Bootcamp - the questions thread

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From experience of past Bootcamps, in the first few weeks the chat threads move really, really quickly and it's difficult sometimes to see/answer everything.

So this is a place to post any questions that you might have. Those of us who are old hands at low carbing will check this thread regularly and make sure that we answer you as soon as we can.

Could you clarify the carb counts of bean sprouts and beetroot please?

Piste try Teapigs licorish and peppermint, or Pukka peppermint and licorish. Both v v v nice.

As long as you like licorish
Can barely taste the mint, but it makes quite a difference compared to neat licorish.

Mlig - there's a recipe for shepherd's pie on the recipe thread!

Maple and camomile is my favourite (?twinings) - it really does taste as good as it smells. And pukka licorice and cinnamon.

Kate thank you for 'getting' me. I reminded myself this afternoon that I spent years responding to sugar-hunger, it's not surprising I feel odd as my body converts to a complete shift in mindset.

After my yogurt at lunch, I've been out all afternoon, and thought, what will I do if I get hungry - but I didn't. Am just hungry now, have made taco gratin from the Scandinavian Low Carb High Fat cookbook. Smells good!!

Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it but I'm a big fan of fennel tea, it's not too overpowering and makes a great digestif. Having said that, as sfr as I'm concerned it's not actual tea and I still have a couple of cups of real tea with milk in every day. I gave up sweetener in it so I now drink less of it than I did as it's not as nice! But I can't not drink tea.

YANBU Piste

Sorry, posted most of my post on the wrong thread earlier. Can I blame the brain-fog?!

So yesterday was day 11 of my bootcamp, started early. Last night was my dads 60th, I went with the best intentions but they went out of the window with the glass of pink champagne on arrival. Then a wry sweet sauce over out meat, followed by dessert. Just thought bugger it will start again tomorrow.

So checked this morning and still in ketosis. Whys that? Don't understand...

Suzy, on the proportions I think who track these things tend to do a percentage of carbs (they will come from your veg) fat and protein.

It might be 60% (or 70% even) fat, 35% protein, 5% carbs.

I don't track which is probably where I am going wrong. Have eaten only veg, meat etc all week but plus cream (and I suppose the cream must be the problem) and am 10 stone 2 and I put my starting weight down as 10 stone so perhaps I am the person least sensible to take advice from on the thread as I can eat keto/paleo or whatever you want to call it and still put on weight!.

I am going to cut out the small quarter glass of cream today and see if that works. Already have no cheese. My body really hates cheese and cream anyway.

I suppose I am going to have to limit portions and as my portions seem to be double what most people eat on here that is probably the answer. Most people's bodies don't let them eat masses of fat or even meat but mine does.

Where is the best place to order Ketostix ?

MrsHugh - I got mine here from Ebay - £5.75 and free postage.

Ordered ! Thx helium

ElBombero dehydration will also put you into ketosis - so an early morning wee after no fluids during the night and alcohol (or caffeine) the night before will show ketosis in lots of people. The sticks don't differentiate between nutritive ketosis and dehydration (they are commonly used in hyperemesis to monitor how severe things are) - so if you drink loads of water today you might dip out of it (dehydration) and then back into it (nutritive).

I think this is right I am not a long term low carber but I do know a good bit of human physiology and medical tests, etc.

Hi, I don't know if it's been brought up here yet but this thread seems like a good place to ask.

Q: When will the constant need to pee stop?!! I need to go every hour, it seems! And I keep waking up way too early in the morning, argh!

Thanks Laura - sounds like eating fat is very important then. So perhaps the cream is not the problem with you as it is low in carbs.?

I think I read somewhere on the threads that the more fat you eat the more you are likely to lose?

Good luck

How do you know you're in ketosis?

Ketostix

Is butternut squash too carby for bc and any suggestions for what to do with asparagus - I went to adli for the first time ever and can't believe how cheap the veg is so bought loads as well as cooked meats, olives and cheeses.

Laura, I have also felt really hungry this week and I feel my portions have been huge.

(Yes, cream is no carbs but it is high calorie and the bottom line is that high fat foods make you less hungry so you eat less and take in fewer calories and perhaps a few more complex things than that but that's largely true).

I had to have a day off today in order to get through my tax return and after being what I thought was so good and 100% compliant for all this week and no loss at all so we will draw a veil over the nuts and raisins and sweet potato and start again tomorrow....

I have not added up calories but a normal day this week woudl be something like

4 slices of fried bacon with 3 egg yolks for breakfast.
Lunch piece of salmon fried with a tin of oysters, courgettes, green peppers, a mound of spinach with loads of butter on top
Cream after drunk slightly warm with cinnamon - I don't actually like it so was delighted I finished it yesterday.
No dinner on Thursday as all that was so filling but even so no weight loss even then

Anyway I will get back on track tomorrow and there is now no cream in the house nor sweet potatoes left. I managed to lose almost a stone last year and keep it off so no reason I can't do the same this year.

On butternut s - I used to eat it almost every day but not now as it's higher carb. It's obviously a nice and healthy food and good to eat if you don't want to lose weight.

My favorite herbal tea at the moment is rosemary. Just a couple of shakes of dried rosemary in a small tea pot. It's really tasty. Weirdly yummy and tasty.

Notso butternut squash is too carby for bootcamp. Some asparagus suggestions...
Roasted/sauteed in butter and black pepper
Baked in olive oil with parma ham and plenty of parmesan on top
Steamed/sauteed with hollandaise sauce.

Morning Losers :)

No questions, just reading. Will try the rosemary tea, sounds very hopeful! Went to Gin School last summer, as you do, with lovely BIWI and Heps. Yes there really IS such a thing, and we had the most luscious gin with rosemary in. Twas almost savoury, god it was lovely. As indeed were they all.

Nux - if you follow Bootcamp rules you will be in ketosis. No need to waste your money on ketostix.

And, if you're drinking the water that you should be, the ketostix will only show a very pale pink anyway!

How many gorgeous Tasmanian cherries can I eat in one day to minimise messing up my boot camp week? they won't last long, especially once DH knows they're in the house, and I won't get any more til next year...