs debt diaries etc on here and it has given me loads of ideas for doing just that, cutting back on unneccessary spending, thinking about all purchases, cooking from scratch and for cheaper and basically using my imagination to make more money/save more money.

I was very much a serial shopper before MSE and strangely since not being able to buy clothes anymore, I find I have more outfits than from buying new all the time, simply from being more imaginative with the clothes I have. I never realised I could make so many different looks from what I have in the wardrobe! Amazing!!

Was feeling mega down in the dumps this morning when I got to work as my car broke down 50 miles from home at the weekend and not only did I have to stump up 93 quid for the AA to recover me home (I didn't have enough cover to get me back home) but now face a huge bill for the repair of the car. BUT! feeling much better this afternoon since reading posts from other folks who are a lot worse off than me, so thanks MSE peeps for cheering me up.

:T XXXXXXXX

anniestar

Snaggles wrote: »

Tashja, I think you have an excuse for weight gain!

I don't though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Snaggles

anniestar wrote: »

I don't though!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Me neither, unfortunately! :rolleyes: