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The Cutting Down Alcohol challenge for October & 2025 :)

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  • leftatthetrafficlights
    leftatthetrafficlights Posts: 2,209 Forumite
    1,000 Posts Fourth Anniversary Name Dropper
    Declaring early- 19/30
    'Happiness is not a destination but the journey you walk every day'

    Weight loss challenge 2024:
    Start weight: 9st 13.1lb
    End weight: 8st 13lb

    Weight loss challenge 2025: 
    Start weight: 8st 6lbs
    End weight: 

    Nov GC: £41.46/£350

    DNF: 1/45

    'It's the small compromises you keep making over time that start to add up and get you to a place you don't want to be'

  • doingitanyway
    doingitanyway Posts: 10,481 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Mortgage-free Glee!
    15/25 for me please @cathybird
    If you have built castles in the air, your work should not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put the foundations under them

    Emergency fund 350/1000
    Buffer fund 100/100
    Debt Free (again) 25/07/2025
  • oceandreamer
    oceandreamer Posts: 625 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    15/24 today please Cathybird
  • cathybird
    cathybird Posts: 15,920 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    edited 20 October at 8:39PM
    October AFD challenge 2025

    7 days = image 

    14 days = image  

    21 days = image 

    28 days = image 

    Target reached = image 

    Target beaten = image 

    Entire month = image 


    October targets


    BlueJ94 10/25  image 

    cathybird 18/21  image  image  

    Dark Sunday 14 

    doingitanyway 15/25  image  image  

    Dryjan 18 

    dustydigger 24 

    Jellybaby 16/TF  image  image  

    leftatthetrafficlights 19/30   image  image  

    maggiem 8/10   image 

    maman 9/10  image 

    oceandreamer 16/24  image  image  

    PriceySOS 23 

    redofromstart 20/20  image  image   image 

    RobM99 14/30   image  image  

    satchmo1 15/25   image  image  

    Season of Mist 16/27   image  image  

    sukeyboo 8/10   image 

    tiddles 1/10  

    Watty1 12/20   image 

    Wishus 4/20  

    WBF 6/14  


    To see October's results on phone or tablet, click here. See 2025 results here :)


    🌞 🌞  Newcomers welcome! 🌞 🌞

  • satchmo1
    satchmo1 Posts: 3,327 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    14/25 for me today please.

    I was bitten by midges again at parkrun on Saturday, and today the multiple bites are red, hot and swollen. I've taken an antihistamine and slathered on bite cream, but it's driving me mad!!!
    What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?
  • maman
    maman Posts: 30,068 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 10,000 Posts Name Dropper
    9/10 AFDs please@cathybird 
  • sukeyboo
    sukeyboo Posts: 2,369 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper Photogenic
    8/10 for today please cathybird 
  • satchmo1
    satchmo1 Posts: 3,327 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    15/25 for me today please
    What would you get if all you got was what you were thankful for?
  • redofromstart
    redofromstart Posts: 5,967 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary 1,000 Posts Photogenic Name Dropper
    20 for me please
    My mortgage free diary: +++ Divide by Cucumber Error.  Please reinstall universe and reboot+++

    GNU Mr Redo

  • oceandreamer
    oceandreamer Posts: 625 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 500 Posts Name Dropper Combo Breaker
    16/24 today please Cathybird
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