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Paid off the £31,000! BUT - still scrimping!

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  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,644 Ambassador
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    Enjoy your weekend with your DD :)
    Boo to the PPI~~sums it up really.
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  • Sun_Addict
    Sun_Addict Posts: 24,088 Forumite
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    How annoying about the PPI :(
    I get knocked down but I get up again (Chumbawamba, Tubthumping)
  • Elnora32
    Elnora32 Posts: 172 Forumite
    How annoying about the PPI.

    Well done on hitting your targets.
    I like to think that because I have the almost vertical hill to climb each evening when walking back from the station, this gives me more exercise kudos!
    Absolutely. :T
    I've tried hard, but the 'Arch Enemies' exercise is totally beyond me! I can't work out how to do it
    :rotfl:me neither.


    Enjoy your weekend away.
  • Seasidegal58
    Seasidegal58 Posts: 6,017 Forumite
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    edited 31 August 2019 at 9:03AM
    Thanks guys - and I still haven't had the call from the manager - well, we knew that wasn't going to happen didn't we!:D Letter will be composed on Monday.

    DAY 13 OF THE PLAN

    - Zero alcohol- OK

    - 1500 calories for five days, 500 calories for two days (to include 5 x fruit and veg and just one sweet treat on the 1500 days – Usual porridge breakfast and sandwich and fruit for lunch. On the train up I ate a free small bag of crisps, two small cookies and a choc truffle that I got with my coffee. DD's curry was excellent - I only had a small amount of rice. They are cutting back on their carbs (or "leaning" as they call it:)) and I also shared a couple of squares of dark chocolate with DD

    - Six glasses of water per day – just under!

    - Step up the walking pace – fail on this today somewhat. I did my morning work walk but that was about all as tube station to Kings X is right by my office and DD and OH picked me up at end of journey.

    - Go to bed at a reasonable hour – Not too bad as I didn't have to get up at the crack of dawn today.

    - No money wasting. Balance YNAB - nothing spent. Used my Oyster card on tube and train ticket paid for. Snacks and coffee on train free.

    I weighed myself yesterday morning instead of today as I'm not sure DD's scales will equate with mine. Another 4lb lost!:j.

    We're out today for a mooch and then off to v. nice restaurant this evening (DD and OH's treat). I think I'm going to fail the calorie test today!:D
    x
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
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    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
    My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”
  • You’re nailing this weight loss
    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.
  • Have a lovely time at DD's , a great place for a mooch. On the food front you can only try your best .
    Life is an adventure, never stop exploring.

  • beanielou
    beanielou Posts: 95,644 Ambassador
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    Enjoy your weekend:)
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    "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.
  • Seasidegal58
    Seasidegal58 Posts: 6,017 Forumite
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    You’re nailing this weight loss

    It's early days inod. I always start well and drop the weight then fall by the wayside some weeks later. I've really got to try this time as I have the cruise in the New Year and, as DD pointed out to me last night, I've got to get aboard that poor Icelandic pony!:eek:
    Have a lovely time at DD's , a great place for a mooch. On the food front you can only try your best .

    Thanks Sunshine. I'll try - the trouble is there's a cheese trolley to die for at the restaurant we're going to tomorrow for lunch.......:rotfl:
    beanielou wrote: »
    Enjoy your weekend:)

    Thanks beanie - I always enjoy myself when I come up to DD's. :)
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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  • Have a lovely time, sometimes it's good for your diet to be unpredictable so your body doesn't get used to a regime.
  • Seasidegal58
    Seasidegal58 Posts: 6,017 Forumite
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    I've a feeling an unpredictable diet is forecast for this weekend redo (she says drily).
    :)
    Finally Debt Free! - July 2016 🌟
    Finished Emergency Fund- £10,000 April 2017
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    RETIRED: MAY 2021!!!!😀🎆
    My diary: “Seasidegal's Scrimpy Retirement Diary!”
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