For all those who have signed up, or those who are thinking about it - here's a thread to get you in the right mindset, and to outline what it's all about, and what the rules are.
On Monday, I'll start a Week 1 thread, in which I will link to the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness, created and maintained by the lovely SayrraT. Each week (if you want to - it's not compulsory!) just add your weight. If you find that your name isn’t there, just add yourself to the bottom of the list, and Sayrra will re-sort it into alphabetical order.
If you don’t want to use your actual weight, you are welcome to index it – start with 100, and take one away for every pound that you lose.
Here is a brief reminder of the rules:
We do not eat any of the following during Bootcamp:
bread
rice
pasta/noodles
potatoes
flour
pastry
sugar (which includes honey/agave syrup/maple syrup)
chocolate/sweets
biscuits/cookies
crisps
balsamic vinegar (other vinegars are allowed though)
And here are the ten rules of Bootcamp:
- You must eat breakfast.
- Avoid processed food/meat (e.g. ham, bacon, sausages, etc)
- Eat lots of fat
- Make sure you are eating vegetables and salads with your food (try and keep these to veg/salad that's 3g carbs per 100g as much as you can)
- Be careful about dairy (apart from butter, which is unlimited)
- You must drink a minimum of 2 litres of water per day
- No alcohol
- No fruit
- No nuts/seeds
10. No sugar or artificial sweeteners
More detail/explanation of these rules will be on the spreadsheet – look at the tabs at the bottom.
Please be aware that Bootcamp, although designed to be simple to follow (no weighing or counting of foods!), is not easy - the clue is in the name! The world is not designed for low carbers, and you will have to plan ahead to make sure that you have plenty of low carb foods available to you - if you are out and about a lot and rely on being able to buy food on -the-go, you'll have to be very careful.
Plan your meals as much as you can, and make sure that you've removed any stuff from the house that might tempt you to cheat!
(If you have a medical condition, or you are taking long term medication, especially for blood pressure, please take advice from your GP/consultant before starting to low carb.)