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Low-carb bootcamp

Week 3 - Low Carb Bootcamp - the hard work is over!

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BIWI · 19/05/2014 07:07

Morning all!

Well done everyone for getting through the first two weeks. Still a bit of carb flu around by the sound of it though. Remember it's really important to keep your electrolyte levels up, with all the water that we're drinking. This means plenty of salt!

I know we're all told to keep the salt down, but it's (yet another) thing when you're low carbing that runs counter to expectations. Cook with it, and put it on your food.

Here's a really good post about salt and why we need it

As well as sodium, we also need magnesium and potassium - salmon, spinach, avocado and (full fat) natural yoghurt are all good.

Bootcamp Light

So now, if you want to, you can move on to Bootcamp Light. The rules for this are on the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

(Oh, and don't forget [[www.mumsnet.com/bootcamp the Weight Tracker as well)

Essentially the differences are that you can, if you want, start to skip breakfast if you're not hungry - I know that lots of people have problems with eating first thing. By now you should have stabilised your blood sugar levels, so if you're not hungry in the morning (or at any other time of the day) you don't have to force yourself to eat. Just make sure you don't end up ravenous later on and without anything appropriately low carb to eat!

You can introduce some fruit - berries or rhubarb only (although bear in mind that rhubarb will need to be sweetened, which will mean using an artificial sweetener; stevia is probably the best one to use - brands are PureVia or Truvia.) But be careful not to go mad - it's an occasional thing, and in moderation!

Similarly with nuts and seeds. These can be introduced now as snacks, but go easy. They can quickly add lots of carbs to your diet. Almonds and macadamias are the lowest in carbs. And if in doubt, check the carb count on the back of the packet

And you can also introduce alcohol, but with the same warnings about moderation! Spirits like vodka and gin are the best, as these are low carb - drink them with sparkling water or - if you have to - slimline tonic. Champagne, dry white and red wine are allowed, but these do have carbs, so go easy.

The week 3 (or 4, or 5) stall

PLEASE NOTE! IT IS VERY, VERY COMMON FOR WEIGHT LOSS TO STOP ALTOGETHER AT THIS POINT.

This is to do with your body switching from carb-burning to fat-burning - StuntNun posted a really good post about this last week, I think, and I'll ask her to re-post. It is entirely normal and doesn't signal that you're doing anything wrong.

However - you may feel, knowing this, that you want to stay on Bootcamp for a bit longer. There is no problem doing that, as long as you are getting your carbs from vegetables and salad. You may want to consider doing Bootcamp during the week and Bootcamp Light at the weekend.

So good luck everyone! Here's to another good week

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Thumbwitch · 25/05/2014 17:28

I'mSo - I don't know that I have any useful advice, but I have had a hypo after doing an evening of low-impact, high repetition circuit/weight training whilst on a "diet" - years ago, when I was cox for a ladies' rowing crew, and our coach suggested I drop a few lbs. I used to train with them for solidarity but not put in the same amount of strength work (I didn't need to and muscle weighs too much!) - anyway, I'd clearly used up all my glycogen and sugar stores and had this whopping hypo at work. There's me in the loos, green and grey and clammy, and a woman who was borderline diabetic found me, recognised what it was, and gave me sugar cubes and water. OBVIOUSLY this is not good for lowcarbing, but it worked bloody quick - in less than 10 minutes, I'd say, I felt myself coming back to normal and could go back to work. Soooo - you might consider glucose tablets a little before your run, because you're going to use up all that absorbed sugar pretty immediately, aren't you, it's not going to hang around - it'll break ketosis, but get you through the run.

I'm really not doing well at this, this time around - and to cap it all, DS1 has had a viral gastric bug (that's been doing the rounds in his class) all weekend and Muggins here has been the one looking after him and cleaning up. DH sort of helped by taking DS2 into his bed, so that I didn't have to deal with him AS WELL, but in reality, it just meant that DH could go back to sleep and leave me to be the one who was up until gone 4:30am, which is when DS1 stopped throwing up. Grrr.
Anyway. I do this WOE when I can, and slip too much, so am doubtless not in ketosis but still happy not to be eating so many carbs - will, at some point, manage to get past all my shit and get back on it properly.

I never realised I had an emotional eating problem before - over emotional ishoos used to reduce my appetite, but things have obviously changed over the years!