Week 4 - January Low Carb Bootcamp - KOKO!

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Morning campers!

You know the drill! Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness for your delectation

So week 3 is fairly typically a bit of a bastard. And I'm afraid to have to tell you all that week 4 is sometimes its best friend.

Don't panic if the scales aren't moving, or even if you're seeing a slight increase. This is totally totally normal for this period of time

Keep focused, make sure you're following the rules - particularly eating the fat and drinking the water - and things should get going again shortly.

If you're struggling, post here rather than dive into the biscuit tin!

Good luck everyone

To get on to the Weight Tracker, you have to click the big purple rectangle, top left, that says 'Join this Bootcamp'. Then it will ask you to input your weight. This will enter your weight just for this week, but then if you click 'add/edit' after that, you can put your previous week's results in.

Oh thanks BIWI :)

Aha Bitchy - it started after 3 nights of missing my daily supplements, and magnesium is one of the first to "go" so could be that indeed! Not sure I could stomach an OXO cube, even if I can get them here, but I'm back on the supplements again so it might sort itself out after a couple more nights. Thanks :)

Hello, am just marking my place on new thread, though I really should be thrown out of bootcamp on my ear We have all had flu here, and the only thing I could face was fruit juice for the last five days. So not LC it's untrue! Today however I feel slightly more human and managed some coconut porridge which was delicious, thank you for the recipe. I am going to crawl back on the bandwagon this week and have a lovely selection of menus lined up. Wednesday is our anniversary, I'm hoping for a good selection in the restaurant!

I hope you had a lovely birthday weekend mrskoala

thumbwitch restless legs can also be indicative of a potassium deficiency. My DH gets it (really quite badly, I've been known to decamp to the spare room to save myself from being kicked, bad wife that I am), and chucking some extra potassium down himself brings it back to nil or just a few twitches.

Morning :) not caught up yet, just come to post my breakfast (then i have a walking dead to watch before i see any spoilers! )

Coffee with cream, 2 bacon, 2 scrambled eggs with butter and spinach

Morning.

I am still in ireland. Moved on from Dublin to Mullingar and then moving to Belfast tonight.

Dp is working today, so I have about 8 hours on my billy Todd in a hotel room. I would warn you that I may post a lot, but hotel WiFi is beyond shit!

No scales here, so I could choose to post wed when I get home, or miss a week and just post next Monday. Seeing how much crap I've eaten yesterday (cashew, Greek yogurt and 81% choc) I may just leave it till next week.

I can't list everything I've eaten since Friday, and I'm pretty sure you wouldn't want to read it anyway but it's been things like chicken, steak, mushrooms, English breakfasts, tapas etc.

I have however cheated once. We went to the Guiness museum, which includes a free pint at the end. I had 3 sips. It was nicer than I expected and I could probably have drunk it, but I resisted.

I've had red wine and whiskey but not really that much. Doing really well I think. I've been most surprised by my dp. He has the breaking strain of a soggy kit kat, but he's doing good too. He has cheated a couple of times, but mostly he has resisted.

Checking into this hotel yesterday and the car park was packed. It's a really big hotel, with possibly 100 spaces. Went inside and realised there was a conference on. Dp then nudged me and said do you know who that is? Looked up and did a bit of a cat bum face. Gerry Adams.

I remember the 80's well, when there were bombs going off, and no rubbish bins in the city centres or on train station. How there was always an air of worry that your town might get it. (I lived quite close to Warrington)

I would have loved to give him a disgusted look, but I just whipped my head back so my eyes were front and centre and walked off. chicken shit

Things I've noticed in Ireland.

Hardly anyone is fat.
There are lots of really tall people.

sass You only had three sips!! I am properly, properly impressed - that's some serious self control.

Can you get out for a walk, rather than going berserk in your room?

I put 2lb back on but that's pretty good considering my poor form last week, could have been much worse!

I'm starting my no dairy/nut/berry/processed meat/dark choc regime today, please pray for me (joking...sort of).

That's interesting sass. I wonder why there are fewer overweight people. Don't they eat loads of potatoes?

I've lost 1lb this week. Going into week 5 here. Delighted with progress, my pj bottoms were falling down last night as I was brushing my teeth (admittedly not a great look).

Have control over food all week this week, unlike last, so hoping for a good one.

B: bacon and eggs, coffee with cream
L: will be out (?salad)
D: chicken and chorizo thing from recipe thread - need to check I've got what I need for it actually. Who's made it - what veg would be nice to go with?

Have a good Monday everyone x

Brilliant weight in for me. So glad I kept going. Im down 4 lbs this morning which makes me 7lbs down since start of official bootcamp, but 10lb since I started at the beginning of Jan.
Another 20lbs now doesn't seem that daunting.
Brilliant weight in results slightly dampened by the fact that I have manage to smash both my iPhone and iPad in less than 24hrs and have a stinking flu/ cold thing.

Hope everyone else doing ok.

gal yes, I only had 3 sips. Such a waste of Guiness really, but it wasn't worth drinking it for that reason. I peed on my keto stick (i know, but i like them) when I got back to the hotel and it was dark red.

It's OK, they have a gym. I'm waiting 3/4 hours from my breakfast and then plan to cycle whilst reading one of my many books on kindle. I also have a bit of work to do for my course.

I'm reading Zoe harcombe's olive oil can tap dance book at the minute. It's a free eBook with a collection of 20 articles from her blog. I've dipped in and out before, but never read it from beginning to end. I do love that she questions all science, as I'm miss sceptical too. Except she's about 50 times smarter.

I'll pray for you. Good luck. Just be determined. That always helps me. I say I am determined and I do not want to fail.

Hi all, just posting in with a smile I'm a Lb down this week so im happy with that being week three and all, total of 4.5Lb down.
I don't have loads to shift so am expecting slow steady progress, Mr Costa has plummeted another 3lbs, not sure how?? Several slip ups, though I think he is at his goal weight now and possibly can have quite a few more carbs and maintain, lucky him
I am upping the water as that's been pitiful last week already had 3 of my 10 glasses, does green tea count towards the water consumption please say yes, it's freezing here

outtolunch i found the 12stone barrier a really sticking point. It's part of the reason I went low carb. I've tried slimming world and WW in the last year since having DS and neither let me get under 12stone. I was starting to feel like the same was happening with bootcamp, but tis week Ive had a suddenly loss and I feel like Ive finally broken through!
Good luck!

tart the high street is full of cake shops/cafes too.

I honestly saw about 6 fat people in 2 days. It's shockingly noticeable and the amount of tall skinny people is really noticeable too. I do think a lot of people are foreign tourists though, but I would have thought if there were lots of fat Irish among them, they would be more noticeable not less.

I seem to recall that ibuprofen is not recommended with a LC diet. Can anyone shed any light on why? My hip is hurting and I don't have any paracetamol in work.

Hello hello weighing in at 163lb at my lowest during the week...which is a 1lb down. Good stuff.
Once again if someone would be so kind to update the sheet for me, please and thank you.
KOKO everyone.

I have bought loads of tofu and some cauldron sausages that are about 3g each so one with a load of veg should be ok.

2.5lb off for me whoop!

Guy done for you!

MrsSteve yey for 13 stone

outtolunch we are very similar weights. The 12 stone barrier is big for me too. When I am 11 stone 'something' I look so much better!!

sass wow for the Guiness, I'd have downed it! The lack of fat people is all the hurling!

I'm feeling a bit twitchy as I've not planned for this week yet but will do it at work this morning (naughty)

Going to continue with BC this week. Wednesday I have a challenging evening with a work event followed by drinks but I think I'll just head home straight after the event.

Loads of exercise planned too!

Done Yongnian

Am 157lbs today. 11st 3lb. So 3/4 off since last week. I am pleased as my period is due.

So half a stone off.

Am just have ing a cream coffee.

Will have some buttery eggs before I go to work & an a facade salad when I get back.

Got lots of bits to eat for dinner.

I took he cooked cracking off the pork last night. Can I put it back in the oven again?

And I've bought some Kale this morning (it's chopped). What do I do with it to make it crispy....just in the oven with salt & oil?

I drank 3l of water yesterday & hope to do the same today.

Onwards & downwards everyone x

Thanks sass, have a fun day! I'll have a look at the Harcombe book too, I haven't done any reading up on this WOE yet so I'm sure it'll be helpful.

My weight is definitely "week 3/4 ish" but I am wearing a bra 1 size down this morning, and that didn't happen on its own. So courage everyone, lets keep going.

egg sorcery

Avocado not facade!

lurkingmurking

Thanks lurking! And well done!