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Elfy1807's Goals for 2014
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3/5 5 days of C25k Nothing new for the rest of this week
3/6 6 days of 10000 steps 259763/7 7 days of shifts at job 11/2 2 days of shifts at job 24/4 4 days of NSDs
Said 65.4kg this morning. Won't be that tomorrow. Too much scoffing
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)Debts (as of 28/10/15)
Mum: Start £3426.00 Now £2655.00 22.5% Car (on finance): Start 13823.60 Now £8728.59 36.85%
Current Debt Free Day: 12/1/2019
Goals:
£2000 emergency fund £800/£2000 40%
£5000 House Deposit £62.09/£5000 1.24%
Car Finance Settlement Fee As of 28/10/15 £0.00/£7152.18 0%0 -
Sunday3/5 5 days of C25k Nothing new for the rest of this week4/6 6 days of 10000 steps 188104/7 7 days of shifts at job 12/2 2 days of shifts at job 24/4 4 days of NSDs Spent a tenner (give or take a few pence) at KFC
Pass 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)
Monday4/5 5 days of C25k Week 4 Day 15/6 6 days of 10000 steps 212165/7 7 days of shifts at job 12/2 2 days of shifts at job 24/4 4 days of NSDs Spent 50p on printing some stuff at the library (my laptop isn't connected to a printer) and £15 in H&M on sale items for holiday using my Easter money
65.7kg 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)Debts (as of 28/10/15)
Mum: Start £3426.00 Now £2655.00 22.5% Car (on finance): Start 13823.60 Now £8728.59 36.85%
Current Debt Free Day: 12/1/2019
Goals:
£2000 emergency fund £800/£2000 40%
£5000 House Deposit £62.09/£5000 1.24%
Car Finance Settlement Fee As of 28/10/15 £0.00/£7152.18 0%0 -
4/5 5 days of C25k Rest Day6/6 6 days of 10000 steps 128406/7 7 days of shifts at job 12/2 2 days of shifts at job 25/4 4 days of NSDs
66.0kg 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)Debts (as of 28/10/15)
Mum: Start £3426.00 Now £2655.00 22.5% Car (on finance): Start 13823.60 Now £8728.59 36.85%
Current Debt Free Day: 12/1/2019
Goals:
£2000 emergency fund £800/£2000 40%
£5000 House Deposit £62.09/£5000 1.24%
Car Finance Settlement Fee As of 28/10/15 £0.00/£7152.18 0%0 -
Wednesday5/5 5 days of C25k Week 4 Day 27/6 6 days of 10000 steps Didnt' check pedometer before it reset, but defo over limit7/7 7 days of shifts at job 12/2 2 days of shifts at job 25/4 4 days of NSDs Bought a couple of KFC ice creams for me and a colleague on our Wednesday night KFC date night
Past caring atm Weight - 9st/57kg
£62.09/£5000 House deposit (£5000) Got an unexpected wage
£62.09/£2000 12k in 2014 Challenge (£2000)
£2980/£3080 Debt to Mum (£3080) Gave mum £100 from the unexpected wage
£0/£500 Car Insurance Fund (£500)
£0/£300 Christmas 2014 Fund (£300)Debts (as of 28/10/15)
Mum: Start £3426.00 Now £2655.00 22.5% Car (on finance): Start 13823.60 Now £8728.59 36.85%
Current Debt Free Day: 12/1/2019
Goals:
£2000 emergency fund £800/£2000 40%
£5000 House Deposit £62.09/£5000 1.24%
Car Finance Settlement Fee As of 28/10/15 £0.00/£7152.18 0%0 -
Chuffed I hit all 5 targets in April.
And as it's May, time to set some new goals.
For May I plan on doing 9 days of C25k, 20 days where I've walked at least 10000 steps, work at job 1 20 times, job 2 7 times and 15 days of no spends.
I'm going away for a few days on the 12th, so there will be no no spends that week, which is why I've gone for around half of the month as no spends.
Fingers crossed I do as well as I did in the last couple of weeks.0/9 9 days of C25k Rainy and had to stay in and wait for the plumber0/20 20 days of 10000 steps Slow Thursday0/20 20 days of shifts at job 1 Day off0/7 7 days of shifts at job 2 Day off0/15 15 days of NSDs Spent a lot of money shopping for holiday clothes. Budgeted for though
Past caring atm Weight - 9st/57kg
£62.09/£5000 House deposit (£5000) 1.24%
£62.09/£2000 12k in 2014 Challenge (£2000) 3.10%
£2980/£3080 Debt to Mum (£3080)
£0/£500 Car Insurance Fund (£500)
£0/£300 Christmas 2014 Fund (£300)Debts (as of 28/10/15)
Mum: Start £3426.00 Now £2655.00 22.5% Car (on finance): Start 13823.60 Now £8728.59 36.85%
Current Debt Free Day: 12/1/2019
Goals:
£2000 emergency fund £800/£2000 40%
£5000 House Deposit £62.09/£5000 1.24%
Car Finance Settlement Fee As of 28/10/15 £0.00/£7152.18 0%0 -
Not a great start to the month haha.
But it's payday tomorrow so hopefully start getting some small savings togetherDebts (as of 28/10/15)
Mum: Start £3426.00 Now £2655.00 22.5% Car (on finance): Start 13823.60 Now £8728.59 36.85%
Current Debt Free Day: 12/1/2019
Goals:
£2000 emergency fund £800/£2000 40%
£5000 House Deposit £62.09/£5000 1.24%
Car Finance Settlement Fee As of 28/10/15 £0.00/£7152.18 0%0 -
0/9 9 days of C25k Decided I needed a lie in. Not slept in past 830 for a good few weeks recently. Got up at 10
1/20 20 days of 10000 steps 121671/20 20 days of shifts at job 10/7 7 days of shifts at job 20/15 15 days of NSDs Spent almost £10 stocking up on WW food
67.4kg Weight - 9st/57kg The most I've weighed all year But on it again (well for today at least - not counting chickens before they hatch) I've got 11 weeks before my birthday. Got 22lbs to shift (with a holiday in just 10 days =/ Here goes...
£62.59/£5000 House deposit (£5000) 1.25%
£62.59/£2000 12k in 2014 Challenge (£2000) 3.12%
£62.59/£2014 £2014 in 2014 Challenge (£2014) 3.11%
£2980/£3080 Debt to Mum (£3080)
£0/£500 Car Insurance Fund (£500)
£0/£300 Christmas 2014 Fund (£300)Debts (as of 28/10/15)
Mum: Start £3426.00 Now £2655.00 22.5% Car (on finance): Start 13823.60 Now £8728.59 36.85%
Current Debt Free Day: 12/1/2019
Goals:
£2000 emergency fund £800/£2000 40%
£5000 House Deposit £62.09/£5000 1.24%
Car Finance Settlement Fee As of 28/10/15 £0.00/£7152.18 0%0 -
Saturday0/9 9 days of C25k Not on weekends2/20 20 days of 10000 steps 220412/20 20 days of shifts at job 11/7 7 days of shifts at job 20/15 15 days of NSDs Spent £1.30 on food for myself
Pass Weight - 9st/57kg
£62.59/£5000 House deposit (£5000) 1.25%
£62.59/£2000 12k in 2014 Challenge (£2000) 3.12%
£62.59/£2014 £2014 in 2014 Challenge (£2014) 3.11%
£2980/£3080 Debt to Mum (£3080)
£0/£500 Car Insurance Fund (£500)
£0/£300 Christmas 2014 Fund (£300)Debts (as of 28/10/15)
Mum: Start £3426.00 Now £2655.00 22.5% Car (on finance): Start 13823.60 Now £8728.59 36.85%
Current Debt Free Day: 12/1/2019
Goals:
£2000 emergency fund £800/£2000 40%
£5000 House Deposit £62.09/£5000 1.24%
Car Finance Settlement Fee As of 28/10/15 £0.00/£7152.18 0%0 -
Sunday0/9 9 days of C25k Not on weekends3/20 20 days of 10000 steps Don't know exact3/20 20 days of shifts at job 12/7 7 days of shifts at job 20/15 15 days of NSDs More food =/ I'm eating far too much atm
Pass Weight - 9st/57kg
£62.59/£5000 House deposit (£5000) 1.25%
£62.59/£2000 12k in 2014 Challenge (£2000) 3.12%
£62.59/£2014 £2014 in 2014 Challenge (£2014) 3.11%
£2980/£3080 Debt to Mum (£3080)
£0/£500 Car Insurance Fund (£500)
£0/£300 Christmas 2014 Fund (£300)
Monday0/9 9 days of C25k4/20 20 days of 10000 steps Don't know exact4/20 20 days of shifts at job 13/7 7 days of shifts at job 21/15 15 days of NSDs YAY! 
Pass Weight - 9st/57kg
£62.59/£5000 House deposit (£5000) 1.25%
£62.59/£2000 12k in 2014 Challenge (£2000) 3.12%
£62.59/£2014 £2014 in 2014 Challenge (£2014) 3.11%
£2980/£3080 Debt to Mum (£3080)
£0/£500 Car Insurance Fund (£500)
£0/£300 Christmas 2014 Fund (£300)
Tuesday0/9 9 days of C25k5/20 20 days of 10000 steps Don't know exact5/20 20 days of shifts at job 13/7 7 days of shifts at job 22/15 15 days of NSDs YAY!
Pass Weight - 9st/57kg
£62.59/£5000 House deposit (£5000) 1.25%
£62.59/£2000 12k in 2014 Challenge (£2000) 3.12%
£62.59/£2014 £2014 in 2014 Challenge (£2014) 3.11%
£2980/£3080 Debt to Mum (£3080)
£0/£500 Car Insurance Fund (£500)
£0/£300 Christmas 2014 Fund (£300)Debts (as of 28/10/15)
Mum: Start £3426.00 Now £2655.00 22.5% Car (on finance): Start 13823.60 Now £8728.59 36.85%
Current Debt Free Day: 12/1/2019
Goals:
£2000 emergency fund £800/£2000 40%
£5000 House Deposit £62.09/£5000 1.24%
Car Finance Settlement Fee As of 28/10/15 £0.00/£7152.18 0%0 -
Hi Elfy. I was just looking at another thread where you were saying you were faced with a job decision. I was wondering if you'd made a choice yet? And if so how is it going?
Thought I'd just pop by to say hi and how is it going. OSWL (start 13st) by 30Jun20 6/10
£1/day Xmas'20-62 £214/£366 saved
Grocery Challenge Jun £742/£320 spentHomeowner wannabe by July 2020 - WooHoo!!
Starter Emergency Fund £1000/£1000 saved0
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