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Lauren Smelcher

Lauren Smelcher

After learning that my high school stint at McDonald’s wouldn’t get me a job at a mag, I worked as a freelance journalist for a few years. With much haggling and many annoying phone calls, I got a job at Cosmo! As web ed, no two days are the same – some days I’ll be at a video or photo shoot, others I’m interviewing celebs or updating myself on the latest goss (all for research purposes, obviously).

FebFast update

Well, gang, I did it. I survived one whole week without hooch.

You may recall that last week, I told you about my intention to give up booze for FebFast. A week has past, and I'm pure as the driven snow. There were times when I was tempted - on Saturday night, it was hard to see my family drinking wine with their Thai while I had Diet Coke, and on Friday night, at The Winery, I wanted to throttle anyone who had vodka as well as soda water and lime. Yesterday, D and I went to see a play, something we do pretty regularly...but always with a glass of wine in our hands. This time, we stuck to Diet Coke. I've got to say, it made staying awake during the play a helluva lot easier.

There are so many added, unexpected benefits to this teetotal lifestyle, too. Not only is my purse feeling the effects (I estimate I saved about $120 over the weekend. Which is a little shameful to admit...but probably on the money. Geddit?) but my waist is, too. In seven days, I've lost 1.5 kgs. That's including the two croissants I ate over the weekend, half a cannoli, a profiterole and dessert at Bills. Pretty amazing, huh? It's making me think twice about getting back on the chardonnay train, for sure.

How are you guys going with FebFast? I want to hear all about it...
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    A $120 saving seems pretty cool (um, dunno if it is enough for me to give up wine, but it is pretty cool). When I first got a mortgage, I gave up on cabs - it saved me heaps. Reckon you'll keep it up for the whole of Feb?
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    well done! wow 1.5k is pretty good for a week off...
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    Hey jogirl - what a coincidence, I actually just found your blog today. (I love it, by the way). Definitely keeping it up for Feb, but I'm going on holiday this week, so I think I may break the fast, so to speak. But I do promise to make up for the lost days after Feb, and continue FebFast until March 6.

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