Onwards And Downwards Continues In July 2014

[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.

This month we would love your low calorie breakfast ideas, thanks to OG. After watching a couple of semi-scary TV programmes this week about how bad our diet is in general some fresh ideas would be welcomed :-).

One programme even suggested that going back to a traditional FUll English is a good idea, less sugar and processed carbs etc!! Not sure if I have time for that every morning.

This sounds yum though:

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1507665/skinny-pepper-tomato-and-ham-omelette

or

http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1507664/cinnamon-porridge-with-banana-and-berries

Let us know how you start your day a low-calorie way.

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

Here is last months thread

[Maydup]

I open a tray of say blueberries at the beginning of the week and have a handful each morning on cereal and cover the, up again. In the fridge last all week and at worse go a bit wrinkly rather than furry. I do the same with strawberries and raspberries but find the blueberries keep the longest.

[xstitcher]

At first I didn't put them in the fridge because I read that they loose their flavour but they also don't keep at all so I keep mine in the fridge now too.

[Maydup]

My breakfast recommendation is not very original but for low sugar content its 2 Oatabix or weetabix with almond milk and a handful of blueberries. (No added sugar on top mind!)

The next best cereal is shredded wheat for low fat, low sugar or porridge of course. Not being big on wheat I stick to the porridge as a change form the oatabix with maybe half a banana or a handful of berries.

I have taught my taste buds not to want sugar in the mornings, but I pay for it in the evenings when the sweet tooth fairy is as mischievous as ever!

[Old_Geezer]

I recall, going back some time now, when I bought my first house, there were berry bushes in the back garden. One Saturday I spent the evening collecting them all in bowls. Was so shattered left them in the kitchen, sat down for a bit, then went to bed. Mid morning the next day I took a look at them, they had already started to get a fur coating and I ended up throwing a low of my hard picked crop away.

Or take just last Thursday. I was tempted by some green tomatoes at Tesco. Not unripe ones, ones that were supposed to be green. novelty, thought I'd try them. They were to be best before Sunday. Saturday morning I looked at them and most had a furry covering.

And folk can wonder why I by little fresh produce.

(Which reminds me, I was in Morrisons today, I remembered I need to get some potatoes for baking, so of course I am bound to not have some, right ? This is one of the things I hate about getting older and my mind going. No I don't. Obviously my brain thought it hilarious to drop the thought seconds after reminding me. :-( I've just realised I don't have any.)

[Old_Geezer]

Why I *BUY* !
Like I typed !

[xstitcher]

I can match you on the memory lapse OG. On Thursday I went into town to specifically do two things, one being returning a birthday gift of hubby's which I had in my geriatric shopping trolley. Upon entering the dept. store I headed directly for the men's wear but as luck would have it, saw a must-have top in the ladies' wear, which I had to pass through on the escalator.
You can guess the rest...I arrived back home with both new top and the birthday item which I completely forgot to return.

[xstitcher]

I've been googling brain and memory foods. Here is just a sample of what had come up: top of the lists..blueberries, then salmon, nuts, one quarter avocado daily, and I can't remember the rest ha ha so you'll have to Google it yourself!

[Old_Geezer]

:-) Well those first two are nice. Two out of four ain't bad.

[xstitcher]

I eat them all and they don't seem to help much as you can read.

[wendilla]

It is a losing battle with everything so that is why we must have fruit in moderation . We hear it on the tv everyday too much of this can't have that have this have that it is just one continual don't have can't have . Everyone is not the same I just have to look at a cream cake and it's on my hips so I have learned to kick it off .(but not all the time )

It just goes back to the same old saying plan your meals for the week write everything down (must stick to that) cut down on the fat and the crap . Now I have made myself feel better .lol .

[xstitcher]

Good morning all,
I'm just down a feather's weight this week. I wonder if it is because I haven't been able to do my little walk. I began again yesterday so here's hoping.

[wendilla]

Morning xstitcher going the right way. I have another 2lb loss but that is not all due to me it that's tablets I am on I spend half the morning on the loo, Cant go out till midday lol.

[Maydup]

No change for me again this week, i'm well and truly stuck but not gaining at least.

Well done Xstitcher and take care Wendilla, hope you feel better soon.

[xstitcher]

Wendilla -2lbs is good. It doesn't matter if it's minus fat or minus water. I suggest we all go on your water pills! :-D

[wendilla]

Don't worry Maydup as you say at least you have not gained . Perhaps you need to look back over the last 2 weeks and you may need to change something . I can stay the same too,for a few weeks but I can't find out why even though I have been good .i am only losing at the moment as I am on water tablets due to a swelling on my legs which is now going down but that was not the cause of me staying the same as I have always been like that .next week should be a true reading .

[wendilla]

Thank you xstitcher. I would not recommend these lol lol . I can't go out till after mid day . I would not have time to find a lol lol lol .

[Maydup]

In the spirit of this month's theme, what did we all have for breakfast?

I had Sainsbury's low oats granola with almond milk. It has a few raisins and dried apple in it, so no added sugar needed. I'll make a cup of coffee before I go to work and take a piece of fruit with me.

[wendilla]

Sounds good Maydup . I have not seen almond milk .i just have skimmed milk and never have sugar on cereals. It is boiled egg for me today and I have cut my toast along with a few other things to half . I find if I put extra on my plate I eat it it likes shopping if I don't buy it I can't eat it . It's a big struggle past the cakes but I just don't go up that aisle now .

[Old_Geezer]

Glad everyone seems to be progressing. I'm still refusing to note what the scales tell me since I refuse to believe I'm up every week. I'll start noting again when the values are more reasonable.

[xstitcher]

How your clothes are fitting is probably a truer pointer OG .