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  1. 06-07-2010, 05:34 PM #1
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    Default lifestyle change survives first contact with enemy

    Had a gout flareup last week and missed most of the week from work. I don't have sick days, so it was without pay. I've been making diet changes and losing weight - not like my first attack many years ago when White Castle burgers were a staple part of my diet.

    Anyhow, this loss of income presents an upset to my financial planning and I got a little depressed over everything too. My usual past thing to do in this situation would have been to just hobble out for Chinese for lunch for a veggie heavy entree or order a turkey sub delivered and just stuff the receipts in my pocket to record later and then figure out how to make do with what was left after overspending.

    This time I just stayed home and didn't spend any money. I did squander a lot of time playing computer games and it took me until today to get back on the horse and redo my budget to account for the loss of pay (not as bad as I had feared ).

    Anyhow, I just wanted to share that I had a partial victory when challenged by adversity in maintaining my lifestyle changes.
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  2. 06-07-2010, 05:38 PM #2
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    Default Congrats....

    I tend to be a person that procrastinates to...and when i get some bad financial news i tend to let it go until i can't let it go anymore...catches up with me and then i am in trouble... I have been working on this and doing so much better....
    Congrats on your victory...
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  3. 06-07-2010, 05:54 PM #3
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    Great job!!
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    Good for you--I have to keep myself from eating when faced with a delay like yours. Worst of all !!
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    Thank you for the kind words - made me smile.
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    Congratulations! You conquered your past mistakes. After a couple months of depression I went away from here and played games on the computer too. Glad I'm back. Glad you figured out how to deal and win,
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    Mahalo for sharing - that's really impressive!!

    Sorry about the gout too - that is really painful!!
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    Any step in conquering any adversity is a step forward!!

    also, hope you feel better!!

    HOORAY FOR YOU!!
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    Very good job!!!
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    Good for you for getting back on course! Hope your gout is better this week.
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    Quote Originally Posted by nadine64 View Post
    Good for you for getting back on course! Hope your gout is better this week.
    It is, thank you - going to switch back to allopurinol from colchicine tonight or tomorrow.
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    Well, today is the first full pay period after the gout flareup. I overspent a little, but I still have just shy of $100 in my self-imposed checking reserve.

    I think I'm going to go back to building the reserve back slowly instead of jumping to where I'd want the reserve to be if I hadn't had the gout.
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