Elfy1807's Goals for 2014

elfy1807

Update for 06/04/14 and 07/04/14

elfy1807 wrote: »

01. Start and finish 4 already owned books
02. Don't buy any more books Didn't buy any
03. Watch at least 7 fims on my previously written "Films I want to watch" list
04. Start paying off debt to mum (owe £3080 - would like to get that down to at least £2500 by end of year)
05. Start saving for a house deposit of £5000 (goal of a minimum of £1500 by end of 2014)
06. Declutter
07. Weigh 9st (currently around 10st7) Really not going well this week. Can't get my head into it =(
08. Go to WW meeting every Thursday unless physically impossible due to work/being away (even if I know I'm going to be over my 5lb goal buffer - suck it up and pay the fee - should teach me to be good)
09. Attend at least one gym class every week (unless physically impossible to work/being away)
10. Take part in the £10 per day challenge Earned £31.14 from second job on Sunday. Nothing Monday
11. Save £500 so I can pay January 2015 car insurance in a lump sum
12. Save £300 for presents for Christmas 2014
13. Stick with my £10 weekly pleasure allowance
14. Increase board from £20 p/w to £25 p/w
15. Wash up for mum at least once p/w
16. Catch up with Game of Thrones with OH Yes. Watched series 1, episode 4 on Sunday. Told you, we're really far behind haha
17. Walk at least 10,000 steps per day Sunday - 21437. Monday - 11036
18. Finish my WDW '11 album (fill in all pages)
19. Stop buying notebooks None

Disco_Dolly

Best of luck with your list elfy1807. Great idea!

FinanciallyUnsavvy

Hey Elfy.

Found you!

I love your list idea -it's great.

Seriously, crack on with watching GoT. It's fab! I reckon you'll get to a point where you get so enthralled you'll end up watching loads of episodes in one go. That's what happened with me! I

What do you have to count your steps? I tried doing this a while back, and bought a cheap stepometer on ebay. It was a total waste of money - didn't work at all!

#19 made me chuckle. I have a drawer full of either empty notebooks or notebooks with a few pages used then nothing. I need to find a use for them all!

elfy1807

Thanks for stopping by Dolly = )

Update for 08/04/14

elfy1807 wrote: »

01. Start and finish 4 already owned books Got to page 89. Not a massive improvement, but still some.
02. Don't buy any more books None bought.
03. Watch at least 7 fims on my previously written "Films I want to watch" list
04. Start paying off debt to mum (owe £3080 - would like to get that down to at least £2500 by end of year)
05. Start saving for a house deposit of £5000 (goal of a minimum of £1500 by end of 2014)
06. Declutter
07. Weigh 9st (currently around 10st7) Struggling. More info in a mo.
08. Go to WW meeting every Thursday unless physically impossible due to work/being away (even if I know I'm going to be over my 5lb goal buffer - suck it up and pay the fee - should teach me to be good)
09. Attend at least one gym class every week (unless physically impossible to work/being away) Went to Zumba. Woo.
10. Take part in the £10 per day challenge
11. Save £500 so I can pay January 2015 car insurance in a lump sum
12. Save £300 for presents for Christmas 2014
13. Stick with my £10 weekly pleasure allowance
14. Increase board from £20 p/w to £25 p/w
15. Wash up for mum at least once p/w
16. Catch up with Game of Thrones with OH
17. Walk at least 10,000 steps per day I think I must've done about 11000. I forgot to change my pedometer from steps to activity until halfway through Zumba so my prancing about boosted my steps.
18. Finish my WDW '11 album (fill in all pages)
19. Stop buying notebooks

elfy1807

Hi FU

I nicked the idea from the thread in my beginning post.
This last week has made me realise I need to change a few things/add a few extras.

Yeah, I'm really getting into GoT. We've decided to watch it together, so Sunday afternoons when I'm finished work for the day, we chill out and watch an episode. Unfortunately we're having problems watching more than 1 episode a night because I tend to fall asleep haha.

I have an official WW pedometer to count my steps. I used to use it all the time properly when I first started WW. It counts activity points when you walk a certain amount of steps, and when you change it to activity mode, for when you do the likes of gym classes and workouts, it'll count down movement and every 6 minutes of exercise (on high activity, which I count classes like Zumba and Body Combat as) you earn another point.
Although I'm not really sticking with points atm, I still like wearing it. Especially as I don't have a watch atm and it keeps the time.

It cost a fair bit to start with (about £17), but I definitely use it. And if you have any problems with it (within a certain amount of time of course), you can send it off to them and they'll look at repairing or replacing it.

And notebooks is such a problem. They all look so pretty.
And I'm just too scared to write in them sometimes in case I mess them up lol.

elfy1807

Ok.
So a week ago today I created a list of goals for 2014.
The last week has shown that there's some things that weren't quite right on there. Stuff that wasn't/isn't working for me right now.
So I'm altering it slightly and have added a few extra bits and pieces.

I don't think I've done too bad keeping track of my goals by updating on here every day (or when I can for each day) for the last week, so hopefully this will continue.

The new set of goals will be in the next post (to make it easier for me to quote and edit instead of having to delete extra writing

elfy1807

Health/Fitness/Exercise

01. Attend at least one gym class per week.
02. Drink at least 1 litre of water per day.
03. Weight 9st/57kg
04. No biscuits or cake for rest of April
05. Walk at least 10000 steps per day.
06. Go to WW once every 4 weeks (day before payday) to keep on track.
07. Complete C25k.
08. Run Race for Life in July.

Money
09. Start paying off debt to mum (owe £3080 - would like to get that down to at least £2500 by end of year).
10. Start saving for a house deposit of £5000 (goal of a minimum of £1500 by end of 2014).
11. Take part in the "Make £10 per day" challenge.
12. Save £500 so I can pay January 2015 car insurance in a lump sum.
13. Save £300 for presents for Christmas 2014.
14. Stick with my £10 weekly pleasure allowance.
15. Increase board from £20 p/w to £25 p/w.

Personal

16. Start and finish 4 already owned books
17. Watch at least 7 fims on my previously written "Films I want to watch" list.
18. Wash up for mum at least once p/w.
19. Catch up with Game of Thrones with OH.
20. Finish my WDW '11 album (fill in all pages).
21. Don't buy any new books in 2014.
22. Don't buy any new notebooks in 2014.

elfy1807

WW just isn't working for me at the moment.
So I'm going to stop putting pressure on myself to go every week, and just a 4 weekly update.
I will be measuring myself on my own scales every Wednesday. My scales weigh in kg, which is why I put the kg measurement on there.
And instead of restricting myself with WW points, I'm just going to cut out cakes, biscuits and snacking for now.

And I don't drink nearly enough water. I know you're supposed drink about 1.6l for women and 2l for men, but for me, just drinking 1 litre is a challenge. I just don't feel the need to drink. If I drink too much, it settles in my stomach and jiggles. But I'm going to give it a go.
Especially as I'm planning on upping my exercise with the C25k programme 3 times a week.

But hey... this is my plan for this week.
I might end up adding and/or changing again this time next week.
But who says these goals are set in stone?
They're there for me to aim towards in 2014, but if I have to change something to make it easier to achieve or it's too easy achieve, then so be it.
They're mine.

Thanks to everyone that's stopped by, and to those that have commented.
If you have any goals like this, please feel free to post them, or post a link to them.
Would love to know how you're getting on

elfy1807

Ok.
Update for today, 09/04/14

elfy1807 wrote: »

Health/Fitness/Exercise

01. Attend at least one gym class per week.
Not tonight. Worked late.
02. Drink at least 1 litre of water per day.
Not quite yet. About 2/3 of the way through the bottle. Nearly there
03. Weight 9st/57kg
Weight this morning was 66.7kg
04. No biscuits, cake or jam for rest of April
Day 1/22 completed. Also decided to add jam to this as I've been eating a lot of jam recently =/
05. Walk at least 10000 steps per day.
Currently on 14828
06. Go to WW once every 4 weeks (day before payday) to keep on track.
WW is on Thursdays and least week was the first week of my 4 weeks. Next date should be 1st May
07. Complete C25k.
Day 1, Week 1 completed this morning. Bit of a shock to the system but done.
08. Run Race for Life in July.
Need to sign up for it this weekend.

Money
09. Start paying off debt to mum (owe £3080 - would like to get that down to at least £2500 by end of year).
No progress
10. Start saving for a house deposit of £5000 (goal of a minimum of £1500 by end of 2014).
No progress
11. Take part in the "Make £10 per day" challenge.
Nothing extra made today
12. Save £500 so I can pay January 2015 car insurance in a lump sum.
No progress
13. Save £300 for presents for Christmas 2014.
No progress
14. Stick with my £10 weekly pleasure allowance.
Restarting Friday
15. Increase board from £20 p/w to £25 p/w.
No progress

Personal

16. Start and finish 4 already owned books
Currently on page 102/292 and gonna hopefully read a bit more tonight. Getting there.
17. Watch at least 7 fims on my previously written "Films I want to watch" list.
No progress
18. Wash up for mum at least once p/w.
Nothing so far this week
19. Catch up with Game of Thrones with OH.
Haven't seen OH to watch with him
20. Finish my WDW '11 album (fill in all pages).
No progress. And think that it's probably gonna be put away again soon as no motivation for it. Still, got over 8 months to complete
21. Don't buy any new books in 2014.
None bought today
22. Don't buy any new notebooks in 2014.
None bought today

elfy1807

Update for 10/04/14

elfy1807 wrote: »

Health/Fitness/Exercise

01. Attend at least one gym class per week.
Nope
02. Drink at least 1 litre of water per day.
Nope. I am HATING drinking all this water. It makes me uncomfortable and wee about 4000 times than normal - and I wee a lot as it is
03. Weight 9st/57kg
Naughtily stepped on the scales this morning - shouldn't weigh myself daily, I know that - but said 66.6kg. Perhaps eaten a little more than I should've cuz I've been hungry, but I've been mindful about what I have been eating - fat free yogurts/fruit etc instead of cakes and biscuits.
04. No biscuits or cake for rest of April.
Resisted so far
05. Walk at least 10000 steps per day.
Just. 10044. Went out for a 15 minute walk about an hour ago to try and up my steps.
06. Go to WW once every 4 weeks (day before payday) to keep on track.
Not this week
07. Complete C25k.
Week 1, Day 2 completed
08. Run Race for Life in July.
Tisn't July.

Money
09. Start paying off debt to mum (owe £3080 - would like to get that down to at least £2500 by end of year).
Nada
10. Start saving for a house deposit of £5000 (goal of a minimum of £1500 by end of 2014).
Nada again
11. Take part in the "Make £10 per day" challenge.
£10.42. £10 from grandma, 22p in change lying about and 20p in 2ps for the slots on holiday from momma bear.
12. Save £500 so I can pay January 2015 car insurance in a lump sum.
Nope. But put together a savings plan for the next 9 paydays
13. Save £300 for presents for Christmas 2014.
Also included in savings plan.
14. Stick with my £10 weekly pleasure allowance.
NSD today, but then not really on plan until tomorrow
15. Increase board from £20 p/w to £25 p/w.
This potentially could happen tomorrow, depending on whether I was in time with my induction for tesco cut off and payday would be tomorrow. Will find out tomorrow, but highly unlikely. Will probably be another 4 weeks from now instead.

Personal

16. Start and finish 4 already owned books
Getting close to finishing. On page 239/292
17. Watch at least 7 fims on my previously written "Films I want to watch" list.
No progress
18. Wash up for mum at least once p/w.
Was gonna do it and then discovered it had already been done. Oops.
19. Catch up with Game of Thrones with OH.
Not til the weekend =(
20. Finish my WDW '11 album (fill in all pages).
It's starting to just look like clutter atm, so it's defo going away soon
21. Don't buy any new books in 2014.
None bought
22. Don't buy any new notebooks in 2014.
None of these either