Onwards and Downwards April 2012

[AB Editor]

Onwards and Downwards Continues in April

Sorry we are a bit late this month busy, busy, busy!

I have noticed quite a few new members over the last couple of months so welcome to you all and we are glad to have you here to help and be helped:

JimJools, maggibee, notafish, daffy654, lillymoon, jules001, spotit3 and maidup

if I have missed anyone I apologise.

As the days are getting longer and warmer does anyone find it a bit easier to be good and eat more fruit and veg and not pile up on the stodgy food that is so tempting in the winter months?

Here is last months thread

[wendilla]

Xstitcher it is all that lovely fresh sea air you are getting. I used to always be hungry anywhere near the seaside.

[xstitcher]

I wish....but I am closer to the sea at home than here lol. Here I can see it, at home I can hear and smell it.

[TheOtherHalf]

Dont despair xstitcher. I live near the sea too, perhaps thats what makes me more hungry than when I lived in Birmingham.
You will get there. Have a good easter though

[wendilla]

And leave them eggs alone TOH as you have had yours lol

[xstitcher]

Wendilla's last remark made me remember a poem my mother used to recite when I was given the go ahead to do something that also contained a lot of "but don'ts"

Mother may I go out to swim
Yes my darling daughter,
Hang your clothes on a hickory limb
But don't go near the water.....

So Happy Easter to everyone but don't go near the Easter eggs lol..

[wendilla]

I can honestly say I have had no choc. The grandkids have been here and family. There was eggs all over the place. But the hot cross butter pudding and fresh cream I made may have made up for it . Dreading weigh in on Wednesday. But it's over now so back to rectify it if I can.

[Marijn]

Well done Wendilla, for resisting the chocolate! I wish I could say the same. It's been TOO difficult for me not to eat it. And I didn't buy it and bring it into the house. It's very rarely me who brings the devil's food in. :-(

[TheOtherHalf]

Yes, well done for resisting wendilla. I HAVE been really good over the weekend. That was the only choc I had and I gave the flakes to children coming into our Dining Room at the weekend as Id organised an easter bunny trail which of course led them to the dining room ( sales in the till, he he ) so I had to give them a prize. I had a little basket of very mini eggs, so I put the flakes in as well and they had all gone by the end of the day ( And not by me ) I just hope the scales will show my reward

Good luck everyone else too ..........

[wendilla]

Good for you TOH I too done a trail of eggs round the house but my eldest G/son didn't come back from his school ski trip till late so the eggs are still in hiding . It is not the eggs I would be worried about tomorrow it is the recipe of the hotcross bun pudding that I made on Sunday. If I hadn't watched it on the tv would never have thoiught about doing it. It was to die for.
Good luck for tomorrow.

[Old_Geezer]

I swear that the way my body works must be really weird. Well maybe it's more than that, I'm beginning to think that this apparently rational cause & effect universe is an illusion; an arrogance that reality actually sticks to laws we can understand.

I've been away from home for about a fortnight and so barely able to keep track of what I consume, and no ability to jump on the scales; but I know I have been consistently overeating/drinking, sometimes to the ‘tune’ of as much as ⅔ target intake. So with more than a little trepidation I got on the scales this morning.

Apparently I’ve lost ⅝ lbs !?!

If the amount I’ve been having to eat/drink was that needed to lose weight I’d never have reached the weight I am (or recently have been) ! I’m getting convinced there are no rules: God just wakes up in the morning and decides how things are going to be next. “Hmm shall we have things go on much as yesterday today ? No; today I think we’ll have a purple and green gingham patterned sky for a change. Oh and Old_Geezer can go up 3½ stone overnight, just as my little joke.”

Well either that or too much real coffee is an undiscovered diet secret. Maybe we all need to get some stocks in before the panic buying starts.

[Old_Geezer]

"as ⅔ target intake in excess"

[wendilla]

Hi OG we have been wondering where you were as not heard from you.

[Old_Geezer]

:-)

I believe I made a casual mention in the March thread I'd not be around for a weigh-in (or two). Seems strange to be back at the desk ploughing through a pile of e-mails. And loads of stuff I am just shrinking from tackling as they are more changes I could do without at my ancient time of life. Also not going to be easy returning to the intake counted diet again after the freedom of eating what the others do. Still, just got to be firm with myself.

[xstitcher]

Good to have you back OG. We have missed you.

[Marijn]

I'm glad you're back too OG. Is it possible your scales are faulty if they're really that random? I too want to eat "what the others eat". People sit around me at tea break at work having hot chocolates, biscuits, cakes etc, and I just have a mug of hot water.

[Old_Geezer]

Never been missed so much before by everyone :-D

I'm aware that they more precise than most, but apparently can't be that accurate given the variation in the readings. But they are not a priority purchase, I just trust that long term they do show the trend even if it makes a mockery of weekly comparisons. And they give me something to winge about here.

Hot water eh ? I recommend an 8 oz dust ball. Marjorie Dawes put me onto that one.

[Maydup]

I joined just as you went away Old G, so hello and welcome back. I'm celebrating your return with a cappuccino. Oh dear!

[Marijn]

I could feast on dust, the amount I've got at home. :-)

[tiggerblue10]

Hi all and thanks for the lovely words of encouragement back there <<<<

Not been doing very well actually, but yesterday was an all time low. Went shopping and had a scone with clotted cream and jam and thai green curry!!! However, on the up side went back to work today and started a Slim Fast shake diet which I'm going to do for 2 to 3 weeks to kick start me off again then I'll go back to healthy eating and walking home every night :o)

[spotit3]

I have fallen off the wagon big time this week so dread weighing myself tomorrow. Actually feel like giving up. My sister was rushed into hospital very ill, though she has improved slightly. Mind you I had already fallen by the wayside before this happened.