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Poor kc. Nothing as bad as craving something. Today is day 2 chocolate free. Danger is though that I overeat everything else to compensate.June 2026, Mortgage free, Emergency fund fully funded & £200/200 cash maximum pb holding .:jWeight 12st challenge 11st 2lb
Gift to children challenge £40k in 2 years. Short term gift challenge 7 presents and $1300 can by September.
Determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough.
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A miracle has happened and despite the cake, posh vegi burger, champagne and red wine I've lost 1.5lbs and got my silver 7 at WW
Also got my 5% certificate I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping) -.literally have been run over by a bike, mobility scooter and a car - still here 💪0 -
Whoop whoop whoopJune 2026, Mortgage free, Emergency fund fully funded & £200/200 cash maximum pb holding .:jWeight 12st challenge 11st 2lb
Gift to children challenge £40k in 2 years. Short term gift challenge 7 presents and $1300 can by September.
Determined to stop defining myself by my mistakes. Progress not perfection. I’m not perfect but I’m good enough.
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Great result Sa. :jI 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.
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Thanks INOD! I don't crave the way I used to, but its bad enough. I used to be really, really terrible with chocolate - buying at several shops so no shop assistant would know how much I was eating, I really did that :eek:in_need_of_direction wrote: »Poor kc. Nothing as bad as craving something. Today is day 2 chocolate free. Danger is though that I overeat everything else to compensate.
Usually, as long as I have *strong* tastes (herbs and spices, garlic, mustard etc) I'm fine ...2023: the year I get to buy a car0 -
Classic example. Wanted chocolate but said now you dont need smarties.Ate crisps instead.Very very peppery. Why the bleep did I eat them??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.
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Well done everyone :T
I'm back from my business trip. I don't think I was too bad (ate mindfully but drank lots of champagne and cocktails, went to the gym at 04:30 every morning (terrible jet lag) and went for a 10-mile walk on Tuesday). I'll have to see what the scales say in the morning...
MWCxMortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
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Well done Beanie and Sun Addict on your losses!!
Well done INOD on your choc free days!!
I weighed in yesterday and stayed the same :mad:
I know why though and I think that makes the difference - I have not been as good with My Fitness Pal and as a result I believe I have overeaten, also on Weds (between 2 fast days) I decided I fancied a pizza so brought a gluten free one and ate the lot - MFP told me it had 800 calories in:eek:. Now I was within my calorie limit for the day even with the pizza but when you consider that it was a cheese and tomato one and I had no fruit and veg that day I think I would have been better off with a vegetable curry or something like that.
Need to pull my socks up and sort this out.
I am away next weekend and wanted to be under 10 stone but alas I won't be.0 -
4lb off :j
Not sure how, after an initial good start aerobics-wise, I've not managed to do anything thanks to the worst hayfever ever.
Good news is that the ladies at my new workplace are quite salad-central, so it's encouraging me to make sure I turn up with healthy foodstuffs every day
a penny picker upper. MFW approx 78% to go | FIRE 3 years worth (30% savings rate: now aiming for 40%!) | Normality is a paved road; it's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it | Whatever you're meant to do, do it now. The conditions are always impossible | The only thing you absolutely have to know, is the location of the library0 -
muddywhitechicken wrote: »Well done everyone :T
I'm back from my business trip. I don't think I was too bad (ate mindfully but drank lots of champagne and cocktails, went to the gym at 04:30 every morning (terrible jet lag) and went for a 10-mile walk on Tuesday). I'll have to see what the scales say in the morning...
MWCx
oof scales say +5
I'll give it a couple of days for my body to recover and try again!Mortgage at highest (April 2008): ~£195,000
Mortgage-free: January 2021
Retired: June 2022 (186 months early!)0
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