Our attempt at being MF!!

Thanks PP, I've done different things over the years but this 'plan' has become a way of life now. In the past I have run (did 2 HM) to earn wine and cake, lost no weight but felt a little trimmer. Then did bodycOach which was intense but got great results, however was not sustainable. It was doing that I stopped running as I just didn't have the time or energy on top of intense and lengthy weight workouts.

For the past 12 months or so I have followed a particular couple on fb and follow their advice and have learned so so much. I eat a set amount of calories (they've worked out macros for me) this amount is far higher than what mfp would allow me, I input everything in mfp, I weigh myself daily and focus on my weekly average, do 15k steps a day and building up my weights workouts.

I've actually just been screenshotting some photos from our holiday last September before we go again in a couple of weeks. I put on weight last year due to stress and low mood thinking regular bowls of sugary cereal would provide me with energy!

So in a nutshell, I eat in a caloric deficit, do steps and weights and fit it in around everything else.

You're pretty active too aren't you.

No great plans for today, day off again which is nice.

Having blinds fitted today in lounge so can take down curtain pole and horrible brown curtains. Mum wants curtain pole for her room and the curtains can go to the charity shop.

Need to make dentist appointments for the children.

Lego table I am selling is being picked up so that's a £20 sale. Will see if she wants other bits of Lego we have for free as ds is not interested at all.

Also need to do some more work on my bullet journal as spent too much time just colouring it last night! Had no squirt my cream for my hot chocolate which was a huge disappointment. Also can't buy any until Thursday as determined the next 3 days will be NSD's!!

Yeah it's Te@m RH, have you seen them around?

NSD didn't happen. We have had visitors, of the head variety!! £10.99 spent on lotion, already had one in from a panic buy for a false alarm a while ago. The house descended into chaos after this with the treatments and washing just was the man arrived to fit the blind!

Just a quick post from me as am a bit headachey and was supposed to be having an early night.

Well, we survived until payday. Just tomorrow to get out of the way and we can replenish the pots and do the money shuffle. Payday not really any good for much else! Hoping to pay a good chunk off the FD 0% deal that is about to end. Have set up a page in my bujo so can track where we are with certain finances at the start of each month. I keep adding things in as I remember them and the latest addition is dh nest pension. There's not a great deal in there but it adds to the retirement pot. I am debating adding my student loan but it's just too depressing as feels like I'll have it for eternity!

Ordered a book off 3bay on the 12th and it still hasn't arrived so had to message the seller about that. Also waiting on builder from extension build to get back to me and the plumber as my
Mum seems to have broken the overflow in the bath! Will chase up both things tomoro. Dh has sold some DVD's and given me £7 towards @lton towers. The £20 I sold an item for yesterday went off the t3sco card. Will be strict about using it to stooze this month as we are paying some interest on it now which isn't MSE at all.

Wasn't such a quick update after all. Also have done my 15k steps (as I do each day) and about 15 minutes of shoulders and abs weights today. No wonder I'm tired. Did I also mention I've been to work all day!

Urgh,what an exhausting and stressful week with two headaches to contend with. Colleagues commented on how tired I look and I've also had a bit of lung pain from where I had pneumonia a couple of years ago. Probably just hurting as I feel run down so have requested repeat bloods from my gp. Will see if they can be done today so I get the results back before we go away.


No real plans today but do need to get out with the children at some point as they keep winding each other up. Welcome to the end of the summer holidays! Small top up shop yesterday to include wine for dh, I fell asleep at 9pm despite moving on from fizzy elderflower drink to a coffee! Will try and redeem myself this evening by watching a whole film.


I've just added some jobs to my 'to do' list in my bujo and realised I've not even done last weeks. Today we do need to fill in the paintwork in the lounge from were curtain pole came down so we can touch up the paint over the weekend. I'll also ask dh to change the strimmer wire as it's a quick job and then i can tick it off, really clutching at the 'quick wins' here.


August supermarket spends: £171.54 so far. We do need another quick shop for a picnic for @lton towers on Monday but otherwise not too much needed for the rest of the month, then we are away for a week in September and I never feel the need to eat much returning from an all inclusive!