Week 9 - Low Carb Bootcamp - the final countdown

[BIWI]

Morning campers!

You all know the drill by now - here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness or the Weight Tracker

I hope that the scales are kind to you this morning!

And as we enter the last two weeks, let's see if we can be super vigilant and keep an eye on those pesky carbs.

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No weigh in for me as I'm on holiday away from my beloved scales.

CQ I find it hard not to finish up food. My mum saves all leftovers, even if it's just the sauce, and is prone to finishing up the children's food. The way I think of it is you either put it in the bin or you use yourself as a bin. That way I can think, I'm not a bin so I don't have to eat that just to use it up. It's wasted food whether it's thrown away or whether I eat it when I don't need to.

Good evening Campers
Weighing in tomorrow morning cos I had to be up and out so early that I forgot.

Been ok, maybe a bit too much processed meat and looking after my neighbours strawberry patch has meant that my meagre berry quota has reached probable defcom levels. But feel fab and have a waist

Sarahbeeny Sorry you feel blue, horrible when you can't shake it, don't stay away though sometimes it helps to sys.

supermum congrats on the lost lb, such a fab feeling especially with a holiday to look forward to.

Apologies to run in and out, be back tomorrow, thanks biwi

I'm away with work for the next couple of days so not quite sure what I'm going to be able to eat. I'm on the train tomorrow morning, travelling first class, so I can have a cooked breakfast which will be fine. Then I've been able to put in a request for a salad for lunch. But after that I'm going to my dad's, so have no idea what food will be available! And then the next day I'm at a conference, and haven't even been asked about food.

Have a good holiday Stunt!

Today:
B: BPC, small bit of leftover quiche thing (almond crust)
L: sardine and avocado salad, pot au chocolate (more leftovers!)
D: prawn bhajias and salad
S: 20g cheese

Exercise - 30 min run/walk.

Totals: cal 1700, carbs 21g, protein 63g.

However... I'm currently hungry . I'l probably have a bit more cheese when I get in.

One thing MFP has taught me this week is that ground almonds are lethal calorie-wise. I'm going to keep an eye on those.

Hiya all! Stayed sort of the same, but down slightly. Fingers crossed for a massive. Whoosh next week

I haven't eaten enough today. Didn't have breakfast then wasn't hungry at lunch.
Dinner was 2 roast portobello mushrooms with salami and goats cheese and asparagus fried in butter.
Is anyone else just finding they aren't hungry?
Have been for a swim tonight and must have done 40-50 lengths. Could have done more but the steam room and jacuzzi were calling my name.

Plodding on here. Ankle is slowly getting better. Had a bad slip on Saturday but am back on the wagon now

Hi all

Not a great week all in all last week, but I have STS - 202 lbs. I feel like I am never going to break the 200 barrier. Anyway, had a good day today - with food under control and good water intake, although not enough - I think I am about 3/4 ltrs short today. Work was crazy and I forgot to drink.

I am keeping on!

Hi everyone!
I am finding it hard to stick to the plan I am plodding along

I think Strawberries are too nice this summer!

As long as I have enough water I am able to resist snacking. However urge for snacking is a sign of too many carbs for me. Only planning ahead helps in long run.

I am wearing size 16 jeans and tops from Dorothy Perkins for the first time in nearly 5 years!
I am hoping as we carry on together I can move onto size 14 by my Birthday in November!

Morning all, hope everyone is doing well?

Right, I missed yesterday, here it is

B- BPC yoghurt, cream few mixed seeds (about two teaspoons of the seeds)
D- chicken, mayo and salad with mint tea
T- Panfried chicken with coconut oil and butter with button mushrooms and spinach

Lots of water 2 1/2 litres I thnk.

So far today same as yesterday
Pork for lunch and tea. Salad, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower? I'm not sure yet.

Hope you have a good time biwi

morning all

no post yesterday been a bit down, but todays another day and its sunny.

B. yogurt & cream
L. Egg olive salad & mayo
D. Roast chicken & Cauliflower

Im still on bootcamp

Morning all. Hope your feeling better today Pisses

I've just done another Gillian Michaels workout so I'm going to jump in the shower before the workmen get here! I feel so much better just knowing I'm doing some exercise again.

Food today:
B - BPC and yog with cream
D - Not really sure, possibly cauliflower cheese
T - Again I'm not sure, I know I have some veg in so maybe some kind of veg stir fry with loads of butter

Have a good day everyone.

hmmm, 1 lb on this week

i had an extra hungry day on friday and had snacks - more cheese, yogurt and cream etc plus i started BCL rather than BC (so had some raspberries and some wine this weekend but by no means went mad!) totm too

I really want this WOE to work but can you be flexible on it? I can't imagine not ever being able to have a few glasses of wine every now and again???

forgot to post menu...

B - BPC, yogurt and cream
L - avocado and tuna salad with oily dressing
D - chicken or fish with courgette and broccoli fried in butter / coconut oil

You can be flexible, doineedhelp, but you need to make sure you have worked out what triggers weight gain for you - and also work out a margin for fluctuation that you're happy with. The immediate weight gain from carbs will be glycogen, which is easily used up, so don't worry about that!

So I caved in and weighed. 3lb off since I started again 3 weeks ago, so I'll take that. Slowly Slowly catchy size 12 skinnies.

Up early this morning - needed to be in work by 7.00am. Breakfast is much harder when you do not have time for scrambled eggs. But I weighed in slightly down, which is nice. I need to focus on getting my water in today - did not do so well yesterday.

Well done Ewan - that is the way to go!

Pisses - I hope today is a better day!

BIWI - commiserations, business travel can be difficult! I am going to have a conversation with my PA to ask her to discreetly notify people in advance that I need an option of salad and chicken/beef or fish - so that I am not stuck with a sandwich, crisps and a large chocolate chip cookie, like I was last week. Looked nice - but was not very helpful.

Well, I got up early and I'm ready and armed for this afternoon and my doc appt. Thanks to Biwi I have some info to hand but just need to hope I can retain it in my colander brain in an argument!

I agree that it can be a pain eating when you can't take your own stuff. Some people say to tell them you are coeliac but, being gluten intolerant, I know it can backfire! I thought I'd be OK visiting a relative. I told her I'd be fine with a bit of meat and salad. Got there only to find she had gone out and got a gluten free loaf and topped it off with a pack of gluten free cherry bakewells!

Ewan 3lb in 3wks is great on LC. Its not the fastest plan but it sure beats starving on low fat! Those skinnies are edging ever closer!

So I go and see the doctor who smiles when he sees me, immediately agrees to full bloods and adds some other bits like thyroid, asks some good questions about the WOE, calorie intake, exercise regime and how fast have I've been loosing. Drops my blood pressure meds right down to 1.25mg (that we will monitor weekly).
finally weighs me... It turns out that I was 305lb some time around feb

always good when life gets a bit brighter

Bloody hell pisses, that's fantastic, well done!

I'm still feeling out of sorts and I really really really want some cake - nothing else is going to bloody cheer me up, so I may as well have so momentary comfort, yes?

... Except I'm not doing that and I've had a really nice coffee, put off some work until later and gone outside and say in the sunshine for a bit. Healthier!

*sat.

Someone help me please!

I am losing weight nicely - that's great of course - but I am losing it because I am not eating. I don't want to eat. I don't like the food I can eat.

My diet is:

breakfast - greek yoghurt with some berries - that''s lovely but gets dull. I have tried a cooked breakfast but don't like eggs, and even bacon and sausages aren't that inviting. The bit of breakfast I like are the toast and baked bean!!! Or muesli - I miss that.

Lunch - green salad with feta and chicken/ham etc. Nice but I am getting fed up with it.

Dinner - meat with cooked veg, cold meat/fish with salad. Most times I don't even bother as I just don't fancy it.

I eat lots of mayo, olive oil etc and drink plenty of water.

Snack will be a nibble of cheese. When I did this before nuts were my snack but I have gone off them too and anyway when I did eat them I used to go overboard.

i cook all kinds of lovely sound things involving cream, cheese, oil, fatty meats etc and they just turn my stomach. Increasingly I am finding it easier to just not bother - and not even feel hungry when I don't.

I have come to the conclusion that I am a true dyed-in-the-wool carboholic. I can live without meat and would happily live a diet based on lentils, pulses, pasta, rice etc with dairy. But that is a diet that seems to pile the weight on for me year in year out. And I did have a huge appetite when I was doing it. Hence trying this as I know it works for me.

So..... for now I am still losing weight - ideally I have another stone to lose to take me to 11 stone but would be OK with 11.7ish. I will carry on with this and I am pleased with my progress but in order to lose weight I am basically cutting food, and the (immense) pleasure I get from eating and cooking food, out of my life. And I miss it - there's a huge void now.

Has anyone struggled with this?

Hi IrianofWay, I'm the same. Most of my meals were completely carbs before I started this and to be honest, I don't really enjoy eating most meat so have been relying on salads a fair bit and vegetables.

I think the trick is to find things you really enjoy. For me I love dairy so I focus on the fact I can now have that except previously I'd have had a creamy cheesy sauce with pasta, I now have it with mushrooms or chicken. Something else I made and loved was a Caesar salad without any meat or croutons. The flavours were so intense, it was just what I fancied.

Have you had a look on the recipes thread? I couldn't keep doing this if I wasn't enjoying what I'm eating. If you have something you really enjoy maybe write it down so you know to have it again?

I'm glad I'm posting, the ice cream van has pulled up just outside my house!!! Argh!

4.8lb off this week! Cheesing!!!