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Today's PAD - £13
Jan - £20
"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee2 -
A nice start to PADs from a survey cashout.
I did walk yesterday and today to school despite the rain on both days, so am pleased with that. That combined with the soup for lunch and dinner yesterday seems to be helping my ibs thankfully. Hopefully it will continue to improve.
I'm also trying something different with my eating, alongside the time restricted eating. I am a habitual grazer, just constantly snacking rather than eating bigger meals. Not good for my digestion, blood sugars or my weight! I have struggled to break this habit in the past, so I am trying again. I have given myself 3 'windows' of an hour each in which I can graze as much as I like, then I need to stop eating until the next window. These are roughly 9-10, 1-2 and 5-6 so fit within my TRE of 9-7. I want to eventually get to a stage where I just have 3 decent meals and no snacks so it's building up to this. I'm going to try it and see if it makes a difference to how I feel (of course I would love for it to help with weightloss too, but that is not my initial focus, it's trying to break the grazing habit). It's easy at the moment, as my calendar is relatively quiet, but will be more challenging as it gets busier again, so now is a good time to make a start."Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee6 -
Well done with the walking. The 'snack windows' sound like a good idea and the timings fit in with 'normal' meals... fingers crossed XXX
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Happy belated new year @jwil! Finally managing to catch up on all the diaries after having a pretty difficult December. You are doing amazing & are such an inspiration. My goals for 2024 are pretty much the same as yours & self care is top of the list! I love the idea of snacking windows & May pinch that. Me & the boys are not back at school/work till Monday so I am enjoying this calm period!Take care my lovely & good luck with everything xx3
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The snack windows sound good for establishing the habit. I do TRE - 12noon to 8pm is the eating window. I’m really good at not eating before 12. Most of my snacks are around 430 or 7pm ish. I too would like to just eat meals and reduce snacks. I do the 12noon start as I really don’t love breakfast so it suits me.Look forward to seeing how that goes.L x3
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Thank you, I'm hoping it makes a difference!Chrystal said:Well done with the walking. The 'snack windows' sound like a good idea and the timings fit in with 'normal' meals... fingers crossed XXX
Sorry to hear you had a challenging December, hope everything is ok. Good luck with your goals, and hope the snacking windows work for you! Enjoy your week offBalanceBy50 said:Happy belated new year @jwil! Finally managing to catch up on all the diaries after having a pretty difficult December. You are doing amazing & are such an inspiration. My goals for 2024 are pretty much the same as yours & self care is top of the list! I love the idea of snacking windows & May pinch that. Me & the boys are not back at school/work till Monday so I am enjoying this calm period!Take care my lovely & good luck with everything xx
I go to bed early so the early day suits me. I'm also hungry in the morningThe snack windows sound good for establishing the habit. I do TRE - 12noon to 8pm is the eating window. I’m really good at not eating before 12. Most of my snacks are around 430 or 7pm ish. I too would like to just eat meals and reduce snacks. I do the 12noon start as I really don’t love breakfast so it suits me.Look forward to seeing how that goes.L x
I'd like to get to an 8 hour window eventually, but 10 is easy to manage for me at the moment and from what I've read is a good balance between being easy to stick to and still getting good results. It's done me a world of good stopping snacking in the evening - I rarely feel the urge to now. Good luck with yours! "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee4 -
Today's PAD - £2
Jan - £22
"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee2 -
It's nice to realise that today is my Friday
It's actually been quite a relaxed week, so I've achieved quite a lot. I wish all weeks were like that! "Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee2 -
Hello jwil - "Friday" here too - doesn't it make a difference!
Your PAD totals for last year were so impressive - it really goes to underline how that small habit each day can make such a huge difference doesn't it - well done!
As with others - it's good reading the round up and establishing how much was achieved, as well as the new plans for the new year - and of course the faithful here are incredibly good about reminding you to be your own cheerleader too - and that you should!🎉 MORTGAGE FREE (First time!) 30/09/2016 🎉 And now we go again…New mortgage taken 01/09/23 🏡
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Thank youEssexHebridean said:Hello jwil - "Friday" here too - doesn't it make a difference!
Your PAD totals for last year were so impressive - it really goes to underline how that small habit each day can make such a huge difference doesn't it - well done!
As with others - it's good reading the round up and establishing how much was achieved, as well as the new plans for the new year - and of course the faithful here are incredibly good about reminding you to be your own cheerleader too - and that you should! It's always nice to have that Friday feeling on a Thursday.
My brain is usually so befuddled, I forget what I've been doing. I should really keep track better!"Good financial planning is about not spending money on things that add no value to your life in order to have more money for the things that do". Eoin McGee1
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