CelebrateCeleste begins again

[CelebrateCeleste]

Hi Nerd Fitness family!

 

I’m CelebrateCeleste, sometimes called Poison, and I lost my path hard in the past couple years. So I’m beginning low key, and hoping to ramp up. 
 

My main goal is pretty ethereal right now, so I’m going to set a weight loss goal and develop quantifiable benchmarks for the way I want to feel.

 

Main Goal: get back down to 140 pounds, the weight I was when I left Camp Nerd Fitness in 2015. 
 

Small goals:

1) maintain NF nutrition Level 2. This means tracking and reducing liquid calories. 
2) exercise habit: doing some activity at lunch time, either taking a class at the gym or going for a walk. 

 

lifestyle goal: tracking finances using YNAB. this works really well for me when I keep it up. 

If I succeed (at least 90% of the days in this challenge), I’ll get the joy of moving up a level in nutrition and buy myself new walking shoes. 

 

[Harriet]

Hi and welcome back! Healthy eating and exercise are never wrong. Good luck! 

[CelebrateCeleste]

1 hour ago, Harriet said:

Hi and welcome back! Healthy eating and exercise are never wrong. Good luck! 

Thanks Harriet!  Good luck to you too, and Happy New Year!

[CelebrateCeleste]

Nutrition: tracked and didn’t drink calories. Could have had more water. Will work on that tomorrow. 
 

exercise: centergy class with a friend. 
 

finance tracking: done!

[Nettis Clovenmark]

I am doing the NF nutrition leveling too!  GL  getting back on track.  Would you tell me more about YNAB? I have heard good things about it and I am looking to make changes in how I relate to money. 

[CelebrateCeleste]

18 hours ago, Nettis Clovenmark said:

I am doing the NF nutrition leveling too!  GL  getting back on track.  Would you tell me more about YNAB? I have heard good things about it and I am looking to make changes in how I relate to money. 

Absolutely!  YNAB (or You Need A Budget) is a budgeting app where you plan with the money you have, instead of reconciling backwards. 
 

It takes a little bit to set up, but then you just enter each transaction as you spend, and make little budget/behavior adjustments in real time. 
 

The theory is that every dollar that you get has a purpose. You budget it for food or rent or bills, or (if you’re lucky) vacation, etc. When you go to the grocery store, you check the grocery budget and keep that in mind. If you overspend, you might need to shift budget from “dining out” or “music.”  Seeing that when I choose an expensive meal I have less for movie tickets keeps me pretty dialed in.  
 

You can pre-set transactions, so I get a weekly vegetable box from my local farm coalition. YNAB is set up with that weekly charge. If I haven’t budgeted enough for that expense, it notifies me. 
 

There is a gauge “age of Money” which I find inspiring. It tells you how long money stays in your possession before you spend it. Seeing that number rise over time is really satisfying. 

[CelebrateCeleste]

Day 2: monday

 

nutrition: tracked!

exercise: 5k walk at lunch

YNAB: yep!

[Nettis Clovenmark]

29 minutes ago, CelebrateCeleste said:

Absolutely!  YNAB (or You Need A Budget) is a budgeting app where you plan with the money you have, instead of reconciling backwards. 
 

It takes a little bit to set up, but then you just enter each transaction as you spend, and make little budget/behavior adjustments in real time. 
 

The theory is that every dollar that you get has a purpose. You budget it for food or rent or bills, or (if you’re lucky) vacation, etc. When you go to the grocery store, you check the grocery budget and keep that in mind. If you overspend, you might need to shift budget from “dining out” or “music.”  Seeing that when I choose an expensive meal I have less for movie tickets keeps me pretty dialed in.  
 

You can pre-set transactions, so I get a weekly vegetable box from my local farm coalition. YNAB is set up with that weekly charge. If I haven’t budgeted enough for that expense, it notifies me. 
 

There is a gauge “age of Money” which I find inspiring. It tells you how long money stays in your possession before you spend it. Seeing that number rise over time is really satisfying. 

*scampers off to download*  that sounds amazing