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The MFW Shrinking the Mortgage and the Waistline challenge.

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  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,149 Forumite
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    Please put me down for 5lbs in May too.
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,806 Ambassador
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    Big hugs Karmcat.
    You know where I am xx
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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,806 Ambassador
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Academoney Grad Mortgage-free Glee!
    6 lbs.
    Hope to get into gear tomorrow.
    Have just been 'decluttering' the oreo's a friend brought me from America.
    I am a Forum Ambassador and I support the Forum Team on Mortgage Free Wannabe & Local Money Saving Scotland & Disability Money Matters. If you need any help on those boards, do let me know.Please note that Ambassadors are not moderators. Any post you spot in breach of the Forum Rules should be reported via the report button , or by emailing forumteam@moneysavingexpert.com. All views are my own & not the official line of Money Saving Expert.

    Lou~ Debt free Wanabe No 55 DF 03/14.**Credit card debt free 30/06/10~** MFW. Finally mortgage free O2/ 2021****
    "A large income is the best recipe for happiness I ever heard of" Jane Austen in Mansfield Park.

    ***Fall down seven times,stand up eight*** ~~Japanese proverb.
    ***Keep plodding*** Out of debt, out of danger. ***Be the difference.***
    One debt remaining. Home improvement loan.
  • Hello,
    i would love to join! Please put me down for 5lbs in May please. X:j:j
  • clippy_girl
    clippy_girl Posts: 2,283 Forumite
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    Please can I join, would like to loose 6lb in May. Will do this by cutting out non natural sugar (except alcohol obvs :beer:), not eating carbs after lunch and doing some exercise.

    Not sure how I'll get on on the exercise front at the moment as have some sores on my stomach (possibly shingles?) which hurt when I bend over, stretch or touch them. Plus they seem to be getting better now they are drying out so probably not a good idea to get sweaty (they developed on holiday in 34c heat and have been improving since I returned to the uk on thur as its so cold :cool:).

    I'm going to give the gym a miss for a week and hope to start next week.

    Total target is around 3 stone loss which I would like to achieve by 1 December when I will hopefully be going to Cuba :j so a steady 6lbs per month loss for me is needed :)
    :j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j:j
  • newgirly
    newgirly Posts: 9,356 Forumite
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    Morning, I have just come across this thread and it's perfect timing :) Can I join your may spreadsheet if possible please There is light?
    I started with a target of 3 stones at new year, lost a stone and have now put back on about 6lb :(

    I would like to set a target of 7lb for May please, I will be using mfp and wearing my Fitbit to keep an eye on when I am too lazy, possibly attempting the 5-2 as well, although I have found in the past that can be difficult for others around me when very hungry :rotfl:many thanks :)
    MFW 67 - Finally mortgage free! 💙😁
  • Where's me?

    I am updating the spreadsheet today, can I have your initial goal for May :cool:
    "These things take time but I know that I'm the most inept that ever stepped"
  • May goal is 6 lbs as I've just put one on as per this morning's weigh in. Not good.
    Mortgage at 01.01.14 £119,481.83:eek: today £0 Emergency fund £5.5/5.5k & £200/200 cash.:jWeight 24/02/19 14st 7lb now 12st determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection.:T100%through my 1% mortgage challenge. 100% through my pb challenge.
  • Welcome all of the newcomers, I have updated the spreadsheet with the information I have so far. Please do not feel that you have to set targets/update your weight if you do not wish to do so. I just thought that it would be good for those that do.:D

    Yesterday was quite good I thought in terms of eating/exercise but I got on the scales this morning and appear to have put 2lbs on:mad: I will wait to see what the WW scales say on Tuesday and take that as my starting point.

    In an attempt to get myself kick-started I am getting out my old WW stuff and planning all of my meals for the next week.

    This SH** just got real!
    "These things take time but I know that I'm the most inept that ever stepped"
  • Karmacat
    Karmacat Posts: 39,460 Forumite
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    beanielou wrote: »
    Big hugs Karmcat.
    You know where I am xx
    Thanks beanie. I'm okay today, off to my sister's soon, and she'll drive me back home when I'm tired.

    xxx
    2023: the year I get to buy a car
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