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Low-carb bootcamp

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Week 7 - Low Carb Bootcamp - Fast Approaching the Finish ...

420 replies

BIWI · 24/02/2014 07:39

Morning all!

Hope all who are ailing are swiftly recovered.

And hope all of those who have fallen off the wagon can climb back on with agility and aplomb.

We still have three weeks left, so a chance to get shot of another few of those pesky pounds.

Here is the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

and here is the link to the Weight Tracker

Good luck everyone Flowers

OP posts:
Pleaseandthankyou · 26/02/2014 10:05

So I was sitting here quite comfortably feeling great, a stone below where I was last year and then you all started posting goal weights!!! I looked up a few calculators and they suggested I need to lose another stone so here I go again. That would be a mid range BMI not really low like the other calculator.
When I had a good look (it wasn't very difficult) I can see where it could come off. Thanks for the push. It's a shame though because I was quite happy wearing my rose tinted spectacles.
Onwards and downwards!!!!

CrabbySpringyBottom · 26/02/2014 10:07

Love you could do the broccoli anchovy thing with your dinner tonight - I think it goes really well with the sweetness (which I sometimes find a bit much) of the celeriac dolphin pose.

Sarah anchovies go very well with roast lamb, in hunters' chicken (chicken cacciatore), and as I discovered last night, broccoli!

I used a couple of fillets from a jar like this - a tin is fine too as long as they're packed in oil, but you might want to decant the rest out of the tin to keep in the fridge. I keep a jar always in the fridge as they go with so many things. You don't taste any fishiness at the end, just a sort of salty, umami flavour.

Preheat an oven dish in a moderate oven(180*C or so). Chop your broccoli florets fairly finely.

Put a knob of butter and a splash of olive oil in a small pan with a couple of anchovy fillets and some more of their oil (beware, this will spit) and heat it gently until the anchovies start to sizzle a bit. As it heats up, use a spatula to mash the anchovies against the bottom of the pan. They dissolve into sludge really easily, which is the state you want them to be in when you add them to your recipe.

Put the broccoli into the hot oven dish, pour the anchovy mixture over the broccoli and toss well to coat. Sprinkle over some crushed black peppercorns. Roast for around 25 mins, tossing occasionally, until the broccoli is tender and a bit charred on the outside.

CrabbySpringyBottom · 26/02/2014 10:11

Please if you are happy with your current weight and how you fit in to your clothes, please don't let a flawed and arbitrary measure of weight like the BMI tell you otherwise! Go on what you feel and see in the mirror, not figures from a necessarily crude estimation tool!

Lovecat · 26/02/2014 10:30

That does sound lovely, crabby - however my plans have now changed, as DH has just called in a flap to apologise for forgetting to tell me he's not coming home tonight (being wined and dined in a swish Italian place in Chiswick - it's a hard life), so it's just DD and I - as I'd specifically bought 3 chicken breasts for that recipe I'll save it for another night. I will deffo do it with that tomorrow though

ChesterDrawers · 26/02/2014 10:37

Ugh, home alone and craving a binge. Luckily there's nothing not LC in the house, we'll not that I'd eat, but I am considering making a crumble or some swede crisps - or both!

Am not even hungry, just that old mouth wanting something urge rearing it's head again.

LittleMissDisorganized · 26/02/2014 11:07

Hi Chester - yes I get that, haven't found any LC food that satisfies it though - probably because the longing is not for food. But then sometimes internet shopping fills the hole and then I realise it's a proper soul-deep thing...
Unless you're actually hungry in which case eat something!

Lovecat I am glad you're feeling better.

MPR Happy Christmas to you too Grin now give you bowel a chance to fill back up, there will have been nothing left after you were so poorly!

DH has got the bug, or a bug, not sure what's going on really or whether my antibiotics are a waste of time... anyway, he had a lie in (for maybe the 2nd time in 2 years...) and has struggled off out to work (he's self employed so will do the bare minimum today, and have to make it up when he's feeling better). Definitely man-flu.

I feel a bit better, have whizzed about getting washing on (agony with sinus pain) because it's clearly NOT going to wash itself. Just want to be back to normal, I'm missing... well, good recovery time. Probably not all that much really.

In my continuing aim to be less of a fussy eater, I have bought fennel in this weeks shop which arrived this morning. What do I do with it??? I was thinking of slow cooking some gammon today (which is a struggle as I always used to do so with honey or cherry coke Blush or other sweet flavouring.)

HeirToTheIronThrone · 26/02/2014 11:18

Urgh, one of the suppliers at work brought in pastries and I couldn't say no to an almond croissant. Will try and remedy with masses of water and my planned lunch of tuna mayo and salad! Pork chops with buttery cabbage and cauli cheese tonight.

I agree with whoever said 8st something is really low if you're 5'6" - that's how tall I am and I'm aiming for 10stone which I know is slim for me and makes me a size 12!

ChesterDrawers · 26/02/2014 11:58

LittleMiss I've not found anything that truly satisfies it either. I have just had two portions of berry crumble with clotted cream though and that came close. Will be my lunch so hoping not too much harm done.

I've just done my percentages on MFP, just out of interest, not something i usually bother with.

Amazed to see:

Carbs 4%
Protein 11%
Fat 85%

Am pretty chuffed with that - does it sound OK to the experts?

Thumbwitch · 26/02/2014 12:33

I'm finding that I "need" something later in the evening too, and that would be when I'd usually turn to crisps or chocolate. But the fruit and double cream thing is working quite well to squash the cravings (had to try peach with it today for the solidity - not bad, still not as good as cherries though!) and if it doesn't quite hit the mark, then an ultra low carb protein bar does the rest.

But I do know what you mean and I've had to fight quite hard with myself to NOT eat the easy packet of crisps or chocolate.

StuntNun · 26/02/2014 13:05

If you're feeling hungry in the evenings then a mid-afternoon snack might help.

MrsHughJarse · 26/02/2014 13:09

Its a lunch time catch up - no shit to shout today.

Have stopped sulking about stalling and am examining my portion sizes/ drinking dandelion root tea yuck ( i read jillian/ shred lady - recommends for water retention caused by exercise) and trying not to snack - even LC, out of habit and just because I perceive that ' I can' as its LC. I am also holding firm to the fact that even though I have been the same weight now for FOUR weeks....Angry I did lose 9 lb very quickly at the beginning so perhaps my body is just catching up with the 1lb a week and if BIWI et al had said - come on the LC bootcamp and lose 9lb - at that time after Christmas I would have said - absolutely yes yes please. So - I must count my blessings....

However - whoosh fairy watch out I am after you this week with even more determination. It would be fair for me to have a turn of her magic....I haven't even sniffed chocolate or any sort of cheaty thing since 3rd Jan..... trying hard not to be jealous of whoever posted they were still eating toast evey morning and still losing

Must get quicker at posting too.... I multitask it with eating lunch or answering phone etc and yesterday I missed trashy's news with some self indulgence about blood results.

just a quick Grin at Athestane's " gin numbers"
and crabby I am definately planning broccoli and anchovies tonight

LittleMissDisorganized · 26/02/2014 13:10

I just made something a bit like Chesters chicken! - chicken mini fillets dipped in egg and rolled in a mixture of the crushed flaxseed and cajun spice and fried in a mixture of oil and butter. With a pile of leafy salad and mayo - gorgeous!!!! I went back for more - but need to leave the rest for DH now. I think I was actually genuinely hungry.

A nap I think then I'll have some energy later on. Can't wait to shake this off, I've had enough now...

EvaTheOptimist · 26/02/2014 13:26

Excellent cheffing LittleMiss

Chester what amazing percentages! Wow.

Good luck with the portion size experiments MrsHugh hope it works. My feeling is we have to eat mostly fat, as Chester is so brilliantly demonstrating... but there has to be a little gap between the amount of fat we eat and the amount we need to burn, so that some of our stored fat can get out and be burned up. (and not so big a gap that the body goes into famine mode and clings onto its fat).

Hopefully if that's a wrong interpretation, BIWI or Willie will leap in and say so. Tricky eh? No wonder its a fluctuating WOE. I guess the bonus is, if you keep the carbs low then you can eat lots of fat and just stay the same.

Thinking of you today Trash

MrsHughJarse · 26/02/2014 13:34

eva - thats exactly the difficulty for me. - its so variable for each person. I am such a conformist - if I could just have a list of exactly what to eat every day and how much I could do it and not waver. pre DD3, years of following training programmes for triathlon without arguing or deviating But thats not possible, so its trial and error and I think the nearer we get to target weight the more difficult it is.

CrabbySpringyBottom · 26/02/2014 13:51

Hugh in herbal medicine it's dandelion leaf that's usually prescribed for its diuretic effects, whilst the root is given as a liver tonic. It's a powerful diuretic - there's good reaon for its folk names of piss-a-bed and pissenlit. Wink

Twit · 26/02/2014 14:05

Ooh, that's what I've been thinking of trying. Where could one find dandelion tea as there aren't any growing ATM?

Back laters hope everyone is doing ok?

Twit · 26/02/2014 14:08

Stands next to mrshughjarse. I feel your pain, I lost a lot the first couple of weeks, regained over half what I lost and am now stuck.

StuntNun · 26/02/2014 14:44

I have been experimenting with portion size too MrsHugh by logging on MFP. I have definitely been eating too much. Tbh I think it's because fat is more calorie dense. Because my diet is around 70% fat now then the quantity of food I need to eat is quite a lot less. If I go by habit and dish out the portions I used to eat when I was eating a 'balanced diet' then they're actually way too much for me. I got to dinner last night and wasn't really that hungry - when I logged my food so far that day I was already at 1600 calories (I need 1850) so I just had a snack instead of a meal. If I hadn't calorie counted I would have definitely overeaten yesterday. It wasn't an issue when I was more than a stone over goal but now I'm close to goal I'm having to be a bit more careful. I think I'll probably end up doing 16:8 or missing lunch if when my weight drops any more.

Twit · 26/02/2014 15:48

I dont think I'm eating enough, I've got into the habit of having a decaf BPC instead of breakfast, water, maybe a one egg omelette (with a bit if mushroom and leek), water, BPC, water and a meal.
Followed by yet more water, which I'm finding hard to get down me ATM.

I would like to announce that I had a good clear out earlier though so feel less bloated. Blush Grin

MrsHughJarse · 26/02/2014 16:26

oh my goodness - I don't want to piss the bed crabby..... not unless it makes me lose weightGrin will look for leaf tea instead. This root tea is DISGUSTING !

MrsHughJarse · 26/02/2014 16:27

stunt what is your name on MFP ?

MrsHughJarse · 26/02/2014 16:45

actually stunt dont tell me, I would be too embarrassed for anyone to see my thrown together meals !

monkeyfacegrace · 26/02/2014 16:55

Just sms.

Brunch: cauli pizza with 1/2 cauli, whole mozz ball, one egg. Tom purree, ham and cheese topping.
Snacks: cheese and jelly w/dcream.
Tea: brocolli and spinach fried in butter w/garlic and chillie flakes, roast chicken.

Hungry all the time atm. And I feel fat. And miserable Sad Im hoping Im coming on as then I can attribute my down mood to something Sad

MrsHughJarse · 26/02/2014 17:55

Just seen these ... The hummingbird cake lady has gone sugar free - might be ok for anyone desperate . The ingredients look ok ?

www.hummingbirdhigh.com/2013/02/flourless-mocha-brownies.html?m=1

MrsHughJarse · 26/02/2014 17:55

www.hummingbirdhigh.com/2013/02/flourless-mocha-brownies.html?m=1

Try again

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