Thought I would do a sneaky update from work today - as most of you'll have seen from FB - my loss this week is 700gms which I am stoked with esp given my social weekend!!!
The other thing that I have noticed is the savings that we are making with me not buying all the crap food! At times, I would be spending $12-$14 a DAY on crap!!!! Mulitply that by 10 days in a fortnight - well there goes approx $130 per pay on pure crap!!! So now I am just spending $45 a pay on a hot chocolate each morning - that is my treat and I will continue to have it! I savor it and make it last as long as I can :) So we are now approx $90-$100 richer each pay day which means we can save a bit more and also we are able to do things as a family that we used to struggle to do as we never had any money!!
Right, better get back to work... and a big hi to any new followers - please do leave me a message!!!
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Don't forget also with that money you are saving you can buy much healthier foods like better meat, cheese, nuts etc.
I won't mention the hot chocolate :) One thing at a time.
I also worked out how much I was spending on the cafe upstairs from work and have put that to much better use.
Yay for saving some money by cutting out the junk. I've given up my starbucks caramel latte (used to have 2 a week) which cost $13.80 because of course I had the grande size which is like a mini bucket but am now going to put that money towards my new clothing fund so each month I will have just over $50 to spend on the smaller clothes from that saving and will match it with an additional $5 for each kg lost. So if I lose 2kg in a week, there is another $10 into the fund.
Hi Karen, I've just caught up on your blog since you went public again. Good for you and keep up those baby steps!
Got to love saving money!
I too am saving heaps by not buying crap!
Well done on the excellent loss too.
OH and there is NOTHING wrong with a hot chocolate a day... moderation is a good thing... but you have to enjoy life too. I hardly think one hot chocolate a day is going to do any damage in the grand scheme of things.
Way to go Karen!! I would have hot chocolate too if we had a decent coffee shop near work (which we don't!). I did try the Subway hot chocolate the other day at $2.50 and it was passable - just needs marshmallows - which I'm sure I could sort if I wanted to :)
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