Week 7 - Low Carb Bootcamp - Four weeks left ...

[BIWI]

Morning. Apologies for late start to this week's thread, but I'm off work poorly today, and had a bit of a lie-in.

Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

And don't forget the Weight Tracker

Good luck for this week

Hope everyone is ok, must log in to look at the pics as I'm in my phone.
Had a bit of an on off day. Couldn't face breakfast and squeezed some lunch down, but then was ravenous so scoffed loads of macadamia nuts and pork scratchings. (And cheese).
It's like when I don't eat anything I'm not hungry, but once I do, the flood gates open....

lex they measure height and weight in reception and year 6. Then they send a letter home, saying your child is overweight.

They give you a website link to put in your child's result and then a long scale is given with mostly green coloured in apart from the very beginning and the very end which are coloured orange and red. Orange being overweight or underweight, (depending which end) and red being I presume obese and anorexic.

My children were deemed to be 92nd percentile and 93rd percentile. Bordering obese!

mrss we are about the same I think. I'm hovering around 13.9/13.10 at the minute.

I can get my size 14's on with a big maossive muffin top.

I plan to get to a size 10. I don't see why you can't either.

Also there is 14 months between the twins and my youngest.

And only 2lbs difference between twin girl and the youngest girl, and she is smaller in height, so she must be obese then?!

Grrr.

Youngest.

sass they must have measured incorrectly surely. Also they could easily have a growth spurt any day and the results would change by quite a bit. DD literally just shot up over an inch in the space of a few weeks, I think it is only her height for her age that is keeping her out of the top percentile. Anyway would rather it was that end of the scale than the other ifyswim

Sass i am somewhere around 13st 11lbs and if you say i can get to a size 10 then i def can! Thanks

I have a massive muffin top and am in danger of crushing some vital organ but they do button up. I will get my skinny clothes out of the attic this weekend, i am just binning my fat clothes as i will NEVER need them again.

Food today

Coffee with butter and cream (aldi if you are listening sell coconut oil to save me multiple supermarket shops).
Another 2 x coffee with cream
Kale, bacon and hm chicken stock soup with cream
Pork loin with swede roasties and buttered broccoli.

Far too much cream today but hungover is my excuse and couldnt face proper food until later.

Exercise a brutal PT session and a leisurely swim.

Sending my car in for its MOT tom - please everyone keep your fingers crossed for it flying thru, really cant spend any more this month and i want a night in a hotel for my birthday next week.

sass, as far as I could work out on that scale, it is done on percentile, so if your child is 90-odd-th percentile, they are going to be in the very overweight category by default. It is nonsense to me, because not every child is on the 50th percentile, and the important things are the proportion between height and weight. DS comes up as very overweight on the NHS child BMI calculator, which I am really annoyed about because he is on the 91st percentile for weight, and 95th percentile for height (so in proportion I would say) according to the growth charts.

DS, for medical reasons, eats no sugar, only whole grain foods, no fizzy drinks, no refined, processed foods - he is very active. So goodness only knows how he is supposed to weight less. It makes me [grr] that my child will be called very overweight at the school weight in.

Rant over - well done on the jeans, everyone. I am thinking about trying on some jeans at the weekend, but as I have STS for a couple weeks, I am not sure if it would actually be motivating.

Food today
B - Coconut milk, flax and chia seed mix
L - Cold chicken, green salad, cucumber and mayo
D - an odd concoction of courgette, green beans, one and a half sausages in a kind of sauce made from stock cube and thickened with milled flaxseed. I am trying to get my fibre up.

S - I had a large soya latte and some dark chocolate in the afternoon.

Despite STS, I am reminding myself of the many other benefits of this WOE, not least my skin is clearer than ever before. Tiredness is still an issue, so I got some magnesium and zinc today to add to the supplement intake.

KOKO everyone

I'm so impressed by everyone getting into their skinny jeans. My jeans are certainly fitting better, but I'm staring at another obstacle that has left me feeling rather disappointed.

I ordered two swimsuits for my rapidly approaching holiday, and I just don't think either looks good. One is a one piece with a deep v halter neck and cut outs on either side. I like it because it covers my stomach a bit, but it's still fun. Unfortunately, it gives me some muffin top on either side. The other one is a bikini which fits fine, but my stomach just doesn't look good. It's flat, but still has a big ol' layer of fat. I know that if I get a full one piece I'll feel frumpy and I'll stand out, because it seems like other people always wear bikinis, but it just doesn't look good. I feel so deflated, but I wish I looked it! I might look into a high waisted bikini as a possible compromise, but I'm going to have to leave it for tonight. I can't bear to look at any more slim models in bikinis while I try to imagine how my rather more substantial body might look.

Hi amaxapax -

I have a two piece from M&S of all places - it is a tankini top, but very figure tightening hugging and short style bottom with a little skirt. I LOVE it, I have to say, as there is no way I would wear a normal bikini yet, but like you, did not want a one piece for going on holiday. I do look slimmer in it now that pre-BC, but even pre-BC, I felt okay about wearing it on the beach because it is quite flattering.

I may explore that option, Romey. I've ordered two alternatives. They both look like they will cover the bit of me that makes me most uncomfortable, which is what I can only describe as a spare tire. I'm getting to the point where I feel much better in clothes, but I am unfortunately very aware of how I look out of them!

B: 3 chicken wings in relatively LC (3.2g/100g) peri peri, coffee with almond breeze, pint of water
L: cold chicken, HB egg, olives and cucumber, pint of water
D: hm chicken curry served over wilted spinach, pint of water.
Snacked on some pepperoni crisps and a big cheesy crisp thing.

Hi everyone,

For some reason, I've gone off the boil with my LCing...

B: two ordinary coffees
L: chicken salad from sandwich delivery company. £3 for a tiny handful of leaves, chopped up bit of chicken breast (no more than a 1/4 of one) and some thin slices of cucumber. Didn't even eat it all, as was quite frankly disgusting :(

Consequently I was hungry and I realise this is no excuse, but while popping to DMs after work, I had another ordinary coffee and SIX biscuits. FFS!

D: pork belly ribs and a huge pile of salad

Was under 20% carbs in total, but still not good.

evening campers

lovely tittoo beyond (did ya see what I did there?) I have a big ol' horsey on my left fore arm, and a ginormous octopus on my bum and a hare on my foot and the atomic symbol on the back of my neck addicted? me? pfft!

sass my twins got the overweight category in reception, and it stung like buggery. Now, admittedly, they weren't skinny, but I just couldn't say they were overweight. They are ten now, and although not beanpoles, there's not a scrap of spare on either of them. They're both ludicrously tall though. Ds2 must be over 5 foot by now Does that mean I'll have to have the whole weighing thing again in yr 6? Boring! Your two look absolutely perfect weight by the way.

Well done all you lot with the size 16 in the near distance. I went shopping on Friday, and fucking hell, I know we all know this but.... changing room mirrors....... I was up close and personal with my arse and the back of my arms and my cellulite legs. I had the joy of seeing I have lost weight, particularly on my face and neck, but also the slightly saggy skin over the rest of me (which still has a way to go!)

I had to work hard at remembering the 'my body is my wonderful vehicle' speech. I said to dp later, 'I honestly don't know how you still fancy me' to which he laughed and said he felt the same about his body (which I totally fancy) and that he totally fancies me

I tried on some size 18 trousers, but they were in Primark, so I was asking for it really. They don't cut for people my height. At 5'11 I just have to bite the bullet and only get my trews from LTS otherwise they look really awful. I have got some work pants from debenhams, but that was a one off.

I did get a really nice chunky mustard huge drapey cardi thing, which is as good as a jacket, and I also bought (from the mens section) an XL wool mix suit jacket. The shoulders are about an inch and a half too wide on either side, but I am going to attempt to alter it, with the help of a clever friend, next week.

I got some other basic essentials, and chucked out a load of old stuff that was bobbly and manky. I am committed to this shopping for clothes lark now, and will continue next week. My new boots arrived today, but I could only get one of them on, as my poorly ankle is still way to swollen so I have sent them to the 'shoe stretcher man' cobbler and will hopefully have them back next week all broken in and perfect....

food today

B - tuna salad with mayo

D - lidl marinated duck booby with the last four asparagus spears, few spoons of cottage cheese, and a ham and cheese roll with mayo

drinks. large cup of tea two litres water and a coffee with cream.

Christ... epic post!

amax it is hot where I live so don't have the option to cover up at anytime of the year, have just had to get used to having my legs and arms on show all the time - no softening the blow with tights or a cardi here! What I mean to say is for the last 10 years I have Worn a swimsuit at some point most weekends, infront of friends, neighbours, colleagues etc and am now completely de-sensitized to it, you see all sorts on the beach anyway and I doubt anybody is really looking. I can't wear a bikini, flabby belly aside I also have a rather large vertical scar on there so wear a one piece instead i love the miracle suit ones, I think fig leaves does them, pricey but so worth it. Don't let it spoil your hols.

B - chorizo sausage, courgeetes, fried egg in butter, cuppa, BPC
L - salad, hm mayo, ham, 2 eggs, 1 sq dark choc ( I know, but was doing something completely boring at work and needed it to keep my sanity)
D - chorizo, chicken, leeks, pepper, shallot fried in coconut oil, courgetti all stirred with sun dried tomato pesto - thanks for the tip last week, mrs Steve I think, sorry if got that wrong. Would have loved some Parmesan on top, Grr this almost dairy free lark had better pay big lc dividends come Monday

lex at you living somewhere warm.

I'd kill to live somewhere warm.

He wants California, and I want Australia. Neither if us as been to either though!

We actually think Scandinavian countries would be best, Norway or Denmark but the cold puts me off.

I was born in Africa, (dad had a job there) think it has influenced me!

trash I think my kids would be no where near the 90th percentile in height! I'm 5'4 and dp is 5'9.

romey I'm quite strict on food. (Probably why it grates so much) they've never tasted fizzy pop. The only ready meal they have is occasionally fish fingers. I let them have pizza once a week and every so often they have a chippy tea.

I don't even buy tin soup! Yuk. They didn't know what cake was until their 2 and birthday. Or easter eggs or chocolate.

I'm of the opinion that if they don't know what it is and therefore can't ask for it- why give it to them if it's rubbish.?

Hence my ' piss of you bastards, my kids are perfect thank you very much' ranty attitude

I'll shut up now ......

That's really sensible advice, Lex. Thank you. Last summer we went to my home country and I didn't do some of my favourite activities because I was too embarrassed about my weight. I really don't want to repeat that, particularly as this holiday is probably a once in a lifetime sort of thing. I'm just going to enjoy the experience.

In other news, I have apparently dropped four pounds since yesterday.

Swim suits piss me off.
I've spent far too many holidays squeezed into a one piece with very low cut legs and a tummy concealing skirt.

Now I just think fuck it and unleash the beast in a bikini.

I have surgery scars, stretch marks and an entire tray bake muffin top but feel no guilt in baring it, I could be helping mankind by showing the consequences of cake love.

Nice tattoo Beyond

My size 14 from the side.

The front is just a bit too hideous!

fatstacks at unleash the beast.

I always wear a bikini. I have stretch marks going higher than my belly button.

Luckily they are now 15 yes old and I didn't get any with twins or dd3. So they are faded in comparison to original.

sass, your kids are perfect; I don't doubt that they are healthy too!

I have a scar higher than a c-section that everyone assumes is a c-sections scar these days. I never worry about covering that one up. I got it when they saved my life from internal bleeding. That scar means I am still alive. People seem to think it weird that I am rather fond of it But it has significance why should i be ashame of any scar I have earnt? Stretch marks, burns, surgery they all tell part of the story of how I am me. I see no reason to hide them. Alive and proud. Living life. The scars don't change only the perception of them. Perhaps we could start an mn rebellion and make them nothing to be ashamed of? give BIWI more of a mn legacy

Stress eating going on here - I need to stop. Breakfast turned into a three (small) egg omelette with courgettes and leftover tuna, three slices of chorizo, a square of sugar free choc from H&b and I am onto my second coffee.

I am just feeling stressed, I know why, it is handovers this weekend with XH, there is background to my anxiety and I wish I knew how to stop it. Just logging on here to stop me eating any more. Going to get ready and will be out with DS all day, so day will improve

Ditching the coffee for fennel tea now, that is probably a good idea, have no camomile