Week 4 - January Low Carb Bootcamp - KOKO!

[BIWI]

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

Lamb and feta meatballs sound gorgeous - please share the recipe :)

I certainly needed the energy boost from all the exercise, as last night DS1 woke at 3am with explosive diarrhoea and was up till 5.30 and then DS2 woke at 6am projectile vomiting. All seem okay today tho.

DS1 wanted to have a little birthday party for me yesterday so Mum bought a cake and i watched everyone else eat it - which was fine really, i had a strong coffee and cream instead.

is there any BC/LC version of pancakes for shrove tuesday? I LOVE pancakes and will feel sad making them for everyone else :(

SayraT where do you do your pile classes? I'm sure I've asked before but can't remember. I'm very keen to start again. It's so much fun!

Oops. Pole

Mrs Koala you can make the cream cheese pancakes, just don't use fine herb and garlic cream cheese like I did, not great with cinnamon and lemon!!

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Cream Cheese Pancakes
Yield: Four 6-inch pancakes

Serving Size: 1 pancake

Ingredients

2 oz cream cheese
2 eggs
1 packet stevia (or any) sweetener
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
Instructions

Put all ingredients in a blender or magic bullet. Blend until smooth. Let rest for 2 minutes so the bubbles can settle. Pour 1/4 of the batter into a hot pan greased with butter or pam spray. Cook for 2 minutes until golden, flip and cook 1 minute on the other side. Repeat with the rest of the batter. Serve with sugar free syrup (or any syrup of your choice) and fresh berries.
Notes

Approx nutrition info per batch: 344 calories, 29g fat, 2.5g net carbs, 17g protein

lamb & feta meatballs - inspired by something in the weekend paper that had all kinds of other cheffy ingredients and breadcrumbs, my version:

small pack of lamb mince, was probably 250g - got 10 meatballs out of it
a few grates of lemon zest
ras el hanout or another lamb friendly spice like cumin, coriander, cardamom
a piece of feta that is about as long as wide as two of your fingers, in small dice
very small shallot, finely chopped
chopped mint or parsley (optional)

shape into balls, bake on parchment lined tray at 400 for about 20 mins until starting to go brown and a bit crispy

3lbs on

MrsK cream cheese pancakes: www.ibreatheimhungry.com/2012/01/cream-cheese-pancakes.html

miss out the stevia though!

I confess I have never made them, don't know how they turn out.

X-post costa babe!

Supermum I'm sure its no consolation to you, but by my calculations you are very nearly into a normal BMI. I've heard that the rate of loss slows down as you approach your "normal" weight - so maybe that is a factor that is causing this to be slow for you? I do realise that everyone's frames and distribution of body fat is different, so it can't be reduced simply to a BMI calculation.

The only other thing I can think of is to try some "tweaks". Experiment on yourself... I once kickstarted myself on a downward slope again by drinking less caffiene (less tea and more mint tea...), for example, though that's not the only "tweak" you could try.

I love my cuppas too. I am considering doing that again.

Other tweaks might include: "ubercamp" (no dairy for 3 days); not snacking after dinner; I'm sure there's some others. Not all at once!!

Just saying hi on new thread; looking forward to catching up. I have been working at home and seem to have been snacking WAY too much on cheese. More self-control needed.

B- 3 hb eggs with mayo
L - some leftover bolognese sauce with courgette
Mid afternoon snack of cheese
D - baked ham with spiralised cucumber and Mayo, more cheese

I think I will do uber boot camp next week! Or at least NO cheese. Seriously, I just remembered I ate a Babybel too

Hi all. Week 3 stall here as STS but hey, that's ok. Can someone update the spreadsheet for me please.

Just to say that we made cream cheese pancakes a couple of weeks ago and they are ace. Stevia def not needed. Looking forward to making them for shrove Tuesday.

Just make sure you whisk sufficiently so that there are no lumps and leave to sit for a while, so all the air bubbles settle out, before cooking.

And they taste great with a bit of peanut butter of almond butter. Or ff yog and blueberries.

Omg just had a new twist cauliflower cheese. Part boiled cauli and broccoli in stock, I had veg stock handy drained then stirred in turmeric pepper and garlic salt, butter and herby cream cheese with a slosh of cream, put in baking tray topped with grated cheese and a couple of blobs of butter and bake.
Yum yum, I hope that's ok BIWI, served with a piece of steak, felt like a real treat!

Thought I hadn't lost any this week but Full of !@#$ as after that was gone it was 1.9lbs down.

So 6.5lbs since start of boot camp but 19.5 since start of year.
New years morning was 228lb now 208.5 - target number 1 - 203 just a couple of weeks away.

B-2 egg Om cheese, bacon mushrooms.
L-Pork Veg curry flavour
S-Beef chili

Snack Raw broccoli stalks, marmite and cheese.

Have fun and KOKO.

Cream cheese pancakes! Now there's a thought to get me through the next week...

Thanks for the chicken and chorizo dish whoever posted that (terrible at wading through that recipe thread, it's humungous!) - we had it tonight and it was delish.
I'm not sure I'm eating enough veg to get all necessary nutrients if I'm doing this medium-long term. What are everyone's veg portion sizes like and do you tend to have more than 2 veg with dinner?
Most lunches will involve a dark green salad which I'm sure ticks most boxes, also often avocados, odd bit of cucumber or tomato and most nights there will one or two from the cauli/broccoli/celeriac/cabbage/swede range, but I'm not eating much orange or red stuff. Does it matter? .

Actually looking at that it is probably far more veg than I would usually have (other than on Slimming World).

I only have green veg and of course the godly cauliflower!! But I think that's alright they seem to be the lowest in carbs.

Veg wise i tend to have a green smoothie a day - kale or broccoli or spinach with avocado and coconut oil.

Dinner is usually cauli, broccoli, sp greens, swede, green peppers, spinach, kale, cucumber, green beans, courgettes.

I add less frequently yellow peppers, tinned toms, cabbage.

Tonight for example we had breast of lamb with mashed swede, sp greens fried in garlic and steamed broccoli. So usually 1 carb substitute and 2 greens. Luckily we all love green veg. My cooking used to revolve around tomato based things but less so now.

I dont feel like i am missing out. Funnily enough i dont miss fruit and i used to eat tonnes of it, a bowl of in season strawberries and cream feels like a total treat now.

I worry about no 'colourful' veg too a bit, especially with no fruit. Are we short of nutrients if we do this for months on end, should we be taking supplements?

What does koko mean please?

I need a good slap. Here is my face for said slapping:

Having had no trouble whatsoever sticking to the rules last BC, and kept on BC proper all the way, and kept it up at BClite level more or less all through Xmas, give or take the odd bit of Xmas cake, and been really happy to restart this time with no cravings or anything... I suddenly seem to have turned into a self-sabotaging rebel and can't be arsed to do it properly. Not focussed, not keeping up with thread, and eating pointless crabs I don't even want. What's happening? Help!

Supermum - Eva beat me to it! At that height and weight, your BMI is 26. Which means you're very close to your ideal weight. Which also means that weight loss is going to be slow.

One other thing to suggest is that you consider skipping breakfast (or lunch if you prefer) - and have a look at your portion sizes. The nearer you get to your target, the more important it is to ensure that your calories aren't too high.

I'd prefer to avoid pointless crabs as well