Onwards And Downwards Continues In August 2013

[AB Editor]

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.

Recently, because of the heat particularly, it's been easy to eat salad. Why not try this herby Vietnamese salad-wrap dish:

http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/char-grilled-pork-neck-with-vermicelli-noodles-bun-thit-nuong-recipe/index.html

Don't forget your weekly weigh on Wednesday.

Remember, we don't judge!

Here is last months thread

[xstitcher]

Oh Jan....poor you. I have heard that what you had is horrible. I'm so sorry but glad to hear that you are home again and hopefully will never have to endure anything like that again.

[wendilla]

Sorry to hear that you have been unwell. Hope you will be on your way to be feeling better.

[Old_Geezer]

Sorry to hear Jan. Glad you seem to be picking up again now though.

My last bought of illness convinced me that the weighing afterwards is deceptive. After a period of next to no intake the body is keen to put some back on again.

[Jan1957]

Thanks all. Have lost 6lb since I last weighed but I know that is not a real weight loss and I will probably gain when I start eating properly. Not that I feel like eating much yet!

[wendilla]

Hi Jan I am not going to say well done as you certainly did not want to lose it that way. Just see what happens this week . Hope all is well with you now.

[Maydup]

Morning all. No change for me again this week. I think I need a completely new tactic or change of diet. I lost 3 stones last year, and have a couple more to go but cannot shift anything this year. A long hard look at what I eat again this week I think..........

Hope you're feeling a little bit better this week Jan
Onwards and downwards everyone else.

[wendilla]

Good Morning Maydup I know the feeling well I too lost 2 stone 2 yea r s ago when this posts started and have managed to keep it off but I am striggling with this stone that I want off. I have lost 6 lbs of it but last 2 weeks I have stayed the same so I need a kick start again.

[Old_Geezer]

I'm getting so sick of this. Scales claiming I'm up 1⅛ lbs again this week. The previous week I ate more than I did this one !

I know it is my own fault in that I rarely hit goal these days. Sometimes I'm just flabbergasted at the intake a modest amount of food/drink has given me; at other times, for whatever reason, I'm taking in to much due to outside influences. But even so I'm not banqueting every day, it should be falling not rising :-(

[xstitcher]

Good Morning All,

I forgot all about weighing in today. I'm in the middle of a root canal treatment with the dentist that is not going well so will wait to weigh in until next week when hopefully I can eat properly again.
How are you feeling Jan?

[wendilla]

Oh dear OG You do get my brain in a mucking fuddle. Bin the scales and buy an understanding set .

[Old_Geezer]

Sorry to hear x. I too am in the middle of root canal treatment, but apart from the cost, and the time taken, it seems to be going better than for yourself.

Hi wend. It's just life. Getting fed up with this slimming thing because there is no progress. Last year I lost. All that's happened during 2013 is the weight has bobbed up and down. Makes me wonder why I'm bothering.

Yes Mayd, I think I need a new tactic too. A 7 day fast springs to mind.

[wendilla]

That is why this thread started more than 2 and a half years ago it was by someone that posted( why should we at our age bother .) xSTITCHER replied to it then I replied and it has carried on from there. Or it might have been Xstitcher that started the post and someone replied to why should we bother and it carried on from there and has been now going more than 2 years. Lost some gained some along the way.

[Jan1957]

Surprised this week as another 6lb off although I have been eating pretty normally. Think it may still be my body adjusting to not eating while I was in hospital but I'm happy with that as I know it will settle down soon.

[Old_Geezer]

Well done.

[xstitcher]

Well done to those that have lost and patience and perserverence to those that haven't.
Yes W. it was me that got the rather insensitive answer that at my age why bother. Believe me I wanted to slap the writer's face. Then you came on Wendilla and the rest is history.
I'm glad to hear that your root canal treatment is going better than mine OG. The problem at the moment is that they can't get me anesthetized enough and therefore can't get on with it. I'm off again on Friday. My dentist who looks to be about 12 years old will have done his homework and I should be fine. This hiccup took us all by surprise.

[Old_Geezer]

Aye my canal treatment is almost done, they are just making the cap to go on top of the molar now.

I think you need to advise your dentist that they just need a bigger billy club.

[xstitcher]

You know, the way I feel at the moment OG I think that your idea is just the right one! Since it is a back molar I'm dealing with I think that if any more problems show up I will ask him just to pull it out.

[wendilla]

Good Morning completely forgot to weigh this morning with being bank holiday probably. I may not have lost as grandson has been here a few days each week and I tend to help share his goodies and been out for a couple of lunches so I am going on a 2 week mission again as that seems to work for me .Schools back tomorrow so no excuse.

[Maydup]

A pleasing 1lb down this morning. I had a busy weekend and was either working or gardening this Bank Holiday. in between times the roads were so busy that we didn't venture far and so resisted too many temptations. Although I did have a Bank Holiday ice cream and small piece of cake, but I must have worked them off!

I hope you all faired well too and have a good week.

[xstitcher]

Well done Maydup, minus one pound is good. I have weighed myself about 7 times this morning and the numbers go whizzing around and come up to very pleasing results which I know not to be correct. Hubby was away for the weekend so I held a wild weekend for one here at home which included Cola Zero, popcorn, pizza and spare ribs which of course I must pay the price for. Add to that the fact that I bit my tongue badly after the dentist so have been eating weird and wonderful foods that are tongue friendly.....especially ice cream. hmmmmmm Without knowing what the result is I think I will go straight to the naughty step.