Someone asked me how did I lose all my weight? I went from an all time high of 265 to where I am now at 118 (one year so far, hurray) just by writing down what I eat and exercising every day. It's very boring, really. Until I got down to 150, I simply multiplied my weight by 10 and ate that many calories. The only thing I can think of that this would have to do with money is I didn't spend any money on any diet stuff, surgery, counseling, fancy food, none of that. And it really brought the food bill down too, since the whole family eats better now and we're all a bit thinner.
Today's money stats, good. I bought Bridget some ice cream for 3.19 and I bought one of those safety kits (5.99)that has the door locks since my youngest is 2 and has learned how to open doors and I won't sleep well at night if I think of her escaping. Argh! She's my fifth kid, how did I survive the terrible two's with all the others? I don't remember at all. She's so demanding in the stores that I find I'm not spending as much as I used to because with her being so loud, I run in, grab what I came for and run out. No time to browse means no time to find things to buy that I didn't really need in the first place.
So thanks, Fi, for that.
good day, today. Got food, have money left over from yesterday, got everything I need.
not money related, but, well, maybe
February 24th, 2008 at 02:21 am
February 24th, 2008 at 03:47 pm 1203868048
February 24th, 2008 at 03:50 pm 1203868246
The principles of dieting and financial progress are much the same.
February 25th, 2008 at 06:58 pm 1203965938
For anyone who wants to really keep track of what they are eating with calories, fat etc, you can go to fitday.com and create your own food diary. Even doing it for a few days is quite enlightening!