Week 9 - Low Carb Bootcamp - The End is Nigh!

[BIWI]

Morning all!

Here is the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

And don't forget the Weight Tracker

As we get to the end of this Bootcamp, I'd like you all to think about how MNHQ can make our space even better for the next time around.

The original plan was to move to the Weight Tracker and drop the Spreadsheet, which would mean Willie wouldn't have to tend it all the time - but we seem to have kept it going for this Bootcamp. If we were to lose it next time, what do you think you would miss the most?

For me, I think definitely the information in the tabs needs to be transferred over somehow - but is there anything else you'd like to see?

Anyway, a busy week for me as I'm off to Lille Tuesday/Wednesday, up at 5.00 am tomorrow and not getting back home till around 10.00 pm on Wednesday. All I will see will the inside of a taxi, a French supermarket, an office block and another taxi - no time even to go out for dinner on Tuesday night!

And I have no idea what's going to happen on the food front as it's all out of my control But then, that's what this WOE is all about - making the best choices we can at the time.

So - good luck to you all, hope that the fine weather helps you have a great week

Well if it's any consolation I now feel pretty rubbish - all headachey and bleh - so that's a step in the right direction!

Can I just confess to you all that the tracker shows me as the biggest percentage loss and I'm not, I'm a fraud! When I first started to low-carb I was far too self-conscious about my weight to reveal it, even to people I would never meet in an anonymous forum, so I did what quite a few of us did back then and put my start weight as 100. I have done that every bootcamp since.
A couple of my colleagues know I am on Mumsnet and bootcamp and, although I'm sure they have far better things to do with their time than try to track me down to see my weight, I still prefer to stick to my "count down from 100" method.

I thought I'd lost 3lb last week but had mysteriously regained 2 of it by my weighing day. I then proceeded to sabotage myself by troughing my way through the weekend but am back on board today and am aiming to have passed my 3 1/2 stone mark by the end of this bootcamp and 4 stone by the time of my holiday in May

I could sleep for England myself after that slice of cake yesterday, Thumb, I commiserate!

I am sooo tired and my legs feel like lead :( I don't usually suffer from carb-flu, but I am definitely experiencing a huge drop in energy today.

Hi everyone
trash you are a star (in many ways!)
Thumbwitch oh I so identify. My addict's brain has been through those thoughts so many times, even knowing at the time it's not going to be worth it. And the worst thing is the loss of self-esteem that always follows it for me, the disgust. The one thing I have noticed (looking at how others have done it and how I have in some areas) is that to kick the repeated self-sabotage, "I" can't do it, it has to be "We". And I have seen people find that "We" on MN threads, and it's basically the principle of AA etc. This is a "We" thread not an "I" thread.
Sarah how brilliant that you need new clothes!! Enjoy shopping, the sun coming out ought to help with that too!
Seri that's a really encouraging thing about seeing it as just the way you eat. I hope I get to there too.

Yes to lines going down. The spreadsheet is useful, but maybe not necessary or worth it given that the weight tracker kind of maintains itself... but will it keep working between bootcamps? I must plot my own weights somewhere so that I don't lose them, those years-worth-of-trends shared by (I think) Steeleye and ?Willie/Eva? were so encouraging to see the pattern of loss.

I've lost 1.5lb which is AFAIC just right. 9lb off the first week and 8.5lb off in the following 7 weeks which is (I think) how it should be - I'd love to get to the end of this year and have maintained something like this sort of slow and steady trend downwards.

Having a slow day today - the weekend was exhausting - my stamina is rubbish. How on earth will I cope when I get back to full time work just occasionally I get all panicky about it and then get back to just trying to extend my stamina, week by week, apply for work, trust God for the outcome. Not easy though, easy to get scared on the way.

LittleMiss I think I am adjusting to it being my permanent WOE but as Snowie said upthread, it's about the trend, it's not possible to be perfect every single meal. I'm aiming for the slow and steady downwards trend all year too. I also plot my weight, hip and waist measurements on myfitnesspal.

After my boasting this morning, I had a big challenge as my mum was making biscuits and I always preferred biscuit mix to actual biscuits. So I ate some. It was horrible (sorry mum). I then ate a bit more and thought why am I doing this? So I spat it out and threw the remaining scraps in the bin. I think that is progress too as I must have broken the habit of shovelling it in mindlessly like I did in the past.

Again, I want to be slim in the future more than I want cake today.

Menu for today -

B - eggs & mushrooms fried in butter
L - pork belly slices & salad
D - roasted veg & chorizo topped with halloumi. Will add a side of couscous for the others.

Complete and utter empathy with the self sabotaging - thumb . I have similar tendencies which I mistakenly smugly thought I had beaten . I have been an absolute low carb saint since 3rd Jan .... And last week cracked my stall by stopping snacking .... So why oh why have I had a major uncontrolled trough today .... I don't know . I am disgusted with myself , I couldn't control it - just standing up eating one thing after another .... All the time knowing I want to keep the weight loss more than anything . ( I even just whipped up a bowl of cream and ate the lot)it was all
Low carb - but tonnes of it - nuts/ cheese/more cheese / ham .....more cream . Maybe I should just have had one biscuit .... May have done less damage .

However I really welcome lmd's words about a 'we' thread .... There is no one else in RL I would disclose this piggy barking mad behaviour ....

Another lb and 5" off this week which makes a total of 1/2 stone and 12". I'm enjoying this WOE and loving the food - DH said I'd turned into a domestic goddess but then spoilt it by saying I'd better start drinking again because he wants to be able to sit out on a warm night and share a bottle of wine. I don't mind him having a drink but I'm not missing it and must've got through at least 3 bottles of wine a week before BC started.

Banging headache and wheezy think I'm finally getting DH's manflu so going to have a snooze.

trash well done on being this week's biggest loser

Mmmm dinner was fab! Aubergine, courgette, cherry toms, mushrooms, orange pepper, whole garlic topped with chorizo & halloumi

Ive bought some hickory liquid smoke ... any ideas of what I can do with it?

STS well done to all the losers and onwards and downwards for those wobbling cheating etc.
I like the spreadsheet have not got the weight tracker working cannot enter any weights

Oh, I've just fucked up big time.

I'm poorly atm - not unwell enough to be off work but unwell enough to make everything hard.
It's the TOTM.
I'm stressed about a few things at work - some bad and some good, including a promotion that's beings dangled like a carrot but that I don't know will actually come off.
I'm near the end of my tether with my monkeys - probably because I need headspace to cope with the above and DH has been at work +++ recently.

And... I fell off the wagon for the first time today, barring some planned chocolate at Valentines. 3 slices of bread and butter and 5 (!) cadbury's egg and spoons. And do you all know what? They tasted absolutely revolting. Nowhere near as nice as my lovely low carb paneer and prawn curry!

Why did I not listen to all of you?? [stamps foot] You all said that LC changes the palate. I thought that I was such a pig with such a sweet tooth that it would all still taste fine - I was wrong! BIWI, bootcamp works - sugar=bleuughhh

I hear you sarah ... I have embarrassed myself as well today ..... I have now managed to wrestle back control of my 'elephant ' - but was scarey how quickly and easily I lost control ..... Was like Forrest fire as I stood in front of the larder .....
Water and water for supper

Just signing in so that this thread appears in "I'm on" not got much to say for a change.

whoosh maybe we have to get it out of our systems to continue on the straight and narrow. One day isn't a disaster (that's what I'm telling myself anyway)! Congratulations on the fab new jeans btw (late on catching up from last week's thread0- I would love some 7 for all mankind jeans but last time I tried them they were wrong for my shape.

Whoosh - at least it was all low carb stuff though? Surely that's better than if it were cakes and biscuits?

Yes - I hope so biwi ... Luckily it's a whole week until another weigh in so it's extra motivation to keep on the straight and narrow !

Marking place!

Well after weeping over a 3lb increase, am I being unreasonable to be over the moon that I've managed two massive poos today?

So, ds1 came for lunch today, and just y'know, kinda hung out for a bit - which was delightful. He plays the piano, totally self taught and by ear. The first time I heard him I got actual gooseflesh, and bawled (secretly) my eyes out. Now whenever he's here he can't keep off it - it fills the flat with the most amazing sounds, and I feel more at peace than I can describe. It was the soundtrack to our day today as we STARTED BUILDING THE FRONT ROOM OF EXTREME EXCELLENCE

My lovely wood sprite friend who's helping me doing the lions share is coming back tomorrow to hopefully finish it off.... My keks are damp with anticipated excitement I tells ya! I have some photo's of the process, but can't possibly post them til it's finished eek eek eek

At present the flat is in domestic chaos, but I don't mind as it's clean and tidy around the mess, and my visiting student couldn't give a shit, and the dcs didn't mind because they were at the park for ages then didn't look up from their ipads

All round, a very bloody brilliant day!

BIWI good luck with the trip I think the graph is brilliant, but would love it if it went down not up.... I could manage without the spreadsheet of fabulousness but it would be great to still have access to all of the rules, carb counters and uber camp/light bits.

Heir Thank you! 0.6 loss though yeah?

Eva Half a stone is frikkin' awesome, and like a deranged knobhead>

Pistey Aaaaah Knaaaaaa!!!!!

Durham Hi five for a sterling effort there. Ooh I right fancy a smoothie. We easily could invent a lc one with lidl yoghurt and a smattering of blueberries and rasbs [homer drooling emoticon]

Lighthouse, Lighthouse, Lighthouse Were they nice and salty? And vinegary? How's? your arse after that lot? Mine would be in a bit of bother to say the least snigger...
Seriously though, meal planning. Well frankly it's a fucking bitch for me at the best of times. For Fucks Sake - I'm 36, I'm young but due to my wanton youth and having ds 1 aged 18, followed (somewhat less responsibly) by dts nine years later, I've stretched out the parenting (and yes a single mammy with two bastard exes) and have cooked a dinner every single bastard night for the past sixteen years.

I'm pig bloody sick of meal planning at the best of times so I feel your pain Fortunately my lovely dp is moving in at some point this year, and he's a fabulous cook and has many other talents

whooshy! can you believe it? I nearly passed out when I stepped on the scales this morning, I was so scared they'd have leapt back up overnight, but they'd gone down more Hallelujah it's a miracle! I'm so glad you're in this for the long run - my darling whooshy we can do this together! Do not hang your head, you have no need to be ashamed, and day by day we break the chains of habit that hold us to our barking piggy ways! And I second what BIWI says

steeleye that's the way it goes sometimes eh? we're all mostly still here....

monkey really sorry you've got such an awful thing happening to your friend - I think that's completely the right thing to do.

sarahbeeny's Thank you so much I'm bloody delighted. I had a personal goal to manage that one week, and now I have . And I am sad/glad you road tested those egg and spoons for us all - they've called to me a bit, and your post just put me off!

Thumb Elephant gone a bit wild? Nevermind, sometimes you gotta remind yourself what the things taste like, and more importantly, how it makes you feel afterwards. I did it to myself with some of the dcs easter eggs which I've been stashing for weeks now (I buy any different variety of mini eggs I see for the grand hunt!)

Oh and crabby - I always feel worse if I do one of those cheats, but hey ho, snowie has some excellent wise words there does she not? I also heard on the grapevine this thread that you're a mega hottie anyway so bugger it - a bit of cake's alright, specially the last bit of cake.

littlemiss why thank you you words resonate hugely for me - also, I have got zero stamina at the moment, I'm waiting for surgery on my ankle and have had to massively cut down on my exercise the past year due to repeated injury. My fitness is shocking at the minute - hills whilst at work are a nightmare, and my upper body feels weak. I got no oomph whilst lcing.....

Thanks so much notso hope you are snoozing back to health.

Everything what the heck is hickory smoke liquid? Do you just jiz it across meat or something?

Shit the bed what an epic post.

thenightsky most certainly not. Shit is heavy.

Trash you are on FIRE! So lovely that your DS1 came round and played the piano.

Argh! Have arranged with French research facility to provide me with salad/cheese rather than sandwiches. Hard boiled some eggs last night for this mornings early start. - then forgot to bring them. Chances of low carb food on the Eurostar?