Saving £s, losing lbs and passing the miles

32b3in2013

Good evening

I have today decided that I need a plan. I would like to reduce the amount of money I spend, increase the number of pounds I lose and increase the number of miles I run. That all sounds easy doesn't it

I would like to use this thread as somewhere to log all of these things. so here goes.

Sunday 12 April

Money spent - £5.90 in Tesco (Magazine, cake and diet pepsi)
Pounds lost - none current weight 196lbs. Goal 161lbs. I weigh in on Tuesday night, so will update this weekly.
Miles run - 1.4. I have signed up for a 10k run in July, so need to increase my milage

I will update each day to keep me motivated.

As background, I am the wrong side of 40 and work full time. I only have to cook for myself so I generally don't bother, preferring instead to eat ready meals or eat out. I suppose I should start to cook healthy food, so I will do that

I earn enough money to pay my bills and to buy the things that I need, but I feel guilty spending money on things I don't really need. I have joined loads of challenges on here, so Christmas, birthdays and car essentials are always covered each year. I also have some savings but still feel guilty spending the money I don't save. I would love to have one months salary left in my current account at all times. I think I can do that by watching what I spend on things I don't really need.

Good luck me

32b3

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Good luck! same boat except the running, was walking but found I'd compensate myself with extra food as I'd been good, urgh oh dear still failed miserably when the walking stopped as it turned to comfort eating..
Got to stop, get a plan and go back to the diet club, I am toying with tomorrow as I got a card come through as missed so many weeks - hope it won't be to deversating when I get back on the scales and that I can be a new member, all over again
might have to tell them about the thyroid but it's no excuse


Spend today was £2.80 for newspapers (only day I buy them for me and Mum) on sneaking round for the sunday roast! so is probably a good exchange!


I think I shall limit my shopping back to Iceland for the ready meals, stop temptation and shelling out on stuff which is naughty and only serving to make me bigger


Keep calm, a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips!

sidefx

32b3in2013 wrote: »

Good evening

I have today decided that I need a plan. I would like to reduce the amount of money I spend, increase the number of pounds I lose and increase the number of miles I run. That all sounds easy doesn't it

I would like to use this thread as somewhere to log all of these things. so here goes.

Sunday 12 April

Money spent - £5.90 in Tesco (Magazine, cake and diet pepsi)
Pounds lost - none current weight 196lbs. Goal 161lbs. I weigh in on Tuesday night, so will update this weekly.
Miles run - 1.4. I have signed up for a 10k run in July, so need to increase my milage

I will update each day to keep me motivated.

As background, I am the wrong side of 40 and work full time. I only have to cook for myself so I generally don't bother, preferring instead to eat ready meals or eat out. I suppose I should start to cook healthy food, so I will do that

I earn enough money to pay my bills and to buy the things that I need, but I feel guilty spending money on things I don't really need. I have joined loads of challenges on here, so Christmas, birthdays and car essentials are always covered each year. I also have some savings but still feel guilty spending the money I don't save. I would love to have one months salary left in my current account at all times. I think I can do that by watching what I spend on things I don't really need.

Good luck me

32b3

Good luck ,but sorry I have to ask, why did you buy cake when you want to lose weight?

32b3in2013

Evening

Thank you keepcalm and sidefx for your replies.

Keepcalm, did you go back to your club today? I have been doing SW for a while but it is so much easier to not follow it. I just need to be more organised and prepare tomorrows lunch today!

sidefx, the cakes jumped out on me. Seriously though, I knew I was getting back on the straighter and narrower today so they were my last hoorah

so today's results

13 April 2015

Money spent
£15.06. £5.06 in tesco on lunch and diet pepsi and £10 to sponsor a friend.
Lbs lost
To be updated tomorrow
Miles ran
to be updated tomorrow. I ran twice this weekend so today is a rest day. I did however walk 10500 steps and climb 11 flights of stairs according to my fitbit.

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32b3in2013

Evening

14 April 2015

Money spent - £2.51 (diet pepsi and 2 bananas)
lbs lost - none
Miles ran - 2 as I was running with a friend, but I need to do 3 miles tomorrow night to get back on track.

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32b3in2013

What a day.

Money spent - £6.90 on lunch
lbs lost - to be updated next Tuesday
Miles ran - none I have spent all evening waiting for the AA to come and sort out my car. They have just left. There is nothing wrong with the car. I got in it and it wouldn't start, there was no response at all. The AA man arrived and turned the lkey in the ignition and it started immediately

Ho hum, at least it hasn't cost me anything other than time and miles!

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32b3in2013

Evening

I am very glad it is nearly the weekend

Money spent - £7.40. I forgot to take my lunch to work today so I had to go to the staff canteen I will take was I was going to have today, tomorrow so as not to waste it.
Lbs lost - to be updated next Tuesday
Miles ran - 3 I hope to get a few good runs in at the weekend.

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32b3in2013

Evening

Today I haven't done much at all.

I have spent £3 and that's all

I will be running tomorrow though:D

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32b3in2013

Evening

Combined totals for the weekend.

Money spent - £13.62. (£6 yesterday and £7.62 today). I won £25 on the lottery too.
Lbs lost - to be updated on Tuesday
Miles ran - 6. (2 yesterday and 4 today)

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