Week one:
Recorded food every day but two. Stayed within allotted points every day but one.
Exercised 4 days. Included walking or eliptical trainer and arm exercises and abs.
Pounds lost: 5
So my first week went pretty well. I’m still fairly motivated though I’m very tired. I’m ready for the magic potion I paid that faery for to kick in. I have a feeling I was ripped off. Maybe I should report the faery to the BBB.
Week two of budgeting.
We’ve pretty much kept to our spending plan. Mark did go over the bills with me the first week and we made plans for him to sit down with me every Sunday morning to go over the checkbook. What really happened was I sat down and went over the checkbook while he cleaned the kitchen. Oh well. At least I got my kitchen cleaned!
The one thing that has really helped has been our cash envelope. We put $200 in the evelope and when we want to have pizza delivered or go get a snow cone or rent movies, we take the money from the cash envelope. That’s really cut down on our excessive spending.
Anyway, I’m starved so I’m heading off to eat my cinnamon roll oatmeal and drink my coffee…and I’m going to like it, dammit!
Bitchin' Fiction: Musings by author Melissa McKenzie / Melissa Francis 
Congrats, Mel!
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5 Pounds! Good for you, Mel!! *stands and applauds* Are you doing Weight Watchers?? Maybe I should suggest the money envelope thingy to my hubby.
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I’m doing “Mel’s version of WW” which means, I’ve done WW so often that I know the program backwards and forwards, so I’m taking all that knowledge and applying it….A group of us at work are putting money in a pot and weighing in weekly. If we gain weight or stay the same, we put more money in the pot…Whoever loses the most after four weeks gets the pot o gold…
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Yay Mel! Five pounds is amazing.
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thanks for the kudos y’all. It really helps~ 🙂
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Way to go, Mel!
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Whoo hoo! That’s great, Mel! Keep up the good work!
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Um… If you got WW memorized, can you teach me?? My doc wants me to do it, too, but I can’t work because of the RA, hence, I cannot afford the membership.
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Congratulations, Mel!! (If you get the pot o’ gold, what are you going to do with it? Besides NOT put it in the family fun money envelope…)
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