I’ve decided to try the whole LCHF way of eating. I’ve done everything else in the past, some have worked better than others. Just can’t seem to get on track since I had my baby 5 months ago and want to lose about 2.5 stone.
Anyway I’m following the bootcamp spreadsheet but the whole thing seems to go against my instincts. Low carb I can get, but ive never dieted having high fat before so it’s going to take me some time to get used to this.
Please, someone reassure me it will definitely work and work quickly! Does it work for everyone?
So I’ve got a couple of questions. Firstly, what are macros and do I need to use/track/ whatever them? I don’t have a huge amount of time (who does) to go counting grams of carbs, fat intake etc daily, do I need to do this?
This is what I’ve had so far today, does it look ok?
B- mushrooms fried in butter with 2 scrambled eggs and a dash of cream also done in butter
L - leftover roast chicken, 1 avocado and salad leaves with olive oil drizzledvover them
Dinner will probably be something like pork chops or lamb chops with spinach and broccoli with butter.
Also drinking lots of water
Does this look ok?
I’m a bit of a weighing scales addict when dieting. How long till I go into Ketosis and I see weight loss?
Thanks so much to anyone who gets through this essay and offers some advice/reassurance.
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Low-carb bootcamp
Day one - pointers please
desperatehousewife2 · 23/07/2018 14:56
That menu looks ok - and yes, you can have as much butter as you want 
Personally I hate mushrooms 
You're doing better than I usually manage with the amount of veg 
It's usually a few days until you become ketogenically adapted. Ketostix don't usually work as the amount of water you should be drinking (and you will be waking up during the night for a while until your kidneys and brain adapt ) means that your pee will be too dilute.
Over time, you'll notice that you're not hungry as often any more and that you can go into petrol stations and not even look at the rows of confectionary or is that just me?
My major problem has been breaking the habit of snacking even when I'm not actually hungry - although I do make sure that the snacks are HFLC. 
One of the things I think has made a difference this Boot Camp and kept the weight continuing to come off is starting to have slices of good salted butter as a snack, before going and having a slice of salami or Emmenthal (or, because I'm beyond the 1st 2 weeks, some Macadamia nuts or occasionally a square of 90% Lindt chocolate).
Keep off the wine for the 1st 2 weeks - it really is worth it
Slices of butter as a snack??? Thanks Prettybird, I’m definitely on for snacks of butter FOLLOWED BY CHEESE!!! That’s like a dream come true
Slices of cheddar spread with butter and then Bovril or Marmite (good for electrolytes rather than drinking it) is a good snack that someone recommended on one of these threads.
Enabler, moi?!
Don't ask about brussels microwaved in butter as I've introduced lots of people to that particular addiction
Herb tea. Water flavoured with slices of cucumber (surprisingly tasty) or strawberries (but you can't eat the strawberries in the first 2 weeks).
Black coffee or coffee with cream.
2 cups of tea is ok I have more but really shouldn't
Oh - and the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness (which includes the Rules) are in the OP of the current Week 10 Boot Camp thread.
They're actually in the OP of every week of Boot Camp - but there were a few weeks when there were problems with the spreadsheet which were only sorted later in the thread - but I know the current week's one works
That would be fine.
I actually make every second pint of water that I drink an electrolyte version with a squoosh of lemon juice and a shake of Lo-Salt, which seems to help especially on hot days when I'm sweating a lot
Fortunately it's been cooler the last couple of days in Scotland.
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That's brilliant desperatehousewife . I was stuck for a snack while stuck in traffic today, best thing I could find were dry roasted peanuts. Not too many, so think I got away with it! No change on the scales for me this morning, but fingers crossed for tomorrow!
Babybels, cheese triangles, salami and pepperamis are what I used to take to all-day cycling events with ds.
was never organised enough to do boiled eggs in advance
If I'm out all day, I call in to a supermarket and pick up a pack of cooked meet and babybel. Maybe some nuts. And another bottle of water!!!
It's an expensive lunch Worth it though - and could be cheaper if I got more organised.
M & S do some lovely deli snacks - cheese cubes wrapped in ham etc. Always pleased when I can buy these - not all stores have them.
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