NST February Challenge : A Winter Voyage

mothernerd

, I will not cry, I will not cry, I will not cry. Been writing for 2 hours and it was a little work of art, got all my colours right (love yours abundant). Then I lost it (accidently touched keypad with my wrist. Consulted geek but didn't work.

Going off to play with some penguins, then I will return.

Fmess

Spendy day yesterday but only on the new slimming world magazine. Got it from my group so saved £1.

I am grateful for:-

- enjoying the slimming world diet and my group, and losing weight
- finishing my course of dental treatment
- the doggy stroller arriving and my dog being keen to get in it

mothernerd

NSD #1 (mainly through waiting for mum's solicitor.

Signature adjusted.

BUDGETS
Food £120. Totally random. Covers spending on food for DS3 and beloved. They will still buy takeaways for themselves but want to entice them away and cook for themselves.Also I will be eating different food.
Travel £26. Down from £30 for last month. Five anybus all day tickets, one a week plus one emergency but hope it will be much less.
Extras £30. Can't get my head around personal spends. This is usually for diy stuff but need £20 for cinema club membership (allocated 2 previous months) and have a think.I have offered to buy a bookcase for Ds3 and Beloved but they have not picked one yet (cost unknown). This will give more floor space in their room and get the overflow out of my front room.

NSDs, 1 down, lots more to come.

Gratitude daily. For Yesterday I am grateful that the solicitor has been (one more thing off the list), for silly games on the internet to keep me awake whilst waiting for the solicitor, after another sleep free night and for this wonderful thread and this month's challenge.

2017 GOALS
HEALTH
Exercise. Curtailled by strapped up foot but walked to the infirmary.FEB Will walk once a day, twice if possible + normal routine.
Weight. Could do better. Still no baseline figure. Recurring theme in my old notebooks. I have lost weight before, I will do it this time. FEB Make an appointment (Lose weight feel great/ free 12 weeks SW/ personal trainer). Proper diet. Bake low sugar treats.
Mental Health. Still on anti-depressants, lots of relaxing (at home), no longer seeing the Counsellor eveery week but can return any time. FEB Resume activities outside the home. Read the food book (emotional eating) and re-read Emotional Healing. Take notes.

FINANCES
Made the savings target (£3.72 over + a few more £2 coins in the Highland cow and about £14 in the toucan (both money boxes). Did not fully track spending and have become a little too relaxed. FEB Turtle challenge. Plot all spending.Go through Martin's Budget and review previously excluded (except when desperate or free) categories - clothes/ new glasses/ social/ entertainment/ exercise.

WORK/CAREER
Very modest earnings from self-employment. Did well on using up scraps and thinking time. However this has raised some concerns.
FEB All business paperwork up to date. Revisit steps taken to acquire new skills and formalise them/ make progress. Complete audit of all work in progress etc/ time invested and weed out.

GROOMING/ PAMPERING
Okay. Did more (benign rather than outright neglect). Cut my own hair and it is now very easy maintenance. FEB Continue. Do more. Consider a pamper night or day (eyebrows, detox to kickstart diet).

There are a number of resolutions which I did not post, but I will cover those in a seperate post.

Pre boarding preparations.

Stock Take. Not yet done. I have a list of the things I bought at the beginning of the week (till receipt) and will cross them off as they are used. These are mainly for DS3 and Beloved. I had previously run down the freezer so there are no oddments left. There are portions of chilli/ bacon soup and sweet potato mash from my last batch cook. I have a bag of chops and a bag of chicken breasts. There are things in the fridge which need using up first and I have frozen veg and tinned pulses for more batch cooking.

Clear out. I barely have enough clothes as it is. I have a couple of warm jumpers that are on their last legs but I plan to wear them to destruction. I was considering buying more leggings/ jog pants but found another pair so will wear out the ones I have and will buy new smaller ones next year.
One of my, as yet unposted, goals addresses this issue. I have already committed to a rationalisation of my embroidery/ sewing stuff (may even make a couple of things to wear).

Lucky charm. I have put out 3 thin metal bangles. I usually wear them as a set with thicker coloured bangles so I will notice them and remember they have a different meaning this month.

Further installments of this saga will be published soon.:rotfl:

Bobarella

mothernerd wrote: »

, I will not cry, I will not cry, I will not cry. Been writing for 2 hours and it was a little work of art, got all my colours right (love yours abundant). Then I lost it (accidently touched keypad with my wrist. Consulted geek but didn't work.

Going off to play with some penguins, then I will return.

Oh big boo to that Mothernerd :mad::mad:

Glad you reposted

SpekySquarehead

Morning all,

Didn't manage a NSD yesterday however today is planned to be. Brought my lunch with me and my gran is making my dinner - happy days!!

greent

XSpender wrote: »

Greent - is it the joe wicks body coach 90 day plan you are considering? I am doing it at the moment.

Hi XSpender - yes - have been following a couple of SSS plan related facebook groups. How are you finding it? Am guessing my food spends may increase as a result?

As OH is now working away Mon-Fri most weeks until July I thought I could make the meals work easier (he is such a fussy bu**er and also likes takeaways and treats - less temptation around if he is not here - if I don't buy it I cant eat it - but if he comes home with a box of Maltesers then I find it hard to resist!!:o Could be interesting on days I work, trying to fit the workouts in, but am sure it's a case of just adjusting routines (she says, hopefully.......)

XSpender

greent wrote: »

Hi XSpender - yes - have been following a couple of SSS plan related facebook groups. How are you finding it? Am guessing my food spends may increase as a result?

As OH is now working away Mon-Fri most weeks until July I thought I could make the meals work easier (he is such a fussy bu**er and also likes takeaways and treats - less temptation around if he is not here - if I don't buy it I cant eat it - but if he comes home with a box of Maltesers then I find it hard to resist!!:o Could be interesting on days I work, trying to fit the workouts in, but am sure it's a case of just adjusting routines (she says, hopefully.......)

I have had a couple of false starts, trying to do it over Christmas was a bit silly, but have started again and am giving it a real go. The food is absolutely delicious and so much of it I struggle to eat 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. Today, following a 6am class (:eek:) I have had chocolate and banana protein pancakes with 0% greek yogurt, feta and veg omelette for lunch and a chicken and cashew nut curry (no rice) for dinner and a piece of fruit and a humongous mousse for snacks. The first 30 days you have to eat the set recipes but the next 60 days are more choice and you can adapt your own meals. They can adapt for allergies etc. as I am GF.

Everything is cooked from scratch and the hardest thing is prepping all the meals before the start of the week. I travel a lot with work and have no access to a microwave but it is still possible to keep on plan.

I do not find it expensive to do this plan and almost everything can be bought at Aldi. Protein powder is a fair bit to begin with but you don't have to use it. In fact because I am drinking less and not eating rubbish my shopping would be cheaper or it would be if DH wasn't doing a body building plan at the gym and eating his own weight in meat!

I was already doing a fair amount of training/running when I signed up so this was built in to my plan. Your Zumba would count as one of the 4-5 sessions you need to do a week. The HIITs are about half an hour, I have done a couple and they certainly get your heart rate up. You need weights or a gym for the 2nd 2 cycles.

If you sign up to his daily tips email on his website at the end of the 2 weeks they offer you a £20 discount off the plan price.

greent

XSpender wrote: »

I have had a couple of false starts, trying to do it over Christmas was a bit silly, but have started again and am giving it a real go. The food is absolutely delicious and so much of it I struggle to eat 3 meals and 2 snacks a day. Today, following a 6am class (:eek:) I have had chocolate and banana protein pancakes with 0% greek yogurt, feta and veg omelette for lunch and a chicken and cashew nut curry (no rice) for dinner and a piece of fruit and a humongous mousse for snacks. The first 30 days you have to eat the set recipes but the next 60 days are more choice and you can adapt your own meals. They can adapt for allergies etc. as I am GF.

Everything is cooked from scratch and the hardest thing is prepping all the meals before the start of the week. I travel a lot with work and have no access to a microwave but it is still possible to keep on plan.

I do not find it expensive to do this plan and almost everything can be bought at Aldi. Protein powder is a fair bit to begin with but you don't have to use it. In fact because I am drinking less and not eating rubbish my shopping would be cheaper or it would be if DH wasn't doing a body building plan at the gym and eating his own weight in meat!

I was already doing a fair amount of training/running when I signed up so this was built in to my plan. Your Zumba would count as one of the 4-5 sessions you need to do a week. The HIITs are about half an hour, I have done a couple and they certainly get your heart rate up. You need weights or a gym for the 2nd 2 cycles.

If you sign up to his daily tips email on his website at the end of the 2 weeks they offer you a £20 discount off the plan price.

Thanks for this - I've got the emails and the discount code - I just need to bite the bullet! We have a set of weights (no bench) which OH has had for year's so I'm semi-equipped for C2 I thought I'd start C25K alongside it as I've heard that can also count as HIIT work - and then try Angela Cox's youtube vids, as I've heard they're easier than Joe's!

I shop mainly at A1di usually anyway - so good to know most can be bought there, thank you. I generally batch cook from scratch too, so that should be fine - and I rarely have alcohol (average no more than 2 units/ month). I'm looking forward to the mousse me up - have seen lots of pics of it and people saying how huge it is!

I really should just put on my big girl pants and sign up......:o:D

FurryBeastOz

Cap'n, bit early for shore leave but I'm off out tonight. Didn't spend any of last months eating/meeting F&F budget as I was too busy, and I knew this was coming up.

Looked at the menu and made my sensible choice already:D.

Hoping to get a NSD other than this.

misstara

It will be a NSD today so 1/15. I'm on a late shift today - had a lie in, went to the gym, cleaned the flat and did all the laundry. Hoping that I'll be as productive once I get to work :rotfl:

Today I'm grateful for OH not disturbing me as he left this morning, for a good work out at the gym and getting to relax with a book and a coffee for half an hour before getting organised to go to work.