19th April
2013
These week in meetings
we’ve been talking about meal planning and after receiving my credit card bill
midweek I’ve realised I spent a ridiculous amount of money in supermarkets last
month and I don’t earn that amount so I’m starting the ‘cheap challenge’ this
morning to get my food bill under control both financially and ProPoint
allowance wise. Every now and again I
have to stop, look round and realise things are starting to slide and I’m going
back to my old ways – this isn’t just what happens with weight, for me it’s everything
in my life. What’s that saying “A
leopard never changes its spots!” well I don’t entirely believe in the meaning
of that saying, but I do think if you were born with a certain personality and
you try to change elements of it for the better that your natural ways will do
their best to resurface as often as they are able, if you don’t keep your eye
on it.
I love to shop and spend
money hence I have to keep an eye on myself to stop me from going crazy, it’s
why I have a credit card to be honest because I can see exactly what I’ve spent
money on, where as if I have cash it just goes.
So back to basics, and the cheap challenge has already begun, I was
rather proud of myself walking in the co-op last night for 2 things and leaving
with just 2 things despite the fact they had a load of reduced stuff, or “Whoopsies”
as one of my lovely Thursday night ladies calls them. I’ve picked up some fab tips from that lady
last night in just a few minutes. Each
week she sits down with her folder of recipes and plans her meals, the entire
week of meals and makes her shopping list, she has a list of everything she has
in her freezer so she doesn’t forget and she saves herself a fortune – I love
this! Because if I’m honest I’m rubbish
at knowing what’s in my freezer, I often forget, when I decided to start my ‘cheap
challenge’ I went and looked through my freezer and cupboards and there was
enough food to make at least 27 main meals for two people! That’s ridiculous!
So if you fancy joining
me here is a link to all my recipe booklets and individual recipes I’ve done in
the past - http://www.happyowls.co.uk/recipes.html
there’s some great meal ideas there.
Yesterday didn’t cost me
much at all, my brekkie was eggs on toast which costs about 55p and that’s
having good eggs (14pp), lunch was a ready meal which had been part of a meal
deal from co-op and was delicious, about £1.60 a portion for wind pacific pink
salmon & polllack gratin served with spinach (11pp). Tea was chicken wings that had been in the freezer
for ages, they’d been cut of chickens when I’d bought three for a tenner and
portioned up, (12pp) maximum cost would be £2 I reckon.
So today I’m out and it’s
all paid for except drinks, so I’m having cheese on toast for brekkie, then we
have afternoon tea booked a Wowcher deal and I’m off for dinner with friends
which should be fun, just wished I wasn’t full of a cold!
If you have any
delicious cheap meal ideas let me know email them to me on info@happyowls.co.uk, have a fab day,
YAY it’s Friday.
If you haven’t already watched
the beauty sketches video on my fb page (search for Bev’s Weight Watchers) I
recommend you go watch it because you all need to realise how beautiful you
truly are. You can also find it here http://realbeautysketches.dove.com/
BeYOUtiful. xx
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