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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Low-carb bootcamp
Week 3 - Low Carb Bootcamp - the hard work is over!
BIWI · 19/05/2014 07:07
Morning everyone! Thanks for the thread BIWI 
I'm 2lb up this week. Ho hum!
I'm currently in the process of trying to work out what works and doesn't work for me and I think I can safely say that last week didn't work!
I'm starting to be pretty sure that I haven't had enough salt all the way through BC. My exercise tolerance has never picked up since having carb flu in January and that must be wrong. Every run feels like I've hit the wall/bonked and of course keto adaptation should have sorted that out.
So this week:
Über camp in the week. Supplement with vegetable bouillon, fish oils and magnesium.
I may do BCL at the weekend but we'll see!
NB: a BPC and a cup of stock makes a good hangover cure 
Happy week 3 folks!
monkey in the nicest possible way, you are not allowed to be fed up. You've had the most phenomenal loss! Keep on keeping on
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Morning all. Celebrated the end of the first two weeks with a gin two massive ones and subsequently have a slight headache raging hangover
scales the same, but am doing mad weights at mo !
Morning all, 2lb off and its sunny 
Staying on bootcamp... If it ain't broken, don't fix it!
Hurrah, lost the 3lbs I put on during my holiday (week 1 of bootcamp) so now on week 3 I'm exactly where I was at the start
To those who aren't losing/getting fed up, have you tried cutting out dairy? I have been trying to eat this way for a few months now (though not as strict as bootcamp) and cut out dairy for a few weeks to see what would happen. I started to lose weight again. I was using a lot of cream, Greek yog and haloumi. Another thing I noticed was that once I cut out dairy (not butter) I no longer felt the need to snack.
thanks Jimmy - I am going to try that this week. But first I'm going to have strawberries & cream shared with DD.
Then I will stop stamping my feet & not have any more dairy & be uber strict. Think AF is due which is not helping ( did actually cry on the scales 
). Also I started this about 1/2 stone above my normal set weight so in a stupid part of my head the first half stone isn't 'real' weight, and my failure to lose it stings all the more.
Morning!
2 lb loss for me, very happy with that and I've lost 5,2 lb overall.
I'm going to stick to bc in the week and go lite at the weekend.
All my sugar cravings have gone which is weird but lovely. We went on a long bike ride yesterday which usually means cake and carb fest and instead I had a prawn salad drenched in mayo.
Congratulations to the lossers and wishing the whosh to those waiting.
Thanks heaps Biwi
Just got to work and the first person to see me asked if I had lost weight!
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