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Saved time, money and weight!
Posted on 30. Jan, 2009 by Scott.
This year I decided not to make a New Years resolution list as many of us have done in the past. Instead I wanted to do something bigger. So I came up with the idea of trying 100 different things starting inauguration day. After all the country needs a new start and come to think of it I could too. So I have this list I’m working off of trying to get the 100 things done. I’m off to a good start.
First 10 days
Actual savings for the 10 days was $62! I’m breaking myself of this horrible habit I fell into of stopping for a coffee and a doughnut on my way to work every morning. Not gourmet coffee mind you, just plain old gas station coffee. This was cut out. As well as the $20 I’d pull out every week that only fed the vending machine. Cutting the fast food out has been easy with the economy as bad as it is. Normally I’d go once each day while working my part time job on the weekends.
Actual time savings for the 10 days: 30 Hours! A couple years ago I had tried an online challenge and had given up tv for a month. It was far easier then I had thought. I get all of the news I need online anyway. Think time I changed it a little and watch show I can download or record. The national average for watching TV is 142 hours a month! That’s just dumbfounding (pun intended). I thought that I didn’t watch that much tv, which turns out not to be the case if you think about it. I’d watch the news which I generally knew what it was about before I sat down. The big time waster that happens is, I’ll not want to do something and end up watching a zillion hour marathon of Deadliest Catch or something. Between the two I’m going to average it at 3 hours a day. Which puts me at 120 hours a month.
Actual weight loss 15 days: 10 pounds. The biggest and most surprising change is actually a whim I thought I’d try. I follow Tim Ferriss’s blog where he has this diet that sounds like it might be rough because you end up eating beans 2-3 times a day, but I thought I’d give it a try anyway. Initially I thought I’d have a problem with it since I’m a grazer/snacker. All day. But I thought I’d give it an honest effort and cut out everything (except the scoop of sugar in the free company coffee, a guys got his limits) Two things I found was – I’m never hungry. Gone is the need to snack all the time along with 10 pounds! [this ones 15 days because I experimented before starting everything else, hey it's a lot of beans! No worries though.]
I’m really encouraged by the early results. Let me know if you have any tips that I should try, I may give them a try too!
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