Brides on a Mission: Week 15

My fiance and I will be moving in together in September. We are really stuck on buying a house or renting a condo. We dont want to live in the house that we can afford now in 5 years (with kids and all, hopefully!) but we dont want to toss our money on rent. Anyone have thoughts? Thanks!
-Natalie

Rent vs buy is always a tough one. There are still a lot of costs that get "thrown away" when you buy, too, that you have to consider. You could try checking out rent vs buy calculators that are out there on the web that can help see which makes more sense for you right now.

Brides on a Mission: week 15
1. Weight loss/inches lost this week: 0 that's for last week I'm not sure how this week will shake out. we will see. I was down .2 earlier in the week but not right now. hopeing i see a better number tommorow
2. Highlight of the past week: (not weight, just something exciting that happened): working out with my BF's sister. It was fun and we both pushed each other.
3. Lowlight of the past week (not weight, just something that you need support with): headaches almost everyday made it hard on me working out. i did it anyway but just didn't feel well all week
4. What are you plans for the rehearsal dinner: n/a
5. Any wedding news updates: n/a
6. When you don’t want to work out, how do you motivate yourself: I try not to think to much about it and just go DO IT. when i think too muich i always end up not doing. Short of an injury or true illness or plans to go out i tell myself i really just don't have a good excuse.
7. Where are your “trouble areas” and what are you doing to fix them: my trouble area is really my hips/thighs/stomach area, mainly the hips/thighs though. i have focused on cardio mainly to try and drop weight. i am thinking about incorporating more strength and toning though to help.
8. How did you do with the week 14 challenge (logging at least 5/7 days): I did all 7 Happy that of my 110 days (not sure what I'm up to now) i have logged almost everyday. it helps me see whats going on why i'm losing or not losing and how everything affects my body. its interesting to me how sometimes going over on cals gives my body a little workout and i end up losing more. not alwasy a sure thing but sometimes helps.
9. Weekly wrap up: It was an "ok" week. I didn't do bad eating and worked out, but i keep seeing patterns in my weight loss and eating etc/ and I;'m working to correct those. I'm getting a little bummed at my slow pace of weight loss but I'm staying committed and trying to stay positive in that its still 10lbs, not too shabby and puts me in a better place than i was. ooooooohhh
i almost for got a "highlight" of my week also was

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> fitting into one of my fav pairs of jeans that have been too tight for a long while. i used to wear them so much then i just got too big that there was no squeezing in to them. that was a fun little victory

We dont want to live in the house that we can afford now in 5 years (with kids and all, hopefully!) -Natalie

Are you guys planning on kids right away? ) super exciting whether its now or later

My fiance and I have been going through the same thing the last few months! We already live together and our lease will be up at the end of July. We were really struggling and just recently (last week) decided to rent for another year. As exciting as it seems to have our own house....we really enjoy some of the carefree-ness (new word! haha) that comes with renting. So we decided to spend at least another year....and our first year of marriage....without having to worry about lawn care, snow removal, fixing anything that's broken, etc. It was hard for me because I am such a planner...so since I plan to have a family, I was pushing myself to get things settled but when I took a step back and looked, we'll be in a better position to buy in a year or two. Good luck finding what will be best for you and your future hubby! :-)

My fiance and I will be moving in together in September. We are really stuck on buying a house or renting a condo. We dont want to live in the house that we can afford now in 5 years (with kids and all, hopefully!) but we dont want to toss our money on rent. Anyone have thoughts? Thanks!
-Natalie