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.

Lost a pound but can see a difference. I am going to have to take a week off. Working this week and only carbs available. This will be followed by a special event!! Will be starting again next Monday expecting to be heavier

Signing in. Will read properly very shortly. Hope you are all doing well.

We could go dairy free for 3 days Chester.

No cream, cheese or milk. Lots n lots of water. And butter.

Let's do it.

Still keeping on, despite the dispirited feeling - I think I really need to try and force breakfast down me, see if that helps.

Today:
B = slice of cheese
L = salad with tinned mackerel - lettuce, cucumber, swede salad, mayonnaise, dash lemonjuice, sprouting alfalfa/garlic/onion (nice mix!)
D = barbecued steak with more salad - lettuce, cucumber, carrot, red pepper, feta, olives, parmesan, sprouts, watermelon.
S = ultra low carb protein bar.
Still not enough water.

weight = 12 st 4 still, although it has been lower this last week. A bad few days has pushed it up again.

Ruprekt Dairy free Is that even a thing?????

Oh why the hell not. I do rely on it way too much.

I'm in.

BTW, I am the Queen of the dieting u-turn. This may or may not have become apparent today

Hello all - a quick lunch time catch up with you all.

I can report - I am CLEAN , I have had a shower in my own house and I feel like I am a different colour. The children are all scrubbed and all the bedlinen has been hot washed....... The phenomenon of the builders dust that keeps on giving is still everywhere - but soooo relieved to have bathrooms/ heating and hotwater !

Right 1lb off so delighted but that could have been dirt you can tell am almost in hysteria with seeing the back of the builders !

Have been on the straight and narrow this week - ( apart from mad nut binge - but its a learning process and I learnt my lesson).

Thanks lovely Biwi for week 4 and continued support. even though we are very naughty at times the Alzheimer's info is very interesting.

crabby hope the bleeuuggghhh feeling is passing. I share DD1&2 with ExDH and in the early days when they were away i often just lay on the floor in their bedroom unable to move or do any of the fabulous child free things I had tried to plan... It passes.... and hugs for you

chester - woo hoo - you are staying. the chester chicken lives on. Just tell yourself you are doing it for the health benefits and see if the weight will come off by stealth. !

calamity I am normally quite a windy person - but since LCing - nothing, not one parp ( apart from the nut binge ). Clearly its only being a carb monster that made me like that ! another great positive for this WOE

trashcan - any good with builders dust ?

cointreau have ordered the chocolate flaxseed already !

lighthouse I have seen fibroids be removed in theatre once. They are all so variable but yes - they can weight loads. !

Enough shit spouted ! If I find the whoosh fairy - I will hold onto her until she has visited us all ! xx

I'm sending you good fat-burning vibes Chester - you can do it!

Thought I'd. Already posted but it seems to have got lost.

I've STS this week. This is fine, I think the muffin top has shrunk some more. I'm being vigilant for carb creep & too much dairy so I'll just keep going, though like lots of you I have wobbles.

Thank you everyone, esp Biwi, for all the interesting links and general encouragement. I'm going to do my best to give the entire bootcamp my best shot.

Though I must confess I've had the same celeriac in the fridge for 2 weeks now. It's intimidating me.

Glad you are staying Chester!

That info on Alzheimer's very interesting, BIWI...

I, too, have celeriac in my fridge drawer Seri Am debating what to do with it but think it needs eating this eve. Maybe roasted chunks...

Me three! I want to start using it up tomorrow, so I'm going to go through the recipe thread and find something simple, I hear celeriac chips are nice?

I still can't find any celeriac locally! but am using swede to good effect instead.

Woohoo - 10st 8lb - back into the 3 digits territory! and within spitting distance of my current month's (ambitious) target of being 10stone 7lb or better (month ends next Monday)

Had lots of water yesterday to mitigate the pasta, wine and apple pie last night at my dad's.

Felt really good today so far food wise despite having a nasty argument with dh first thing in the morning and we're currently not talking - didn't reach for the chocolate! .

Breakfast: yoghurt and cream plus cinnamon
Lunch: coleslaw, salami and 3 slices of strong cheddar cheese
Dinner: pork belly (pre-prepared from Lidl - had a quite high carb count but I reckon that was mostly from the honey glaze that yuo put on separately so I'll just throw out the wee bag) with, probably, buttery savoy cabbage and brussel sprouts (I might be nice to ds and swap one of them for creamy leeks)

Chester I have been doing this for quite some time now and am Queen of Taking the Scenic Route to weight loss! I have discovered my tolerance to cheating with a lot of trial and error extends to one major cheat per week in one go. So, for example, if I am good all week but go out one night and eat for England but go straight back to sensible afterwards I may get away with it but if I do lots of little cheats here and there, even if they comprise far less in terms of calories or carbs, I don't seem to.
I think whoever suggested doing a short sharp shock cold turkey may be right as it does help get rid of your cravings.

Cider I love the sound of that holistic approach, please let us know how that goes.
I too do that wanting to eat but not knowing what and knowing that logically I am not really hungry. Like Gatorade I take a cocktail of supplements and am scared of stopping any so doubt I could be deficient in anything vital. I put it down to some kind of illogical, emotional eating thing but haven't sussed out what yet.

BIWI There was an article in The Times a couple of Saturdays ago linking carbs and gluten with dementia

therein for a quick lunch the Subway salad bowls are ok, you can have lots of olives and a few peppers and tonatoes with lots of lettuce and cucumber?

I have lost an enormous 0.2lbs... But the trend is my friend and everything! Part of my problem is I think that I lost 5lbs in the warm up week but that's not registered anywhere so I keep forgetting about it - Willie would it ruin the spreadsheet if I changed my start weight, I just think I'd be more inspired if I could see that total rather than the low one I have now...

I am home in bed as feeling dreadful, nauseous and achy and so so tired, have only managed a few spoons of yogurt so far today.

knock yerself out heir my dear

STS this week but am feeling lighter, with a more defined waist and my trousers are definitely looser. I think I need to pay attention to portion size this week and continue to try and drink more water. Oh and make sure the tiny splash of milk in mu coffee isn't turning into a big glug.

Woke up with a stinking cold and the carbs are calling me but I am NOT giving in. This is the first time I've really raved something sweet but I'm abit scared to give in to berries or similar in case it's the start of a slippery slope. I think I'll try having a nap instead and see if the craving passes.

Good luck everyone this week

I've requested a whole load of low carb cookery books from the library because I need some inspiration. I have the IPD cookbook but it doesn't really get my juices flowing iyswim.

I need a soup recipe this week, I've made curried cauliflower soup for the last 2 weeks and fancy a change. I have looked at the bootcamp recipe thread and nothing takes my fancy on there either but I know if I don't organise something for the weeks lunches now then I will really struggle.
Anyone got any ideas?

Chester glad you've decided to stay.
Crabby Hope you feel better soon
Hugh Yay for the back of the builders.

Not much weight loss here still, but people keep saying
how slim I look! I think I need to eat less dairy. Also I do have a bit of a peanut butter addiction. It's the no-sugar Whole Earth one, but still...

2lb down. Excellent.

Holmes have you tried almond butter? So yummy and legume-free so much better for Bootcamp than peanut butter.

Prettybird can I ask where your coleslaw is from? All the ones I've seen have been quite carby. It has to be said that coleslaw, salami and cheese sounds like a wonderful lunch!

Good luck Ruprekt and Chester

The coleslaw is homemade (recipe from the ubercamp tab on the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness): I have to make a massive portion as dh loves it so that it lasts a few days.