I had the best walk Monday morning (actually, it was hot, insanely humid, and it took me the better part of an hour with a fan pointed right at me to recover), and it felt so good to be back on the walking wagon (that part is true). I've missed regular walks and am glad to be back at it. My WW weigh-in is evidence that I've been doing something right, as I weighed in at 191.0 this week. This is a huge milestone, as I went back and dug up records from previous weight loss attempts. Y'all, I've not weighed less than 191 since probably some time in 2005 or 2006. In 2010 I made it just to 191.0 before I started gaining. My 2007 weight loss had a similar result. We'll see what this year brings for me!
With respect to fiscal fitness, I mentioned last week that we're starting our annual spending freeze early this year. (Read about our first spending challenge back in 2008 here) Specifically, this year we're doing two things. First, we are each limited to $75 for eating out, entertainment, and other personal incidentals. To hold us to that limit, we're using cash which is totally foreign. Does anyone really use cash anymore? Second, we're limiting the grocery budget to $125 a week. To help meet that goal, I'm now back in charge of grocery shopping. We're under $60 for the week, though that's really because we are saving some to go shopping with on Saturday for our game night. Simply put, when we started pulling up the pie-charts in mint.com, it became clear that our food budget (groceries, restaurants, fast food, etc) was out of control. Way out of control. If we can stick to this challenge for a few months, I think we'll be on our way to new food spending habits!
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