Pre-Christmas Low Carb Bootcamp - the final weigh in!

[BIWI]

Good morning everyone!

I hope you're all still with us, to come and add your final weigh-in to the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

Or, on the Weight Tracker

It seems like there have been some really good losses on this Bootcamp, and so for you all!

Hope you all have a very good week

afternoon all

Im doing a bit of aversion therapy, making fudge its hard work but somebody has to do it. As a way to cope, as well as dealing with my fat shortfall and this mornings 900cal run, iv'e gone back to snaking on marmite topped butter, oh yum.

hope your all doing well

Had a bit of a carby face plant yesterday, giving into the temptation of the toffees which are part of my Christmas decorations (gold and red wrapped ones in amongst a gold charger plate of red and gold candles and misc gold decorations) and the supplies of my fabulous tablet which I've made for presents

Must get focused again

Marmite topped butter? Why have I not thought of that?

Bit stressed at the moment so have eaten two mince pies in the last few days. Could kick myself.

Have I missed the end of bootcamp??
I can't believe how fast the last few weeks have gone! Been a bit bonkers at my work so I've not been keeping up with this thread (or lots of other things in my life!) but i am still keeping on.
DH and I both feel like new people now that we are in control of our eating and on a downward trend.
Thanks to BIWI and everyone else as the thread really helped me focus.
Definitely signing up for January and would love to lose another stone if possible - but I know the second one will be harder.

As others are saying it is weird facing Christmas menus when you know how much better you feel without the carbs. Am going to try to stay focussed on eating the right things 80% and accepting some meals will be off track whn at relatives etc. Hope thats good enough and I don't gain too much.

Can we keep swapping Christmas menu idea please ?

Yuck marmite

I have in the past had butter on slices of cheese when I was desperate. Tonight I have eaten too much (I'm stuffed) but it was an attempt to stop me eating carby things mince pies.

Very busy week this week as I am house sitting for more than one person at a time plus walking dogs and looking after my own cat! I have a wee LC bag which goes everywhere with me and contains eggs, coconut oil, butter, cream, bacon, coffee and some vegetables. I reckon no matter what house I am in I could have a nice LC breakfast/lunch/dinner with those ingredients. I am annoyed though as I have forgotten my toothbrush

Sarya, I am liking your priorities. LC goodies - tick, toothbrush - not so much...

And yum to Marmite on butter, sounds lovely. Is Marmite LC then?

Marmite per 100g

231 calories
Protein 38.4g
Carbs 19.2g
Fat 0.1g

so unless you go really nuts I'd say thats a big, yummy, yes

also excellent on cheese

I've been making fudge today too, will be giving it away for Christmas presents though which helps me not to eat any. I did try a tiny bit scraped off the side of the pan just to check it had worked and was the right texture and it was seriously sweet so I doubt I would be able to eat much before feeling sick anyway. It's my birthday this week and I'm making myself a low carb chocolatey cake thing to test out the recipe I want to use for the Christmas day pudding I'm making, I want to make sure it's nice before I subject other people to it .

I suspect 100g of Marmite might be a bit much, so looking good to me - I know what I'm having tomorrow.

But less of the cheese talk please Pisses, I appear to have ishoos with dairy, I do

Kinda fell off the thread, to be honest haven't been that great eating wise either.
But, I'm back on it. Went to aerobics then the trainer back to back last night and I'm well and truly suffering today. No pain, no gain (or loss in this case)
Looking forward to the next bc starting up again. The trainer has given me a new target to get to by my birthday in March so really wanna do it.
I'll try and be better at keeping up with you all.

Well this is getting quite hard, and it's not even Christmas yet

Oh it is hard isn't it?

Together we will get there, just be a bit of a rocky road (and I'm not talking chocolate ) on the way!

Marmite butter and lettuce sarnies for lunch then.

Ds keeps giving me sweet things to be kind. Usually when my ability to ignore and deflect is at its lowest. This week has not been a good week :(
Particularly yesterday when I faceplanted in a all i want is sleep kinda way. Thankfully a good night's sleep later motivation is returned and I am main lining water. Got a whole week before christmas and I am determined to be good. Well after tomo's works do when I have been ordered gluten free stuff which is probably not so great on the carb levels but seems mean to complain when they have gone to the effort.
Can it be January yet?

Aw Bitchy, he means well bless him.

I've got a works do on Friday. We are going to a well known chain for a buffet. DD went there for her works party yesterday and swears they had Turkey and strawberry jam sarnies. As you can tell I am looking forward to it immensly.

Still on my quest here for a herbal tea that meets all its promise.

And this is surprisingly ok.

Ooh the gingerbread tea looks worth trying! Will get some of that. Doing okay here; it is taking me about an hour to get going in the morning, during which time I drink BPC and feel like I could stay on the sofa all day. But I did a two mile walk so at least a start on some exercise and sticking with that might perk me up.

Inspired by Birdinacage, I have been looking at low carb chocolate cake recipes. Looking forward to trying one out at the weekend

I love the gingerbread tea, best I've tried, tastes almost as good as it smells

Today was really hard. Had the Christmas concert and lunch then party for the kids. Cakes, biscuits and all of that stuff. Also have been given a good four boxes of biscuits, three bottles of wine and a bag of homemade flapjacks
On the other hand, I'm not long back from the trainer and have somehow managed to get three lb off since Monday! Shows how easy it can be when you toe the line..

well done ready, now just step away from the biscuits... and drink the wine

I've been doing the crazy morning cooking after being turfed out of bed by Ds climbing in. So a truck load of sausage rolls with walnut and stilton done chopped and in the freezer. And I can't wait for this mornings run

Got some really interesting part of the 'low carb performance' book and am changing up some of my eating, I'm going to add in more olive oil and butter and drink stock on all training days.

think I've had too much coffee

ment to say that I've got to the really interesting part ...

Thanks pisses. The chocolates don't really bother me but the flapjacks...

You lot are all doing really well. I'm not doing so well at the moment, I am aware that I am making excuses for myself because I am 'busy' but I do find it difficult to cook when I am staying in other peoples houses. Currently I am going between three houses (driving at least 50 miles each day) looking after animals (3 horses, 3 dogs and 5 cats in total) plus a further 3 dogs to walk daily and trying to write a chapter for my thesis. I am shattered and when I am tired I find it hard to motivate myself to eat properly. It is much easier to eat a mince pie/slice of toast than to make a nice meal.

If only Rosin from the apprentice had got the money and then I could have had a stash of LC ready meals!

Sorry for the negativeness I had been trying to keep it off the thread but then it seemed silly to do that. At the moment I am trying for damage limitation, I'll be back at my house tomorrow night so back on track properly then. Until Christmas Day

bitchy its difficult when others give you things, I know that its up to me to refuse but for some reason I can't at the moment.

Fantastic ready I have not done any exercise for ages things keep getting in the way! I miss it but when you don't do it you get lazy and can't be bothered yet once you start you miss it when you can't.

pisses you are like a machine! I wish I liked running as the other things I do (pole, badminton and riding) are not really things that are easy to do daily at any time.

Sorry for those who are struggling but I do find it quite reassuring to know I am not alone.

Everything seems to revolve around food at the minute in my life. Out for a team lunch today, although I have pre-selected the low-carbiest options, I suspect it'll still be tough. Also my boss has just handed out huge boxes of chocolates to the team, and they look amazing. And last night I ended up eating crackers and cheese for tea as I was wrapping presents and it was all of a sudden gone 9pm and I'd not eaten.

All excuses, I know but if I can come out the other side of Christmas at a similar weight to now, I think I'll put hat down as a win. That's a BIG if though...