Week 3 Low Carb Bootcamp - Where we stand at the crossroads ...

[BIWI]

Morning everyone.

So, we enter the fabled week 3.

This week you have a choice. You can either continue with Bootcamp or you can move on to Bootcamp Light:

Rules of Bootcamp Light

Or you can do a hybrid - Bootcamp during the week and Bootcamp Light at the weekend. Totally up to you and what you find is working for you the most.

Don't forget to enter your weight on the weight tracker - today you should see your graph appear! Or if you prefer, here is the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

And now - a word of warning!

It is very, very, very common for weight loss to slow down/stop altogether in weeks 3, 4 and/or 5. This seems to be entirely normal. It's probably to do with your body adjusting to low carbing. You will have junked the glycogen stores and a load of water, and will now be burning fat. From here on, weight loss will - and should be - around 1-2lbs a week

Good luck everyone!

well done dilli! meals out can sometimes be tricky but sounds like you navigated it

gatorade is right that if you can avoid the sweeteners (and swap the skimmed milk for full fat if you need it in tea, and don't have too much) then you will be properly bootcamping. it's good to wean yourself off the sweet taste, and you don't know what sort of nasties are in it

Woolfey keep shouting! keep drinking water I think 1.5lb will come back off soon. I fluctuate lots every week, up and down by 3lb through the week... but most Mondays the reading is lower than the previous Monday. Trend and friend and all that.

Helium good luck for next week.

Crabby good luck coping with the odd new situation of absent DD, focus on that list of stuff-to-do!!

I'm now feeling slightly angry with the Horizon programme because Dr Lustig was on it giving a really good explanation of how carbs cause insulin can lead to diabetes. Then no-carb guy gets a shock about his insulin resistance but we are furnished with absolutely no biochemical explanation of how that could possibly be the case. (Just cue my relatives telling me "but that Horizon guy's at risk of diabetes" though as a result, I bet.) So I'll go with its all bollocks and anyway he didn't eat any veg for a month, how can that be healthy, I eat more veg now than before.

Thanks Guys :)
Will definitely try and curb my dc consumption. I know it's full of crap - it's my last vice....

That horizon programme was really annoying, the bike experiment particularly - sugar guy got given a specially designed for athletes fast release and absorption gel.
Poor fat guy got given butter that probably wasn't even digested by the time he got up the hill!

Have had my mum on the phone this am convinced that I'm going to have diabetes by Monday unless I eat a sandwich...

oh no...... NUTS are NOT for me.....

After my major wobble and post horizon mad dreams about my body eating my muscles and becoming diabetic..... ( cuckoo !)

I was talked down from jibbering by willie, steeley et al

Then I decided to just pop ovber to BC lite and go out and buy some nuts, berries etc......

the carbytwat monster returned , after I haven't seen her for a few weeks....... I have just - without noticing troughed my way though 2 x100g bag of macadamia nuts and half a bag of walnuts.... before the mist came up and I realised what I was doing...... aaaggghhhh....

NO more NUts for me !

I can't have nuts in the house. Would just not be able to stop.

Am sitting waiting for DD. Right now she's doing an important time trial.

I'm in the car. Tis ffffrizzzin. And I need the loo. And the river is very close.

Hoping she is QUICK for more than one reason

I love nuts. Could easily eat my body weight in them though.

Piste (oddly appropriate name ) can anyone actually see you from where you are? Could you manoeuvre the car to provide a shield near the river??

I did also think that. Also it is almost dark.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU HAVE TO DRINK 45 BLOODY LITRES OF WATER!!

Mmmm.

After my carvery lunch I was at that "Little bit peckish but not full on hungry - but peckish enough to be starving later if I skip dinner" stage.

Remembered I'd defrosted some king prawns that needed eating. Fried them in garlic butter. Mmm. Mmmm

Humphrey! Tell me more about the raw swede!

February being a dire financial month, I have already started the freezer surprise meals. Surprise No. 1: a big pack of ox liver. So last night I made pate (forgive me, BIWI, for I sinned with fruit and alcohol), with shallots, garlic, mushrooms, thyme, parsley, butter, salt and pepper and a plum that's been soaking in brandy for six months

It is AMAZING. Never buying shop pate again. Only I've been eating it with a spoon, and this swede business looks like it might be an option. It is actually good, or is it just better than disgusting?

I liked it , but then I do eat raw swede anyway

Pate sounds extremely delicious.

Hi everyone,
I just wanted to wish everyone the best of luck. I have tried many diets over the years, none of which ever lasted more than 6 weeks. This time I am actually really enjoying the food and more importantly Im not hungry between meals! That is a first!

I started on the 1st Jan so am a bit ahead of most of you but I am pleased to say I have lost 17 lbs to date. I had the week three stall but after following the advice on here I kept at it and didn't let the 1lb gain affect my motivation. So it really does work!

Hmm, never tried it. Probably because I tried raw potato and that wasn't the culinary discovery of the year.

Hang on, there's some in the fridge, I'll just go and see...

Do you know, that's not too bad . A bit sweet, strangely, but would go very well under the ox liver pate.

Arf at thin slices though - the one I have is bigger than the size of my head and I'm to admit I actually took the wood axe to it to get it into quarters. I still need to get a bit frantic with the knife to get bits off it.

Hi, Denman, good to hear it's working for you.

My childminder gave us pieces or raw swede as snacks when we were kids. We thought of them as a nice treat.

Pork belly is 1/2 price at Morrisons.

I picked mine up if the reduced section making it 45p a pack. Very pleased!

Anyone watching itv? To diet or not to diet?

Hi all,
Slightly better tea tonight, smelled wonderful all afternoon, felt all domestic goddess-y but not great. I've felt not great all day today. Sickly. Tired. Achy. Wondering am I putting myself back into carb withdrawal territory and kind of giving myself repeat small doses of carb flu but I'm sticking to the rules, like others above I don't have a huge desire to stray, and I have 90% chocolate open with only 2 squares gone, and cocoa to put in yogurt or hot chocolate.

I'm also wondering if my body hasn't yet received the message NOT to secrete a load of insulin when I eat and therefore end up with a blood sugar dip straight after eating which is why I feel sick and dizzy still after breakfast and sometimes after dinner. Ought to put on the Q thread really but I wonder whether that theory carries weight and whether my pancreas will eventually get the hang of it if I keep at it...?

Right is there anything I am doing wrong here:
Yesterday:
B: yogurt, cream, tablespoon flaxseed, vanilla
L: [was at friends so didn't really manage the high fat thing] cheese omelette and leafy salad (sadly no dressing or butter etc but she really tried for me!!)
T: leftover chicken in creamy sauce with slightly bizarre combination of badly cooked vegetables (in the run of awful dinners)

coffee and cream x2, 3L water and herbal tea x2

Today:

B: yogurt etc.
S: post-swim 2 squares of dark chocolate.
L: sausages and scrambled egg and big pile of buttery spinach
T: slow cooked pork belly with leeks and swede.

coffee and cream x2, 3L water and herbal tea x2

Fed up of feeling sickly. Bed and a book for me tonight, DH is working. My turn to be all me-me-me, sorry.

Little Miss that all looks good to me and is going to look better than mine when i put it down!

I've just logged on to shout my shit really I've has a couple of busy days and had a migraine today and I feel like death warmed up. I really struggle to post when the DC are awake as they think both the phone and the computer are fair game for prodding, sucking and other toddler delights. Bizarrely, once the sickness from the migraine passed, I had massive carb cravings for which I substituted sausage and cheese in epic proportions:

B: 2 eggs scrambled with butter and a tbsp grated gruyere
L: cauliflower soup and flax bread with butter
S: 3 sausages, 3 babybel!
D; nothing yet as unsurprisingly not hungry. I think I'll have some total and berries in a bit.

Actually, I'm struggling a bit at the moment. Could someone give me some gentle encouragement? I've developed some really stubborn patches on eczema on my face, which after much elimination I think is due to this WOE. (on a plus side, my acne has gone, and the eczema looks better than the acne!) I've moved on to BCL to see if that helps.

I'm also really struggling to drink enough - I talk all day so need more fluid anyway. I have a 750ml flask that goes everywhere with me, our mugs at home are 500ml, I only have one caf drink per day. I can't think where to improve except for knocking off that last coffee! It was dehydration that triggered my migraine today so I'd better do something.

I'm not stopping, not even for the patchy red face, but I'm just feeling a bit sorry for myself today! Thanks for listening to the moan.

Good luck and to everyone else. I've managed to skim the thread if not respond and I know I'm not the only one having a bad day!

Today's Plates Of Stupendousness:

B: protein shake, spoonful of coconut oil
L: Big Ass Salad, comprising olives, cucumber, asparagus, grilled courgette, a couple of teeny tomatoes and plenty of feta. Drenched in lovely garlicky olive oil.
D: bolognese sauce on a bed of buttered spinach, with a bit of Parmesan.

X1 cup of coffee, x1 cup of tea, x1 cup of liquorice tea, 2L of water

I may have a couple of squares of dark choc tonight, though tbh I'm not that fussed.

Steeleye

I think that's the best thing about this WOE. It removes stupid cravings for food you don't want or need; it brings back control. I read up tread what you said about bulimia; I also have a history of disordered eating and this is the very first diet I've been on where I can keep my head sane.

Sarah, my skin often goes a bit to pot when getting back into the swing of LC but give it a couple more weeks and you should be looking dewy and gorgeous (again, obviously ). I've also found oil cleansing with pure jojoba oil a godsend for my previously-awful skin, btw - worth a try perhaps?

Evening all

Feeling pretty tired today. Dunno why cos I had a lie-in this morning Think I may have overeaten at dinner.

B - Greek yog with double cream then a bit later kippers with parsley and a fried egg

L - Anchovies and Tuna fish in the frying pan with baby spinach and some lake district cheddar plus an avocado

D - Roast chicken with all the juices on my plate and cauliflower roasted in cream and various cheeses (that's the bastard I over scoffed a little bit on)

Can't remember exact water but about 4 litres.

Am away on a supposed 'boozy weekend' on the 7th. Need to take lc foods with us and am trying to find the bloody parmesan shortbread recipe but can't.

can anyone link to parmesan shortbread

Bless me Bootcampers for I have sinned and been a carby twat.

I have been really very good up until now although seem to be stuck this week. We have had a shitty few days with DS being pretty unwell and needing a lot of anxiety provoking tests this afternoon. Thankfully all was normal but DH and I felt pretty rung out and couldn't be bothered to cook. We took the kids out for a quick, quiet tea and I had potted mackerel, with both triangles of toast and fish and chips (ate half of both). I feel fit to burst. Will this screw me over?

Enough self pity, am guzzling water!

Right I've been as good as bloody gold. What damage will some sweets do, been thinking about them all day. Tried 85% choc, strawberries n cream, cream, fuck all is hitting the spot. I need haribo. Why am I craving all of a sudden, I've been as good as gold for weeks (and a stone lighter) x