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At last - here it is! BIWI's 2 week Low Carb Bootcamp - starts tomorrow - sign in here

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BIWI · 15/04/2012 22:36

Lots of you have said you want to do this - now it's time to put your money where your mouth is, so to speak.

Oh, alright, it's free. Grin

The plan is that we have two very strict weeks of low carbing. Which is why, doh, it's called a bootcamp.

There are 'rules of engagement' for the fortnight - but they're different if you're carnivore or a vegetarian. I shall post the rules for us carnivores, and flipflopflap will post the rules for those of you that are vegetarians.

Sign in with your starting weight - in pounds, stones and pounds, kilos or - if you don't want to reveal your weight, with 100 as an index - and what you're wanting to achieve in the two weeks. I know that not everyone is doing this for the purpose of weight loss, so you don't have to do this if you don't want to - but tell us what you want this fortnight to help you achieve.

The Carnivore Rules

1.Eat three, proper meals a day.
You must eat breakfast. It doesn?t have to be a lot, but you must have something. For the rest of the day, if you?re eating enough food and you are in ketosis then you shouldn?t be hungry. But if you are hungry, eat something. (Hard boiled eggs make a great snack)

2.Avoid processed food
Focus on pure, natural protein as the basis for your meals ? meat/fish/eggs. Things like sausages, ham, bacon, pre-prepared burgers etc should be avoided as much as possible. You can have them, but just not every day. Avoid foods marketed as low carb, e.g. Atkins Daybreak bars.

3.Eat lots of fat.
Eating fat helps you to burn fat. Honestly! Fry in butter, add butter to vegetables, eat salad with a home-made vinaigrette dressing (not made with balsamic vinegar though, as this is too sweet), add mayonnaise where you can (just check the carb count on your mayo first). Eat fattier cuts of meat ? e.g. pork belly, roast chicken with the skin on and/or eat the fat off your lamb chops. Absolutely no low fat/light foods of any kind!

4.Make sure you are eating vegetables and salads with your food ?
This is where your carbs should come from, and this is non-negotiable. But choose only those vegetables that are on the allowed list. You don?t have to weigh/count carbs ? this is one of the great joys of this WOE (way of eating), but if you?re new to low carbing it can be helpful to weigh your portions of veg in the early days, just so that you know how many carbs are in the sort of portions that you like to eat

*5.Be careful about dairy (apart from butter, which is unlimited). It can impede weight loss for some people. If you are still drinking tea/coffee with milk or cream, try to restrict yourself to max 2 cups per day. You may eat cheese, but don't overdo it. Full fat yoghurt is the best way to include dairy in your diet - but beware, it does contain carbs. Total Full Fat is the best.

6.You must drink a minimum of 2 litres of water per day.
The more weight you have to lose, the more water you should drink

7.No alcohol
If you really can't do this - at least try and restrict it to the weekend. Vodka with soda is the best thing to drink. Or Champagne, red wine or dry white wine.

8.No fruit
Really. Seriously. Honestly. None at all. Zilch. Nada.

9.No nuts/seeds
Whilst these are really good to snack on later - it can be too easy to start snacking on these - and before you know it, all your carbs have gone on nuts. Seriously - in bootcamp - don't do it to yourself.

10.No sugar or artificial sweeteners

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babyheave1662 · 15/04/2012 22:39

I'm up for this. I've lost 2st since new year, but have fallen off the wagon and could do with a kick up the backside.

It may be tricky for a couple of days when I'm off visiting a friend, but meat and salad is good Grin

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slowburner · 15/04/2012 22:52

I am in.

12st 4lb

Was meant to write a shopping list this evening. Didn't. That's going to make tomorrow very challenging. I have eggs. And sausages.

I think I'll stick to salad and fish during the week for lunches, and avoid pasta/bread/rice and cous cous like the plague. No fruit will be a bit of a challenge thoug. sigh

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KeepOrfThemCarbs · 15/04/2012 22:56

I am going to sign in with today's weight

10st 8

It will probably be 11 stone tomorrow as I have eaten loads of shit tonight.

My goal is to get down to 10 stone 4 in 2 weeks. Then that will be a clear 2 stone weightloss since January 1st.

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BIWI · 15/04/2012 23:02

Oh good - let's make a list so we can cut and paste it

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Nagoo · 15/04/2012 23:02

What do you eat for breakfast? I'm placemarking for inspiration. I only want 4lb off :) not walking to school has taken its toll the last 2 weeks doesn't mention Easter eggs

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Thisisformatilda · 15/04/2012 23:04

I'm in although I think it might kill me....

what can i have for breakfast? poached aggs ok?

my weight tonight is 13 st 8
I'd like to lose 2 stone

not sure how I'm going to cope without bread......

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BIWI · 15/04/2012 23:04

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs

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BIWI · 15/04/2012 23:05

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs

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babyheave1662 · 15/04/2012 23:06

Right, have gone and weighed myself on my shit scales and I'm 13st 11. I'd like to get off a couple of lbs this week at least.

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Schnarkle · 15/04/2012 23:06

Signing in at:

157 lbs

Goal for the moment is to drop 10lbs.

Need to break this cycle of non stop eating mostly sugar in the evenings.

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BIWI · 15/04/2012 23:07

Nagoo - I usually have eggs for breakfast. Either boiled, poached or scrambled.

If I'm going to the gym, and I have an early start, I may only have one boiled egg - either soft or hard.

And once you're in ketosis, one boiled egg will really, honestly, genuinely keep you satisfied until lunchtime.

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GreenEyesAndHam · 15/04/2012 23:08

I'd like to do this please, I bought and read the Idiot Proof Diet last week and started on the Low Carbing today. I'm a LC virgin up to now

Starting weight 9st 12,

would like to lose at least a stone and a half.

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BelfastBloke · 15/04/2012 23:10

2.Avoid processed food
Atkins Daybreak bars with black coffee are great when you can't face another egg for breakfast.

Low-carb + exercise makes the weight drop away.

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BIWI · 15/04/2012 23:10

Cut and paste, people - cut and paste!

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs
Schnarkle - current weight 157lbs
GreenEyesandHam - current weight 9st 12lbs

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BIWI · 15/04/2012 23:13

BelfastBloke - they are very good indeed. However, I think in a bootcamp phase, when people are trying to 'jolt' themselves into a new frame of mind, they're probably not the best thing to be eating.

And they are also full of stuff that's probably best to be avoiding in the longer term.

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FourThousandHoles · 15/04/2012 23:14

Not posting my starting weight, suffice to say I am not a small person and have a fair amount to lose. My goal for the two weeks is 6lbs. I'll start at 100 and count (hopefully) down.

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BIWI · 15/04/2012 23:21

I'm sure it will be down!

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PorkyandBess · 15/04/2012 23:29

BIWI - how do you find low carbing and going to the gym?

I have tried it before and this was the only real downside. I work out quite a lot and I found I felt I was running on empty. What would normally be easy ie a quick 3km run was killing me!

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KeepOrfThemCarbs · 15/04/2012 23:31

porky I do a Jillian Michaels workout pretty much every day. I down a diet red bull beforehand Grin

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BIWI · 15/04/2012 23:36

porky - my trainer is an advocate of low carbing. That said, I was dreadfully unfit before I started, so I can't say that it's really had any kind of effect on how I train.

However, given that he is so keen on low carbing (and apparently this reflects how David Llloyd counsel these days), then there must be a way of making it work? I don't know enough about it, but I will ask him. I am at the gym next on Tuesday.

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LoopingLizards · 15/04/2012 23:37

I'm in Smile
Starting weight, 130lbs.
Would like to be 126lbs at end of two weeks.

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Tortington · 15/04/2012 23:38

i go the gym daily - but i was unfit before - so i have no before and after - but it doesn;t kill me

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Tortington · 15/04/2012 23:39

starting weight
9:7

want to be 9st in 2 weeks

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BettyBathroom · 15/04/2012 23:43

Am signing in - but unsure of the veggie rules so a little nervous.

Currently 61.7kg - would like to get 60kg by the end of the boot camp.

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BIWI · 15/04/2012 23:49

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs
Schnarkle - current weight 157lbs
GreenEyesandHam - current weight 9st 12lbs
LoopingLizards - current weight 130lbs
CustardoGuiltybyAssociation - current weight 9st 7lbs
BettyBathroom - current weight 61.7g

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