Week 5 Low Carb Bootcamp - Come and Shout Your Shit!

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Here's The Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

And The Weight Tracker

By now, if everyone has been following Bootcamp/Bootcamp Light rules properly then we should all be keto-adapted, and should be burning fat. Yippee!!

Hope everyone has a good week.

I'm in Taunton too , we're in town so safe from the water - but could in theory get wet if French weir has a '100 year flood '

Stood on the scales at the gym today - it was less ! Now even though this is just due to different scales - is very tempting to cheat and use these from now on !

Just a quickie as I'm hoping DH will arrive with food in a minute.

Can totally endorse BPC as filling.

Had one this morning. Then DH and I spent the rest of the day until 3pm putting Ikea furniture together for DS2. We didn't stop for lunch. We didn't stop for anything - even a cuppa. I've been drinking water but all I've eaten is 3 small handfuls of nuts. Admittedly I'm pretty hungry now but even so, nowhere near as hungry as I'd have been pre-LC. I'm not grumpy either; normally hunger makes me VILE.

Oh and I've been fairly energetic all day.

And I've definitely dropped a lb after my stall! Feel great!

Proud to be among the losers - and gainers, and STSers - on this thread. I really did wobble at one point but I promise not to whinge again. I totally trust that it works now, even if it's a bit slow/sporadic at times.

for all

Just had an enormous plate full of roasted broccoli with a steak. I cooked it with oil, salt, pepper, garlic and chillies. Can't believe I've never had it before, I love roasted vegetables but had never thought to do broccoli. It was delicious.

It could be my new favourite thing

Ooh that sounds good Durham! Might try that next time!

DH came home with broccoli but I've just put a drizzle of cream, butter and cheese on to go with my pork belly strips. I think there's a distinct possibility that I am addicted to pork belly.

Roasted broccoli is amazing. Love it.

Was going to do non-spag spag bol tonight but ds came home and announced he'd had it for lunch (with the spag!) so...am frying up courgette, Savoy cabbage and mushrooms in butter and olive oil. Will add cream and Boursin, I think. It will look weird but hopefully taste good!

I am unable to keep up with the chat but waving hello to all.

I have noticed my appetite has gone way down (unheard of) and have been good so hoping really hoping for a loss this week.

Hope no one's been too affected by the terrible weather - I'm in South Devon and parts of the beaches look totally different! Luckily we have flood defences in our village so are protected - this is a good thing the Environment agency have done.

I am loving cocounut oil in my tea! and total yogurt is now yummy - still don't like celeriac alas. But can't face much else today - sure this won't last.

Good luck for the weekend everyone (that's the trickiest part for me).

Calamity apparently roasted broccoli is delicious with a sprinkle of cheese too but we had none left.....due to eating far too much in the last few days

I had to have lunch in MacDonalds today, and was told they had no salads. So I had two cheeseburgers and took the buns off. Then I came home and was quite ratty. I don't know if there was a connection to the food or just coincidence.

Calamity - and everyone else - you haven't stalled unless you haven't seen your weight shift for at least 3 weeks.

Just having to enter a macdonalds "restaurant" would make me very grumpy!

Crabby's fish stew done tonight, I altered it slightly (no fennel) but it is very yummy. Crabby you're a star!

Dh has started objecting to caulflower roasted with cumin and coriander served up at every second meal

....so tonight we had shepherds' pie: minced roast lamb with blitzed shallot, leek, carrot, chopped spinach and a can of chopped tomatoes and a slosh of Worcestershire sauce, topped with you guessed it cauliflower blitzed with egg, butter, cream and Parmesan. Yummy

I have an admission to make: when I bought the £20 Dine in for Valentine's Day meal from M&S, having carefully chosen low carb options for the first two courses, I then put back the strawberries (as I'd already bought some in Lidl) and then put back the cheese (as we had loads of cheese at home) and then was tempted by bought the salted caramel luxury profiteroles.

Oh well, dh and I will just have to enjoy them mindfully

Gatorade I'm quite into double cheeseburgers with no bun mmmmm

If I have to go to a fast food place I try and make it a Burger King as they will do you a bacon double cheese in a box without the bun, and give you a knife and fork to eat it with. Our local one does, anyway. The guy was really lovely and asked if I was gluten intolerant so I think he's had others ask before now.

prettybird, don't talk about salted caramel profiteroles, DH is on about buying the M&S deal for tomorrow and I can't have 2 slippages in a week!

MrsHugeJarse - I did wonder when you mentioned the Virgin gym. I was contemplating joining. A friend goes there and does classes but she is skinny and extremely fit! Which side of town are you? I'm edge of town towards KStMary. We should meet for a coffee!

My lamb steaks had somehow ended up in the freezer. Thanks DH! I thought they were in the fridge. So I had an omelette - chorizo, green pepper, mushrooms, spring onions and feta. Not bad although I'm not a big omelette fan. Then I had a hybrid crumble. Frozen berries sprinkled with ground almonds and cream. Yum.

Crabby - very interesting about the Dutch helping all those years ago. Amazing when you think about it. Thanks for posting that.

2 boiled eggs and some ham

Lettuce "sandwiches" with ham, mushrooms and mayo
Some total Greek yoghurt

Pork scratchings

3 heck sausages with broccoli, mushrooms and courgettes
2 tablespoons of sainsbos basics PB (which is like crack to me)

2 x g&slims, lots of water, decaf coffee and tea

Hello everyone!

I've been lurking but keeping up for the last few days - I was premenstrual and craving carbs terribly and couldn't bring myself to log on and admit to the LC but large volume of food that I'd eaten . I daren't get on the scales...

Even today is a bit of a stuff up - I was supposed to run tonight but DH is now 4 hours late home so that's gone out the window mind you he's saved me from the cold and wind .

Crabby hope your DD is getting better. It must be really hard with her so far away.

Helium do look after yourself.

Kylie damn good idea that!

Stuntnun We have a box of Hotel Chocolat chocs hidden in the garage.

WTF am I supposed to do with them on BC? They're burning a hole in my consciousness! Is it possible to have one before every run and not stuff things up?

to everyone affected by the weather.

On a more positive note, I've tried two recipes this week that are LC crack! Kale and meatball soup from LC gourmet and Prawn bhajis from IPD. I could live off those bhajis and my DC ate them whoop whoop.

I need to ask you all about avocado which is my "never" food but before that - TMI alert : does kale give anyone else green poo? [runs away]

Lovecat my coeliac friend gets MacDonalds to do that for her too. It has to be said that a bacon double cheeseburger sounds better though!

Lovecat - get your dh to buy the strawberries and some extra cream. That way you can indulge but still stay Boot Camp Lite.

and keep the chocolates for another weekend

Struggled tonight while making choc mousse for tomorrow and ended up having half a 25g bar of Aldi Moser Roth 70% and a gin and soda

First indiscretion since my infamous 'I'm joining WW' paddy though so not too bad.

Really looking forward to my meal tomorrow. Dying to try that duck recipe. I will report back.

Sarah I've never tried kale and after seeing your comment I don't think I ever will!

tossedsalad but I have some lanzoprazine (sp?) already for if I have to take neproxen (which I avoid if possible) for my shagged ligament in me foot. Right crabby that is great news! something natural. I will nip to Neals tomorrow and pick some up. It seems to come in the evening before dinner, and then kinda sits there threatening me for the evening. Water helps, but just sort of keeps it at bay. There must be something in the water. Triplets would have been quite a challenge! My twins are nine. Little cherubs they are too. They have been charging about the flat this evening singing 'The Blaydon Races' (geordie folk song) at the top of their voices. Think they learned it at school. I have an older ds who's 17 and lives independently like he's auditioning for a part in Withnail and I

stuntnun yy to kippers for breakkie. I mash them in a bowl with mayo cos I'm mucky.

Helium I have had similar dreadfullness in the distant past ss are not stupid (contrary to popular belief) and recognise good parenting when they see it. Try and hold on to that, although I totally get the 'shame' thing - try and remember how excellent you are! This will be a distant memory for you one day.

durham I actually think I have an addiction problem with roasted broc. It's serious shit

suzymoo I had my first coconut oil in rooibos today(I have also given up caffeine as it's a staller for me ) it was a very nice experience. I might try and add it to other herbal teas... has anyone tried that? Is it gonna be minging?

sarah nope - and I eat kale about four times a week. snigger. greeny poop.

I feel a bit miserable today. Not sure if it's hormones. Cried twice in the car listening to radio 4 and hearing about the farmers from up north sending cow fodder down to the farmers who've had to evacuate in the south.

Went to do a shop in Tescos and took fucking ages. Was wandering about like a zombie. Stood in the valentines section for ages debating whether or not we 'deserved' some chocolate. There was mouthwatering stuff, like special edition Lindt, and a heart shaped box of Reeces cunting cups. Humph. Didn't buy any. The whole time I was stood there I had a scathing voice inside my head giving me shit for torturing myself like that, but I seemed glued to the spot for about ten bloody minutes

christ, epic post! anyway, food today

bacon/scramb eggs/slices tomato/

mr porky

salmon/avocado/mayo

steak/pak choi/baby spinach

mr porky

rooibos with coconut cream/peppermint tea

either 4 or 5 litres of water... I lost count

for the record, I am pretty much frying everything in butter (except the mr p)

Hope it goes well tomorrow Chester

god, please excuse my lack of proof reading.... and paragraphs