Hello everyone and congratulations to all who have stayed the distance, losers and gainers alike. Some fantastic losses here - well done.
I'm checking in late to record yesterday's weight, which is 2.4 pounds up on the previous week. No surprise there, I ate very badly all week. Overall, I have lost 8 pounds on BC. Yes, I'm cross with myself for putting on weight over the last weeks and eradicating some of the gains of the earlier weeks but I do want to hold on to my achievement. Eight pounds is a good loss for me.
I think what I've learned is that I can't sustain strict LC eating over too long. I've learned a lot about eliminating or at least cutting down on bread and other starchy carbs. I hadn't realized how bread-based my diet was - unhealthy and fattening. But I crave fruit, including bananas and the like and yes, the odd slice of bread. My strategy is going to be to try to stick strictly to BC for shorter periods, and then maintain inbetween bootcamps.
So I'm raring to go for January's bootcamp, and and hoping I can just maintain this weight until then. Maybe I can get to my goal weight in 5 - 10 pound losses, done in short, sharp bursts over a year or two. Here's hoping, because I just couldn't sustain BC after about 6 weeks. Anyway, as I say, I'm here, I'm posting, I lost weight …those factors are all true too. Or so I am trying to remind myself.
A huge thank you to you BIBI and all the others who have run this BC. You've changed my life! A whole new way to eating has opened up for me, and I've been kick-started on the process of losing weight again. I am so relieved and grateful. And thank you to all of you who have posted and battled and moaned and celebrated alongside me over the weeks. I could never do this on my own.