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Low-carb bootcamp

Join discussions about low-carb bootcamp plans, meals and progress. Consider speaking to a medical professional before starting any diet.

May Low Carb Bootcamp - come and sign up here!

172 replies

BIWI · 02/05/2014 13:59

We start on Monday (or Tuesday if you want to, seeing as it's a Bank Holiday on Monday!)

Add your name to the list, then copy and paste so that we can create a list of names.

BIWI

OP posts:
Bugsylugs · 02/05/2014 22:15

Thank you

trashcanjunkie · 02/05/2014 22:53

BIWI
Hissy
NigellasGuest
Parsnipcake
teawithlemon
BeattieBow
DulcetMoans
Cockbollocks
Thumbwitch
RedlipsAndSlippers
Pistey
piscivorous
StuntNun
pregnantpause
Notsoskinnyminny
Arriety
SociallyAcceptableCookie
Petalsandstars
LadyWithLapdog
Maryz
Antimatter
pippitysqueakity
Ruprekt
Daisychicken
Twit
GuyMartinsSideburns
EmmaCB1
Lowcarbforthewin
MintyCoolMojito
ForeskinHyena
Overtheglasseslook
Velocirapture
theQuibbler
SingingTunelessly
angelinterceptor
Bugsylugs
Seri77
Suzymoo09
Ariadnestar
Colette
Fav
Trashcanjunkie

trashcanjunkie · 02/05/2014 22:53
Grin
Best1sWest · 02/05/2014 23:32

BIWI
Hissy
NigellasGuest
Parsnipcake
teawithlemon
BeattieBow
DulcetMoans
Cockbollocks
Thumbwitch
RedlipsAndSlippers
Pistey
piscivorous
StuntNun
pregnantpause
Notsoskinnyminny
Arriety
SociallyAcceptableCookie
Petalsandstars
LadyWithLapdog
Maryz
Antimatter
pippitysqueakity
Ruprekt
Daisychicken
Twit
GuyMartinsSideburns
EmmaCB1
Lowcarbforthewin
MintyCoolMojito
ForeskinHyena
Overtheglasseslook
Velocirapture
theQuibbler
SingingTunelessly
angelinterceptor
Bugsylugs
Seri77
Suzymoo09
Ariadnestar
Colette
Fav
Trashcanjunkie
Best1sWest

FelixFelix · 03/05/2014 06:45

Sorry can't spot and paste on the app. Can someone add me to the list? Smile

FelixFelix · 03/05/2014 06:45

Copy not spot!

Southsearocks · 03/05/2014 07:43

BIWI
Hissy
NigellasGuest
Parsnipcake
teawithlemon
BeattieBow
DulcetMoans
Cockbollocks
Thumbwitch
RedlipsAndSlippers
Pistey
piscivorous
StuntNun
pregnantpause
Notsoskinnyminny
Arriety
SociallyAcceptableCookie
Petalsandstars
LadyWithLapdog
Maryz
Antimatter
pippitysqueakity
Ruprekt
Daisychicken
Twit
GuyMartinsSideburns
EmmaCB1
Lowcarbforthewin
MintyCoolMojito
ForeskinHyena
Overtheglasseslook
Velocirapture
theQuibbler
SingingTunelessly
angelinterceptor
Bugsylugs
Seri77
Suzymoo09
Ariadnestar
Colette
Fav
Trashcanjunkie
Best1sWest
Southsearocks

Southsearocks · 03/05/2014 07:45

BIWI
Hissy
NigellasGuest
Parsnipcake
teawithlemon
BeattieBow
DulcetMoans
Cockbollocks
Thumbwitch
RedlipsAndSlippers
Pistey
piscivorous
StuntNun
pregnantpause
Notsoskinnyminny
Arriety
SociallyAcceptableCookie
Petalsandstars
LadyWithLapdog
Maryz
Antimatter
pippitysqueakity
Ruprekt
Daisychicken
Twit
GuyMartinsSideburns
EmmaCB1
Lowcarbforthewin
MintyCoolMojito
ForeskinHyena
Overtheglasseslook
Velocirapture
theQuibbler
SingingTunelessly
angelinterceptor
Bugsylugs
Seri77
Suzymoo09
Ariadnestar
Colette
Fav
Trashcanjunkie
Best1sWest
Southsearocks
FelixFelix

FelixFelix · 03/05/2014 07:47

Thank you south

Ohwhatfuckeryisthis · 03/05/2014 07:56

BIWI
Hissy
NigellasGuest
Parsnipcake
teawithlemon
BeattieBow
DulcetMoans
Cockbollocks
Thumbwitch
RedlipsAndSlippers
Pistey
piscivorous
StuntNun
pregnantpause
Notsoskinnyminny
Arriety
SociallyAcceptableCookie
Petalsandstars
LadyWithLapdog
Maryz
Antimatter
pippitysqueakity
Ruprekt
Daisychicken
Twit
GuyMartinsSideburns
EmmaCB1
Lowcarbforthewin
MintyCoolMojito
ForeskinHyena
Overtheglasseslook
Velocirapture
theQuibbler
SingingTunelessly
angelinterceptor
Bugsylugs
Seri77
Suzymoo09
Ariadnestar
Colette
Fav
Trashcanjunkie
Best1sWest
Southsearocks
FelixFelix
Ohwhatfuckeryisthis

I got scales and everyfink!

slimsoon · 03/05/2014 08:07

BIWI
Hissy
NigellasGuest
Parsnipcake
teawithlemon
BeattieBow
DulcetMoans
Cockbollocks
Thumbwitch
RedlipsAndSlippers
Pistey
piscivorous
StuntNun
pregnantpause
Notsoskinnyminny
Arriety
SociallyAcceptableCookie
Petalsandstars
LadyWithLapdog
Maryz
Antimatter
pippitysqueakity
Ruprekt
Daisychicken
Twit
GuyMartinsSideburns
EmmaCB1
Lowcarbforthewin
MintyCoolMojito
ForeskinHyena
Overtheglasseslook
Velocirapture
theQuibbler
SingingTunelessly
angelinterceptor
Bugsylugs
Seri77
Suzymoo09
Ariadnestar
Colette
Fav
Trashcanjunkie
Best1sWest
Southsearocks
FelixFelix
Ohwhatfuckeryisthis
slimsoon

feesh · 03/05/2014 08:51

BIWI
Hissy
NigellasGuest
Parsnipcake
teawithlemon
BeattieBow
DulcetMoans
Cockbollocks
Thumbwitch
RedlipsAndSlippers
Pistey
piscivorous
StuntNun
pregnantpause
Notsoskinnyminny
Arriety
SociallyAcceptableCookie
Petalsandstars
LadyWithLapdog
Maryz
Antimatter
pippitysqueakity
Ruprekt
Daisychicken
Twit
GuyMartinsSideburns
EmmaCB1
Lowcarbforthewin
MintyCoolMojito
ForeskinHyena
Overtheglasseslook
Velocirapture
theQuibbler
SingingTunelessly
angelinterceptor
Bugsylugs
Seri77
Suzymoo09
Ariadnestar
Colette
Fav
Trashcanjunkie
Best1sWest
Southsearocks
FelixFelix
Ohwhatfuckeryisthis
slimsoon
Feesh

WhooshFuckerFairy · 03/05/2014 08:55

I got overlooked due to a cross post ! Can anyone add me please ......
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LittleMissDisorganized · 03/05/2014 09:44

BIWI
Hissy
NigellasGuest
Parsnipcake
teawithlemon
BeattieBow
DulcetMoans
Cockbollocks
Thumbwitch
RedlipsAndSlippers
Pistey
piscivorous
StuntNun
pregnantpause
Notsoskinnyminny
Arriety
SociallyAcceptableCookie
Petalsandstars
LadyWithLapdog
Maryz
Antimatter
pippitysqueakity
Ruprekt
Daisychicken
Twit
GuyMartinsSideburns
EmmaCB1
Lowcarbforthewin
MintyCoolMojito
ForeskinHyena
Overtheglasseslook
Velocirapture
theQuibbler
SingingTunelessly
angelinterceptor
Bugsylugs
Seri77
Suzymoo09
Ariadnestar
Colette
Fav
Trashcanjunkie
Best1sWest
Southsearocks
FelixFelix
Ohwhatfuckeryisthis
slimsoon
Feesh
WhooshFuckerFairy
LittleMissDisorganized

StreetSussSerenade · 03/05/2014 10:30

BIWI
Hissy
NigellasGuest
Parsnipcake
teawithlemon
BeattieBow
DulcetMoans
Cockbollocks
Thumbwitch
RedlipsAndSlippers
Pistey
piscivorous
StuntNun
pregnantpause
Notsoskinnyminny
Arriety
SociallyAcceptableCookie
Petalsandstars
LadyWithLapdog
Maryz
Antimatter
pippitysqueakity
Ruprekt
Daisychicken
Twit
GuyMartinsSideburns
EmmaCB1
Lowcarbforthewin
MintyCoolMojito
ForeskinHyena
Overtheglasseslook
Velocirapture
theQuibbler
SingingTunelessly
angelinterceptor
Bugsylugs
Seri77
Suzymoo09
Ariadnestar
Colette
Fav
Trashcanjunkie
Best1sWest
Southsearocks
FelixFelix
Ohwhatfuckeryisthis
slimsoon
Feesh
WhooshFuckerFairy
LittleMissDisorganized
StreetSussSerenade

BIWI · 03/05/2014 10:30

Prepare to be challenged!

The first two weeks of Bootcamp will challenge you - it's not called Bootcamp for nothing!

If you've never low carbed before, the two things that generally shock and worry people are not being able to eat fruit and having to eat large quantities of fat. This goes against everything we have been told for the last 30 years or so.

We don't eat fruit (not in the first two weeks anyway) because essentially fruit is sugar. There are obviously important nutrients in fruit, but you can get those from vegetables - and vegetables (generally) contain a lot less sugar. And on Bootcamp, we are trying not only to significantly reduce the amount of sugar we consume, we're also trying to break our desire for sweet things.

What you will find, I promise, is that once you're into the low carb swing of things, that your tastes do change. You'll start to taste the inherent sweetness of foods that at the moment you wouldn't describe as such. It's very common for people, after a while, to decide they're going to 'treat' themselves with some kind of sweet treat, only to find when they do, that it really doesn't taste like they remembered it, and that it's unbearably sweet.

One of the worrying things, IMVHO, about fruit, is how often it's used as a snack. For us as well as for our children. We do it because we believe it's healthy and better for us than a biscuit. But actually, all we're doing is dumping a load of sugar into our blood stream. Which is what eating a biscuit would do.

On a low carb diet it's important to eat lots of fat. The proportions of food we should be eating are switched round completely from the current (advised by the Government) carbohydrate:protein:fat, to fat:protein:carbohydrate. Fat is not bad for you (apart from transfats, which are horrible things), and the claimed link between saturated fat and coronary heart disease has not been proven.

here's a really interesting piece by Andreas Eenfeldt, MD showing that under test conditions, the low fat diet had to be discontinued on ethical grounds!

Fat is good for you - our brains are mainly fat, and it's good for your skin. It also, very importantly, doesn't provoke an insulin response - and it's the insulin release that ultimately is responsible for the body laying down fat. Carbs provoke a large amount of insulin to be released and protein causes a little bit - but fat doesn't produce any. So eating fat does not make you fat!

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ImSoOverIt · 03/05/2014 11:06

BIWI
Hissy
NigellasGuest
Parsnipcake
teawithlemon
BeattieBow
DulcetMoans
Cockbollocks
Thumbwitch
RedlipsAndSlippers
Pistey
piscivorous
StuntNun
pregnantpause
Notsoskinnyminny
Arriety
SociallyAcceptableCookie
Petalsandstars
LadyWithLapdog
Maryz
Antimatter
pippitysqueakity
Ruprekt
Daisychicken
Twit
GuyMartinsSideburns
EmmaCB1
Lowcarbforthewin
MintyCoolMojito
ForeskinHyena
Overtheglasseslook
Velocirapture
theQuibbler
SingingTunelessly
angelinterceptor
Bugsylugs
Seri77
Suzymoo09
Ariadnestar
Colette
Fav
Trashcanjunkie
Best1sWest
Southsearocks
FelixFelix
Ohwhatfuckeryisthis
slimsoon
Feesh
WhooshFuckerFairy
LittleMissDisorganized
StreetSussSerenade
ImSoOverIt

BIWI · 03/05/2014 11:14

I don't know if any of you have discovered the MN pages about low carbing (click on the life and style tab at the top of the page) - but if you have a read here there's lots of information about low carbing and how it works

OP posts:
ImSoOverIt · 03/05/2014 11:57

Ok peeps, first day of low carbing and about to go on a 7 mile run. Let's see if that don't deplete my glycogen stores and get things going! Grin

weaseleyes · 03/05/2014 13:13

Ok, I'm in (from Tuesday - wuss!)

BIWI
Hissy
NigellasGuest
Parsnipcake
teawithlemon
BeattieBow
DulcetMoans
Cockbollocks
Thumbwitch
RedlipsAndSlippers
Pistey
piscivorous
StuntNun
pregnantpause
Notsoskinnyminny
Arriety
SociallyAcceptableCookie
Petalsandstars
LadyWithLapdog
Maryz
Antimatter
pippitysqueakity
Ruprekt
Daisychicken
Twit
GuyMartinsSideburns
EmmaCB1
Lowcarbforthewin
MintyCoolMojito
ForeskinHyena
Overtheglasseslook
Velocirapture
theQuibbler
SingingTunelessly
angelinterceptor
Bugsylugs
Seri77
Suzymoo09
Ariadnestar
Colette
Fav
Trashcanjunkie
Best1sWest
Southsearocks
FelixFelix
Ohwhatfuckeryisthis
slimsoon
Feesh
WhooshFuckerFairy
LittleMissDisorganized
StreetSussSerenade
ImSoOverIt
Weaseleyes

BIWI · 03/05/2014 13:22

Just been for a run - haven't been running for 6 months, so was chuffed to manage 15 minutes/2.3K

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LegoSuperstar · 03/05/2014 14:09

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ImSoOverIt · 03/05/2014 14:45

Nice one biwi. Think you're managing a better pace than me - I did 7 Miles in 1hr 20 - I too am out if practice and plodding was the only way I could last the distance!

GatoradeMeBitch · 03/05/2014 14:51

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jumpinghoops · 03/05/2014 15:11

I also can't seem to c&p the list on my tablet, I'd be really grateful if someone could add me to the list...

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