Future Proofing my life: Deposit saving then MFW journey in under 13 years

LadyWithAPlan

dawnybabes said:

Ooh, I’ve just checked my visceral fat and I’ve dropped down to 6 (down from. 25 4 years ago ! ) 

Thats amazing!!! 6 is great and from 25!!! 

Watty1

@dawnybabes 6 from 25 is fabulous.    I'm still working on mine to get back to where I would like to be but love the success stories like yours.

LadyWithAPlan

Well done all on the visceral fat fight  all Its such a life-changing re-frame for me and got me focused forward, its not about looks, not about being slim  but about health, especially the health of your organs, preventing your organs from being strangled  (!) as I heard it described - which may stay with me forever.. I am 4kg down from 3.5 weeks ago and I am eating well. I was craving extra food yesterday (I had been training) so I happily fed myself.. This is about loving my body and listening to it, whilst also shedding the excess pounds.

Got a fun eve out Thursday with friends (free drinks as pr thing), doing a bit of consulting Friday morning then getting a free  fabulous lunch (taking a friend) as part the deal, and Saturday is the won  festival tix - my DS, DN coming down and we dancing all day + my friend is joining us, so will be fun. Hoping it wont  be rainy though!!

Morries spend : Grocery Challenge - I have rejoined for June on lots green veg, salad and some pork loin, they dont do FR or corn fed chickens so I wouldnt buy one.
£16.83/£200


The soup I made from my Corn fed chicken stock - all greens either wilting (watercress, broccoli) plus frozen broad beans  lots of paprika, cumin, dash of apple cider vinegar etc was actually one of the best I have made in years !!

The free airfryer  I am enjoying using it - largely as I dont need to add extra fat. Yet to actually crisp something in it mind you - only done burgers, chicken breast and pork so far. All good.

VINTED - got an offer for £25 for an old vintage denim jacket I found at my parents, been on my vinted for 6 months so accepted it and looking forward to getting paid and getting it out the house.

Minimalism game - back on it - it helps me get in the habit of looking round the house and seeing what needs getting rid of or what I dont need.
day 1 5 things - old tupperware
Day 2 - 3 things and a vase for CS
Day 3 - 3 so far and some bits out the bathroom inc a hand cream I had for 5 years .... and the cream wont come out the tubing no matter what I do.

TallGirl

Airfryers are fab DGs aunt went on about this for about 5 years before we got ours how good they were but we just ignored her. She was someone who had more than 20 kitchen machines so hard to take her serious all the time in our defence. 

Good luck with the grocery challenge. 

PennysIntoPounds

Great vinted sale, well done

Watty1

Admire your perseverance in keeping something on Vinted that long. I usually give up after a few weeks and CS items.

South_coast

I offered £2.60 for a £3.00 item which had been listed for FOUR YEARS the other week - and it got rejected 🤦‍♀️! True, I'd only recently had a notification to say that they'd dropped the price from £6.00, but if you've not sold it in 4 years and are still trying to persevere, surely you're going to accept any offer you get 🤷‍♀️???

LadyWithAPlan

TallGirl said:

Airfryers are fab DGs aunt went on about this for about 5 years before we got ours how good they were but we just ignored her. She was someone who had more than 20 kitchen machines so hard to take her serious all the time in our defence. 

Good luck with the grocery challenge. 

I had resisted buying an airfryer as I have had a halogen oven for 15 years which does great roast meats and crisp fries and then I won a 6 in one pressure cooker that also sautes, sous vides etc and I don't need to turn into your aunt with excessive kitchen gear alongside my breadmaker, my rice cooker, my juicer, my nutribullet , my actual oven....However the ease of cooking small amounts of food well and quickly ... I am getting the hype is real.. annoyingly as my kitchen is not huge...

Watty1 said:

Admire your perseverance in keeping something on Vinted that long. I usually give up after a few weeks and CS items.

PennysIntoPounds said:

Great vinted sale, well done

Tx!  I normally take things off and drag to CS - or even often dont even bother with the Vinted and take it straight to CS but this is quite a special vintage jacket.I have a few things at my parents on vinted but have said if not gone by end month it can go to CS, i donate to my local PDSA so I feel I am helping animals at least and they get my gift aid too.

@South_coast !! FOUR YEARS!! for 40p to have it go out my home ... I would not have the patience..

Question is does the £25 stay in my Vinted bag or off to the sipp or house buying fund..

LadyWithAPlan

I had an evening side hustle so popped after to the Ald* opposite the overground £17..., looking for a FR Corn fed chicken which they had loads of so  I do like a chicken every 4 days as provides me with loads meals and great soup stock. Plus lean protein...
Bought some nuts, some red spring onions (never seen them before 99p), the fr chicken, some greens plus some bathroom cleaner (separate budget)

£34.11/£200 spent on groceries so far

I do have family here this weekend so will get some more speciality foods in as my DN  has loads allergies and has somewhat understandably become picky.  However she does love my cooking especially my experimental GF DF baking and so I can push her to eat things I cook

Got loads done today despite a slow start... lots of deadlines hitting

LadyWithAPlan

PB Win £50 I have wins auto invested
I have won every month this year so far Totalling £425 on a £10k balance (now £10,150)  -
last year I had over £16k in there and won £325 all year of 2024 so already ahead.


£47.58/£200 spent on groceries so far
Food Spent £27   some salmon, GF sausages , greens as some family here Saturday  plus some Aldi Cremant extra £8.99