Pounds on......and off

tigerfeet2006

the link should be https://www.freecycle.org

catchooky

tigerfeet2006 thanks, haven't seen anything yet but i HAVE offered a large tv to man who is looking for one for his mum.....feel all warm & tingly inside

Spent 1.20 on juice and crisps today at work (bad bad bad) as well as a pound for an avon lucky dip. So feel very guilty, although tomorrow and Saturday will def be NSD as doing o/t in the shop, so very tiring. ever fan cy anyhting to eat and usually have to force myself to eat summat.
Didn't get to sell ipod so that will be lised on ebay
Have decided to def buy laminate in Jan (using tesco vouchers and laminate is 16.00 per sq m - hoping there'll be a price drop) but will keep my eye on freecycle for a wee sofa.
OH is going on his night out tonight with work, paid for by work, but then he leaves tomorrow to go down south til wed, leaving again on friday 21st to go to his M&Ds for xmas. Am hoping to have a rest and catch up on the housework, as well as treat myself to a home pedicure/pamper session

catchooky

OMG ebay is up to 5.51 with 1day15h to go on one item - hasn't been much of a habit recently but I think I'll def get back into it, yay!!!!

consultant31

Catchooky, I hope you aren't offended if I say that you really should think long and hard before you marry your BF. He sounds like hard work to me - you can't make him into a responsible adult if he isn't one by the age of 48 and I fear your married life will be one long struggle.

However, I'm sure you don't want to hear that and have no intention of ditching him, so making you feel better about yourself would be my first priority.

You say you have a weigh-in - do you belong to a slimming club? How are you doing? Try not to expect too much of yourself, ½lb a week lost adds up to almost 2 stone over a year and is achievable while still having little treats every day. You may like to join in with the Lose Weight thread on the "I wanna" board - there are loads of helpful people over there and lots of low-fat, tasty recipes too.

May I also suggest you take a packed lunch to work - it'll save you money and hopefully stop the urge to binge on crisps (very fattening and not very filling!!)

We need an SOA from you in order for people to get a handle on where you may be over-spending and where you may be able to cut back. Again, though, without your BF being on the same wave length, it'll be a much harder task (if not near-impossible )

Try offering the gym a full and final settlement, my daughter did that earlier this year, about 2¼ years into a 3 year contract. It cost about half of what the fees would have been for the remaining 9 months.

How much does your mobile cost? Can you try for a cheaper contract.

Have you tried signing up to do mystery shopping? This is quite well paid but you need to grab the jobs quickly as they're soon snapped up. Try https://www.grassrootsmysteryshopping.com

Good luck, I hope some of this helps.

catchooky

Consultant, thanks, i know that the oh is v hard work and i've come really close more than a few times to ditching him, but I guess I love him even tho he has his faults. Maybe this time apart will help me work out my feelings for him.
Am trying to work up the courage to post SOA, although I have my statements to hand, as most may know, its terrifying getting them down on B&W so I may leave this task til Jan 1st.
As for food, i currently take a packed lunch in but due to the fact its a secure area, v tough tough bring things in like soup etc. i work beside a blokey who eats like a horse - mars bars for breakfast at 830am - and its so tempting!!! I do bring in ready meals from the freezer (my aunt buys these for me sometimes) or sarnies but the worst part for me is snackythings. I'm not really a fan of fruit and have a biiiiiig appetite. Am just going down to cook my own tikka masala from scratch so that will be partly for lunch tomorrow as well. Am a member of ww although I haven't been to a weighin for ages due to work (im on call for the shop work and the meetings near me seem to be quite far away) don't really have time in a break to get out of work, go to weighin, them come back thru security etc & start work.
Re the gym I'm going to let it run its course of finishing in March then use gym at wrk (wasn't eligible to use this when I signed up to the other one). Blokey who is a choc fiend will start a weightloss thing with me on first day back to work in Jan and we will get weighed by the doc, as well as me at ww. I'm going to put 1pound in a pot for every lb I lose and hope to have an absolute fortune for new clothes when i'm 7st lighter!!!


My mobile contract finishes in May so it will then go down to 15pounds per month. Signed up to a new fancy one on a cheaper contract but forgot to factor in that I have to pay for the old one too!!!
Anyways house is like a tip just now so am going to tidy up., list a couple of items on ebay, do ironing, make tea and have a bath. if i'm not asleep by then, i'll be back on. Thanks for input :-)

catchooky

Forgot to say, also have to wrap chrimble pressies and sort through some more stuff that can be ebayed.
Consultant...Don't really have much time for mystery shopping as work 6days a week. when I get home, I'm exhausted and i find it hard to find the energy to even do the housework
Thanks so mch for your support tho - means a lot