Elfy1807's Goals for 2014

elfy1807

Health/Fitness/Exercise

01. Attend at least one gym class per week.
Worked too late for a class tonight. But went tuesday so that covers this week
02. Drink at least 1 litre of water per day.
Nope. Although just discovered Morrisonis have started making a tropical sparkling water along side their lemon & lime and raspberry & blackberry flavours, so bought one and it is GORGEOUS. Maybe I could get my litre-age from that. Mmmm.
03. Weight 9st/57kg
Was 66.4kg this morning. *must stop weighing myself every morning*
04. No biscuits, cake or jam for rest of April
Does flapjack count? I found one in my bag and kinda ate it.
05. Walk at least 10000 steps per day.
Yep. 19098
06. Go to WW once every 4 weeks (day before payday) to keep on track.
Nada
07. Complete C25k.
Week 1, Day 3 completed
08. Run Race for Life in July.
Still not 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).
Zilch
10. Start saving for a house deposit of £5000 (goal of a minimum of £1500 by end of 2014).
Nada
11. Take part in the "Make £10 per day" challenge.
Found £1.20 (which I used to buy my sparking water with so it cost me nothing out of my weekly budget woo)
12. Save £500 so I can pay January 2015 car insurance in a lump sum.
Nope
13. Save £300 for presents for Christmas 2014.
Computer says no.
14. Stick with my £10 weekly pleasure allowance.
Spent £2 on easter eggs - a creme egg one for bf and a cad's buttons for bf's 3 yo niece. Only £1 each in Aldi - same size Morrisonis are selling for £1.50
15. Increase board from £20 p/w to £25 p/w.
Didn't get 2nd job paid today. Wasn't entirely expecting too as started too close to cut off day. So it'll be 4 weeks today that happens.

Personal

16. Start and finish 4 already owned books
Haven't read any today =(
17. Watch at least 7 fims on my previously written "Films I want to watch" list.
Nope
18. Wash up for mum at least once p/w.

19. Catch up with Game of Thrones with OH.
Nearly the weekend!!!
20. Finish my WDW '11 album (fill in all pages).
Pffft...
21. Don't buy any new books in 2014.
None bought
22. Don't buy any new notebooks in 2014.
Nope. But I did eye up some lovely looking ones in Morrisonis. But I resisted

elfy1807

Update for 12/04/14

Health/Fitness/Exercise

01. Attend at least one gym class per week.
No classes on saturdays
02. Drink at least 1 litre of water per day.
Don't think I've drunk a litre, but I've drunk quite a bit. Been so thirsty today. Also spent a lot of the day emptying my bladder as a result.
03. Weight 9st/57kg
Food hasn't gone brilliantly today. Nothing ridiculously unhealthy, just eaten a bit too much. Still not used to the routine on weekends yet with the second job. With breakfast at 5, I'm ready for lunch by 10, then tea by about 4. But then I'm still needing something about 8 =/
04. No biscuits, cake or jam for rest of April
Nope. Although really fancied something sweet today
05. Walk at least 10000 steps per day.
28571
06. Go to WW once every 4 weeks (day before payday) to keep on track.
Nada
07. Complete C25k.
Nothing for today. There's only 3 sessions per week. Hoping to start again on monday, but will have to look into it as may be doing some overtime this week at main job
08. Run Race for Life in July.
Registered for it today .

Money
09. Start paying off debt to mum (owe £3080 - would like to get that down to at least £2500 by end of year).
Zilch
10. Start saving for a house deposit of £5000 (goal of a minimum of £1500 by end of 2014).
Nada
11. Take part in the "Make £10 per day" challenge.
Mum gave me 12p, earned £20.76 from second job and £3 pcoket money from grandparents. Yeah, I'm nearly 25. And....? Total so far £173.86, average of £14.48 per day
12. Save £500 so I can pay January 2015 car insurance in a lump sum.
Nope
13. Save £300 for presents for Christmas 2014.
Computer says no.
14. Stick with my £10 weekly pleasure allowance.
Spent £2 on a toy for oh's 2 month old niece, £3 on a special "treat" for oh, 90p on a drink and tic tacs (desperately needed the tic tacs after eating onion bread for lunch, right before work. Oops haha)
15. Increase board from £20 p/w to £25 p/w.
4 weeks to go.

Personal

16. Start and finish 4 already owned books
Haven't read any today either =(
17. Watch at least 7 fims on my previously written "Films I want to watch" list.
Nope
18. Wash up for mum at least once p/w.
Not had time today
19. Catch up with Game of Thrones with OH.
Not today. Hopefully tomorrow
20. Finish my WDW '11 album (fill in all pages).
Pffft...
21. Don't buy any new books in 2014.
None bought
22. Don't buy any new notebooks in 2014.
Nope. But oh did haha.

elfy1807

Update for 13/04/14

Health/Fitness/Exercise

01. Attend at least one gym class per week.

02. Drink at least 1 litre of water per day.
Pretty much. Drank almost (if not all) a bottle of lemon & lime flavoured water.
03. Weight 9st/57kg
Not there yet.
04. No biscuits, cake or jam for rest of April
Nope
05. Walk at least 10000 steps per day.
18710
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.
Earned £31.14 for second job and £37.86 for overtime at main job
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.
NSD
15. Increase board from £20 p/w to £25 p/w.


Personal

16. Start and finish 4 already owned books
So close to finishing... must get on with it
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.
Didn't manage it all week
19. Catch up with Game of Thrones with OH.
YES! Watched episodes 5 AND 6 of series 1 before I fell asleep
20. Finish my WDW '11 album (fill in all pages).

21. Don't buy any new books in 2014.
None bought
22. Don't buy any new notebooks in 2014.
Nope.

elfy1807

Update for 14/04/14

Health/Fitness/Exercise

01. Attend at least one gym class per week.

02. Drink at least 1 litre of water per day.
Yep. A litre of tropical flavoured water today. Definitely easier to drink flavoured water than just regular water
03. Weight 9st/57kg
Not brilliant on food again today, but the scales said 65.7kg this morning Getting there slowly
04. No biscuits, cake or jam for rest of April
Gave in to jam today. Been a long day and needed a pick me up so just had 2 strawberry pop tarts.
05. Walk at least 10000 steps per day.
24104
06. Go to WW once every 4 weeks (day before payday) to keep on track.

07. Complete C25k.
Yep. Although I don't know if I am going to be able to continue it this week. Whether to just pause and carry on next week =/ I've got a 50 hour working week ahead of me (well, 42 hour, did 8 hours today) across both jobs. And both jobs are physical jobs as they're both retail. I don't know whether I'm going to be able to manage to complete two running sessions and being on my feet for so long. Worried I'll burn out. But then it's only 2 half hour sessions. I'm already gonna miss out on my gym class and the alternative gym class this week, so should do something. So torn =(
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.
Earned £25.24 overtime today, 2p from mum for slots for holiday and £10 from grandma
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.
Spent £1.10 on 4 reduced pasties and 45p on a cheese baguette (which I scoffed - hence not a brilliant food day today). Think I'm just about in target. Will probably end up going over it this week
15. Increase board from £20 p/w to £25 p/w.


Personal

16. Start and finish 4 already owned books
Nothing read again. Might go to bed early and try and read a few pages.
17. Watch at least 7 fims on my previously written "Films I want to watch" list.
This is quite a big commitment for me - I find it hard finding time to sit and watch a film. I usually get distracted. A 90 minute film can often take me 4 hours to watch.
18. Wash up for mum at least once p/w.
Doesn't look like this is going to happen this week either
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.
None bought
22. Don't buy any new notebooks in 2014.
Nope. But oh did haha.

elfy1807

[STRIKE]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.[/STRIKE]

Today has been a complete write off.
Started off ok... finished my book.
Then went downhill from there.

*Weight 66.7kg on the scales.
*Didn't go running due to fear of overdoing it this week
*Went to work where everyone and everything did my nut in
*Didn't earn any extra money as postponed today's overtime til Friday
*Which ruined the well meaning, but disappointing anyway, not going running today due to fear of burning out
*Only walked 8800 steps (also due to not going running)
*Bought donuts, hot cross buns, trifle and sweets and binged on them (so scales are gonna be worse tomorrow) (and also busted my £10 allowance)
*Didn't go to Zumba because I'd already cancelled with my friend due to thinking I was working and instead stayed in and felt sorry for myself all afternoon.

Should've gone and bought some new books and notebooks and really finished the day off.

Tomorrow's a new day.
Gonna go scoff some more golden grahams.
If I've ruined the day food wise, might as well not bother starting now.
I'll start again in the morning
(I know this is the wrong attitude to have, you're supposed to dismiss it and get straight back on it - but it's not how I work. It's all or nothing with me about anything)

elfy1807

Update for 16/04/14

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
Scales said 67.2kg. Deserved that really.
04. No biscuits, cake or jam for rest of April
None today
05. Walk at least 10000 steps per day.
20987
06. Go to WW once every 4 weeks (day before payday) to keep on track.

07. Complete C25k.
Did it this morning. After a bad day yesterday, wanted to start off well today
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.
Spent £14.98 in KFC. Tough.
15. Increase board from £20 p/w to £25 p/w.


Personal

16. Start and finish 4 already owned books
Not started anything new yet.
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.
None bought
22. Don't buy any new notebooks in 2014.
Nope.

elfy1807

Been a little bit slack for the past week.
I had a long and busy week at both jobs (51 hours combined) so didn't have much chance to catch up on here.

This week, a bit more chilled.

Got back into C25k yesterday, completing week 2, day 3 and did week 3 day 1 this morning.
I'm enjoying this running mlarkey and it doesn't cost me a penny.

I need to focus on more NSDs as I've been spending all over the place (boyfriend had family down over the easter weekend, so we spent a lot of time eating and playing cards). However my weight was 66.7kg even after all the scoffing yesterday (66.4kg this morning), so I'm happy it's kinda stabilised.

Yesterday I did manage a NSD though, and looking to having another one today.

I also think I've set myself too many goals to keep up with.
So... another rethink.

These ones I will be aiming for a certain amount each week/month

C25k
10000 steps
Shift at job 1
Shift at job 2
NSD

Between today (23/4/14) and the end of the month (30/4/14) inclusive, I will be aiming for...
5 days of C25k
6 days of 10000 steps
7 days of shifts at job 1
2 days of shifts at job 2
4 days of NSDs

out of a total of 8 days.
Fingers crossed.

And these I will be tallying up current amounts

Weight - 9st/57kg
House deposit (£5000)
Debt to Mum (£3080)
Car Insurance Fund (£500)
Christmas 2014 Fund (£300)

elfy1807

1/5 5 days of C25k Week 3 Day 1
1/6 6 days of 10000 steps 13037
1/7 7 days of shifts at job 1
0/2 2 days of shifts at job 2
1/4 4 days of NSDs

66.4kg Weight - 9st/57kg
£0/£5000 House deposit (£5000)
£3080/£3080 Debt to Mum (£3080)
£0/£500 Car Insurance Fund (£500)
£0/£300 Christmas 2014 Fund (£300)

elfy1807

2/5 5 days of C25k Week 3 Day 2
1/6 6 days of 10000 steps 1804 - Thursdays are always slow. This is also missing around 4300 "running" steps as I forgot to put my pedometer on this morning for my run
1/7 7 days of shifts at job 1
0/2 2 days of shifts at job 2
2/4 4 days of NSDs

66.2kg Weight - 9st/57kg
£0/£5000 House deposit (£5000)
£0/£2000 12k in 2014 Challenge (£2000) (Have decided to enrol on this challenge in relation to house deposit goal - want £2000 by 31/12/14)
£3080/£3080 Debt to Mum (£3080)
£0/£500 Car Insurance Fund (£500)
£0/£300 Christmas 2014 Fund (£300)

elfy1807

3/5 5 days of C25k Week 3 Day 3
2/6 6 days of 10000 steps 11004
2/7 7 days of shifts at job 1
0/2 2 days of shifts at job 2
3/4 4 days of NSDs

Not really sure - my scales are shocking and I can lose 1kg in seconds =/ Weight - 9st/57kg
£0/£5000 House deposit (£5000)
£0/£2000 12k in 2014 Challenge (£2000)
£3080/£3080 Debt to Mum (£3080)
£0/£500 Car Insurance Fund (£500)
£0/£300 Christmas 2014 Fund (£300)