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Sun_Addict

I love Paignton, been there quite a few times. When the kids were young we holidayed in Devon and Cornwall every year, been to most parts. The first time we went to Devon we set off super early, totally over-estimated how long it would take to get there, the roads were empty and we ended up hanging around for hours until we could get into the accommodation 🤣

IzzyBee

Thanks cherry fudge I am using my fitness pal app on my I pad I have got 1200 calls a day which I am finding ok as I like lots of veg and salads so can easily fill up on them I have a very active heavy job but am furloughed at the minute and to be honest it’s the first time in my life I have only had one job up until last Xmas I worked three I worked in a supermarket on a morning a dry cleaners on a afternoon and a fish shop on a night and I never had a minute to eat a proper meal I would grab anything to eat while I was in the process of changing my uniform so by the time at got in at nearly midnight I could of ate my own hands I was starving and believe it on not the nearly 20 years I worked in the chippy I never ate a chip but it’s look after me time now and I’m determined to 

Sun_Addict

Morning all, final day off before back to work tomorrow. Part of me will be glad to get back to a routine.

Have done finances this morning and I've had a £22.80 underspend this week. Would've been more but picked up a few bits from Iceland yesterday. £20.00 has gone to the new oven fund and £2.80 to the Christmas fund. £50 has gone to my emergency fund, would like to get this up to my target £10k by the end of the year if I can. The cc has been paid off and money for pending items put to one side. £250 will be going into my regular monthly saver tomorrow.

Balances are:
Christmas £17.62/£600
Oven £40.33/£600 (estimated cost)
Holidays £900 (still putting money to one side as hoping to get away at some point this year)
Monthly Saver £1500.00 (will be £1750.00 tomorrow) this is also for my new windows/door for next year's repayments
Emergency Fund £5050.00/£10,000
House £2380.00 (this is earmarked for the new windows/door being fitted later this month, is on 4 years interest free credit so the monthly repayments are coming out of this)

Not a NSD today as just bought a few bits from the WW sale including some new scales as mine are ancient and suspect not very accurate. This has come out of personal spends so not affected my weekly budget.

Will be starting back on tracking my food properly on the WW app from tomorrow and have a 28 day HIIT workout plan attached to the side of my fridge for ease of reference. Need to get back into a routine now.

Will be taking the dog out shortly, no idea where yet, will probably end up at the park across the road.  I get a bit bored of it sometimes but the dog loves it and it's extremely handy.

enthusiasticsaver

Onebrokelady said:

Sun_Addict said:

Fortunately we live on a flat road but it’s difficult to get anywhere without going up or down a hill. The buses stop running at the first snowflake. On the plus side we don’t get snow on a regular basis and it tends to disappear as soon as it lands.

I'm on a flat bit once I get to the top of two hills,everywhere in Devon is hilly and since I moved here I've never lived anywhere flat 😳

Cornwall is the same.  We live on the flat but there are hills all around us.  Great places to train for my coastpath walking in the winter though. 

enthusiasticsaver

ladyholly said:

I wish I could blame someone else but it is all me. DH is almost 6ft tall and weighs between 9 and 10 stone depending on how he is feeling, what the weather is doing and goodness knows what else. I am sure people think I dont feed him. I do!! Honest.

Haha my DH is very tall and thin.  6 foot 2 and around 10.5 stone which is underweight for his height.  My DD2 is the same.  They have no appetite gene.  Makes it very difficult when I am 5 foot 4 and only have to look at cake to put weight on and I love food.  I do make him take responsibility for his own food now as we are both retired as I cook low calorie meals so I can keep  on top of my weight and stay in a healthy range.  I always say he can either cook for himself or eat what I am cooking as I am not cooking 2 different meals as I did that enough when the girls were little.  He always opts for what I am cooking and even cooks healthy meals for both of us twice a week.  He snacks for England though and drinks more alcohol whereas I have to stick to no snacks or fruit and limited wine/gin and lots more exercise than him. 

ladyholly

enthusiasticsaver said:

Haha my DH is very tall and thin.  6 foot 2 and around 10.5 stone which is underweight for his height.  My DD2 is the same.  They have no appetite gene.  Makes it very difficult when I am 5 foot 4 and only have to look at cake to put weight on and I love food.  I do make him take responsibility for his own food now as we are both retired as I cook low calorie meals so I can keep  on top of my weight and stay in a healthy range.  I always say he can either cook for himself or eat what I am cooking as I am not cooking 2 different meals as I did that enough when the girls were little.  He always opts for what I am cooking and even cooks healthy meals for both of us twice a week.  He snacks for England though and drinks more alcohol whereas I have to stick to no snacks or fruit and limited wine/gin and lots more exercise than him. 

I am glad I am not the only one. When we first met my mother decided to knit him an Aran sweater for Christmas and asked me to measure him which I did. His chest was 32ins but she didnt believe me and said he had to be at least 36ins so made it to that. It was huge on him but, bless him he did wear it until it wore out and always said he liked it. The one advantage to him being so skinny  is that cheap clothes can look very good on him because they are cut so skimpily.

Sun_Addict

Mr SA was painfully thin when I first met him, he started putting weight on in his 30s and is now around 18st from 11st. This is mainly down to him not being very mobile but still having a hearty appetite. DS is very thin and people say he takes after me for his slight build, the difference is his build seems to be natural whereas I have to work at mine. I’m only 5’1 and very small build so every pound shows up on me. DD seems to have picked up Mr SA’s side of the family’s tall and big build gene. I really felt for her once when she was 16 and we took her to get a moped and the bloke said gosh you’re tall you must be about 6 foot. She was (and still is) very self conscious about her height and build.

Took the dog on the park this morning and the path down to it was treacherous. We had snow yesterday  which had been melted by rain and sun then turned into ice. Mr SA had to head back home on his scooter he couldn’t risk it but I persevered and the dog had a brilliant time. I did notice Mr SA being helped along the path by an elderly couple when his scooter got stuck. I do fear for him picking up the virus when he’s forever getting into scrapes and being rescued by strangers. It’s lovely that people are still so willing to help in the current situation but to be honest he could’ve got himself out of this scrape.

After a day of blue skies and sunshine it’s suddenly gone very dark and raining.

RelievedSheff

I'm 5'3" and of bigger build and tend to carry more weight than I really should. A couple of years back we both lost a lot of weight but neither of us felt very comfortable with it and have gradually put most of it back on.

HairyHandofDartmoor

Your dog not wanting to go for a walk made me laugh SA 🤣. I think you do very well with your healthy eating and all your exercise 👏, it's the only way to stay slim in your fifties as our metabolisms are not on our side any more! 

That hill is very steep 😳. As OBL says there are lots of hills in Devon and since moving here over thirty years ago I've always lived on a hill 😂. It helps to keep me fit, but one year we had snow that turned to ice and stayed icy for weeks and we were terrified to walk or drive anywhere 😱. 

Good luck with your financial goals, I'm sure you'll achieve them 🙂.

IzzyBee

I’m 5’1 and I’ve got 2 six foot plus sons no idea where I got them from both as thin as rakes but fitness fanatics I’ve done a 8mile walk today and it was dammed hard going we had rain hail snow and sun but we walked through mud water and slush but I’ve done it prepared all Sunday lunch and part cooked it before I went out so when I came back had a quick shower and put the Yorkshire puddings in I don’t think I will be doing much more today the dog loved it she was like a drowned rat but she’s happily snoozing now just got to organise what I’m doing tomorrow I’ve put the washer on hubby going to be watching football so I will read a bit of my book when I met my hubby SA he was 11 stone he had a accident and broke his back was laid up a long time now he’s waiting for a new knee so the weight has crept on but he likes to get out on his bike when the weathers good and walks the dog at least he tries to keep mobile when he can I remember the day when we were young and as fit as fire  wish I still was but things could be worse and all in all we count ourselves lucky sometimes