I really, really hope that this will be our last two weeks of all the various restrictions of lockdown. Even though it's looking unlikely
So for us, only two more weeks!
Here's the spreadsheet, as usual
Two more weeks left, so a good amount of time to still shed some unwanted pounds.
Possibly also a time to be specifically even more strict, given that it's the last two weeks?!
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Low-carb bootcamp
Week 9 - very much hoping this is our last fortnight!
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BIWI · 07/06/2021 00:13
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prettybird ·
07/06/2021 08:13
Just realised that the bathroom work other than dh's dismantling work is due to start on 21st June, the day that Boot Camp finishes 
Shameless placemark 
Picture while he was dismantling parts of the ceiling at the weekend. He clears up afterwards and we can still use the bathroom - but all the water will probably be capped off sometime this week so that dh can finish off all the stripping out he is able to do.
Ifeelmuchlessfat ·
07/06/2021 08:22
Well I’ve had an appalling half term week due to the amount of wine (and therefore crisps and chocolate) consumed. I’ve put on 3.5 kilos which is around 7lbs 
Will work very hard over next two weeks (and beyond until the end of June) to undo the damage. I just can’t be trusted when I get nt ‘It’s a holiday’ head on.
Lots of water and exercise for me today.
LittleDoritt ·
07/06/2021 09:00
1.8lbs down for me this week which I'm pleased with, especially as we were away for the first half of half term. It puts me 0.2lbs 
under 15 stone too, which is nice - always love to break into a new stone bracket.
venusandmars ·
07/06/2021 10:27
My reflections on last week's eating, and how I managed (self-absorbed post but maybe someone might be interested...)
All meals were communal for the week. Prior to our trip I had vetoed pasta for the dinners. I cooked 2 dinners which were low carb, the others included potato, quinoa and couscous (interestingly the 2 medics on board didn't realise that couscous was essentially made of the same durum wheat as pasta). I had very small portions of the carbs but didn't avoid them altogether. And I ate whatever else was included in the main - a few apricots in a lamb tagine, carrots and beans in a chilli etc. I turned down all offers of pudding.
For breakfast I took cheese and almond muffins which I ate with butter AND peanut butter. In the first couple of days there were a few blueberries and raspberries too. The only deviation was on the final day (muffins all finished) when I had an activia yogurt. It was of course low fat, no added sugar and I subsequently discovered it has a whopping 8.4g of 'natural' sugar per pot. It tasted horrible and on reflection I should have just gone without.
Lunches were soup and sandwiches. 2 of the soups were veg (I made a green veg one with chicken stock base and lots of butter and cream) the other was butternut squash. Thereafter it was the dreaded cup-a-soups - mainly for ease of preparation and consumption during tricky sailing conditions. They are of course highly processed and have 18-25g carbs per serving. I got round it by not stirring the soup too much eating the more liquid top layer and leaving the sludgy gooey stuff in the bottom of the mug. And a couple of days I missed it out altogether. For the sandwiches I took some Scheider Brot which has 4g carb per slice, or sometimes I just had the sandwich fillings (cheese and salami, egg mayo, tuna mayo) with lots of salad and supplemented with avocado. A couple of times I had an apple but avoided the bananas and grapes
I turned down the homemade tablet, the date and apricot flapjacks, the peanut butter and chocolate brownies (even though the cook was at great pains to tell me that none of them had flour in them) and avoided all the many biscuits on offer.
My main downfall was (not unexpectedly) snacks with pre-dinner drinks (soda in my gin rather than tonic) and wine with dinner.
So overall not disastrous, but I think I'm very lucky to have got away with only 2 additional pounds. And I'm delighted to be back home and back to this way of eating. Plus being able to walk for miles. My average steps last week were less than 2,000 per day, yesterday back on terra firma I clocked up 23,000 steps walking in the lovely sunshine. The exercise on a boat is short and intense, winching in sails etc, plus lots of core stability in a boat that is heeled over in strong wind (of which there was a lot).
It's interesting how reluctant I was to fully share about this woe. 3 of the crew are doctors and I know that 2 of them are particularly supercilious about 'faddy eating'. I did talk about limiting wheat based foods since they can cause an insulin spike and over the long term impact my blood pressure. I didn't say anything about not eating sugar although I would have thought that was obvious, both by what I ate or didn't eat and also the basic biochemistry, but even the GPs seemed oblivious and relentlessly offered sweet treats. In my own body I feel completely confident that this way of eating is good for me, but I didn't fancy an endless discussion with friends whose nutritional knowledge was possibly one lecture in med school 40 years ago! Instead I swapped out what I could for suitable alternatives (almond muffins and schneider brot) and avoided the sweetest and carbiest culprits. I usually find that for one meal with friends my eating preferences will pass unnoticed, but not for a whole week. I'm pretty sure they think I eat an unhealthy diet, what with all the butter and nuts, and no wholegrains, and that I am restrictive (and possibly weight obsessed) in not having puddings or cakes or biscuits.
Apologies for the epistle.
And yes the sailiing was lovely we were around mainland and islands on the west coast of Scotland - Oban, Ardnamurchan, Mull, Skye, Rhum, Eigg, Colonsay, Jura... Beautiful scenery (will post a couple of pictures if I can) some unexpected gale force winds a little bit scary and some lovely sunshine. Good company and lots of laughs.
prettybird ·
07/06/2021 11:06
I'm impressed @venusandmars - sounds like you navigated it very well and avoided potential squalls I'll get my coat
My dad made a pasta dish last night for supper - an old "family" favourite that I was never particularly keen on 
Fortunately, he also did a starter (tomato, mozzarella and basil) so I was able to get away with only having a small amount.
He also did a traditional Danish dessert "cream ring" (in Danish) but which we always knew as "lavvy seat" - a vanilla cream and gelatine concoction in a ring mould with the centre filled with red fruits (yesterday strawberries as that was all he could find - raspberries would've been his preference). I fancy experimenting with the recipe to make a low carb version One of the versions of the recipe (his mum's) adds some ground almonds but dad prefers the texture of his cousin's recipe which is just scalded cream and milk (and sugar) with the gelatine.
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nowlook ·
07/06/2021 12:10
Your sailing adventures sound awesome @venusandmars! And very well done on your resolve.
Two more weeks until nothing opens
And just one more millibar of atmospheric pressure until I go full Shirley Temple 
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