The Edcawber Principle

Karmacat

shangaijimmy said:

2 stone, congrats. Fantastic achievement and commitment.

Congratulations from me too, that's a great achievement.

Greying_Pilgrim

Hey ed

Good work on the weight loss!

I've only found out today that the 6 Nations, is starting with (of the home nations), England & Scotland on Saturday!  How fantastic!  And that it's airing on free-to-view.  Hope it's really great rugger - may the best playing team win!  Looking forward to a thrilling match, plenty of skill and grunt - and please, no injuries!

Greying X

beanielou

Fantastic achievement ed.

edinburgher

@Greying_Pilgrim - I know - I'm so excited! Might need to bust out a wee dram

Thanks all for the kind comments. There is a way to go still, but I'm feeling like I will get there.

Suffolk_lass

I'm late this morning as there is test match cricket on terrestrial TV (fantastic too, but not the 03.45 start time). Anyway, a little celebration for me (that) and a bigger one for you - well done indeed! (I need the clapping above my head emoji). Mine is still bimbling in the same three pounds bracket with no cheating  - just need to keep going.

Busy_Mee

Amazing weight loss Ed. Well done.

I lost nearly 3 stone nearly 10 years ago and have managed to keep most of it off. Mainly by having a top weight that as soon as I breach it, I diet. 

This does mean a bit of a cycle of 3 lb on and 3lb off, but it does mean I maintain a healthier weight.
I also do the "not worth the calories" thing. On the whole I deem all shop bought cakes and desserts " not worth the calories"  Cake that has been lovingly baked is a whole different matter.

I try and also maintain, a policy of when I can be good I try to be good. This is because in normal times our social life and holidays revolve around eating and drinking and there is less control in social situations. So through the week when I have control over my eating I try and be good. I eat the same things for breakfast and lunch (habits of thin people and less willpower required). Oats, porridge or overnight oats for breakfast and soup or crispbreads or salad for lunch. I try not to eat too much bread, as I find it addictive.......toast and marmalade is my crack cocaine

Karmacat

Busy Mee, I identify with a  lot of that!

beanielou

Enjoy your weekend

edinburgher

Suffolk_lass - that's a bit blimmin' early for me! You will break through to the next step down soon, just keep at it. I didn't lose anything today and I even had my first chippy in a month (half a smoked sausage and a single chip)!

Busy_Mee - your policy of trying to a set weight sounds like a great idea, I may have to nick it. I have abandoned a couple of your good habits (managed to eat porridge for 5-6 breakfasts a week for 2+ years), but I am sure I can adopt them again. Mrs E sounds a lot like you, she is very good at doing the little things well, consistently.

Karmacat - I know - toast is truly the food of the gods

Beanielou - thank you - you too

Today was a ridiculously busy day, but I never planned it that way! Spent a couple of hours doing housework in the morning, wrapped up and sent off my Dad's Christmas and Birthday presents (we'd hoped to meet before now) and birthday presents for one of my nieces and dropped these off at our local parcel shop on a long walk with DD (we pretended to be cats and she dragged me into her lovely imagination) Spent about a fiver at the shop on snacks and assorted crap (all for Mrs E and DD and they're on instructions to spread them out over the weekend). The shop staff were lovely and friendly and it is shiny and new, so felt guilty only ever dropping off eB@y sales. No treats for me, being good Then home, lunch for DD and me and the usual afternoon shift at work. I finished off several sensitive complaints, some other requests and reviewed some records that were due to go out. Didn't finish until 18:30, which is a late shift for a Friday. I am really looking forward to school starting and getting my Fridays off back. Ended the day with DD's bedtime - she is really into the "Worst Witch" books at present.

Not a lot of finance related stuff today, but the stuff there was was good stuff! Budgets trimmed, £25 of PB bought. Got the call back from V1rgin and was offered £21/month for 100MB broadband for 18 months. Apparently they can totally "unbundle" your services when it suits them. While we no longer have their TV, it was duff anyway and the saving is 43% off the rate we were meant to go up to. I call that a win. Granted, no live news or sports, but BBC and ITV both stream those usually. I'm considering whether or not we could go without a TV licence, too, although I genuinely like the BBC for it's faults and am a bit torn on this front. Listed four items for sale on eB@y with a £1 max listing offer. It will be c. £65 after fees and postage if they all sell, profit from 13%-100% for a few months of storage.

Busy_Mee

Your EBay side hustle sounds great Ed.  Is this still l€go sets ?

 I recently discovered there is  a very buoyant market in Dupl0 when trying to replace some. Who knew second hand Dupl0 is nearly as expensive as the new stuff and some actually sell for more than they were new.