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 all! Very impressed with all the fantastic losses.
3.5lbs on here, but expected and deserved as I was away on business. Starting 3 days of my own version of Ubercamp (no dairy, no caffeine, several swimming pool's worth of water), followed by proper Bootcamp.
Amazingly, having been off the leash last week, I honestly think my lifelong addiction to sugar is broken. 
That alone is worth all the hard work.
Morning all,
Big commiserations to those struggling, I have stood in your shoes and cried those tears of frustration.
The way I thought myself out of it, was by trying convincing myself I was no longer Trashcan, and being a 'scientist' instead (I may have adopted an Einstein-y type inner monologue 
) and I looked at the 'variables' of the previous week, and how I would 'tweak' them to achieve what I wanted. It eventually works.
I won't pretend I didn't want to stab something some most weeks when I didn't lose or gained. I put on half a stone when I started in Jan. It's ultimately about putting in the right things at the right times in the right amounts, and avoiding fuck it moments as they fuck your whole week.
Also remember a big loss carries over for weeks sometimes. You want to average about 2lbs weekly or less if you're close to goal. Anything more is unsustainable imo.
I also use the thread to try and re-learn, listened to my intuition - which was often right, but sometimes way out of wack.
Here I am now and since Jan when I hit almost 18 stone, I am 16.5lbs today (albeit with a little food poisoning this week, but hey ho)
Congratulations losers! o chuffed for everyone who's had success this week!
Thanks again BIWI you're a web lege
And sayra for the spready updating! Oh, and a word on people 'noticing'
I lost 5 stone or so after I ballooned at uni. At first I had to tell everybody about how my diet was the way forward (lc then too). Then I naturally tailed off with the preaching, but still wanted people to see I was changing/slimming. Eventually I realised that I needed to say nothing, as the results would be too obvious.
Sure enough, a couple of stone off and the comments started. Lovely. Fast forward six months, and they kept coming, except it was a bit embarrassing now. It was all people said when they saw me. Then some where downright rude - not intentionally, but they'd say things like here she is, skinny minny etc. It became hard to tolerate. Try and hols on to the fact you're doing this for yourself only, and what other people think and say, uninvited, is of no importance!
Thanks trashcan. I really want to keep going so that in a few months/years this will be just a blip and a distant memory. 
Morning everyone, another 2lb down again this week for me . Congrats to everyone who has lost, commiserations to those who are struggling.
I'm now technically on week 10 of doing bootcamp and can confirm what others have said in that sometimes you may see a stall or even a gain, especially in the next few weeks, but if you stick with it that will pass and the loss will pick up again. For me it was in week 6 rather than 3-5 which was a bit of a surprise to me as I wasn't expecting it but things did start moving again. Just keep going an maybe tweak things a little bit, make sure you're getting enough water, try reducing dairy and really concentrate on what you're eating. It can be easy sometimes to cheat without realising or just have something carby thinking 'one won't hurt' but if you aren't completely adapted to low carb it can re-set everything and you effectively end up having to start over, much easier to just say no in the long run 
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I stayed the same this week despite being super careful 
However, I do feel healthy eating this way and I'm not really hungry so I will continue for another few weeks and see if the whoosh fairy visits (& hope TOTM is contributing to me holding onto some weight)
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morning losers!
just 1lb off here which i'm a little disappointed with tbh, i know i haven't had enough water this weekend though i haven't knowingly cheated, nor touched a drop of alcohol...
going to stay on bootcamp too, and maybe look at reducing dairy, which will be nigh on impossible as i could live on cheese alone. will be stricter about water intake and just keep on keeping on i suppose - congratulations to all who have had big losses and commiserations to those who have stalled/put on - the trend is our friend
jimmycorkhill 
I have just made that mayonnaise! Have been really missing it and it tastes amazing and actually looks like mayo, am delighted and am going to have it on my salad at lunch and my salmon this evening and my eggs for breakfast and my....[insert every meal name]
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