Since BIWI is off sunning herself in Barbados this week I am starting the new thread.
Hope last week was a good week for you, here is teh spreadsheet to record your losses on. Or, in my case, gain 
In week 3 you can now make a decision. If you've done a full two weeks of BC you should now be well adapted to the LCHF WOE and can move onto BCLite. This means that you can skip breakfast (or lunch or dinner) if you are not hungry, on BC you should have been eating 3 meals a day. On BCLite you eat when you are hungry.
You can also add some foods which were not allowed on BC:
Some fruit - berries (occasionally, the carb counts are available on the spreadsheet).
Nuts/seeds - these are good for snacks but do remember that they can be quite carby if you eat loads so be careful.
Alcohol (once or twice per week and stick with clear spirits with soda water, champagne, red wine or dry white wine - remember, alcohol can impede weight loss.
We are still avoiding sugar and artificial sweeteners but this can make things difficult so for special occasions you can have certain things. Check out the recipe thread for dessert ideas for special dinners (BIWIs chocolate pots de creme are my favourite).
Don't go mad with all the extra things we are allowed, week 3 (and 4 & 5) are notorious for no weight loss for some reason. Some of you may even see a gain. KOKO and this will pass.
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Low-carb bootcamp
Week 3 - Pre-Christmas Low Carb Bootcamp - Decision Time
SayrraT · 26/10/2015 07:36
I don't see a weight for you this week cheddar, not sure why. I've added it for you now if you were 0.5 lb down on last week, so hope I got it right 
Overall weight loss so far 4.5 lb....not too bad for 2 weeks, well done.
Ah, found it now. 
At least it'll mean people can ignore my long post on the other thread.
Sayrra I think there should be a new rule: posters are allowed to put weight on the week they get their doctorate.
Haha, thanks Hunt. Hope MrHunt gets home today, I think you can be forgiven for your pistachios, the rest of your food looked good
yongnian unfortunately we don't, we have had one once or twice but it never really goes very well and new BCers always stray into the maintainers thread then eat things they shouldn't and wonder why they don't lose.
There are some BCers I still speak with who are maintaining, most of them manage by sticking to BC/BClite except on special occasions TBH. As with all WOE you can't go back to the way you ate before and keep the weight off. I think stunt has recommended before that you can try increasing carbs by a small increment each week on maintenance until you find you put on weight, then you know what your own personal carb limit is. Sometimes I maintain between BCs, even though I'm miles off my target, to practice. This usually means that, for me, I can have one carby meal (pasta etc) per week and not gain. Apart from that I stick with BClite.
Well done best
Thanks for the new thread Dr 1.6lbs off for me today, happy with that but it was showing more earlier on in the week so hoping for a bounce back down at some stage soon.
I had some roast pork at a food festival yesterday and suspect there was sugar in the marinade, but other than that have been on plan. Still relying on dairy way too much, but as I still don't have a great appetite, I am kind of eating what I can, when I can face it.
Managed a proper breakfast today for the first time in two weeks so pleased with that. The rest of the day is still more, shall we say, fluid, in that I have no firm plans at all.
B: Two eggs, scrambled with butter and cream
L: Something from M&S
D: I have chicken in the fridge - maybe a curry with cauli rice if I CBA.
Only 1/4lb off this week for me, although this is actually LC week 10 for me, so my weight loss has slowed a bit. To make me feel better, I'm wearing my new, size-down jeans this morning and looking and feeling a lot slimmer than I did when I started
2lbs off for me this week which I'm happy with.
I only have Internet access on my phone at the moment so if someone is in the spreadsheet could they please update for me? (168lbs)
Thanks and congratulations everyone on the losses
As I was a week late starting, I'm still bootcamping proper - or would be if it weren't for the major lapse yesterday involving small child's ice cream 
Anyway. Moving on from that.
Today's efforts:
no breakfast - I hate monday mornings, they're far too busy.
Lunch = lettuce, olives, avocado, mozzarella, cucumber and tinned mackerel salad.
Dinner = steak with veges, and mushrooms cooked in butter with melted Boursin (so nice, even my mushroom-hating son said he would eat more if I cooked them like that again 
)
Not enough water. But a 2lb loss from last week so I'll record that on the weight loss spreadsheet and do better this week.
KOKO!
Up one pound. The "fuck it" seal broke a bit over the weekend so I should be glad it is only one up.
Back on track...koko.
I am at that age when my body is morphing (menopause). The weight had been piling on and so I started BC last Spring. It has helped me greatly: I can have a say in what kind of body I will have. I do feel better with this WOE as well: no pain in the middle of the night, more energy, no more brain fog. Those things are worth sticking with this WOE for me.
Thanks everyone here. It is very encouraging to read others' circumstances and strategies. 
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