My journey to a debt free life

Seasidegal58

I wasn't even aware you could buy tinned Brussels!  I love Brussels sprouts but don't think I would like them tinned.  That's a bit like carrots for me - I love the fresh variety but not the tinned!
I hope you get your leg sorted out - I think you're right and you should go with the works physio - at least your leg will get looked at straightaway. 

milann

Hope all is well OBL 👍

Onebrokelady

milann said:

Hope all is well OBL 👍

Im ok thanks just been really busy and a little bit ill so been sleeping a lot xx

Onebrokelady

Just popping in before I go off to bed to say hi and I hope everyone is ok. I've been busy, work is mad and I'm not feeling great so in between shifts I've been sleeping a lot. I haven't done much at all over the last week but hopefully will be able to slow down at some point 

I'm working a 12 hour shift tomorrow so will most likely go straight to bed when I get home, last Sunday I left work at 8pm but didn't get home until 9.20 pm due to the bus not turning up, our bus company is seriously short of drivers so the service is a bit hit and miss. The taxi company I use let me down big style this week causing me to miss a hospital appointment so I'm not using them anymore. I walked to work last Sunday and will be doing the same tomorrow, my leg won't like it but it's the only way I can make sure I get there on time 🤷‍♀️ Can't wait for my next holiday in October.

Im now cheating at SW by doing calorie counting instead of following the diet ( Secret Slimpods fault ) so I lost 1.5lbs this week which means I've now lost 8lbs 🎉🎉🎉  I decided to try the CC method because I think my portion control isn't very good, pasta is a free food on SW and I can eat an awful lot of pasta in one go so I think this will help me stay in control. I want to keep going to my group though because I need the accountability of being weighed by someone 

Hopefully I will be back soon for another update xx

Cherryfudge

Hope things ease at your work OBL. There are certainly some nasty respiratory things going round in my area: I can imagine it’s severe in young children.

Well done on the weight loss ☺️.

Sun_Addict

Well done on the weight loss 👏 WW started a plan very similar to SW where pasta, potatoes, rice, etc were free. I stuck to my old plan where you have to weigh it. It would be so easy to have too much otherwise. When you think about it, it’s calories that count, as long as you’re eating less than you need you’ll lose weight.

I hope work eases up a bit for you.

milann

Interesting that you’ve started calorie counting and lost 1 1/2. I’ve put 2 on and wondering why I paid to go back….but it’s the accountability that’s making me reign it in slightly 😏
The walking to work when you’re working long hours sounds horrendous for you, especially with your dodgy leg….not surprised you are crashing out. Take care - not long until your next holiday 👍

Onebrokelady

milann said:

Interesting that you’ve started calorie counting and lost 1 1/2. I’ve put 2 on and wondering why I paid to go back….but it’s the accountability that’s making me reign it in slightly 😏
The walking to work when you’re working long hours sounds horrendous for you, especially with your dodgy leg….not surprised you are crashing out. Take care - not long until your next holiday 👍

It's helping with portion control😊it's no good telling me that pasta is a free food and then hoping I will naturally limit myself, I can put away lots of pasta in one sitting 😀this way I feel like I have a bit more control,it also does away with healthy extras and syns,if it's in my calorie allowance I can eat it what ever it is. I like having a sandwich for my lunch but on SW I was using too many syns on the bread, now I can have a sandwich and work it into my allowance. I have switched to wholemeal bread too so I'm getting more fibre
The walking to work isn't ideal but needs must at the moment 😟 

Onebrokelady

Walked to work yesterday so that was an hours exercise. Work was work 🤷‍♀️ I also walked back into town after my shift because I don't trust the bus to turn up, I waited 45 last Sunday for a bus into town,walking is 25 minutes so I walked and clocked up a total of 85 minutes of exercise. My leg complained walking to work but was ok on the way back, I did spend the last hour of my shift sitting down so that helped 

Today I have been at home. It's rained nearly all day but I have managed to get some washing done plus cleaned the bathroom and hoovered the house. I took B up to the field for a walk in the morning so 40 minutes of exercise plus tonights walk and walking to and from SW is another 45 minutes so another 85 minutes of exercise today 🏅

I lost another pound this week so have now lost 9lbs 🎉🎉 Im pretty chuffed with this and will hopefully be at target before Christmas I've got 7.5lbs to lose to get back to my SW target but I like to go 3lbs under so 10.5lbs to lose in total to get to 9st 7lbs😊

I also did some banking today mainly because it was payday and we have had our pay rise,I can't access my payslip at home so have to check my bank to see how much I've been paid. I have moved DDs keep over to the Xmas money pot so that's now done ready for Christmas . I also moved some money over into the house fund because I still have quite a few jobs that need doing so I need to build that up again. Now I've sorted the Christmas savings I will put any spare money into the house fund. My new payment for SC will go out on the first, I have increased it to £90 a month and am thinking about putting it up again to £100 but will wait to see how much my wages have gone up by first. I'm off to change my signature now 

Cherryfudge

Losing lbs and gaining ££ Sounds like a good combination to me.

Well done on the exercise too.