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.

Thanks to the person who linked to the Linwoods site.

Since it was free delivery I ordered Milled Flaxseed Almonds Brazil Nuts Walnuts & Co-Enzyme Q10 which I just had in my greek yogurt and it was lush.

My package also came with a sample of famous Milled Flaxseed Cocoa Strawberries & Blueberries which I will try one day and with another sample of Chia seeds.

Hopefully now I won't have to resort to sugar free gummi bears to keep me regular.

I posted the Gummi Bear thing for your amusement. It amused me as I had an incident on my first bootcamp where I discovered sugar free fruit chews at our local sweetshop and the world fell out of my bottom

Thanks for the Kasmiri Chicken link Crabby, looks lovely

Colette I am in the same boat as you - no loss for 3 weeks. Frustrating isn't it? I don't feel like giving up yet - I do feel better.

And I'm still on bootcamp apart from some fruit and seeds. I am putting it down to the stall BIWI mentioned, will wait and see.

today:
B total yogurt, cream
L cheesy tomato omelette
D Chicken thighs roasted in olive oil & butter, tomatoes, olives & lemon juice with sprouts & roasted butternut squash

Had tea with cream & coconut oil
snack: ham & cheese& celery

Feeling unusually exhausted today & headache & dizzy - not had this since beginning of BC - perhaps I havent' had enough salt?

Love reading some of these posts.

suze, what do you mean by 'some fruit'?

I mean berries on yogurt and a few grapes. Today I had a bit of mango. Have resisted apples - I really miss them and all fruit.

Crabby that's amazing - I dream of being anywhere near - but it's so encouraging to hear, will keep on doing it.

StuntNun apologies if I put words in your mouth. Just glad to find another scientist realising the status quo is in fact untrue and I thought that about Atkins too, and worked with a couple of men who gained weight on it.

Meant to post my clinic update which involved a knife in my toe (ouch - feels good today though) and a plan for another operation to correct some of the complications of the previous surgery... I wonder if it'll ever all be done?! The date should be soon which is good as the waiting is often the worst bit.

I've been so hungry today! I've let myself eat when I've been hungry, LC snacks morning and afternoon and longing for DH to get home so I can get on with dinner. I've been up since 5:30, that might be why, bit of a shock to this convalescent's system :)

Hi all.

Crabby - well done on your loss over the bootcamps. Really well done.

I have been fairly crap this week. I won't even list my shame!

My 'reason' was that I had my first appointment at the alternative therapy centre this morning. Interesting session with the hypnotherapist. We ended up with me fully disclosing how much wine I drink. . So we worked on that mainly. And my response to stressful situations. I now have two CDs to listen to.

I then saw his partner who tested me for nutritional deficiencies. It is a bit odd - done by a band on your head plugged into a computer! I am very dehydrated. My liver is struggling. Lacking in B vitamins.

We then moved on to Applied Kinesiology which I have now looked up and seems a bit mad for want of a better word! I now have some vitamins and probiotics to take.

And I was given a diet sheet! The 'New Mayo Clinic Diet' which I have to follow for ten days and then take too days off and repeat. It is apparently the diet they use to get patients to lose weight quickly for surgery at the Mayo Clinic. That rang a bell so I have looked it up and it is nothing to do with the Mayo Clinic!

However....... It is a low carb diet. Bacon and eggs for breakfast. Protein and veg/salad for lunch and dinner. Any dressing EXCEPT low fat. Use oils and butter as FAT DOES NOT MAKE YOU FAT. As well as the meals listed you have half a grapefruit before every meal. No dairy.

I'm a bit about the nutritional/diet side but I am hoping the mental side will help me.

So I'm going to start the diet tomorrow and see how I go.

I will keep you informed!

Oh - the food therapist really emphasized keeping off heavy fats. Cheese, cream, milk. She reckons they. It too much stress on the gall bladder. Might be worth thinking about for those of you struggling with no loss. The first stage of Atkins limits dairy completely.

Right - off to man a bar at concert at DS's school!

suzy i totally understand about missing fruit, but while a few berries are ok, the grapes and mango are almost certainly not. just keep an eye on this, because if the weight loss is your goal and it does restart then that's great, but if it doesn't then this is probably the culprit i'm afraid

Thatyogurt... - Thanks for that tip - I hadn't spotted that. I may try cutting out cream too - thanks Cider for that tip - that diet sounds very compatible with BC (thank goodness) - good luck with that.

Good luck with the rest of this week Suzymoo, maybe those few tweaks will make all the difference

Hmmph. Have to be honest. Getting pissed off now.

No loss for ages in fact 2lb heavier. Have been following LC rules properly. I love the food and I'm not hungry but ultimately I did start this to lose weight. Which I did at the beginning but tbh its starting to feel every bit as restrictive as any other diet albeit in a different way!!!! Earlier I decided not to take painkillers for a headache because I read that ibuprofen can stall weight loss on LC! That's a ridiculous way to carry on!

It's just becoming so much like hard work compared to the first couple of weeks. Am I eating enough fat...am I eating too many carbs...or maybe I'm not eating carbs...maybe it's water retention that is making me heavier??? But if I lose a pound that's fat of course...

I dunno. Really getting hacked off with the whole thing :(

Calamity I don't really know what to suggest, I'm not an expert on LC, hopefully one of those will be along soon.

Myprecious I've just not cheated yet so don't want to start if I put on weight water I'll be annoyed with myself and if I don't what if I start to "cheat" more often?!

Lovecat maybe I need to look at the menu a bit more, we (OH and I) always had the same at the Indian because it is so good. The cauli side dish sounds good. Then I'd be too full for naan...

Chester I know it should be but what if there are sneaky carbs in there . To be honest I don't really mind, I will have what I want curry wise since I know what I like.

Well done MrsPnut for putting the sweets back, hope your chocolate hit the spot.

Yes crabby thats what I am planning on trying, don't think I will have a problem getting back on the wagon as I love the food I am eating now so much

Stopped off at Sainsburys on the way home tonight and managed to get a half price duck so that's dinner for tomorrow (and a few more meals) sorted. I also bought some almond butter...why I thought I'd like it when I don't like peanut butter I do not know [hmmm]

Calamity, sorry you are feeling like this... how long is ages? Weight loss does stall, in this and any other diet, and the pounds we piled on are going to take their own sweet time to come off.

You need to give yourself a break and look past the restrictions, as the song went 'accentuate the positive'. Right, so ibuprofen is off the menu... anything stopping you from reaching for paracetamol, aspirine or cocodamol?

Same with food, keep it fun, keep it varied and most importantly,keep enjoying it. Your body does not scream out for chocolate, wine or a slice of bread. Your head does, stop it!

Evening all. I have just made celeriac remoulade which is gorgeous. Am going to put the kids to bed then tuck in. I don't know what to have with it. Maybe some halloumi? Yum yum.

I was in marks and spender today and put wine back! Just one of those little bottles with a glass in but I thought I would hold off til tomorrow. Go me. Refusing wine is unheard of at my house but its the only way to shift the lard.

Sending strength to those who are struggling or tempted. Remember to keep a firm hand on your inner gobbler.

Keep on keeping on everyone.

I'm having a random thing for tea. It's seasoned beef mince, with mozzarella in the middle (like a stuffed burger) inside a huge portobello mushroom.

Like a stuffed mushroom-burger type thing. Exciting.

Had chicken Caesar salad for lunch and tortilla for breakfast. My snack was a seasoned chicken breast.

Hoping for a 1lb loss this week to defeat the dreaded week three. (I'm behind.)

Here I come low carb diet

Popping on to say a quick hello

I keep losing the thread plus it's moving so quickly this week that I'm struggling to keep up. I'm not having a good LC week... having a flare and am exhausted... pain & exhaustion has me reaching for nibbles to keep awake... I start with nuts and move on to the bad stuff... am not stressing, will write this week off and start afresh and plan to make some jelly mousse tomorrow to have with cream in the hope I reach for that and not the and

I forgot.... had Nigel Slaters kale with chorizo for tea - soften the chorizo, then add almonds and garlic and stir for a couple of mins then add shredded kale and stirfry. I then added a splash of cream and let it all simmer for a few mins. Was yummy though I'd forgotten how salty chorizo was - it's not an ideal bootcamp food I know but made a quick, tasty filling meal while rest of family had carbs.

Evening everyone.

at inner gobbler. When I was younger, my housemates said that I had a tapeworm called Horace the Huge. Sadly he deserted me aged 30 and I now have an inner gobbler.

Calamity I don't really have any ideas but I'm sure someone will be along who does! I'd put on a lb today so I've tracked my intake on MFP to see what I was actually eating. I'm not doing that every day though, it would send me insane! Have you done measurements as well as weight?

B: 3eggs scrambled with butter
L: prawn salad with coriander mayo. (Yum yum, can recommend that one)
D: waitrose meatloaf and olives and artichokes and salad.
S: not eaten it yet but as I'm hungry now I will be - mascarpone, pistachios and raspberries. And a gin!

2 creamy coffees- one of which decaf. Water/mint tea - 5,300ml.

MFP says: Fat: 114g, carbs 23g, protein 69g, cal 1440.

After days and days of feeling as dry as a bone yet drinking 5l+ I'm starting to feel a little less thirsty and I even had to get up at night to wee! That's a major achievement for me.

Hey! .

Just got home and still have to put DS to bed and sort out DH, was wondering whether I could be bothered to lokk after myself ie have a sensible, cooked dinner and your chorizo and kale recipe has saved my evening. You rule in my kitchen tonight!

Daisy that sounds lovely. Processed stinky sausage is my LC comfort food

Ooooh yeeeah. My reduced shelf pork loin joint has been covered in crushed chilli, fennel seeds, rosemary and olive oil and roasted for three hours on low. Bunged in some swede wedges an hour before the end.

I ,ike the sound of a stuffed mushroom burger type thinh ImATot let us know how it turns our..

Calamity You sound really pissed off. How long have you been stalled? Do you feel that your shape has changed at all despite not losing any lb? If you feel like listing all your food & drink we can have a gander and see if anything is throwng you off.

am so pleased to have made someone's day Snowiebear (& I have to tell you that my childhood bear is called snowy! Lol!) Sarah - sausages are just so easy and tasty! I have made that recipe with bacon before now & it's is good but chorizo just has a stronger flavour!

Ffs. Just had half bottle of rose, and a row with DH, so Ive eaten his huge double choc cookie out of spite.

I so badly want to hurl it back up!