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!!

Hope you feel better soon tcj

Tsk. Always with the attention-seeking, trash can

It won't be as good as you think Holger. Before I LC'd my fave carby treat was chips and curry sauce. When I had it after I'd started low carbing it tasted the same but it didn't fulfil that desperate carb craving. So while I enjoyed my carby twat treat, it just wasn't as nice as it used to be. I think I've had curry chips once since then but without the carb addiction they don't do it for me any more.

Yes stunt that's what I've been telling myself. It's not a true craving, it's just my mind falling back to its old coping mechanism. I got busy and mowed the front lawn which helped :-)

Thanks notso

Aww trashy you poor wee soul, I hope you are feeling better soon, sounds horrible if you ended up in A&E. I think that slight carbiness to get meds down is fine. If you are feeling that shit then eating anything you fancy is the best thing to do I think. GET WELL SOON

Well competition went ok but I didn't win so there was obviously something wrong with the judges . Though winning is not such a great prize, yeah you get money but you have to do another presentation!

Well done for avoiding the doughnuts holger you wouldn't have liked it anyway.

Right. Feeling.... not terrible [weak smile] and will attempt to do a 'catch up post'

Thanks for the lovely love still codeine waffling I managed to have four hours uninterrupted sleep last night. Bloody bliss. Was filled with really fucking odd dreams though. Am still in belly hell if meds wear off so just keeping them ticking over for the next 48 hours which is when the hospital said the cramps should be going/gone (pleads to the seven gods )

I am so glad this threads here eva and everyone - I still can only skim read the other one and I can post my off piste eating snigger So, since Monday, or what I shall now and forever refer to as 'Black Arse Monday' ......

On Tuesday (at this point there had been night sweating and feeling slightly gippy in the belly dept) I ate three celebrations, two malteaster bars and a cadburys jelly bean dairy milk

Although I have no defense for this, I had been to work (dog walking so no human germ worries) and was on my knees, still had to shop for dcs tea and packed lunch stuff plus do school run. So, head spinning I indulged 9very gingerly) in the choc fest. Felt too ill to drive home and come back out at school pick up, so parked outside school and listened to radio four for 45 mins til kids came out. (Bloody silly as I live ten mins walk from school, but I didn't think I had it in me to walk up the stairs of my first floor flat and then back down again, get back in the car and drive some more iyswim. It was a beautiful day though, and the cherry trees around the school grounds are so beautiful. It felt tranquil as fuck.

The dcs wanted to go to the little park at the end of the school road, and were so canny about me feeling rotten. They were like 'we'll just go to the park and see you at home in a couple of hours'. I could have cried! My friend lives opposite the park and is emergency mammy if needs be, so they are about as safe as possible.

I went straight home to bed and lay shivering like a twat, wondering how I could teach nine year olds to cook fresh pasta on the hob . I decided that was a bridge too far and was mentally debating what would be harder... cooking it myself, or sending them to my lovely neighbour (dc same age) with it! Fortune, however smiled upon me once again! On their way home my dcs bumped into ds1, who heard I was poorly and came to see if I needed help! He cooked tea for them and cleaned the kitchen! By that point dp had arrived at mine to see how I was and he's a love so I just had my terrible body to deal with, and the dcs daddy took them from school the next day, and has hung on to them whilst I recover.

I ate a slice of toast and marmite and half a can of heinz chicken noodle soup on wednesday, (fucking gross, do not get why body felt I needed that ) but kept nowt down, and yesterday after back from hosp I opened a pack of hula hoops and ate a couple when I took codeine kept that down cos I'd had the anti vom iv

Managed about three spoons of chick nood soup last night but gave up.

Ooh and tea with milk and manuka honey for the antibacterial properties

Now, on the plus side, I have drunk plenty water and it's stayed down, and the scales are down four or five pounds, so every cloud and all that

Oh dear, mega post without even a name check! back later to do more than SMS.

Oh my absolute goodness..... What a nightmare ! A&E trips, black monday ...... eruptions from both ends... sounds hideous. Dp1 sounds fab and helpful ( so glad he has healed well catching up from previous post)
Now rest and rest some more - I bet that trashpup is good for a few sofa snuggles.
All ok here - Peonypup and siblings survived dramatic vet visit and now we wait until he is ready to leave his Mummy - we think 1-2 weeks to go.

Oh yeay that's fantastic news! In my selfishness I had forgotten

very excited for you

God Trash you don't do things by half and pink poo was way TMI .

Sayra judges don't know nowt SIL's now a prof but after she finished her PhD she had loads of jollies around the world with a bit of lecturing on the side.

Going to get off here and read my book in the sun and in peace because the screaming brats next door are out. I'm sorely tempted to throw killerkat's offerings 3 blackbirds yesterday over the fence and hope they land on the bastard trampoline so they won't want to go on it, I'm not joking they were still out screaming at 8.30 last night and the oldest is only 7

Aw sayra bugger those old cunt judges.

Sorry notso - and did I make this up or have you graduated psychopup to Divadog? She was in my dreams last night

Tee hee I'm feeling a bit better today. Stopped all meds now! Yippee. Couldn't resist weighing this am. Lowest in a long time unsurprising at 105 kilos. I must try to eat some actual food today though.

Thinking dp might have to hunt and gather some bones and do me a broth of some type, but the selfish bastard is claiming to be ill now fatigue due to staying up late and predisposition to anxiousness

Also, correct me if I'm wrong, but do yours dps fade in strength if not stroked frequently? I have been unable to bear touch for days now and I think it's killing him. He keeps flopping down next to me and trying to cuddle up, and I have to keep rejecting him. Poor idiot. He's also had it in the neck from me for leg twitching and over zealous sniffing (allergy kick off) He spent yesterday evening in frozen terror with tissue paper hanging out of his nostrils as I was getting properly cross about it! I sort of feel sorry for him, but mainly think he's being a stupid prick because how many fucking times must I say the same thing? Don't bug me, jog me or touch me til I don't want to shit myself when I move. Oh and that sniffing is a) not helping you, you're doing it every five seconds and it's only serving to irritate the lining of your nasal passages... and b) It's nearly a fucking dealbreaker

Ok... disclaimer, I definitely have cabin fever and grumpiness, but I'm still right

*your not yours

Trash psychopup was 3 this week so I've renamed her - shibas are really cats in a dog's body and she gives our moggies a run for their money when it comes to fussiness - muddy puddles are for humans to walk through and she refuses to go out when it rains . I got her a new harness for her birthday because her other one had a stiff chestplate and her look said "you expect me to wear that" as I wrestled her into it and she stood like a statue refusing to walk and wouldnt even take a liver sausage treat and she eats everything. DD got her a squeaky ball exactly the same as her others but not red so she refuses to play with it.

DH does my head in when I'm not well. I was on my own with the kids for nearly 10 years and even when they were little they knew if I had a migraine to leave me but I get one now and the bastard keeps coming in, putting the light on and asking if I'm ok usually after he's woke me up rowing with DS who's telling him to stay out of the room. Even after 6 yrs he hasn't learnt that when I'm not well I sleep. I'll end up murdering him if I have a lupus flare touchwood not had one for 8 yrs what part of I don't do fuss don't you understand??. The kids are hardly ever ill but when they are they go to bed but when he gets a cold we all suffer and he's another who doesn't blow his fucking nose 'because tissues hurt' - it must be a man thing!

DH ate a burger today. It was inna bun and everyfing! Bad DH.

Oh Trash you have been in the wars. I hope you are feeling better. I'm going to join you lot, I can't commit to bootcamp this time. I want to lose a bit more weight but my goal is not to put any on. I had put a few pounds on. I started the latest bootcamp and have lost about 4lbs BUT I bought new scales and the new scales are 6lbs heavier than the old ones!!!!! So my plan is to stick to bootcamp light when I am not doing anything special. We shall see if it works. Planning to get a bit of muscle tone back as well.

I haven't forgotten you all - just madness going on in RL. When the children outnumber the adults it all goes pearshaped

Sooooo hear you on the DP's irritating ill syndrome. Mine is for sale completely - Sayra can you have him for a bit ? ( and did the tea bags arrive - posted last Monday ...?)

Yesterday it was glorious and we in the SOuth West - just migrate to one of the nearest beaches.... its just part of my instinctive behaviour - I need to get my fix of hearing and smelling the sea... brings myself back from a mad trance BUT none of the nearest beaches are particularly accessible and with DD3 it is a bit of a physically feat to get down to them, with stuff kitchen sink comes to mind and get back... Often means DD3 needs "a carry Daddy" up a steep cliff path...

Okey doke - so DH at the last minute says " I have a cold - I can't make it ". DD3 already excited.... so off I go. Needless to say , it Was beautiful actually on the beach - BUT I nearly killed myself getting everything back.... BAckpack on back, DD3 on front up a 2 mile steep track/ steps etc... and all he could say when I got back was - did you bring anything " at all" to help me ? and THEN proceed to fucking sniff the madest loudest sniff in the world - the ones last make me want to suffocate him in his sleep..... for the whole evening and cough .. IN MY EAR... all night.. aaagghhh.

and now..... today.... he's got up and.... GONE CYCLING.... aaagghhh.

I am pure - I have been " on it".

I did read trashy your tips on the other thread and I think they are useful for me to - I had grasped and realised the snacking and portion size thing was an issue for me pork scratchings are gone from the house and I knew but had forgotten about sipping water ( although I do remember getting paranoid about lip wrinkles on the last BC !!), but I think I maybe overdo the veg.... so am going to try that.

I have not weighed as feeling like my muscles are bursting from so much weights/ gym work - but I feel fab.

What else...
Oh yes - Biwi you have my renewed and complete respect... I don't know how you do the BC's . I have lost the strength to keep up with the new BC thread - I can read it but then have run out of time to reply - let alone answer questions like you are doing. Hats off to you.

Aah it's kind of good in a sick way to hear other peoples frighteningly similar fuckwitt dps (normally caring sentient and otherwise excellent people I hasten to add)

I have been sooo grumpy with him though! I am never like that usually. I was even feeling grumpy at a boot camper! Not any of us, but just a person who is repeatedly not following the rules, posting her cheating and then whinging, not wanting to take BIWI and others advice and then tarantara-ing about how great she's looking, and asking inane questions which demonstrate she hasn't read any of the bloody rules. I actually considered pm-ing her

Then I remembered I am a crabby cow at the mo, and I could just ignore her posts.

peony that beach episode sounds lovely although you paid in flesh! We have amazing coastline here, so we are spoiled, but it's not the same as down south, were you actually know that on a hot day, it's also gonna be hot at the beach.... It sometimes is, but no guarantee. But we are hardy bastards who get in the sea even when there's chunks of ice (albeit in wetsuit at those points) Dp is regularly in surfing over the winter at Tynemouth as that's when the swells best.

I ate food again today! I had a small bowl of lidls greek yog, and a cup of rooibos with a slither of lemon in. Manna I tell you. Fucking Manna.

Back in bed again now as still weaky mc weak kins. Going to have a leetle snooze then we are going outside for some air....... (please do not shit shelf)

Is everybody else still here? Are we all alive? Can I have some kind off roll call sound off so I don't feel too much like cillian murphy in 28 days later?

I looooooove you all

Where not were. Bah.

oh fuck it there's typos - I apologise

peony how can I refuse to take your DH for a while, you make him sound wonderful No teabags yet, hopefully they arrive soon. I will let you know when they get here

It does seem quite quiet doesn't it trashy I was worried I had scared everyone off with my nipple tassel pictures or maybe it was you with your TMI post about food poisoning

More likely explanation is that they all have real lifes and are busy doing something. I am off out for a walk with OH so will be back later.

I've been away in Real Life... Its not the nipple tassels Sayra. Just work and then falling asleep early evening both Friday and Saturday night. And being out on Saturday morning and full-on kid-bothering Saturday afternoon. And housework this morning. And not switching on my computer that whole time!!

Trash so sorry you've been so ill! Ouch your poor bum. What a LETHAL pork curry! Your DS1 sounds so lovely, coming back to cook for his siblings. Who cares what you needed to eat to get you through all this.

Holger I know all about craving carby food even if you suspect it won't hit the spot. Glad you can shout about it here!

Sayra sorry you didn't get the right judges!

Oooer Notso I have dermatomyositis which is "on the same spectrum" as lupus. I have a sneaking suspicion that the symptoms are alleviated by eating low-carb, for me the symptoms have all gradually got better since I've been eating low-carb.

Hello Please!! Not putting weight on is the official goal around here. having a natter is the unofficial goal

By the way Peony and Trash - yes. Sniffing is a deal-breaker. I can't bear it.

Well!! Some of you would not be very proud of me, because as the work event last week went on, the resistance to carbs went down. Until I was eating some sort of carby cheese slice and rhubarb cake for my tea on the train on the way home on Friday night, and hating myself for eating it too.

A grip has now been got. I have stayed low-carb since Saturday morning. Back to the new normal!! I am much too a-feared to step on the scales so I will just stay low-carb all week before I dare. Then we'll see how this "maintaining" stuff is going ha ha.

WTAF? Where are the nipple tassles? Are they in the picture I couldn't load! Bastard

Yippee evas home - dirty slice eatin' stop out.

I rinsed poor dp again today. Bless him, the man is in terror next door afraid to fucking breathe.

His dog shat liquid on my concrete balcony in the middle of the night. Not a problem, it's a huge balcony, runs the length of the flat, and serves as an upstairs 'back yard' - It's been invaluable for toilet training the trash pup. Until this morning, when I couldn't let her out as the liquid turds were there. The whole thing needed to be completely hosed and disinfected, which I said I would do - there was a healthy dose of puppy piss around the corners, but I sent dp out to clean up his dogs mess beforehand. He got snarky when raised an eyebrow at his proposed cleaning methods (He'd dropped sawdust on it first thing too) so I left him to it. Bear in mind, I am still having stomach cramping whenever I have to stand up, and have eaten two meals since Monday, and I have already had to go shopping to Lidls with him today.

Whilst he was 'cleaning' his dogs shit, I was wrestling the stupid universal hose thing onto the bathroom tap to connect the hose up. As I came to hose the balcony (which has a drain outlet across my neighbours front fucking step) I see that he has in fact, simply smeared the dogshit thinly across a larger surface area.

I was pretty fucking livid - and it must have shown in my expression, cos he left pretty sharpish to take the dogs out for a walk.

I said I was fed up of him being fuckwitty and doing half arsed fuckwitt stuff when he got back. The poor fell is next door trying to not sulk, and think about why I may have said that.

I am starting to see the funny side now, and hopefully he and I will have a little snigger about it later.

After 'shitfest' I (washed thoroughly) and made myself a lovely green salad with radishes and toms and some crayfish tails.

Suffering a bit for it with more spasms, but it's all progress here!

Oh, yeah - sorry if TMI

I don't know trash I posted three new photos a few days ago...maybe you were on the toilet/in bed and didn't see them?

Lovely shitty balcony

OH and I had a nice walk but we nearly got blown away at the top of the hill! It was sheltered on the way up but very windy on the top (just looked, it was 573m)

I found them sayra they're excellent you cheeky minx.

Balcony is clean as a whistle. Dp has re-named me 'oscarlina' (my rl name ends with lina and he tells me oscar is the grumpy one from Sesame Street.

We have giggled together at me calling his actions fuckwitty over dinner, which was...

Another dressed green salad - does anyone know why I'm craving them for every meal?

A thing from lidl freezer - sounds grim, was very decent and there's at least two or three portions left... 'wild chum salmon' basically a wacking great fillet of wild(?) salmon with provoncale herbs dumped on top scraped mine off cos too herby cost £4.99

Reading and catching up with this on Minday am ! Laughing at the trashhouse antics !
Back later - in RL have builders in to put up a new ceiling in the kitchen sounds mess free? and at work I am interviewing all day . And is DD1's 17th bday today - wow ! I have nearly grown a whole adult person - amazing !
Had 2 large massive gins last night .... First drink for weeks .... Now - hangover !