Trimming Up The Waistline, Fattening Up The Wallet

Healthy eating is not expensive. Fitness memberships and personal training sessions are not expensive.  Convenience is expensive. Dinners out, last minute shopping, fast food - that's the expensive stuff.

Sure your trip to McDonald's doesn't cost a lot, but go through your receipts or bank statement and add up all the fast food trips, dinners out and coffee shop stops in a week and you'll be shocked. Before I started boot camp I was spending well over $30.00 a week on morning trips to Caribou for a 500 calorie drink. That's $120.00 and 10,000 calories a month for coffee. Yikes!

At the beginning of this journey, I set out to shrink my waistline and fatten my wallet; what I didn't realize then was these two things actually go hand in hand. Moving your body and eating better changes everything. You look better, you feel better and you spend better. I plan before I grocery shop, eating out is an occasion (not a everyday event) and Caribou is a special treat. I'm now officially a barginista. I budget. I'm in love with deals - discount retailers, money saving blogs and coupon (*gasp*) yes, coupon-websites.

So today, it is with great pride that I announce, that I'm officially a grown-up girl. After careful planning, some hard work and a big bucket of self control - I'm down a dress size, nearly 20 pounds and am officially credit card debt free. How about that for progress?

*MUAH*