Challenge Mash-Up Results
Well, two out of three ain’t bad. I had three challenges for the month of February and I met two of them. I didn’t meet my goal of eating on only $30 for the month. My total for the month is probably about $60. I still believe that one can eat reasonably well on $30 for a month but I don’t have the necessary self discipline to do it right now.
On the positive side I did meet the goals of tracking all my expenses and exercising regularly. Tracking all my expenses wasn’t really difficult because I usually do that anyway. Exercising regularly is not a normal habit for me so I felt like it was an accomplishment to stick to my exercise schedule for the month.
Where do I go from here? I will continue to keep track of all my expenses. BFL is a twelve week program and I’m counting February as the first 4 weeks. For the rest of the BFL program I will follow the BFL eating program as well. Despite eating lots of junk food I still managed to lose 5 pounds for the month. Now that the weather is getting nicer I plan to increase my running. With the increased exercise and better eating I should be able to improve my results. I’ll make occassional posts updating my progress. I will post the details of my spending tomorrow.
Challenge Update
Now that I am not sticking to the $30 eating budget I have decided not to do daily updates on my challenge progress. I am still keeping track of my daily expenses and exercising. I will provide a wrapup of all the challenges at the end of the month.
Challenge Day 23
Not getting any better. Still eating too much but I’m giving up. I think I can get everything back under control tomorrow. Expense tracking and exercise are still going well at least. Here is the breakdown for the day.
- Money Spent=$3.17 Mcds,$3.34 Wal Mart
- Exercise=Upper Body workout
The $3.17 at Mcds was not necessary. Part of the Wal-Mart expense was for tape which I needed to ship some things I sold on Ebay. That part was necessary, the other part was for junk food and was not necessary.
Challenge Day 22
Not a good day. My spending on food keeps going up. At least I’m still exercising and keeping track of my expenses. Here is the breakdown for the day.
- Money Spent=$20.67 gasoline,$3.47 taco bell,$7.33 grocery
- Exercise=20 minute run
The gasoline was a necessary expense. The Taco Bell and grocery expenses were not necessary.
Challenge Day 21
A pretty good day today. Here is the breakdown.
- Money spent= $58.97 gas(heat),necessary=yes
- Exercise=Lower Body Workout
Challenge Day 20
Another not-so-good day. Here is the breakdown.
- Money spent=$3.24 for Mcd’s,$3.75 for laundry,$20.98 for gas.
- Exercise=20 minute run
The expenditures for gas and laundry were necessary although it might be possible to lessen them. The lunch at Mcdonalds was not necessary. I think I now have the fast food craving out of my system and I can start eating healthier again. The caffeine from the soda is ruining my sleep. I’m noticing the effects of the caffeine much more now after having been off of it for a couple weeks.
Challenge Day 19
Here is the breakdown for the day.
- Money Spent=$3.17 for McD’s,necessary=no
- Exercise=scheduled day off
I’m still trying to get back on track with my eating.
Challenge Day 18
A pretty good day. Everything is back on track. Here is the breakdown for the day.
- Money Spent=$0
- Exercise=Upper Body Workout
I’m not going to list everything I eat anymore. If I purchase any more food I will list that.
Challenge Days 15-17
Sorry I haven’t updated the past couple of days. I went off my budget and had pigged out on restaurant meals the past two days. I didn’t really want to admit this but since that is the point of blogging about it I have to write about it. On the plus side I’ve kept up with my workouts and haven’t spent any money unnecessarily other than the two meals out.
My new eating goal for the month is to not eat any more restaurant meals and to spend as little money as possible on food for the rest of the month. I’ve decided I need to get my daily calories up to 2000. The 1500 calories I was averaging leaves me too hungry and susceptible to pigging out again. I think I have enough food on hand to 2000 calories a day. If not I will buy just the amount of food necessary to get me to that level. Read more
Challenge Day 14
Here is the breakdown for the day.
- Money Spent=$0
- Exercise=Upper Body Workout
Food eaten for the day: Read more
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