Onwards And Downwards Continues In November 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.

How about some ideas to make lunchboxes a bit more interesting and lower in calories? Thanks for a helpful suggestion from xstitcher.

How many of us take a packed lunch to work? And how many of us are bored to tears with the same old limp ham sarnie?

So please share with us your ideas, recipes and little gems that keep your lunches interesting and healthy. And don't feel left out if you don't take a lunch to work as, of course, you can make these up at home too.

I know its from the USA but there are some really simple ideas that can be quick to do:

http://www.tampabay.com/news/business/heres-how-to-make-lunch-at-work-more-interesting/1163269

Personally I love different and unusual breads, plus using leftovers really appeals to me.

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

Here is last months thread

[Old_Geezer]

Up again ! :-(
1⅝ lbs.

[wendilla]

Just to let you know XSTiTCHER should be back with us soon. She is having problems with her broadband

[Maydup]

Save me a place on the step would you? Sorry not much time to post except to say that Birthday chocolates and cafe lattes are to blame!

Oh dear....salad and soup tomorrow.

[xstitcher]

Good Morning All, Have again forgotten to weigh in. Naturally because I am expecting the IT technician at 9 am the connection seems to be working today, but I know that it will soon go off...so best click on submit while I can.....Thanks to the faithful few who are still with us.....where is everybody else??????????

[janbee]

Well done to all the losers, you are all winners .! To anyone NOT having lost weight(myself included...well then, naughty step awaits. Budge over folks, make room on that step. Here's to a better week next weigh in.

[wendilla]

MAYDUP AND JANBEE we have to get cracking and leave this step empty for next week . Seem to have lost a few Xstitcher. Might get a rush on up to xmas.

[Marijn]

Are there no losers this week?? I've stayed the same. It looks like it's down to Xstitcher to be the one who loses weight this week. Are you coming back tomorrow Xstitcher, to tell us how you've done? No pressure :-)

[xstitcher]

Good idea marijn I'll try and remember tomorrow.

[Marijn]

Well, I've lost a pound today; I hope I can keep it off until Weigh-in Wednesday :-)

[Old_Geezer]

Wow ! First here today ?

Down ⅛ lbs today (after a few days of refusing to record the lies from the scales !)

[wendilla]

Going the right way OG .I have stayed the same but I am on a mission from last sunday . We may not hear from XSTITCHER. She had internet problem in Spain last week . Now she is back home I believe she is still having problems .Hope she gets them sorted out soon.

[wendilla]

http://tinypic.com/r/118ln9s/5

[Marijn]

Well done OG for going in the right direction. Despite thinking I had lost a pound at the weekend, it is back on again.... so I've stayed the same, never mind.

[Old_Geezer]

Being honest, were it not for the scales being digital, I'd have read it as 'stayed the same'. Seems we all have much the same issue except some thought they'd dropped but hadn't by Wednesday, whilst others were not pleased with the unbelievable increase claimed, and yet found they'd apparently got rid on it by Wednesday.

[Marijn]

My scales go up in point two of a pound. I'm sure we'll all succeed this time next week. Good luck.

[xstitcher]

Hello Again....Wonderful to be back online after 6 days with mega computer and online connection problems. I counted the hours while flying home to be able to get on to my computer here only to find out there were more problems in store. Everything is sorted now which is good as I was going bonkers.

I shall weigh myself tomorrow morning now that things are back to normal.

[Maydup]

Welcome back xstitcher, its horrible being offline, i miss it so much.

Like the others I have stayed the same this week and to be quite honest, am thankful for that. Just eaten a pastry for goodness sake! i put it down to work related poor time management and trips out but I'll be back on track tomorrow. So much for my stone before Christmas, i'm less than halfway there and only 5 weeks to go. Anyone seen my halo?

[xstitcher]

Make that 2 missing halos Maydup!

[xstitcher]

Good Morning All,
Oh dear oh dear oh dear, need I say more! Naughty step here I come with head hanging in shame.

[wendilla]

Move over and get the kettle on Xstitcher and after yesterday's day out to lunch need I say no more. We only went with the intentions of having a baggette but ended up with steak. Got some work to do this week and next.