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Rebellious adult stomps back to Weightwatchers – same attitude as when she started finances!

September 7, 2011 By Leave a Comment
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With crossed arms and a chip on my shoulder I made my way back to our Weightwatchers group last week.  What a brat I was being. I didn’t even want to sit down until the meeting started.  I wanted to prolong my rebellious way of living right up until the last second! 

219 the scale rang up at (thankfully no sirens went off).  Wow, I was back at my starting weight a few years ago before Remy was born.

This rebellious immature attitude was similar to the attitude I had we  started our finances 2 1/2 years ago.  Arms crossed, don’t tell me what to do, I am already an “expert” attitude.  Seeing that scale ring up at 219 reminded me of when we first added up our debt – it felt like it was a mountain we had to climb that was near impossible. 

It was very inspiring to see many familiar faces that had been in Weightwatchers when we stopped attending.  Most of them had lost a considerable amount of weight and said they felt great. Hearing them talk about things we all know will help was like hearing it for the first time again. What were their ”secrets” of success?  Surely there had to be some magic pill to this stuff? 

Practicing discipline to stay within their food budget and sticking to their plan. Hmmm….these sound like the same keys of success to paying off debt.

Like our finances, weight loss is going to be a process.  Take it step by step and day by day.  Don’t panic about the amount to lose (or amount of debt to payoff), just focus on what you can do today. 

On day four and already started to feel empowered and not trapped as I feared.  The rebel attitude is starting to fade.

What is it that you are feeling rebellious about? 

I hope you can continue to join us on our journey by subscribing to our blog.

God bless and thanks for reading.

Jen

www.fieldofdebt.com

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Former financially fat person now turning scales to losing weight!

August 31, 2011 By 5 Comments
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My love affair with food will be coming to a close shortly.  Specifically speaking, this Saturday, I am heading back to my Weightwatchers group.  I am hopeful the sirens and red flashing lights will not seem as I step on to the scale that I have avoided for the past few months.

Finances and food are so closely related.  I remember when we started our finances, the word budget sent chills up my spine. It meant straitjacket, no fun, and trapped. It is the same feeling I am getting with going back to WeightWatchers.  You would think I was going off to some deserted island the way I have eaten this past week knowing that this is it. 

Right before we started our finances, I had the same binge type attitude towards spending. I wanted to spend, spend knowing that my freedom would soon be taken away.  Now I am eating, eating, eating. 

Good grief. I know that this will work. Before Remy was born, I had lost 60 lbs and felt great. The food budget I was on went from restricting to empowering. It is the same way with our finances, it went from restricting to freedom.  Same concept.

So why do I have this sad feeling inside of me as I make my last visit to Kwik trip for my beloved cinnamon rolls with the slathered on frosting?  I know I will feel better when I am back to my ideal weight and I am eating healthier.  Do I feel deprived with finances, NO.  Did I before we started?  Yes, I was terrified to commit, but I feel great now that we went from financially fat to financially lean and mean.

We have said goodbye to many of our places we would visit that would cost us money (i.e. going out to eat, shopping for trinkets, etc.).  I know I can do this with food again.

So, farewell my beloved food friends. It has been fun knowing you, but alas, I must find new food friends as of this Saturday.

Good bless and thanks for reading.

Jen

www.fieldofdebt.com

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Get out of that “grey” zone of wanting to change, but not doing anything about it

August 10, 2011 By 9 Comments

It is sometimes scary and uncomfortable to start new things when we know it will involve some sort of sacrifice.  Me, I hate thought of joining up for a weight loss plan again, however, I have lost 60lbs before I had our last kiddo and know I can do it again if I put my mind to it. 

It is almost like being in the grey area in life.  That grey area made up of indecision is harder than just committing to something and sticking with it.  With our finances, before we were “forced” to change, we were in the grey area for many years.  We didn’t overly worry about our finances, but we knew we SHOULD change.  When emergencies came up, it was then that we would feel a little panicked, however, when the crisis was over and we found a way to shift our money around, the panic went away and we never really did anything about it.  As our income was squeezed tighter and tighter due to our 401k loans we took out, the emergencies came more often and that yo yo feeling of being in that grey zone was getting harder. 

Fast forward several years to today and there is NO grey zone when it comes to our finances – we are totally on board of controlling our finances by staying on a budget, paying off debt, and earning money where and when we can.  When I did a phone interview this week about our story, the reporter asked how the economy was affecting our family.  I responded that we are doing what we can to “economy proof” our family by paying off our debt so we can build wealth.  We are doing the best we can do and because of this, we have such a sense of peace and empowerment that we wouldn’t have felt years ago.  As Dave Ramsey says in his www.the greatrecovery.com message, the economy can be built back up from the ground up by changing one family at a time versus waiting on the government to fix it.  With all my heart, I believe this is true and we have a great hope for people that they will get their personal finances in order by eliminating debt and getting on a budget.  If you are interested in finding out more info, please visit our website at www.fieldofdebt.com  and/or visit Dave Ramsey’s website at www.daveramsey.com.

As far as the weight loss thing….I am still choosing to be in that grey zone even though I hate that yo yo feeling of feeling fat, but not wanting to do the work to change it.  Hmmm….good lesson for me to get OUT OF THE GREY ZONE and get back to Weightwatchers!

God bless and thanks for reading.

Jen

www.fieldofdebt.com

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