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

notso I am more used to the heat than i used to be but will never fully acclimatized, the kids find it much easier but we all feel the cold a lot more. I imagine it would be better somewhere that is hot in the summer and cold in the winter like Canada but it is hot and humid all year here plus small islAnd so get cabin fever oh yes and hurricanes ! I really miss the seasons and it is so far from family, has been harder each year since the kids were born - time to come home

Anyway B today was yummy, 2 hb eggs mashed with butter, half avo with hm mayo, Iberica ham and a cuppa, just sipping a red bush tea

Afternoon everyone, I was looking online earlier at a few clothing sites as the fact that my clothes were getting too big so I had to buy new stuff and also that I'm now happier in how I look have really re-awoken my love of shopping (not necessarily a good thing ). All the talk of fitting into new/old smaller jeans had me looking for a pair so rather than fork out for new ones I thought I would go have a rummage through my lovingly packed away old stuff that hasn't gone past my knees for years and try some of it on. I'm feeling rather pleased as I managed to find a pair of shorts, a couple of skirts, some tops and two pairs of size 10 jeans that not only did up but fit comfortably and look nice on too so I'm joining all of you who have managed to get into their old too small stuff in celebrating the amazingness of bootcamp

Thank you beyond I can see it!
bitchy I think it's helped, on top of my 'lady's problems' I've a nippy rib that I've had for over a year (feels like I'm lying on a hot poker at times) osteopath and Physio both have adjusted it and agree it's just going to take time to settle but drinking the tea I think has helped. I've also got a problem with my wrists and the physio noted (I see her every week) a drastic heat reduction in my wrists when measured with her probe thingy which is indicative of a reduction in inflammation (all exercise etc was the same just switched to red bush) so I'm sticking with it. Plus it's caffeine free. It's an easy change to make.

Delicious dinner of stir fried salmon, broccoli, shallot and beansprouts in tamari, garlic, ginger & 5spice. Yummy. The beansprouts were just like noodle to me anyway.

lex I'm dead curious as to where you are now! Dp's taken my photo but it's from a dreadful angle. Never mind, here goes

Oops, the thread had disappeared off my list of threads I'm on.

Not had a great week, but determined to get back on track.

My mum has got her op date through, it's 18th March. Fingers crossed it hasn't spread in the meantime. She was hoping they could do keyhole surgery, but they've said they will be making a large vertical incision and she will be in hospital for six days probably. She's going to be in Hull hospital (Castle hospital? ), which apparently has a good oncology department.

Anyway, sorry for going off topic. I hope you're all well and KOKO! Will read the rest of the thread now ...

The past three days have been utterly dreadful. I've realised I cannot drink on this WOE it all turns to carbs!!

Back on it this morning with heuvos rancheros (sp?)

Morning all, my DS is one today and family party happening later, since i am cooking for 16 its all LC friendly with the exception of part baked baguettes. I cant believe how quickly it has come around, i wanted to keep him a baby for a bit longer -sob. He is my last baby and growing up far too quickly for my liking.

I didnt realise how far my house was from looking like a show home until i started doing all the house work. If i could just ban laundry and toys, it wouldnt be too bad!

Just say NO to the cake, just say no to the cake,- will be my mantra for the day but i might need wine when everyone has gone home.

Hope everyone has a fab day

Wow trash, great photo, very brave. You dont look like you have far to go.

I am giving it some thought about posting as it would be great to have a record as my head takes a long time to catch up with my shape - when i am thinner i still think i am fat yet but when i am fat i kind of think i am pretty slim just curvy- weird hey?

Lex hot and humid! I definitely couldn't do it I'd look like this, except I'd be fat Monica (but not for much longer) . Must be tough to be away from family though, DSIS lives three hours away and I miss her loads. I'd hate to live in a different country from her.

fatstacks and trash great pictures. Well done for posting them.

Beyond thanks for posting the blog link.

nowits glad you have a date and hope it all goes well. I grew up in Hull

lurking same here, though after my hangover from hell last weekend I'm never drinking again anyway until next time

mrssteve yes to babies growing up too fast and yes to being thinner/feeling fatter being fatter/feeling thinner.
Happy Birthday to your baby hope the party goes well.

Feeling refreshed as 10yo took the little ones down early then brought us a cup of tea and 14 yo made breakfast for them all so I was up at 7:30 not in the dark! Also it's 8:30 and nobody has cried or screamed yet.
Going to the cinema with three of my four DC today. Am wondering if pork scratchings are too noisy for film snacks, it is only kids club though. I might just get a coffee with cream.

Evening/morning.
Just SMS as am having a bad time just now with the chocolate. Should NOT have convinced myself that having a little 85% was ok, it wasn't. :(

But have just had to try having leeks as spaghetti instead of courgette, as DH used my last courgette in the mince thing (he said, despite having seen me fry up my "courgetti" for the last several times we've had it, "Oh I didn't realise that's what you had" ). Anyway - leeks, cut lengthwise into strips no wider than 1cm, fried in butter until they've softened, then add a little water and keep cooking until the water is gone (sautéeing, I suppose!) makes a pretty decent alternative. Just as well!

But have also been heavy on the wine - even went wine-tasting yesterday (which was fab, I have to say, and we went to a vineyard that had a "buy 6, get 6 free" offer on so got a great deal on some very decent wines). I'm going to pay for it on the next weigh in. All I can do though is say "tomorrow is another day" and start again with the willpower and no sugar/wine/chocolate. I'm staying off the other carbs - no starches, no pasta, no spuds, no bread - just having serious "chocolate" issues.

I know I've fucked up massively and screwed my sugar addiction again - I know I've self-sabotaged and I'm not impressed with myself. I have also now realised I have a lot more emotional attachment to sugar/chocolate than I actually realised, which is a step forward I suppose - just need to work out how to deal with that. :(

I've found its best not to keep it in the house. I can do little bits, but once its here (and more so once its open), its a little bit pretty much every day til the bar is gone. So i try to have a good gap between buying more, that seems to help a little.
How bad has it been?

Morning.

I'm still in bed. Exhausted for some reason.

I had a horrible dream that I ate some flapjack! I was dreading coming on here to admit it and face biwi's wrath!

fatstacks I took my pic from the front and thought it was horrendous. I saw George and didn't think that at all. And yet they are almost identical photo's. I need to work on my self critical skills I think.

trash I agree you don't look far to go. I wish my stomach was as flat.

Happy birthday mrss little DC.

Bad. Whole bar bad. :( Started with just 3 little bits (or a line) then rapidly progressed over the last week - today was a whole bar of the G&B milk stuff because I didn't have any of the dark stuff left. At least it wasn't Cadbury's Snacks (bloody dangerous Aussie stuff - soft fruity centres in Cadbury's milk, in 200g bars) - I have bought it because it's "payment" for my sister for when we come to the UK - poor thing has to get up to fetch us from the airport around 6am, and I buy it when it's on special offer (now).

Just tried on a 14 top. It fits! to capacity Bit gapey at the boobs mind, but not horrendously so. I'm wearing it today!

Said top.

Looking forward to not having that tum though. I've not been pregnant for nearly 3 and a half years, but I still look about 4/5 months!

Went out with friends last night - a group of 11 of us. Nowhere 'nice' would take such a large group so we ended up in a Turkish restaurant where, because there were so many of us, we went for the meze. I figured that would be something there suitable for me.

Served in two courses. The first was massive platters of things like humus, tzatziki, taramasalata, couscous, salad, prawn cocktail. With lovely, fresh, warm pitta bread. And pastry triangles, filled with spinach and feta. I did restrict myself to two small pieces of pitta, but also had a pastry.

But the main course was just platters of chargrilled meats - lamb chops, chicken, beef patties, so that was OK. I wish that had come first and I could have filled up on that!

Awh biwi I was only joking. No offense intended.

Still feeling like crap, can't believe how long a stupid cold is hanging on. I think I've lost 1lb, despite a week of not much appetite, but I have had a couple of lemsips in desperation, and yogurt and some nuts when I couldn't be arsed to get anything proper. The words do not exist to convey how much I want a hot cross bun at this moment, but I will not give in.

I've had some bacon and mushrooms for brunch and we've got a guinea fowl to roast later. I've been browsing the recipe thread for inspiration because it's feeling a bit challenging at the moment, I'm going to try some new things this week.

I was joking sass!

Those dreams are awful, aren't they? Make you feel so guilty for something you never even did

Oh good! Ha. I thought I'd upset you!

Yes they are awful. I can't believe I was that gutted over a flapjack. I felt like I'd failed and let myself down..........

Ahh, using my logic biwi, the pastry is better than the bread due to its % fat. Dont know if thats nonsense, but its how my brain got around the biscuit (all butter shortbread) the other day :)