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

[BIWI]

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.

HELLO EVERYBODY I SURVIVED. Am home and delighted. Off to catch up with thread.

Gary Taubes in NY Times: Why Nutrition Is So Confusing :)

Well done everyone who’s lost; glad to see the whoosh fairy’s been doing rounds! It sounds like a lot of us who haven’t lost also know why, or are losing inches.

DH has now lost c. 10lb on this BC though it’s been slower on him since BCL. He’s had to tighten his belt, so he’s chuffed.

LittleMiss echoing what others say: of course you “fit” as well as anyone else, and I hope you’ll be back.

Crabby it’s a boneless leg of pork, but we won’t be having it tonight, because I completely forgot to put it in the bloody cooker! Luckily I also forgot to eat my mackerel for lunch (had yoghurt instead), so that’s what we’re having instead with some veggies.

Lovecat Good luck with the party planning.

Pisci I’m amazed at anyone finding pre-Christmas an easy time to lose weight compared to now. I always find it a struggle to have any motivation in the autumn and early winter. Then again I wasn’t bootcamping then – maybe that’s what’s been missing. :)

I’ve overdone my decluttering efforts today, resulting in sore back, head and a bit of an asthma attack, so I’m on now feeling floaty on painkillers and inhaler. I think I’ll treat myself to a hot chocolate made with water, double cream, cocoa and vanilla. I know it’s not necessarily the thing to help me kickstart this week’s loss, but it’s a lot better than the unmentionable things I’m craving.

Have stayed the same.
Period bloat has not gone after after what 2 or 3 weeks. Inches haven't been lost since the first week.
What if I gain more in a week or two due to pmt?
I haven't cheated at all, I drink my water. I have and am being so careful, yet here I am.
Fuckit.
Fucking whoosh fairy can fuck off. I hate her as much as she hates me.

Aaah that's better, I felt like I was missing a limb over the weekend. I need this thread so fucking badly. It's like a rock I'm limpeted on to. I found the weekend hard going. The journey was fine - we ate all the food I made and it was lovely. We were responsible for cooking the first evening food and then supposedly the soup I'd made was for the lunches over the weekend. To my dismay, cheese and crackers came out instead!! Fortunately I'd brought plenty of cold meats and crab and bits, but it was fucking torture. Then followed by chocolate and nuts. The weather was appalling and we were trapped inside in very close quarters.
I just felt so bloody miserable. I kept schtum cos I didn't want to either admit it was torture to myself or anyone else in case I spoiled things for them but the effort was huge. I did eat a bit of stilton though but I could have murdered a cuppa and slabs of chocolate, or an irish coffee or crisps.

Christ. Phew. By the second day I was back to feeling grossed out by all the food that I've chosen not to eat. Thank fuck. I won't be arranging to do anything like that for a long time. And the people I was with (friends of dps) are very sweet, but in fact grossly unhealthy self-confessed overweight alcoholics. And it kind of shows in their bodies and their moods.

I am so glad to be home. Call me an obsessed control freak if you like. I don't mind a bit!

So - back to business

Todays food

B - Bacon, eggs, half a slice of black pudding a chiplolata

L - mackerel, home made coleslaw, crab meat and mayo, proscuittio

S - mr porky's

D - not decided yet. Probs tuna and wilted spinach....

Water 3l plus a peppermint tea. need to have another litre, but been tricksy with the six hour bastard drive home.

Can I just say thanks again to BIWI and to Willi I'm so thankfull! Also I love that SMS has been adopted for the thread title!!!

mpr so glad you're back - I felt shocking about my no cheating rant... it was intended to be lighthearted

el bombero how rubbish you're feeling so gutted. I know your pain

littlemiss I can't have you leaving! Nooo nononononono. You definitely fit! We all do, don't we? Even the lurkers who are silently lurking... Yes I can see you all

crabby how I missed you >climbs into crabby's lap and stares up< there is nothing wrong with having some darts added to the waistline of gapey jeans by the way. Sadly it is my fucking legs that let me down in the trouser dept. So, bum fits, waist fits - walking however is out due to tree trunk itis of the lower limbs. Gaaaaah!

pisco I think it is harder to lose at this point, but no idea why. If we all shipped off to the arctic for a month we'd lose everything we wanted and then some, so I can't believe it's the weather.... [stumped emoticon]

And to who ever called me trashy I'm down with that!!!

Right. Off to wash the trash kids hairs. They have returned from their fathers with smelly heads. Bleaurgh. Back soon losers x

Oh fuck. Help. Have had a SHIT day with poor dd, so have opened a bottle of red. Ive almost finished it
Am I going to put my whole 16lb back on??/

Im pissed and I want CHOCOLATE!

Chester, hope you like it :)

Crabby, my (slim) friend has a size 8 waist and size 12 hips and has the same problem with jeans - she gets them altered like Trashy suggests.

Trashy well done on resisting temptation, sounds like a tough weekend.

Steeleye hope the back feels better soon and the hot choc does the trick (sounds gorgeous). I crashed and burned with my own decluttering efforts today, spent far too much time online arguing with twits who don't read emails properly (you wouldn't believe access to a church hall could turn into a mafia turf war, but hey ho...).

I made those pecan things in butter today. Thank God I only had a tiny packet of pecans because I could have happily wolfed several helpings of them - will avoid the nuts, I think, I can't trust myself...

Have had loads of water and cooked up a spag bol which DD pronounced 'gorgeous', so that was nice to hear. I am currently avoiding her while she eats an Aero Mint mousse (my faves).

B - yog with cream and 2 strawberries
L - pecans of doom, piece of cheese
D - bolognese with leeks, courgettini and broccoli

Is it me or is this monumentally cheeky? Some kids whose parents said they were booked up doing other stuff when it was an outdoor activity have now decided that they want to come to the cinema and our house... I'm afraid I said no, that when they turned down the first invite I asked other kids to get the minimum numbers (this is not actually true but I'm not now having 10+ kids rampaging around the house...). I've already bought the party bags, ffs. I don't think I'd have the front to do that, to give some elaborate excuse and then when it changes to something you fancy, say 'oh, we can come after all?'

You'll be fine NotTwit. I feel like that frequently but the trend is my friend and it will be yours too

Just coming on to SMS

Back from belly dancing, shattered

Lovecat yes it is cheeky and well done for telling them no! And what are these pecans of doom, I've missed those!

Chester no problems, hope it tastes good or I will feel to blame

Trashy I can understand being glad to be home. I have some friends who literally spend all weekend in the pub when we go to stay; I get cabin fever, start twitching and feel very dull and boring, but I just cannot do that and stay sane, I need to move people! I hope you're feeling virtuous for resisting.

My OH is working late on Friday and all weekend so I suppose it'll be valentines G and T for us!

I've eaten really badly today dairy-wise and I'm embarrassed to admit it - you will think I'm a crazy mascarpone guzzling freak. I was really worried about struggling in spinning and didn't want to go there already hungry (that's my excuse and I'm sticking to it).

B: 2 egg scrabble with butter, shallot, mushroom and tomato. Mascarpone and pistachios. (I was quite hungry this morning )

L: more mascarpone and raspberries and pistachios. (I made kale and turkey meatball soup from low carb gourmet but it took longer than expected and I couldn't be bother by the time I'd done.)

D: roast chicken and celeriac boulangere.

2 coffees with cream. A truckload of water - I've just drunk 2l since I got in from spinning and I now feel like a balloon.

2lbs ON.

Hardly surprising.

to the losers, the sts's and the ones like me.

Hey Pistey, who are you calling a wee tartan granny?!

You're not far off the mark :)

Crabby yes cooking for six/seven most nights. It's a pain in the arse. Try to cook the same thing but omit carbs in mine. It's tricky at times, also work full time. And it's bloody dear!

Made a beef stroganoff thing for tomorrow night, it's in the slow cooker now. And for tea tonight had mushrooms fried in butter with wilted spinach, a dollop of cream and a knob of Boursin. Was quite nice. Well it was ok.

LittleMiss don't leave. I think we all fit together quite nicely here, stay.

Congrats to all the big losers, you're brilliant. Hope one day it will be me. :)

Therein vegetarian options:

How about soup for lunch, eg Broccoli and Stilton? Curried Cauliflower? Cream of mushroom?

Have you tried the Courgetti? They are great with pesto or melted philadelpia or fried mushrooms or grated cheese or all of the above in any combination. (rest of the family can have pasta with pesto or a different sauce)

Fried mushrooms with melted philadelphia is very quick and can warm an otherwise chilly lunch-time salad up.

Curry - veg side dishes like aubergine bhaji, spinach bhaji, mushroom bhaji, spinach paneer etc are THE BUSINESS.

Ratatouille - I confess I don't know its carb ratings but I think the ingredients basically seem in the rules - onion/shallot, courgette, aubergine, mushroom, tinned tomato. Obviously you have to get some fat into the meal so have it with philly or grated cheese or on swede mashed with loads of butter (or make sure you have a "pudding" based on cream afterwards!!) (Rest of family can have with pasta or as a go-with something else.)

Can you use the ratatouille to make a veggy moussaka? (an idea I may pursue myself!)

Frittata (as a new way of eating eggs - helpful for your dairy-free DS?) I confess I don't know how to make it.

Spinach and feta bake is pretty amazing (I wonder if there's a version on the recipe thread?) The one I made had frozen spinach, 3 eggs, greek yogurt, feta and grated cheese in, baked in oven. I wonder if you took the cheese out (so it was spinach, eggs, greek yogurt) whether it would still be OK as a dairy-free alternative? (perhaps you can add some other ingredients and experiment.)

Poached eggs and asparagus with butter (for those posher moments)

Lovecat I think you've been wonderfully assertive and an example to us all! Stick to your guns.

Barging in to SMS and once again it goes a little something like this:

Celeriac and swede dolphin pose ( with blobs of left over chilli cream cheese). To whoever suggested this, I now down in your general direction.

1lb off again. This is awesome. Every meal is truly a feast without regret ( great blog btw).

:Sighs contentedly:

Thanks Eva, there are some really good ideas there. I'm getting fed up of making loads of different options at each meal. I have had soup - the aldi tomato and basil soup is 3g carbs/100ml. And courgette spaghetti was ok, but not amazing. Maybe I need to try it again to see if I get the taste for it.

Chester There's a recipe for chocolate pots and mousse on the recipe thread! The one I make is on there as chocolate and raspberry liqueuer ice-cream, but you can serve it either chilled or frozen

lovecat and yes they sound like cheeky bastards. I would never have ten kids running round my titchy flat house, but then, I have come to realise, that bar my own - I don't really actually like children

mpr yeay!

sarahbeenys I don't even like going to the pub when I can drink! It was the one 'outing' we had over the weekend, and the couple were literally raving about how great the food was there... I realised that people who eat and drink like they do, kind of engineer their whole lives to be a series of stop offs at places where you can buy alcohol and eat shit. I'm sure I've done the same in the past, but when you remove the whole idea of food as a reward, and you didn't want to drink in the first place (I don't really enjoy drinking booze much - what can I say, I'm an oddling I know) then sitting in a manky, drafty, boring fucking pub holds zero allure.

nell

I have been bouncing around from 179lbs to 176lbs for flipping months!

Literally, months.

I cannot get below 176lbs......

I'm doing a DIY ubercamp starting tomorrow Ruprekt in the hope of kickstarting some weight loss. Not even thinking about the fat fast.

I came on to read but not post tonight as am feeling a bit down after chatting to DD on skype.

But this...
crabby how I missed you >climbs into crabby's lap and stares up<
...made me burst out laughing and cheered me right up! Thank you Trashy! Come on up for a cwtch (though you'll have to vie for lap space with the crazy cocker.

Well I did go to Hankley today (where they're filming), thanks for all your encouragement to do that instead of housework. The enthusiastic use of smoke machines meant I couldn't get any decent pictures from so far away, and there were loads of actors and animals so all a bit confusing. The pics I took on our Friday dog walk turned out (when I zoomed in on the pc) to be the director and (I think) the actors Michael Fassbender and Patrick Considine.

Hugh right you are - I shall stop faffing around with Fassbender and get back to the recipes!

Thanks Keepon I'm really glad you like it. I might make that this week actually.

You're all too nice to me - my head will swell!

Sarah how was the spinning? That'd kill me, I think. Love your scallops, bacon and cauli puree idea.

I've got a chocolate tart recipe to put up if anyone's interested. It's bloody gorgeous. Will have a think about other ideas Chester. Ooh that duck sounds lovely, I don't think you need any more ideas!

Steel will have a think in the morning about the pork.

Lovecat it amazes me that when so many British women are pear shaped, they still don't make jeans to fit us. I did find a pair of D&G jeans in the charity shop which fitted beautifully (ooh I can probably fit back into them now), but my budget doesn't in a million years run to buying new D&G jeans. Oh and yes, those mothers are being fucking cheeky. Good for you for not letting them come.

Nell can you not get them to do the cooking for themselves some nights, and just make something quick and easy low carb for yourself?

Sarah I don't much like kids either; prefer animals. Fuck knows, then, why I have agreed to run a science club for ten of the little blighters.

Rup are you drinking loads of water? Last week I really made a concerted effort to measure out and drink at least 3 L of water a day, not including teas, and I think that's what tempted the Whoosh Fairy my way.

Food today
B - small slice of crustless quiche and some berry crumble with clotted cleam
L - more quiche. More crumble and clotted cream.
S - can you guess?
D - courgetti with tomatoes, mushrooms, chorizo and pesto
2L water (not enough really) and 3 cups tea.

Lovecat - no they were indeed cheeky bastards! "oh we didn't fancy your first choice of activity, but now you've changed it we'd love to come" - just no! I know it's said a lot on here, but people are just too bloody entitled these days - everything is All About Them, and not about anyone else. GRRRRR!

Not been very hungry today, so have hardly eaten apart from a handful of cherries and a lump of cheese, and it's 4:30pm; will attempt to have a better dinner to make up for it.

Had a supposedly sick child (Ds1, who is 6) home from school since before lunchtime - but despite complaining of having a squiggly tummy, nothing has come of it. From what he's said, it seems it came on after his teacher shouted at him this morning; so I'm gathering other reports of this "shouting" and then will speak to the teacher tomorrow. DS1 was always very nervous of loud noise, and really doesn't like being shouted at (although I don't exactly avoid it myself!) so it might have been that. Whichever, he's missed his first dance lessons of the year (which he enjoys) and will miss the school "get to know the teachers and other parents" picnic which starts in half an hour. I'm quite cross - I wouldn't have minded at all if he was genuinely ill, but he's buggered up my afternoon for no good reason as far as I can see!

Oh bless at 'squiggly tummy' Thumb

Well done lovecat - bloody cheek of some folk!

I hear what you are saying Nelly about the cooking. Low carb recipes not always going down so well here, mine are after stuff like Irish stew, pasta and stuff. And I KNOW I am the one cooking so I can decide, but it can't just be about me.

Hey ho

Onwards and downwards

One pound off here this week. Huzzah :)

Sts today - maybe half a lb off on one toe .... Not disheartened though - I ' feel' thinner !