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Hmmm I've been wanting to lose the last of my baby weight (about 1 stone) for a while now...my toddler is nearing 2 years old so I've been very unsuccessful! Ooh biscuits...
To add onto the alcohol free posts, I was never a big drinker anyway but I have hardly had any alcohol during Covid lockdowns because we don't tend to drink at home by ourselves. Anyway we had family in the garden at the weekend, had a glass of wine one evening, woke up the next morning with a slight but lingering headache, and realised that's how I used to sometimes feel after a glass of wine and wondered why I didn't make the link before.Mortgage free as of March '25!
£240,000 paid off in 4 years, 8 months and 18 days (July '20-Mar '25)
Mortgage paid off 19 years early.
2026 MFW #8
2026 Goals
Save £6k for future house redecorating - £0/£6k
Lose 12lbs - 0lbs/12lbs lost so far
Decluttering - declutter 250 items from house and outbuildings - 0/250 items4 -
Mmmm, caramel digestives 😋😋😋 They remind me of Uni, as my best friend used to buy them but they were £££ and I was too tight 🤣!
No headaches here eatthatfrog - I haven't touched a drop all weekend 👍! It's funny how you don't put the two together until the evidence slaps you in the face though 🤦♀️!Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!3 -
It's funny, I never used to get a headache after drinking but I would have terrible stomach aches the day after. Never associated the two until I stopped drinking either!
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I clearly shop in the wrong places... Only two types of digestive - with or without chocolate...
Chocolate oaties are my personal downfall...
They're nice dipped in Irish cream...If it's not adding up, compound it!3 -
Now I want biscuits again!!
I like choc digestives, can polish a whole packet off in no time. I also like fancy cookies (e.g. M and S or Tesco finest etc), you don't get many in a packet but they are all butter so probably more than your daily allowed calorie intake3 -
Ooh I love chocolate oaties! Those and crunch creams dipped in tea.Grogged said:
Chocolate oaties are my personal downfall...They're nice dipped in Irish cream...MFW -
House purchase £62500
Original mortgage balance 28/08/2014 £52850Original MF date: 2049:eek: Aiming for: 2025
Balance 27/07/2016 £49990
Balance 08/07/2017 £47999
Balance 30/07/2018 £44500
Balance 01/08/2019 £40700
Balance 03/09/2020 £37619
Balance 30/09/2021 £33983
Balance 18/01/2023 £28940
Balance 06/10/2024 £22168
Balance 08/10/2025 £18417
Mortgage free 09/10/2025!! Mortgage paid off in 11 years, 1 month, 11 days 🥳
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https://www.sainsburys.co.uk/gol-ui/product/chocolate-biscuits-210843-44/mcvities-milk-chocolate-digestive-caramels-300gGrogged said:I clearly shop in the wrong places... Only two types of digestive - with or without chocolate...
Whatever you do, don't leave them in the sun 😮😮😮Mortgage start: £65,495 (March 2016)
Cleared 🧚♀️🧚♀️🧚♀️!!! In 5 years, 1 month and 29 days
Total amount repaid: £72,307.03. £1.10 repaid for every £1.00 borrowed
Finally earning interest instead of paying it!!!3 -
Now I'll go to bed thinking of gremlin biscuits...😱😆😆South_coast said:Whatever you do, don't leave them in the sun 😮😮😮If it's not adding up, compound it!4 -
I tried making my own biscuits instead using oats. I half the amount of sugar in the recipe and so they aren't that sweet. Interestingly after one I feel fuller (the oats) and don't have a huge desire to eat more and more (less sugar).
Just shows what sugar does to your body! Will try and keep making biscuits as they are healthier than the shop bought ones and I can control the amount of sugar in them.2025 decluttering: 5,544 🌟🥉🌟💐🏅🏅🌟🥈🏅🌟🏅💐💎🌟🏅🏆🌟🏅🌟🌟2025 use up challenge: 513🥉🥈🥇💎🏆 👑Big kitchen declutter challenge 143/1502025 decluttering goals I Use up Challenge: 🥉365 🥈750 🥇1,000 💎2,000 🏆 3,000 👑 8,000 I 🥉12 🥈26 🥇52 💎 100 🏆 250 👑 5004 -
it’s 5.18am and I’m thinking about biscuits!DFW (08/08) £64,346.53 Gone (02/19)
MFW (08/08) £118k Gone (09/23)5
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