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Inbetween BCs Thread #2

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SayraT · 23/04/2015 08:05

We filled up the last thread and we still have 3 weeks to go until the next official BC so here is our new inbetween BC thread.

Link to previous thread

So, I was good yesterday and now all of my confessions are lost on the previous thread Grin but I am going to carry on with daily weighing and food recording so this morning I weighed 225 lbs.

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Patapouf · 07/05/2015 22:48

That's what I thought, beyond me why so many Lc blogs talk about them when water is such an important part of LCing.

trashcanjunkie · 08/05/2015 00:32

But patapouf you aren't totally restricting carbs by any stretch. You are ditching bad carbs, but will be getting carbs through the veg/salad yoghurt etc....

trashcanjunkie · 08/05/2015 00:45

Miffy I have been trying to crochet an autumn wreath (check it out on Pinterest) but as it has so many different pieces I still need more yarn colours. Even though I can't justify buying any more due to the mountain I currently own. What a lovely use you put your crafting to. I've got several projects on the go, but as I've been doing applications etc they've been left by the wayside. Oh yeah, and I've been doing some sewing recently too. But I'm going to try and finish my wreath and some blankets I started. Food has been perfect today. Day three of no dairy. Very lc veg. Drank all my water and some. Ate lots of fat in the form of coconut cream, coconut oil, olive oil, mayo, avocado, anchovies, and salmon. Bloody lovely. Also had egg and courgette fritter and crab mayo. Hurrah, feeling buoyant as fuck Grin

NaturalBlondeYeahRight · 08/05/2015 07:23

Well, that's the three days up for the egg fast and only 2 lbs down (was much more successful the first time)
Thought it would be more after this long stall but my body seems to be holding on to the fat for dear life!
I'll give it one more day today, feeling fine so might as well go up to weekend.

TheHappyCamper · 08/05/2015 07:54

Morning all.

Romeyroo - I don't really exercise either (even though I suggested it!) as I don't have time or inclination really. I just walk a lot, both at work and to shops etc. I have heard cleaning burns more off than the gym anyway Grin

Yesterday was a really good day I think:
B: cream cheese pancake with FF Greek Yog cream & berries.
L: 3 bacon and 2 eggs, fried.
D: fillet steak, green veg, half tomato and pepper cream sauce.

Snacks were small handful almonds and a sugar free jelly.

Beyond - I have recorded that programme to watch today.

Pata - I bought ketostix before BIWI said not to bother. Mine are going light pink, which is good as it means I'm fat burning but also drinking enough water. I like them for some reason (maybe I like poas or need extra reassurance!) Grin

KOKO everyone

sassandfaff · 08/05/2015 08:27

Morning.

Miffy that is lovely but very sad. My twin girl spent a short while in special care. She was 6lb 10, which is quite small for the majority of babies, but she looked like a right crumper compared to other babies in there. I remember seeing a teeny tiny baby, but I was so devastated that my baby was in there, I didn't take much in, but I do remember all the knitted hats.

romey of course you can pm me. Give me chance to brush off the cobwebs in my brain and might even kick start me doing it as well.

I'm not sure what the hell is going on with me. I've put 6lbs on from the lowest I have been, but lost 3lbs over night this morning. And my boobs are really very sore and have been for days. They aren't usually, even if it's totm.

I've not fell into any bad carbs, so I'll just koko. Hopefully it will just right itself along the way.

sassandfaff · 08/05/2015 08:30

trash is the wreath from lucy at attic 24?

sassandfaff · 08/05/2015 08:31

. her blog

plumstone · 08/05/2015 08:45

Cool Beans - I will stop with the Ketostix - found them in the back of a drawer from when I had to test for blood sugar - Will stop and just up the water. Have stayed at 11.13 all week - panic on, maybe this is my "happy weight" in that my arse is happy being like this my ego - not so much.

As a favour, can someone please add me to the spreadsheet whenever it goes live - with the weight I was this morning 11.13 please. I leave at stupid o'clock tomorrow morning and am not back in till Thursday night.

Romeyroo · 08/05/2015 08:49

haha, happy, I will burn some calories today then! I used to walk loads, but DS is at the stage where he is too big for a buggy, but not really up for proper walks. I had started parking further away from the office, but then slipped back into time pressured parking as close as I could.

sass Confused, I'm not even sure I want to write down what an option might be for your symptoms...

pata, I will be joining you on the trying to go completely clean, as I think I have been relying too much on dark chocolate, so that is my aim for this BC (as well as the others I put down the other day) and beyond. I broke the soya latte fix, and I feel like taking on the dark chocolate fix is the next step!

Romeyroo · 08/05/2015 08:50

Re-phrase: pata, I will be joining you on going completely clean...

Sorelip · 08/05/2015 09:03

Urgh I'm full of cold. Have managed to stay on track though. No idea how much I've lost since the scales are broken. Colds suck balls.

sassandfaff · 08/05/2015 09:27

romey dp has had the snip..... Grin

DramaAlpaca · 08/05/2015 09:46

Bad day yesterday. Cold, tired, hungry & headachey all day. Ended up coming home from work & falling into an enormous bowl of Aldi's Special K type cereal with whole milk. First time I've gone so badly off plan in nearly 6 weeks. I didn't enjoy it, it was much too sweet, didn't fill me up, and made me feel worse Sad

Back on plan today, I hope, but I need BC to work - I've been up & down the same couple of pounds for the last few weeks & I'm feeling a bit down about it.

Romeyroo · 08/05/2015 10:38

Grin hmm, stumped then sass- fat burning releases oestrogen then??

Patapouf · 08/05/2015 11:30

trashcan the bad ones are the ones I'm going to miss!

I've started BC today, no more excuses. DH is under strict instructions to rid the kitchen cupboards of forbidden foods before I get home.

B: tuna mayo and lettuce. It was a weird late breakfast.
L: is going to be a mushroom & cheddar omelette.
D: lovely roast beef joint with cabbage and broccoli.

I think it's a good job I don't like dark chocolate, or BC would be harder. Looking forward to nuts in BClite!

I ordered a Fitbit charge a few weeks ago and currys have been rather pathetic, it should be here by Monday now Smile Im attributing my massive weight gain since September to the fact I quit smoking and also went from walking for at least 2 hours everyday to no walking whatsoever without adjusting my diet. I never thought I'd be excited to get to the weight I was last year, but it's my preliminary goal. I'm going to try and do C25K too Smile

trashcanjunkie · 08/05/2015 11:51

Ohgodohgosohgod I'm doing a charity run in about two weeks. Five bloody miles. I think I'll have to do it at a power walk as my ankle fitness ain't up to it.... [horror face]

sass yes it is that one. I love it so much my insides actually tingle when I look at it. So far I've completed some toadstools, leaves, a hedgehog and a robin of my own design, which is a bit shit.

Just had a lovely breakfast of two boiled eggs in mayo with some ham and some mushrooms fried in butter and last nights steaky juices.

Have had one cup of earl grey with coconut cream, half a litre of water and a cup of fruit tea with coconut oil. Back out to work now, then going indoor climbing this afternoon with Dp.

Patapouf · 08/05/2015 12:31

Not sure how I'm going to drink so much water, I'm spending most of the day going to the loo Blush

lisbapalea · 08/05/2015 13:37

Have been really disciplined for the past couple of days but for some reason feel very bloated and fat today. Hoping it is a week 3 or 4 plateau or it could poss be dairy related. Hmmmm.

B - scrambled eggs eggs with some grated cheese, coriander and Tabasco
L - leftover chicken in creamy leek and tarragon sauce, plus leftover roasted fennel
D - we're having indian takeaway so am thinking of having tandoori chicken or lamb (I.e. With no sauce) with saag paneer on the side. Hope that will be ok?

KOKO everyone!

DarkEvilMoon · 08/05/2015 14:21

There have been instances where the snip has reversed, medically documented and everything

plumstone · 08/05/2015 14:53

B - FF greek yogurt with double cream
L - Ham and cream cheese rolls- roasted veg with mayonnaise 2 Babybel
D- Avocado and something else that was pulled from the freeze but not sure what!!!

Have bought a 12 pack of Babybel cheese for the flight - I just know that the food on the plane will not be this WOE and at that time in the morning I will be very close to just going "sod it" and scarfing the lot - if I am going to go off message re food on this trip I want it to be for a Chicago Deep Dish Pizza and be totally worth it!!!!! - not some reconstituted totally foul reheated plane food!!!!!!!

Dumdedumdedum · 08/05/2015 15:06

Hi, everyone! Felt I needed to "confess" and ask advice.

First of all, after my spectacular weight loss of 8lbs in the first 8 days I was doing bootcamp, I am right back up to where I started from, after 3 weeks and 2 days. I know where I went wrong and am picking myself up and starting again with the intention of sticking to this WoE for 10 weeks from Monday 11th May.

HOWEVER, I need to get back into the mindset of sticking with it. I have terrible cravings, which are not hunger pangs because I actually feel full, but a need to fill an emptiness I have. For the first two weeks I tried this WoE, I was fine and full and happy to eat at the right times, with the odd Parmesan crisp in between. Since I relaxed slightly, glass or two of Champers, bits of chocolate, tastes of dessert here and there, bread yesterday evening, I find that food cravings have returned and I feel the need to fill that emptiness, which I was doing with nuts but realise they are a disaster for me.

So, any advice on how to make myself want to stick with it for the full 10 weeks with relapsing and without needing to fill the void which is not hunger but habit and boredom?

Thanks very much in advance for any advice.

LexLoofah · 08/05/2015 15:12

plum what airline and what terminal are you flying from? Perhaps take a bag of nuts as well or pork scratchings.

Also remember Chicago is the midwest and the home of enormous steaks and surf and turf type meals, sure that part will be fine. American restaurants are much more accommodating about substituting and having things like dressing on the side or asking for extra mayo

plumstone · 08/05/2015 15:20

Hi Dum - Not sure if this would work for you but I am stupidly motivated by this. I started this WOE and also a new skin care regime (there is thread on here, which is my second obsession) about 6 weeks ago, and generally am aiming to just improve the way I look (I am a shallow looks obsessed Plum I accept this) I yearn for pasta and bread on an almost daily basis - but have updated and sparkled up my wardrobe and got rid of the beige. I am employing this in my food - NO BEIGE - Don't want to be seen as the frumpy grey legging, T-shirt wearing unkempt chick when I turn 40, which is drawing ever closer. Want to use the 10 weeks to gain a controlled mentality regarding food, and generally be more polished. I feel that my daily sausage roll eaten on a bus habit was not helping. I was a bit of a dry and depressing prune, the aim is a smooth lusciously curvy Plum!!!! This may be a fantasy but a girl has to have a goal!

Also when hungry - brush your teeth - I have never tried this I have a friend who swears by it - she has never been fat but did it to wean herself of sweeties - she had a haribo habit that was totally out of control Grin