Low Carb Bootcamp - the final weigh-in

[BIWI]

Morning all!

Well, here it is - the last weigh-in for this Bootcamp!

Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

I'm not sure what's happened with the weight tracker, and I forgot to check with MNHQ sorry.

From last week's thread it seems like there have been some great losses on this Bootcamp, so really well done all of you

For those of you interested, the next Bootcamp will start on May 11 - I think that's 6 weeks away. In the meantime, though, next Monday I'll start a continuation chat thread so we can keep going until then. (Not that you have to sign up to the next one, obviously!)

And the very lovely Sayra is going to set the spreadsheet up so that you can continue to use it.

Each Bootcamp is different (as I have learnt!), but I have very much enjoyed this one, so thank you all for your company

Respect for the pampas grass Romey, those things have bastard roots

Happy easter all, romey oh must have been strange without DCs this morning, hope you enjoyed the egg hunt this afternoon. No Easter eggs brought in here so mine got dark choc almonds and raisins which thankfully have been scoffed already

Not v traditional but we had meatza for lunch, yummy and v filling

Spent all weekend sorting out, cleaning and painting ready to put house on the market next weekend so expect I will be aching tmrw too

I will be rejoining bc proper tomorrow after several days of carby shame

Will be doing food diaries and everything

I just had a yummy breakfast I had made some wraps to have with tuna for lunch yesterday (eggs, oil and flax) but had too much flax in one so I saved it. This morning I toasted it and had it for breakfast with butter. Yum

trash I don't think either of us did very well this BC so how about we start again now together and do it properly until the next BC with the aim of each losing 5 lbs?

We can sign in together and keep proper notes of what we have eaten and help keep each other on track.

Ooh sayra, how do you make those wraps? Is it a mixture that you griddle?

I'll join the two of you with a 5lb plan too, i'm averaging a lb a week so thats doable :)

(Weight is still up 4lbs but think period may be due now too)

Morning. I'm seesawing between 13,7 and 13,9 at the minute, but a few weeks ago I was seesawing between 13,9 and 13,11, so it's coming off just slowly.

Dp and I are going uber from today. His hint of a six pack as spurred him on. And the eye candy for me helps me want to help him.

So no choc, diary and nuts for us.

I can feel myself falling off the wagon here, bit of self sabotage now we have reached the end of this bc. Someone give me a stern talking too- I've got at least 30 pounds to go to get to healthy bmi. Feel angry with myself as I'm doing it.

As an aside, my DP has moaned (to himself) that he has put on weight. We don't share same food until evening meal. He gets the same as me. Obviously being high fat, he would gain if eating carbs during day, wouldn't he?
Whoops. I might not mention it.

Normal service resumed here noise, bickering, mess

I have been hungry the past couple of days, so made sure and ate some more fat yesterday, which seems to have done the trick. Weight, I am stuck going up and down the same two pounds - not sure whether I should accept that this means it is maintenance time for me, or try to lose a bit more. I still feel like there is an inch to go from top of thighs and hips, which possibly needs more targeted exercise (or more gardening). Last time I stalled, it took me serious BCing to get going. Two weeks being off with DC realistically means just trying not to gain, though.

natural think about the reasons you are self-sabotaging? Some people find it hard to think of themselves as a slimmer person and will self-sabotage to avoid becoming that slimmer person. I don't know why we do it, sometime we do it even if we do want to become slimmer and healthier but it can be hard to change. Come and join trashy, Beyond and me on our inbetween BC BC

Erm, yes that might be why your DP has put on weight!

almahart the plain wraps are 1 egg and 1 tablespoon oil (per wrap) whisked together and fried. I have used them to have tuna mayo in and they are just like a real wrap. I mix 2 eggs and 2 tablespoons of oil at once.

I adapted the recipe by adding in a sprinkle of ground flax but I haven't got the quantity quite right yet, if you add too much flax you can't roll it but that is what made a good "toast" this morning. I'll be doing that again. You can also add different herbs to the original mix. I am going to try them on Wednesday as fajita wraps when my mum is over for dinner.

Well done sass and sass'DH

I'm up for an inbetween BCBC! I'm on it from tomorrow. I have a long weekend in Bordeaux coming up at the end of the month and I'm hoping the weather will be good - but all my spring/summer stuff is too tight right now. 5lbs off would be fab.

NaturalBlonde the Big Stick is in the cupboard right now, but I can go and fetch it if you need me to>

Welcome BIWI

I need the stick too, so good at meal times and water, yet i went and had a bloody ice cream today

Rightyho, sounds like a perfect plan sayra

Dp pointed out starting tomorrow is a better idea as technically today is still choc o clock. We have managed to clear the decks of the crap choc, and are finishing the shame with chippy tea and ice cream at the beach IN THE SUNSHINE this evening.

I'm hoping my new running shoes arrive in the morning, so I can get my butt moving one way or another.

Thanks Sayra, will give them a go

Sayra - have you started a thread?

trash and beyond, it is the first sunny weekend of the year, hard not to resist ice cream. I am taking DC to our favourite ice cream parlour later in the hols, it will be hard to resist. Love the sunshine, it seems like it has been a long winter

Er, no I didn't realise that there were more inbetween BC BCers, I thought it would be just me and trashy

I'll start one now....

I meant it is hard to resist ice cream, I mean

Given myself a stern talking to. Do I want crap or do I want to be healthy? The water has gone down as well, I'm off for school hols, much easier to do routine when working isn't it?
I'm in.

Yep beyond sometimes I have to do that too!

Ooh is there a thread

So in the last two weeks I have eaten sugar waaay too much sugar potatoes, no veg and skipped meals plus drunk far far too much coffee. Safe to say it has been a mass of falling off the wagon and self destruction.

Today I kicked myself in the butt, had a bit of a lie in. Had breakfast at 12noon (2 sausages, 2 pieces of bacon, 2 eggs scrambled)
Lunch was a hasty 2 sausages grabbed at 4:30pm
Tea is about to be turkey in gravy

Water wise I have drunk about 5 ltrs and done 4hrs of training. Also had 4 cups of coffee.

Good bits of today: no comfort eating/sugar eating, no meal skipping, drunk my water
Bad bits: over training, no veg.

I need to work on this. A lot.

So many people have done so well, and done so well in not ideal circumstances. There are some really impressive stories. And yet i am useless. I like the food except veg I like the way i feel. But i still see food as something to be avoided at all costs. And I don't know how to break this. I am better than I was, and BIWI and the bootcampers are fabulous support but food avoiding is my default when I am tired, stressed, busy.

Dark well done for today. Sometimes I feel like I am useless too, I've been on this WOE since January 2014 and only lost 20 lbs, I've lost more then put it back on (by eating shitty sugary carbs).

Sometimes I feel inspired when I read the success stories from people like ready and pisses who lost an incredible amount over the year. Other times I feel rubbish, why do I allow myself to go off track when I feel great on LC? I don't know.

I don't avoid food, I use food when I am happy I celebrate with food, when I am sad I comfort with food, when I am lonely I use food to make myself feel better. I am much better than I used to be but I still need to work on it.

I see you've joined the "I can't believe its not BC BC" (as trashy called it) so we ca help support each other there. We can do it together.

Here is a photo of my flax toast (