Morning all!
I see several of you have already weighed in on the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness
As of today, though, we also have our bright, shiny, new Bootcamp section on Mumsnet, including our own Weight Tracker, which will only show your own weight/progress.
You can either use the Spreadsheet as we have done before, which everyone has access to and can see, or you can go here and enter your weight.
Obviously you can do both!
When you're in the new Bootcamp, if you click on the tab that says 'more info' that will take you to a section which has loads of information about low carbing, as well as Bootcamp Rules
Before we get going formally, I have to make an important disclaimer:
I am not a doctor, a medic, a scientist, a nutritionist or a dietician. I have no formal training in food, dieting or low carbing. The information that I provide here is based solely on my reading on the subject, as well as my own experience. If you have any kind of medical condition and/or you are taking any kind of ongoing medication, you should consult your GP before starting a low carb diet
That done, good luck everyone!
Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any diet.
Low-carb bootcamp
Week 1 - New Year 2014 Low Carb Bootcamp - And We're Off!
BIWI · 13/01/2014 07:22
Feel free to beat me, Gerry! 
Glad to hear the whoosh fairy has arrived. Although here's hoping it's not just the dehydration fairy ...
Well I weighed myself this morning (I'm doing Sunday weigh-ins) and I've lost 1.5lbs. Which I feel rather disappointed by even though I know I should be pleased. Last week I lost 8.5 so this is more like 'real life' weight loss but I have been very good this week, despite feeling like utter shit with a horrible cold. I've been drinking Boots brand Lemsips which have sucrose in - could that have slowed me down? I can't not drink them. I don't have as much to lose as some (eg my DH who's lost about a stone already! [jealous]) so maybe that's it and this is just good sustainable loss? Think I'm just feeling generally crappy and was hoping for more of a boost from the scales this morning. 
Gerry I think we should stage a mass intervention and all go round to BIWI's house to beat her with her own stick!
Seriously, Nux, I've just read your post again - stop with the face and focus on the face for what you have achieved. It's fantastic!
Laura FFS - they won't be biased at all then. Not. 
I'll be watching that panorama.
Sheo I love 'the trend is your friend'. So true.
Lovecat I hope your autocorrect is not predictive of my future! Hope your glittery cleavage is improving. 
Shame about the after party but at least you avoided temptation. I bloody love cassoulet, but it's the combination of the fat with the creamy beans and the fat-saturated breadcrumb crust that does it for me. I don't think it'd be the same without that. Hope yours is lovely though.
Durham bless your mum. I bet stroganoff would be lovely with swede mash or cauli-rice.
Sylvana - if you started on Thursday, but had wine last night, you haven't really started, have you?!
There's no point weighing every day and expecting to see a loss on the scales if you're not following Bootcamp.
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I had a yummy very posh breakfast today:
I lined a ramekin with smoked salmon, cracked an egg into it and poured some double cream over it and then cooked it in the slow cooker until the yolk of the egg was just runny.
Don't think I've lost much weight this week (about 1 lb) but I am happy.
I set myself a goal of an average of 6 lb per month which means this time next year I will be 5 stone lighter, I have already lost 6 lb this month.
I think those that are disappointed in their losses need to try to be more realistic, you probably didn't put a stone on each month so its unlikely that you will lose that! Its taken me about 10 years to put on the 5 stone I want to loose (3 in the past 3 years) so I know it needs to come off slowly. Keep track of your weight loss and then at the end of 3/6/9/whatever months work out the average loss per week. I bet some weeks you will have had big losses, some sts and some gained. As long as the general trend is down 
sal - I can't see why it wouldn't freeze - but I don't know because I've never had any left over
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There was an article in the Times yesterday by a neurophysician, whose book is topping the New York Times bestseller list, explaining why he believes carbs and gluten lead to brain diseases like dementia. Everything seems to be moving the same way, it will all hinge now on the resistance put up by the food industry.
What oils should we be using for frying? I know olive oil is not good at high temperatures but have read conflicting advice about others
BIWI Just out of sheer geekiness Solpadeine in soluble form has no carbs at all but solid tabs or capsules will have a bit of starch in them but the amount is probably negligable. Lemsip has 2.2g of carbs per sachet but does have a decongestant in which helps with cold symptoms, you'd have to take a Sudafed or something as well as paracetamol and lemon to get the same effect.
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