Week 4 Low Carb Bootcamp - Keep on keeping on

[BIWI]

Morning.

I see that some of us are struggling.

I see that there is a lot of cheating.

Hmm. I wonder if there is a connection

Seriously folks, this is not a terribly forgiving WOE. The idea of Bootcamp Light was to give you a bit more flexibility, but not to send you spiralling into a chocolate and alcohol-fuelled frenzy!

Come and confess all on the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness or on your own personal Weight Tracker

Remember that weight loss may stop in weeks 3 and 4 - sometimes 5. It takes this long for your body to become keto adapted, i.e. to switch fully from carb-burning to fat-burning.

And if you're continually pushing up your daily carb intake, all you are doing is delaying this process

Hope you all have a good week.

You're welcome Precious, stern slapping dished out here any time anyone needs it [sadistic emoticon].

Yoghurt I certainly didn't! Messages cannot, apparently, be longer than 5000 characters. Who knew!

IListen would it be worth making a lovely low carb casserole/bake/whatever that's just for you and will last several nights? Then that's your meal taken care of and you don't have to worry about making everyone else's low carb?

Hugh it's a great image isn't it... I often find myself shouting fruitlessly at my big determined elephant as it careers towards the fridge in search of wine/'something to nibble'. I'd thoroughly recommend the whole book actually; he writes really well.
www.amazon.co.uk/The-Happiness-Hypothesis-Putting-Ancient/dp/0099478897
Well done on your trousers!

Steel great news that it's nothing serious. More and more doctors, I think, are coming round to the fact that the problem is sugar, not fat. My GP was very supportive back in the autumn.

Lord above, I'm finally up to date with the thread.

Crabby, are you on the mobile site? I've seen massive massive posts, way longer than yours, before now - whole articles have been posted on here in one post before! Just wondered; or maybe they've changed it so you can't go beyond 5000 characters.

Muahahaa, beware, I’m caught up the tread…

Chipping – I did tell them I’d been worried and they did apologise for any unnecessary upset. But tbh I couldn’t be too unhappy, because I was so relieved, and there were a few minor issues I’ll need to sort out before continuing treatments, so it wasn’t for nothing. :) I’m sorry the scales are being so stubborn for you!

Nell – You should chuck the chocolates out of the cupboards! It’s so much harder to resist stuff if you know it’s sitting right there in your kitchen…

BIWI – Coffee shops are places of evil. :( I meet a group of friends regularly in a cafe, where we sit for several hours over huge lattes and cake. So far I’ve usually taken these as knowing cheat days and just gone with it. The few times when I’ve resisted and stuck to black coffee, the sight of their goodies has left me crazed and I’ve shopped for crap on my way home… It’s “that day” again this Friday… If only they did some pure ice cream, or something.

Trash Sorry your friends are being so unhelpful, even when you’re not even going on about your WOE at them. Very rude. Best to keep to other subjects and stubbornly change the subject if they keep bringing it up. Re. food obsession – I agree it’s not something you can just magic away from your head and have everything be right. Having a reasonable (ie. not life-limiting) control and feeling happy and healthy on your WOE is what should matter.

Pseudo Yay for the whoosh!

Jill36 Welcome to the Dark Side! It’s fatty and tasty and good for you and deliciously rebellious.

Crabby Love your epic post! And agree with so much that you say about the different WOEs/diets. I wouldn’t even dare try 5:2 with my ED past. I hope you and doggie are taking care of you and you’ll get to skype DD soon.

Eva Yay for 11 stones! I bet you’ll have a lot of comments coming your way with the family – hopefully nice! At least you’ll be a walking talking testament that it works!

I hope all of you suffering from colds or any other lurgy feel better soon!

RE. doctors. I actually wonder if I get so many supportive messages about LC from my doctors because people involved in treating PCOS have at least some training and/or interest in endocrinology and so a better understanding in hormones and the metabolic syndrome?

My mom was talking to me about some new dietary guidelines they have over in their country (very non-LC!). I told her that as an emigrant I don’t need to take note of Old Country guidelines, and I can ignore the British ones too, because I’m an uninformed immigrant. She actually thought this was fair enough.

My foods today are a bit carby, but nothing too bad I hope:
B: Just coffee with coconut oil, but a Nakd bar later in hospital. Not ideal, but meh.
L: Salmon salad in Wetherspoons.
S: Cream cheese pancakes with dark chocolate flakes on top.
D: Fried pork loin steak and green veggies.

I have conquered the celeriac. I made celeriac chips with smoked paprika. They were tasty but didn't go very crispy and shrank dramatically. So I have managed to eat half a celeriac!

Any tips on achieving crispness?

Why am I watching a program about baking!?

Bless you Steeleye I was feeling a bit ignored!

Seri it really does shrink doesn't it - I served 2/3rds of one with Sunday lunch the other day and it wasn't enough....

Great posts from Thumb. And no I'm on the bog standard old styley site, even on the ipad. [old gimmer]

Thank you Steel, crazy cocker is my needy little shadow as always. I was trying to video some filming where I walk the pooch this afternoon, and the soundtrack to the video is the dog whining constantly in the background because I dared to stop walking for a minute. Won't be putting that on the blog then. They're filming Macbeth with Michael Fassbender (I'd be more excited if I knew who on earth he was) but I don't think any of the stars were there today; they seemed to be doing crowd fighting shots. Lots of re-enactors in period costume hitting each other with big swords and shouting 'RRRAAAAAHHHHH!!' very loudly.

Well done on your whoosh Pseudo

I'm making something very experimental. It remains to be seen whether it will be edible or not... [mysterious]

FFS will you lot stop chattering, I come in from work and there's pages to read and I've get back to school for 7pm.

Crabby great post. I've lost on this WOE before and knew my losses would be slower this time round as I've buggered everything up faffing around, half doing it for 2 years. I was gutted to get on the scales this morning and find I'd gained another chuffing lb overnight but I've noticed my horrible cleavage wrinkle thank you Trinny and wotsit for telling me to wear v-necks because I've got big tits but not telling me to wear sunblock all year round which refuses to go no matter how much cream I rub into it has almost gone and the horrible wrinkles at the top of my arms imagine leaving a couple of lassy bands on for a few hours have also gone - it must be due to all the water I'm drinking.

Steeleye just spotted your chocolate addition to cream cheese pancakes - now I know what I'll have when I get home later.

Trash I'm out with a friend on thursday who I've avoided for a couple of weeks because I know I'll get the same reaction off her but I'm in a better place to handle her negative comments even though she lives on crappy WW crisps because they're only 1/2 point per pack so she'll have 6 in a day and SW synfree soup for tea.

Today's food - still not drinking enough water - how are you lot doing it??

B - total with flaxseed and cream
L - mushroom crustless quiche
D - chicken thighs roasted with courgettes, shallots and peppers

Off to rehearsal and a night of refusing biscuits...

B: Greek yoghurt with berries and double cream
Drinks: Three cups of tea, two herbal teal, one bullet proof coffee, lots of water
L: mushrooms and ham in Philadelphia sauce
Snacks: 10 almonds, 10g dark chocolate, bag of posh pork scratchings
D: chicken thigh stir fry with lots of veggies

B - total yogurt, berries, sprinkle toasted seeds (are those allowed?)
L - Salad, dressing, egg, mayo, tuna
D - Leftover Celeriac cottage pie, salad, dressing, parmesan

Snacks - yogurt, coffees with cream & coconut oil

2.5 l water so far

trying to be so good! not lost in 3 weeks, really want to lose this week - if anyone spots anything wrong let me know!

Sorry Chipping you must think I'm a right twat whingeing on. In my defence, i got weighed on New Year's Day after a full on carb fest the night before. I lost 6lb in the first week which I think was a lot down to that and since then I have bobbed up and down two lbs. so I don't think I've lost much in the grand scheme of things.

But point taken - hope I didn't offend

hello everyone, haven't posted for a while but have been lurking.

I am still happily on track. Not weighing has it's advantages, makes one very zen about the process. I can see changes in my body which are making me quite happy.

I am managing to drink so much water that I am impressed with myself and I feel so much better for it.

I made some fat bombs tonight. Hazchem mentioned them on the "low carb treats" thread.

They were disgusting!! They looked so lovely, here is the link I got the recipe from www.lowcarbfriends.com/bbs/atkins-induction/801661-induction-friendly-fat-bombs.html I didn't use any sweetener but I don't think they would have been improved with it anyway.

B: Coffee with cream
L: Two sausages, cucumber, little gem lettuce and FF yoghurt with linseeds and three strawberries
S: Cold pork belly slice (last nights left overs - was hungry when I got in from work)
D: Meatballs with courgetti and cheese

Okay, just jumping in with a food diary

B- Breakfast Tortilla (sausage/mushroom in a spinach omelette)

L- Chicken/Bacon Salad with that mayo and pecorino.

D- Crispy Duck with lettuce pancakes.

Although, I must say, my lunch fills me up -I could very easily have done without except it was my only time with DP.

So glad the summons to the hospital was very innocent SteelEye - it must have been worrying for you to be waiting all week.

Big yay for Pseudo and Eva and other whoosh-ees!

As always Crabby you are wise and Yoda-like. I cheated and did my second weigh in, which of course was the same as the first and proof that cheats never prosper. However, I measured and have lost 3 inches from my waist, 3 from my belly and 2 from my hips. That'll ding dang do.

In shouting my shit news, DH and I have both had long, shitty days and poor DS is still in a rare old state. Bless gorgeous DD who just knuckles down and carries on and puts a smile on our faces. We have gone for take away but chose sushi. I have mainly had sashimi with a handful of edamame. However, I was powerless to resist a couple of gyoza and the tobiko gunkan and may be washing it down with a Hendricks or two.... . And I've skived off swimming. Will have to run extra fast tomorrow!

I'm still LC'ing and read everyone's posts, the ups and downs. The leaving ( and rapid returning, thankfully ) .
My appetite has hugely decreased, I literally forget to eat until someone else in the house starts to talk about dinner.

This next bit isn't strictly ( or at all ) about LC'ing but as I am following the rules and bring very good I thought I would go off topic just to ask if anyone has any experience of using a Vibrostep?
My 16 year old dd has a part time job and clearly too much money and she has 'won' an ebay bid for a Vibrostep. She is very fit and active so won't be relying on it to keep fit but she says she will use it to 'tone up'....she has no toning up to do! Will probably end up going on it myself as it appears it will be living in the conservatory. Has anyone used one and do they actually make any difference at all?

I don't like celeriac chips Disappointing. I hoped they would be a good replacement for potato.

Oh well, onwards and upwards. I'm trying baked camembert for the first time tomorrow. This diet is really expanding my culinary horizons!

Evening all

Just popping back with my list for today (yeah, I know you've all been waiting for it!)

B: had a late brunchy type thing of two eggs-in-a-cup mashed with butter, and two rashers of bacon
L: nothing really, did have a couple of teaspoons of almond butter
D: pork stir fry with the aforementioned sprout tops, courgette and peppers

Now am having a small bowl of Greek yog with cream and linseeds and a cup of liquorice tea. Have managed a couple of litres of water today and one bulletproof coffee.

I have to admit to a slice of sourdough as well . Ds didn't finish his so I had it. God I love sourdough bread!

Would be nice to lose some weight this week but I am indulging quite a bit so am not going to hold my breath...

Evening all!

I'm dog tired and had just started to write an epic post but you've all been so busy chatting that anything I might have said has been said already by about 10am. Great posts by everyone! I will just say that I think that there are huge issues between friends when the status quo is threatened, such as by weight loss. If you're doing something a little bit different like low carb, people can then grab on to that stick to beat you with. The IPD book puts it all nicely and better than I can!

I really don't talk to anyone about dieting or LC, not even my mother (who has her own issues). It's one of the reasons I like coming on here and seeing how everyone else is going on and shouting shit.

Today: really feel that I've eaten too much both yesterday and today and I really daren't go near the scales (guilt). I have't really worked out how I am with dairy yet either but I'll keep things as they are for now.

B: 2 sausages and celeriac boulangere (leftovers)
L: Sardine salad with vinaigrette, mascapone and total with vanilla.
D: 5 slices salami (fridge picking, was hungry) and salmon with pesto, salad, creamy leeks and mayo. Raspberries with cream and vanilla,

1 coffee with cream. 4750ml water/fruit tea.

Oh god, that really is a lot of food!

Top tip for celeriac!

Parboil first or it really dehydrates to nothing. Then roast or fry it.

B....fried eggs n ham
L.....dunno....water?
D...chicken wrapped in cheese & ham, fried asparagus
S...yog with blueberries