Onwards And Downwards Continues In April 2014

[AB Editor]

Onwards and Downwards Continues in April 2014

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.

Continuing with the seasonal food theme, and also skillfully avoiding the whole how to make Easter boring with no chocolate :-), in April we should be eating these sorts of things:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/seasons/april

It seems now is a good time for seafood like crab, cockles and sardines.

Here is something which looks lovely:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/food/recipes/pastaconsarde_91609

Has anyone got any other ideas for April's seasonal food?

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

Here is last months thread

[xstitcher]

Morning all,

Just the same
Can't complain.

Love your daffs Maydup.

[Old_Geezer]

You can't be trying hard enough, I find it very easy to complain ! Do it here regularly.

Ho hum, I've gone up in the last 24 hours :-( So that means I've only stayed the same for the week because of that. That Costa mocha proved way more intake than I expected it to, and must be the reason I suppose.

[wendilla]

Morning all . I will weigh tomorrow as I forgot after I got up dressed and had breakfast . I feel I have lost but will report tomorrow .
That's it OG blame the Mocha .
Staying the same is better than a gain xstitcher. I do it quite regular and know that I have been good .

[Old_Geezer]

Well, it was what put me over limit for yesterday, so it's either that or blame the scales again for the sudden jump.

shrug

[wendilla]

It may have been that cream cake you had and forgot lol.

[xstitcher]

I tried a mocha about a month ago...it's almost all milk and served in a really tall glass, so if that milk was full fat OG hmmmmmmmm yep that'll do it!

[wendilla]

Well I did feel as if I had lost but no I have stayed the same. Maybe that is due to the Steak and Stilton pie and bannoffee pie I had when I went out with my son last Thursday. Lucky to have stayed the same .

[Old_Geezer]

Ah it seems all those who popped in here this week have remained stable. Not a bad thing.

I want to say that I seem to have dropped most of the affects of the mocha :-) I think I should start weighing Thursdays ;-)

[wendilla]

Morning all don't know how that went but 2lbs off this week . About time.

[Old_Geezer]

Good for you. And snap !

In my case at least part must be due to last week's 1 lb increase between Tuesday & Wednesday. This week it claims I went down 1 lb over the last 24 hours.

[wendilla]

Og x I would say well done but my brain can't calculate that one .lol.

[xstitcher]

Good morning all,
Well done Wendilla and OG. I'm glD to hear that you are going down.
I just lost a little bit. It is the Easter lamb and potatoes we will be having on Sunday that I shall have to use every ounce OG self discipline.....can't wait as we only have it once a year. May I wish everybody here a Happy Easter!

[Old_Geezer]

Indeed, a happy Easter to all; referring to which, do you think everyone has been on an early Easter break these last couple of weeks ?

[xstitcher]

I've wondered that too OG. I think that maybe we haven't been able to help them enough . Never mind...the faithful few are still around.

[wendilla]

Mark my words they will all be back with a vengeance wanting to fit into that bikini before the holidays. lol

[xstitcher]

So true so true ha ha

[Old_Geezer]

Well I know I will !

Meanwhile, since the start of the year I've been putting my weighing results into a mobile phone app. Despite results being up & down & up & down like a fiddler's elbow, I noticed it gave an average for the period. Apparently I'm losing about 5¼ ounces a week. Which predicts I should be at target, if it keeps up, at around April Fools Day next year, which seems appropriate somehow.

[xstitcher]

Luv your wit OG

[xstitcher]

Good morning all,
Can't believe it, am down three pounds. I threw all caution to the wind and ate what I wanted to over Easter(no chocolate..don't like it) I hope the rest of you will be so lucky.☺️

[Old_Geezer]

Morning. Well done you !
As for me, up 1 lb :-(
Not even had an egg either. Had a few "bad" days though.