Onwards And Downwards Continues In February 2015

[ABAuntie]

Onwards and Downwards Continues in February 2015

Hello all,

Welcome to this month's Onwards & Downwards. We welcome anyone serious about losing weight and we offer support and kind thoughts - not magic fixes, just sensible help.

With Valentine's Day just around the corner how about some healthy alternatives to chocolates. Here is one idea from xstitcher:

http://allrecipes.com/recipe/dietetic-banana-nut-muffins/

She says "These are really good and not naughty. I threw in a handful of dried cranberries when I made them yesterday. You could put on a dollop of Greek yogurt drizzled with a bit of honey and stick an edible red heart on the top. These are not naughty and well worth the investment of the Stevia sweetner."

I also did a bit of googling and came up with these:

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/lemon-treats

http://www.wholefoodsmarket.com/recipe/no-bake-thumbprint-cookies

both of which are completely sugar free :-)

Don't forget your weekly weigh on Wednesday and remember we don't judge!

Here is last months thread

[wendilla]

OG. Good advice from retro . Also I think that was just a saying of xstitchers she didn't mean a gastric band . I use the saying . Now OG that does not mean you can have a few extra pints.

[Old_Geezer]

Yes but weekends aside I don't tend to be that different in my diet from day to day. Things do differ but they are much the same mass/bulk. What's weird re this week is each day I was over goal intake the weight was down next morning, and vice versa.

[xstitcher]

Hahahaha, Wendilla is right, I meant an American type marching band to celebrate my weight loss OG!

[Old_Geezer]

Aye. I pull legs sometimes, to amuse myself, and hopefully others. ;-)

[xstitcher]

Bulls eye OG

[Old_Geezer]

Really ? How many calories is that ?
Probably enough to see me through the rest of the week.

[Maydup]

Help ..... I'm having a really bad week again. I simply cannot control myself at the moment. Example - i had a good day on Saturday but bought petrol on the way home where they were selling chocolate products at the counter at 2 for £1. What did I do? Bought them and ate them both.

Sunday wasn't too bad but I was hungry all day and finally gave in to a couple of yorkshire puddings with my meal in the evening.

Today I had a salad for lunch and ordered a portion of chips to go with it! Now i feel miserable and fat and my clothes are too tight.

Tomorrow I will start again and get back on track. In fact being able to write this here has helped already.

[Old_Geezer]

Drawing a line and starting back on track is the best you can do in the circumstances. Just so long as you don't decided you need not restrain yourself for the rest of today ;-)

Have to say I am over target today too. Was doing ok until the evening, but a "sandwich tea evening" always risks not doing too well.

[Maydup]

Thanks OG for your support. I have eaten a handful of grapes since I posted that's all! I'll make a salad lunch in the morning and take it to work with me. I'll make a date with myself to go for a good walk too but keep out of the shops!

[wendilla]

maydup I think the time of the year has a lot to do with it . Once we get over this cold snap we should feel better . I do exactly the same . A cream cake will,suddenly appear in my trolley and no way can I put it back . Then after I eat it I feel guilty .just make sure you have a good breakfast before going work and plan your meals for the week . You and I both know how to get back on track just hang in there . As you said the first step is coming on here to tell us all. Good luck for next week.

[xstitcher]

I just typed a long answer to you Maydup and then deleted it by mistake. I'll gey back to you later today.

[Old_Geezer]

Ooo that so annoys me when it happens to me.

Meanwhile, it's weird but the opposite of what usually happens to me has occurred today. After a, higher input that desired, day, yesterday, it turns out the scales claim I dropped 1 lb in 24 hours ?!? and that means down 0.8 lbs over the week.

Well: makes a change.

[Old_Geezer]

... THAN DESIRED ...
as I typed >:-(

[Maydup]

Thanks all, I've had my cereal and bluberries with at oat milk and am off to work with a renewed determination this morning.

I have a wedding to go to in a couple of weekends time and although I will neverdrop a dress size by then I could do with feeling better about my waist band.

I can do this, it just takes way more effort than is natural sometimes.

[xstitcher]

Hi Again Maydup. Now just to verify that what I say works I can tell you that since getting Diabetes type 2 and having a blood sugar count of 115 I have lost 15 kilos, gone down 4 to 5 top sizes (depending on the style) and my blood sugar is 44 with just 2 pills a day......normal is 31 to 44. I'm saying this so you can see that what I am doing is working....forget the blood sugar bit because that doesn't count for you.
Do you eat in a canteen? If so I would suggest that you bring things from home to have with your salad. Lots of little variations make eating much more fun and interesting. Here a just some ideas.....a cup of soup, a half of a brown bread roll with lo fat cheese topped off with sliced red peppers, 2 rolled up ham slices with shredded horse radish in the middle, or a bit of cucumber and bell peppers, cottage cheese with either fruit of raw veg. in it. (not grapes, they have so much sugar in them) any fruit that ends with the word "berry" is good. I don't know about apples but I have a cut up apple after lunch. It tells my stomach that the meal is now finished. If you bring it from home, sprinkle it with lemon juice to keep it from going brown. Sliced fresh pears with a sprinkling of cinammon and/or ginger is also yummy. Cole slaw using ½ and ½ lo fat mayo and lo fat greek yogurt.....grated carrots sprinkled with lemon juice and lo salt......
For my two snack times I have a rusk with lo fat cheese spread and sliced peppers, a handful of almonds and a smaller hand full of dried cranberries with my morning coffee and with my afternoon cuppa at 4 I have a banana muffin with my tea. I use the girlie fruit tea with no caffin after 3pm.
As you can see I'm not starving myself, very seldom feel hungry and am loosing weight so it works. My walks have been shelved due to bad weather and I really can feel it so will start up soon again no matter what.
I hope that you can use some of these ideas or that they will put you on to some other ideas of your own.

[Maydup]

You are a superstar xstitcher.

Lots of useful ideas there and gold plated encouragement. Thank you so much.

[xstitcher]

I'm just glad to be of help Maydup and as for the encouragement we're all good at that as you know. You'll be fine, you stick-to-itness serves you well.

[wendilla]

Good morning well looks like I am making a move again 1 lb off . Have been reasonable good ,Good ideas you have put on here xstitcher especially for people that have to take snacks to work.

[Jomlett]

I've increased my carbs slightly, though I've improved my cycling and I'm glad to say, I'm still going downwards! Losing another 800 grams to 75.0 has certainly put spring into my pedals!

[Maydup]

Well done Wendilla, you're definitely on a downward roll

Despite my mini crisis the other day I have not gained anything this week! Phew. But remember, I was on the naughty step this time last week, so here I will stay for a wee while longer. I will use the time to investigate new ideas for lunches and snacks and to plan our menus for the week ahead.

Feeling much more positive today.