Week 5 - Low Carb Bootcamp - Where the Only Way is Down!

[BIWI]

Morning all my lovely campers!

Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

and don't forget the Weight Tracker if you prefer to keep things private.

Hopefully the dreaded weeks 3 and 4 are well behind us, and we can now get on with the process of shedding more fat

Here's to another good week, and I hope that the scales were kind to you this morning

[sassandfaff]

Can someone come and wire my jaw shut please?

Feeling much better today and just want to eat!

Today's food.

3 boiled eggs.
Broccoli soup
Nearly a full bag of Brussels sprouts!
200g of Greek yogurt with cream
1 small individual bar of 85% choc (4.6g)

I think I've satisfied myself until my curry tonight.

Although I have bought green beans to crisp, after reading somewhere that they work really well in the oven with oil, and salt. So I may eat them at some point.

I was 191 this morning. I doubt I will be that tomorrow.........

[Gcalgske]

Think the sugar in the fish cakes made me crave :( wanting Chinese food badly today.
Breakfast was some bacon.
Made some soup with a bowl full of chicken bone stock heated, added a tsp of sesame oil, pinch of 5 spice and white pepper, 1/4 chicken breast sliced fine, 30g baby corn chopped up into rounds and let it cook through then whisked in an egg. Low carb chicken and sweet corn soup. Was yummy.

[nowitsenough]

Mmmm BIWI, sounds lovely

[Mrsstevejones]

Today i had a sneaky weigh in and i am 13st 12 - i am in the 13s so freaking pleased. I weighed after breakfast and water so hoping i might actually be a smidge lower. Hubby keeps saying that i am def loosing weight. Yay, feeling great about everything today.

B- BPC and 3 rashers of bacon with cheese, pepper and mayo
L- Corned beef and cheese salad with spinach, oily dressing and mayo
D- Might just have a green smoothie as tonnes of protein and dairy otherwise.

I am also very smug to say that when we went to town (actually found a pair of glasses that i dont feel like a total numpty wearing - result) and hubby suggested lunch out i resisted and made lunch at home instead -saving cash and carbs. Choice was burgers (the best EVER but couldnt face discarding the bun) or Nandos (big queue). I dont even feel massively deprived.

Today has been a total revelation for me, i do actually have will power.

[NaturalBlondeYeahRight]

I'm home, holidays are HARD! Generally stuck to it except too much wine and too many nuts (replacing crisps everyone eats at every opportunity) Even at easy breakfast buffet I felt judged as a fatter person for eating bacon and eggs.
Tomatoes everywhere and the gin and slimline wasn't slimline and people brought me cocktails for my birthday without checking (hard life, I know)
Sooo, here I am feeling a bit waterlogged and on über for three days before I assess the damage. My clothes feel ok so hopefully not too bad. Next target is another stone (plus damage) before May.
Have I missed much? Wifi pretty intermittent.

[almahart]

Today I have had a three egg and mushroom omelette for breakfast
A tuna mayo and two egg mayo salad for lunch. Both were huge portions. Don't feel hungry at all now. Also lots of water

[BIWI]

But did you have a good time? And happy birthday!

[NaturalBlondeYeahRight]

biwi yes thank you, it was nice to get a bit of sunshine and vitamin d. It was also good to know I can work this into my life long term, even a holiday and 0 birthday couldn't derail me properly. Thanks for the flowers!

[postmanpatscat]

Congrats mrsstevejones sounds like you've done well.

Can anyone point me in the direction of good low carb soup recipes? I got this one free on Kindle Unlimited but it's no good - lots of the recipes include flour and they are usually in recipes to serve 20!! There's only me who is going to eat it and the freezer isn't that big. I am vegetarian too, which makes things more complicated.

I've run five miles today and another five yesterday but both times it was really hard going. I guess as I only started this on Wednesday my body hasn't caught up with its new fuel system yet.

[Mrsstevejones]

Thanks POST,i usually make cauli soup. A bag of frozen cauliflower cooked in veg stock sometimes i add curry powder, garlic, shallots or whatever limp veg is in the fridge. I also make the coriander pesto recipe (google it adding mumsnet) which i have previously frozen in ice cube trays, then add a splash of cream and a pesto cube. Very zingy and fresh but only if you like coriander!

Otherwise a cauli base and add red thai curry paste maybe prawns (?) and green peppers.

I am thinking of trying roasted swede soup with curry powder. Anyone tried this?

Otherwise broccoli and creme fraiche soup from the covent garden soup book is nice - i skip the potato and add cream.

I do struggle with veg soups as they always used to revolve around parsnips and butternut squash. HFW does do an amazing looking one with peanut butter and butternut squash but still a bit carby for bootcamp.

[LexLoofah]

Feeling v odd, can't remmebr what I posted yesterday but could not face dinner so had Greek yog and frozen raspberries

Thought DH and I were getting kids sick bug but seems we are achy, a bit dizzy And headachy instead, is it possible to get carb flu so late in the process and more than once as we thought we had it in first few weeks? Maybe off the back of doing uber last week?

Yog and rasps for brekkie again
Fancied some comfort food at lunch so made Cauli cheese bake with leeks and bacon, was gorgeous and just what I needed

Now having a cuppa and square of choc

DH feeling worse then me so has surrendered to jelly, toast and lollipops.

Sympathies with everyone on here not feeling well as usual LC foods just do not appeal when you are sick do they? Keeping within the rules so far, hopefully tomorrow will be better, some sleep would be nice too!

[BlueberryHope]

If I were just hoping to maintain on this WoE, I'd be doing great... (That is - I haven't lost in three weeks, don't think I will this week, and am altogether far too comfortable low-carbing!) Loving the food. Have honestly not eaten food/drink we're not supposed to. But am having coffee with cream twice a day, a bit of 85% choc most days, a slice of cheese here, a piece of salami there - all just picking when I am anxious or stressed and not really hungry - so can't really hope to lose, can I?

Emotional eaters - do you sometimes think you will always be that way, and just managing it rather than curing it is all you can hope for? I am feeling that way. Not despondently, just realistically - I don't have another way of dealing with life other than eat through it! I still think that LCing is probably healthier than other ways of eating though, even if I am snacking too much...

Today, I had:
B - small amount Gk yog and double cream with a few blackberries and flaked almonds. Coffee with cream.
L - fennel, celery, cucumber, lettuce, Boursin, olive oil, s&p.
S - Coffee wth cream, a few nuts.
D - Roast buttery chicken with shallots/mushrooms/leeks in sour cream, and sprouts w bacon. Pudding - d choc, blackberries, cream (saucerful).

Too much, isn't it? Also 3.5 L of water (or nearly - it will be by bed). And two small glasses dry white! Oh I am doomed to life as a 'well-nourished female'!

Some lovely-sounding food you're all doing. Chorizo crisps, melted Babybels, roasted green beans - mmm! Don't think am organised enough for Uber camp this week but I may be v strict and say no snacks. Hmmm...

Good luck with weighing-in this week, everyone, and lots of to those of you with nasty viruses/general illnesses. Hope you all feel better soon x

[mootime]

Hello all.
I'm sure I've not list this week as I've had a few tricky social occasions. No banned foods, but too much wine etc.
Anyway I'm now feeling sorry for myself with a bout of mastitis (at least I'm guessing that's what it is). Only positive is that I'm really not hungry....

[BIWI]

Blueberry - you're eating lots of dairy there. Perhaps cut that out/down?

[BitchyDoesWitchyThings]

Good helping of cauli and broccoli with my cod tonight (steamed) In my head I want it battered in reality it is slimy and greasy and actually not that nice. But that is partly the stress of driving on ungritted roads in a bit of a blizzards. I have a lovely doloup or three of butter on the fish and veg it was lovely. Monday is a new day and I am looking forwards to it.

[Romeyroo]

I am sorry to hear that so many of you are not well

Exhausted after too many early starts, so in bed

B - 3 egg omelette with courgette
L - home made 'green' soup, also salami, olives and feta
D- too tired, cucumber slices and Mayo, some cheese sliced and a bit later, a square of dark choc with warm almond milk

[BIWI]

Lex unlikely to be carb flu at this stage. More likely - sorry - to be some kind of bug

[Gcalgske]

post I hate making big batches of soup so I normally make a couple of bowls at a time. Favourite veggie options would be; lettuce and cucumber soup, feta and courgette, roast swede and curry leaves, roasted butternut squash and chilli (bit carbier but delicious and velvety when puréed), Asian style broth with chilli, lime leaves, Bok choi, tofu, lemongrass, creamy mushroom, broccoli and Stilton. I like the marigold Swiss veg bullion powder (it's only 1.5g carbs per serving) as a base. I normally adapt recipes by substituting cauliflower for potato. Okra sliced into rounds and dredged in curry powder and ground flax, sprayed with olive oil and baked till crisp make an awesome critic replacement.

[Gcalgske]

mrssteve I love swede and curry soup, I tend to use a tsp curry powder, a few curry leaves and a 1/2 tsp black onion seed - fry until fragrant in a tbsp coconut oil. Then add in two bowls of chicken stock and about 200g of roasted swede (I normally do extra with tea the night before) I always roast from raw and like a little charred edge on it. Blitz and finish with a tbsp or two of canned coconut milk. Yum.

[Gcalgske]

Not critic, CRUTON! Stupid phone.

[BerylStreep]

spicy cauliflower soup

This is awesome. Recipe uses coconut milk, but I have a feeling that coconut cream (not creamed coconut) is slightly lower in carbs, or could adjust quantities and use more coconut oil instead.

[StuntNun]

I got carb flu again when I went from low carb to very low carb (~10g per day).

[Mrsstevejones]

BERYL - that soup looks amazing will be trying that this week, thanks.

[ijustwanttobeme]

Hi all,

Weighed myself this morning and got a pleasant surprise. Thought wow this is fab, I can't wait for the official weigh in tomorrow.

Crap food intake, as was a busy day.

B: coffee and some cheese
L : another coffee
D: sausage and bacon

Made worse by foolishly checking weight just now. Put on 4lbs! I know people weigh more at end of day, but still .

[LexLoofah]

Thanks stunt yes was just under 10g day on uber, so hoping it is carb flu had a hot marmite earlier and painkiller as headache was so bad and feel better now, DH definitely has the bug so that could also be in the post as well ...