Maintaining weight & cheaters confessional

[EvaTheOptimist]

Thanks to BIWI's bootcamp I've lost loads of weight. I'm determined not to put it all back on. So I am now consciously trying to maintain my new weight.

I finished the last bootcamp on 150.8lb. My aim is to stay below 11 stone (154lb). Since bootcamp I have weighed between 149lb and 151.6lb. I think this roughly counts as maintaining!

My plan or experiment is to see whether basically eating bootcamp style, but with 3-4 off-piste moments per week (eg chocolate, toast, special treat meal etc) will do the trick of maintaining.

Post here to share your experience of maintaining the low carb way.

Also feel free to confess any cheating here, offload and wail in a safe space!!

Trash 36 you young whippersnapper I'm 41

You know what though - thanks to this WOE you won't be "fat and forty". I was... but spent most of my 40th year on bootcamp. A year well spent to be normal BMI by the time of my 41st birthday.

Such good news about your DS's healing powers. How terrible though that the powers that be haven't yet moved him away from a place that is so unhealthy and unhelpful. Rage on your behalf Sounds like he is keeping mentally strong though, well done him.

Eva I've been reading up on changing the body's set point in the bodybuilder forums. The idea is that you do it gradually. So I dieted from 30%+ body fat to 25% but then I maintained for a while to establish that as my new set point. Now I have reduced it a bit to 24% body fat through compound exercises. The next step after this will be to use intermittent fasting to reduce my set point a bit more. The last phase will require intensive weightlifting exercise to build up more muscle. The whole process will take 2-3 years. What's most important though is that I'm doing something. I had years of the weight creeping on and my fitness level diminishing but now I'm going in the other direction. I really feel that it's the journey that's important, not the destination and whether or not I reach it.

Sayra.... my DH fancies you and wants to see you ' wank the pole' ...... just sayin'
Also to report I forgot to have any dinner last night as I stupidly downloaded all 8 previous series of '24' - having never watched it before....
DH and I and DD1 are in the '24' vortex...... we have watched 20 episodes in the evenings since Saturday.... its madnesss..... must stop... (trashy - I even forgot GOT !!!)
Have you teabags arrived yet sayra?
stunt - this is very very interesting about 'set point' - I think I would like to know more. can you point me in the right direction for more info?

peony

How can you forget GOT??

OMG coconut cream is lush - new notsoguilty pleasure

Coconut cream is delish. I've just been having it straight up -from the carton in a bowl. Not dreaming about having melted dark choc drizzled into it in a few weeks time, not me, hoh no siree

I found that coconut cream tastes like paint!

Omg sorry just realised I barged onto the wrong thread

I was looking for the current Bootcamp one. I feel like me nan now, all confuddled and a bit disoriented. Bless

Stunt you are inspirational. I certainly could feel much more ready to "let exercise into my life" than I did when I was larger. I've noticed that if I have to run for anything it is much easier, for example. I'm not quite mentally ready though!!

Sayra you have new admirers!

Peony you're almost doing 24 in real time.

Well I'm back on the straight and narrow. I got up at 6am this morning to try to beat into submission finish a really horrible report for work that has been blighting my life for a while. I have just finished it and sent it to my colleagues. Yay! While also crossing 8 other things off my to-do list Total Efficiency style, including getting the DC to choose their new school dinner options and delivering the fortnightly village newsletter to 35 houses in my road.

While all this has been going on, I have not had time to eat anything other than a low-carb breakfast and a low-carb lunch. I've not even had time to THINK about food. So I hope I can leave last night's weaknesses behind.

Taking a bit of a deep breath now as the afternoon and evening are lining up to be similarly manic.

I'm skiving in work - not had a lunchbreak - and went to the last page and Sayra you've got me into trouble when I burst out laughing at wank the pole - DH will sign me up immediately if he know that .

Welcome Holger I blame the madness on our new lc WOE but I think well I was we were all bonkers to start with.

Back to the grindstone

Notso my OH sits there watching the tv and ignoring me when I'm practicing! Unless of course he thinks he can have a shot and do it better than me which he can, the bastard

SirNoel don't worry, plenty of room here for everyone

Bloody hell eva sounds like you are very busy just now, hope you have a moments rest at some point

I'm nearly done Sayra... one more job of today to go!

Good lord look what I've missed! The return of the prodigal Trashy, saucy Sayra riding her pole... And that's only the briefest skim of the thread!

Will be back in the morning to read and catch up properly.

Hey Crabby I saw your 0.5lb loss on the other thread and wanted to say THAT'S MARVELLOUS - its the right direction - its a good amount - you go girl!

oh. my. christicle. no wonder I was feeling lacking in mojo. I have been sosoooo poorly. Monday night went down hill after GOT had a slightly gippy belly and raging fever. Then started with 'ejections' both ends simultaneously for the last 48 hours. Stomach cramps worse than anything I've ever known. Ended up with blood flecked vom liquor. Groo. I write from my aching sick bed - can think of no witty replies to the excellent banter, but love you all and will be back when I can see straight. Got anti sick pills and anti spasm pills from lovely dr. Dp still loves me despite me floundering naked to puke and shit every twenty mins.

Trash darling you have such an elegant way with words. I luffs reading your posts. Take care of yourself, I hope you feel better soon and the side effect of being so poorly is a hyuuuge weight loss that stays off. I had something similar earlier in the year and I found I needed something carby when I was on the mend so don't worry too much if all you want is some toast or something.

trashy darling ....
Keep sipping the water hun - 10mls every hour at least and increase as soon as you can .
Sounds horrid - hope it blows itself out soon
X

Rather than hand I meant !

Right I'm here!

Trashy darling sorry you're so poorly.

Just very quickly as pole practice tonight.

trashy feel better soon

Did an amazing move tonight, will post at some point .

Off tomorrow to PhD competition, I won our institute comp so need to go to national comp, don't want to but there is prize money!

Back Friday with longer replies.

Poor poor Trashy what torture and horror. Where on earth has this medieval bug come from to get you? I hope it is easing and you have stopped ejecting.

Crabby I love the idea of your restaurant but I feel we can't put you through it. The catering trade is a monster, I hear - you know, no days off, anti-social hours and all that. No, how about you become a High End Caterer - you can do the food for a few spectacular parties etc per year, but without the drudge?

I don't wish to tell you, but its becoming a daily off-piste emergency. I was given a box of chocolates yesterday evening, as a thank you. I couldn't even confess that here last night . On the other hand, I am now away for work, which has the upside that there's nothing carby around here right now (amazingly eh) to snack on. I have even arrived with my own packed breakfasts for the next 2 days (I have brought eggs, butter and mushrooms with me!). Lunch and dinner is provided and should be ok (will probably be quiche and salads for lunch (I just eat the inside of the quiche and leave the pastry)). So maybe I will regain the poise of the "low carb maintenance phase".

Sayra how brainy is a PhD competition! With prizes!! GOOD LUCK

Couldn't resist coming on this morning before I go, I really wanted to share these pictures with you. The one with two of us is called a Death Grip

And hope you all enjoy my nipple tassel one

Ahh, eva I should probably said it is a presentation/speaking competition so I have to give a 30 minute presentation and I am judged on that.

Hi all and thanks for the various welcomes

Well today I am clearly in the sort of mood that would normally require much carby compensation. I've been thinking about jam doughnuts all day long. It's a weird feeling having the psychological cravings for sugar without the physical cravings - Sort of wanting the idea of it but knowing that you don't actually want it.

I think it's also because I'm bored. It's my day off and I'm being spectacularly lazy so there's not been much to distract myself with.

I really would like a dough nut right now...

Hello my lovelies just a quicky as I've been having the week from hell worked until 11 last night and need to get stuck in again bastard auditors

Trashy hope you're well on your way to recovery, when you're feeling yuk just think of the weightloss. Do not pass it on to trashypup

Sayra you are amazing

Right need to take divadog new nn for psychopup for a walk, she ignored me this morning because I hadn't taken her out/made a fuss of her yesterday.

Oh lc stuff - been good but nearly succumbed to a danish pastry but brought one home for DH instead.

Disclaimer to any newbies I terrible for TMI so be warned

Bloody suspected food poisoning. (From Sundays pork curry that I picked at cold after leaving it out overnight like a knob head) Ended up in a & e on a bastard IV at five am this morning. Gawd, I do love a bc drama. Spirits rallying a bit now. Back home. Guts tender in the extreme but no longer threatening to rupture Alien style. I have a saint of a dp.... who has looked after me so amazingly.