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Low-carb bootcamp

Join discussions about low-carb bootcamp plans, meals and progress. Consider speaking to a medical professional before starting any diet.

Next Low Carb Bootcamp starts on 29 September

420 replies

BIWI · 14/09/2014 12:20

This one will last for ten weeks, as usual.

Sign up here if you're interested!

OP posts:
Parsley1234 · 23/09/2014 18:58

Please add me ! I'm same as you breaking bod sugar junkie x feal nervous

BIWI · 23/09/2014 20:25

BreakingBod - sounds like it's a good idea to break yourself in gently this week, so that you minimise the chances of carb flu next week!

OP posts:
BreakingBod · 23/09/2014 20:39

Yes, I'm going to start having 3 meals a day, upping protein and reducing sugar this week...

TwoflowersLuggage · 23/09/2014 23:00

Just adding myself ready for next Monday - all help gratefully received!

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googoogoggles · 23/09/2014 23:33

Please can someone add me, too? Thank you!!!!

non126 · 24/09/2014 07:25

I'm in but I'm worried about eating lots of fat (calories), I've yoyo dieted for years and recently put on about 20lbs after being on a vlcd for a few months. I'm also very short (4'9'') so any extra weight shows big style! I'm putting my faith in low carb high fat - it feels like my last chance - I'm so fed up of obsessing about losing weight - I just want a sustainable WOE!!

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BIWI · 24/09/2014 08:51

non126 - it feels very, very counter-intuitive, doesn't it? After all, fat has been vilified over the last 30 years or so.

But it really, really does work!

Can I suggest that you - and anyone else new to low carbing who also feels nervous about switching to a high fat diet - that you do some reading about this WOE (way of eating)? Get hold of a copy of "Escape the Diet Trap" by Dr John Briffa, or "Why We Get Fat (And What To Do About It)" by Gary Taubes. Both very easy to read and will give you much reassurance.

When we get going next week, and we launch the new spreadsheet, there are also masses of resources on there that you can read/watch, which will also help.

OP posts:
StuntNun · 24/09/2014 09:04

Non the fat is really non-negotiable. We tend to say low carb diet but it really is a low carb-high fat way of eating. If you're going to cut down on carbs then you have to replace it with something. It isn't good to eat too much protein so the carbs have to be replaced with fat. The way it works is by cutting down on carbs your insulin levels drop. The knock on effect is that fat starts to flow freely out of your fat cells and after the first two weeks of Bootcamp your body will be adapted so that your muscles can use the fat from your fat cells along with the fat from your diet. The fat in your diet is needed both to replace the carbs but also to make you feel full. When you are fat-adapted you find you don't need to snack as much or at all because your body has a constant source of energy coming from your fat cells.

rybka13 · 24/09/2014 09:37

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rybka13

Hi, adding myself. I have been low carbing for a while but need some fresh look at things. Count me in ladies and good luck to all!

BIWI · 24/09/2014 09:58

Preparing for next week

As I've already mentioned upthread, it's really, really, really important that you prepare and plan ahead for a low carb way of eating. Not just for week 1 but on an ongoing basis.

It is, though, especially important to make sure that you're fully prepared for the first two weeks of Bootcamp so that you don't end up in a position where you haven't got anything appropriate to eat, or that you have a house/fridge/cupboard full of high carb things that will tempt you to cheat.

THIS IS A VERY UNFORGIVING WAY OF EATING!

I'm shouting that because it's important that you know what you've signed up for. Anyone who's done it before will, I'm sure, back me up on this Grin

It's not like low calorie or low fat eating where being 'good' (hate talking about food like that, but YKWIM) will compensate for a 'bad' meal earlier in the day.

High carb eating = insulin release = laying down of fat. If you have a high carb lunch your body will not undo this at dinnertime if you eat a low carb meal then.

So make sure you have planned your meals - and especially meals during the day/at work, or if you know you're travelling to a meeting - and shop accordingly.

Ideally you should also do some reading about low carbing to get your head around it - and also learn more about the general health benefits of a low carb/high fat diet beyond just weight loss.

And, in order to try and avoid or minimise carb flu, which some of you may suffer from, try gradually running down the amount of carbs you are eating from now - if you have carbs at every meal, try making one per day very low carb (breakfast is a great meal, as it's so easy to make this zero carbs - eggs, in any form, are a brilliant virtually zero carb option)

OP posts:
RatherBeOnThePiste · 24/09/2014 10:31

Thanks lovely BIWI

I am on it already.

:)

StuntNun · 24/09/2014 10:34

When I started low carbing I kept a pack of Peperamis in the car for when I felt hungry but couldn't get anything low carb. Some shops will only have carby food, e.g. the least carby thing you can get in Costa is a bar of 70% chocolate. Just about everything else there is stuffed with sugar. Pork scratchings make good transportable snacks too, I buy the Awfully Posh ones from Amazon as they don't contain additives such as MSG unlike Mr Porkys.

BIWI · 24/09/2014 10:35

And the lovely Pistey has reminded me - something else that you could start doing is to prepare yourself for the amount of water you're going to need to drink.

The amount you need to drink will vary according to how much weight you need to lose, but it's a minimum of 2 litres per day. And, like eating higher fat, this is also a non-negotiable part of low carbing.

OP posts:
StuntNun · 24/09/2014 11:02

I forgot to say with regard to low carb snacking, one of the biggest advantages of this way of eating is that is stabilises your blood sugar and provides a steady source of energy so that once you're fat-adapted you will find you don't need to snack any more because your body is humming along quite happily running on its fat stores. Before I went low carb I would have had breakfast then needed a snack about 9 and another one at 11 and probably another one between lunch and dinner. After a few months on low carb I started to skip breakfast because I just wasn't hungry - previously unheard of for me!

This 'fat-adaption' is why it's so important to stick to the Bootcamp rules, especially during the first two weeks. All low carb ways of eating have an induction phase or similar that is very low carb. Your body is quite happy running on carbs and storing fat for you so you need to force it to become fat-adapted by sticking to the rules for two weeks. First your body uses up its glycogen stores usually resulting in a rapid weight loss of up to a few pounds. Then your brain and muscles start running on ketones. But then, and this is the important bit, your muscles start to use fatty acids directly and the ketones and any glucose in your diet are saved for the brain. It is this last step that is so important and why BIWI and us old-timers will harp on and on about not cheating. Because you want to reach this stage where your muscles can directly draw on your fat stores as quickly as possible as that's when the real weight loss gets going.

LadyWithLapdog · 24/09/2014 11:07

I find the water intake a bit difficult as I commute and can't go to the loo easily. Some pelvic floor exercises are in order.

SixImpossible · 24/09/2014 11:56

My three LCHF essentials to stock up on:

Hellmans mayo - the full-fat sort. Very low in carbs, and dairy-free. Keep an eye out as its usually about 40-50p/100g but there are frequent promos where it drops down to

katiekatie · 24/09/2014 12:00

Hi I'd like to do this :-) thankyou

BreakingBod · 24/09/2014 13:20

I'm taking myself off the list Sad I think it's too drastic for me and I'll end up failing on day 2 like I have in the past. I'm going to start smaller - giving up refined sugar (which believe me, will still be a substantial challenge for me!). I think if I try to cut sugar and most other carbs altogether I'll find it too hard.

I will be lurking, and hopefully I'll be in a better position to join the next BC.

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Sorelip · 24/09/2014 13:25

I'm up for it. Will be doing the veggie version. Strangely, I eat the most veg when low carbing!

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AndThisIsTrue
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Sammck · 24/09/2014 13:32

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AndThisIsTrue
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PseudoBadger
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Countyourchickens
ponygirlcurtis
TwoflowersLuggage
Googoogoggles
Non126
rybka13
Sorelip
Sammck

non126 · 24/09/2014 13:41

Thank you for the reassuring posts BIWI and StuntNun I have ordered the Gary Taubes book so I can try to get my head straight before I start.

I have so much fat to lose that I'm hoping it can convince me that fat isn't the enemy - I worry that, because I have a lot of body fat available for use as fuel, can I eat too much of it and if I do -what happens to the excess?? I'm sure I will 'get it' eventually, I suppose the proof is in the pudding so to speak!!!

katiekatie · 24/09/2014 13:43

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katiekatie · 24/09/2014 13:44

Oh gawd I can't cut n paste on this phone how do I add myself?!

katiekatie · 24/09/2014 13:53

BreakingBod - that describes me too. I'd have cheese n crackers every night if I could. Roll on low carb!

Sorelip · 24/09/2014 13:55

I've added you katiekatie.

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Fairylightsintheloft
AndThisIsTrue
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Non126
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