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benbenandme

Thanks Light, I don't do much betting these days, I tend to stick to a small number of bookies now. All helps though

Beanielou - well done on the weightloss, I've lost 2 stone since xmas too and feel sooo much better for it. I get tetchy if I don't get to the gym these days, unheard for me not so long ago!

beanielou

Keeping the weight off is the problem sadly.
Had lost over 3 stone but now down to 2 stone something.

benbenandme

I know that one Beanie The summer holidays are great but it does mean I have too much free time to eat Luckily I have kept up quite a bit of exercise but I am looking forward to getting back into my proper routine when I'm back at school.

tootallulah

Hiya BenBen, nice to see you and a very impressive haul of vouchers, have you added it up? I have - £435, blooming heck. I hope that you and your son are both well. Looks like many of us are trying to lose weight and keep it off. What are your targets for this diary?

There_Is_a_Light

beanielou wrote: »

Keeping the weight off is the problem sadly.
Had lost over 3 stone but now down to 2 stone something.

Hiya Beanie. Fantastic weight loss result. If you are not sure who I am there are a few clues in my user name and signature

Glad to see you are still around. I miss the daily chat.

benbenandme

Morning all, I've been to the gym this morning, did 1 mile run, then 20 mins on cross trainer and 10 mins on bike then a 30 mins abs class. Just waiting for the hot water to heat up now so I can have a shower. The dog has been out, ds is still in bed and I am going to grab 5 minutes to think about what I need to do today.

I have got some bits on ebay finishing tonight, nothing very exciting just some clothes that no longer fit me or that ds has grown out of. Hopefully they will bring in a few pennies though.

I'm hoping to get at least 5 things crossed off my to do list today, some are weather dependent so not sure which 5 they will be yet

skint_spice

Just wanted to wish you well, I will be following and cheering you on in your next chapter x

benbenandme

So we went and braved Clarks for the school shoes today, it actually wasn't too bad in there, in and out in under ten minutes :T The shoes ds chose were £42 and I used £40 of compliments vouchers so only cost me £2

Ds brought himself a book from Waterstones using a voucher he had for Christmas, so again no spend there.

I also bought a burnt orange jumper in next (£14 but I found a £20 giftcard at the back of my purse :T), some new knickers / bra / tights in Asda (£16), pencil case and stationery bits for ds in Whsmith (£11 but used a £10 love2shop voucher), school trousers x 2 for ds in Sainsburys (£10) and then the best bit of all, we went to the Afcb clubshop on the way back and the season review dvd is finally in so I got one and a new car sticker (£17.50) and the same for my brother (he'll pay me back for them). So in total I spent £46.50 which isn't bad as I'd allowed £100 in the budget for ds school stuff and I only have his trainers left to get, so looks like I'll come in under budget too

As for the rest of today I need to go to the bank to pay in some more bags of coins (can only do 5 a day), go to the post office to post my brothers dvd andd take the dog for a walk.

Forgot to mention, I got a fitbit before Christmas last year (an accurate pedometer basically) and at the start of the holidays I changed the settings on my daily target from 10,000 to 12,000, I have done just over 10,500 so far today so shouldn't have any problem hitting goal

beanielou

There_Is_a_Light wrote: »

Hiya Beanie. Fantastic weight loss result. If you are not sure who I am there are a few clues in my user name and signature

Glad to see you are still around. I miss the daily chat.

Got you in one
I miss the chat too.
Hope life is treating you well

benbenandme

Made a tenner on a game