Week 2 - May Low Carb Bootcamp - our first official weigh-in!

[BIWI]

Morning all!

Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

And don't forget the the Weight Tracker (I hope that link works but apologies if it doesn't!)

So we come to our first weigh-in. I know from last week's thread that results are going to be a bit mixed - but I hope that most of you will see a good loss.

If you haven't, don't panic! Sometimes it can take a bit of time for your body to trust you, especially if you're a bit of a serial dieter.

If you think you've been doing everything according to the rules, but still haven't seen a loss, then list out for me your meals over the last 3 or 4 days and let me see if I can spot anything obvious.

But whatever the results are today, please remember it's not a competition!

We all lose weight at different rates. And someone who sees a big loss in one week isn't going to see that every week.

And remember - it's not all about what the scales tell you. You'll find that your body shape can change even if the scales remain unchanged!

Good luck to you all.

blessed I have a dim memory that the pie chart isn't availible on the desktop version... Might be wrong but remember it being bemoaned on another LC group sometime ago. X

Oh for fucks sake tonight's dinner was nearly a joke

Went to an exhibition opening at a gallery inside an independent cinema. They have a rather splendid little bar/cafe on the ground floor so we decided to eat there before heading off to a gig.

I ordered monkfish tail in a taco, minus the taco -went to great length checking the dish was going to be ok. When it arrived it was two fucking breaded gnarly looking fishfingers and a pissy little salad. My face must have been a picture. I really politely apologised and sent it back. Sat stumped for five minutes as the two chaps started tucking in to their fabulous looking burger and chips. I then saw meatballs in tomato sauce, and was pondering having those, as we were in no rush. The lovely manager simultaneously came over and suggested I try them (explained I have gut problems after serious food poisoning - can't be arsed to talk diets etc) and he said only Parmesan and meat and the tomato sauce. I asked for the Parmesan to be left off. All fine. Ten minutes later the poor guy came over, ashen faced - wanting to know, was it just Parmesan or was all cheese a problem? Me - yep all cheese, why? Him - there's mascarpone in the sauce, would you like to see before you decide....

The 'tomato' sauce is friggin' white! By that point, dp had sloped off to the bog. My other companion (who's the coeliac student) was highly amused at the incompetence, and I was floored. Then I saw the option of chargrilled mackerel, which I rather meekly asked for. I was getting a bit embarrassed by then. Thank fuck it came with a delicious green rockety type salad, and was gorgeous. The manager looked like he wanted to die by the end. I felt so sorry for him

The funny thing was, earlier on I had been toying with the idea of a little cheat. At the exhibition, there was a bit of film footage of me (long story) playing on a loop (part of the art) and I was 'treated' to a full length view of myself from the back. Bloody horrifying. Honestly. I cannot sometimes understand how dp hasn't left me! I have gained four bloody stone since we met. Thank god he's just a total darling, who says he just loves me but fucking hell, that has hugely motivated me to toe the line utterly until I hit my target. Now I feel like I'm getting good results, and eating fabulous food, I'm content to just chug on.

Have had a really nice lunch today as well. Went and bought a shed load of fruit (for dcs) and veg from the wholesalers today. Amazing quality and fantastic prices (a crate of cauliflowers for £5.50) and opposite there was a Persian cafe, so I took home a mixed grill to share with dp. It was just chicken, and lamb but it was so juicy and tender and full of flavour.

Have drank more than the three litres today, as I've had one litre then five pints of water, plus some glasses of water and some yogi tea!

The yoghurt monster hasn't thickened the coconut milk yet, but I will check again tomorrow. This is perfectly normal.......

lex I can see the same page, but no LC bootcamp spreadsheet appears!

have just logged on quickly to post yesterday's food.

B: cheese, broccoli and courgette omelet using leftover veg from last night.
L: cream, blue cheese and broccoli soup
S: cream and vanilla seeds
D: creamy chicken with mushrooms, leeks and asparagus. Cauliflower rice on the side. It was bloody delicious. Dc had cauliflower fried rice for the first time and wolfed it. So a win all round!

Most important,y though I hopped on the scales this morning and... I've lost FIVE lb. I'm amazed! I've only been really committed to this since Monday and can't beleive it. I'm thrilled

WHY did I jinx myself by feeling good and smug?

Im DYING. Overslept this morning and instead of having proper breakfast (as BIWI so rightly said was essential when bf) I had a bullet proof tea. Had a proper energy crash on the way back from playgroup and even after lunch I still feel like death warmed up.

I have breakfast and HAVE to bring water with me.

I'm having the period from hell so my weight is sticking steadfastly and even going up. I feel like crap.

Well done to everyone on all the losses. Lc really does work, I know because I lost nearly 3st nearly 10 years ago doing it. I wish I'd had the sense to realise it's the best thing for me. But never mind, onwards and downwards! Meanwhile it feels like my womb is sick of its position and feels like making an appearance in the big wide world.

Hang- i dont have a spirilizer i use a grater - i have one with the big holes but it sits on top of a tuppa ware tub so its flat not angled - iyswim. Then i just do long slow strokes (oh er) and it comes out as 4 inch strips. Love courgetti and have it about twice a week and its even quicker than normal pasta - which was my go to quick tea.

Blessed - thanks for the top tip! I'm cross with DH. He keeps making a big deal about being repulsed by what I'm eating. The latest is the smell of butter cooking my eggs & mushrooms for brek, yesterday was the creamed leeks. It makes me feel repulsed by it when I see his reaction! I now feel a bit sick

Just tell your husband, hang, that you are repulsed by the thought of carbs turning to insulin, affecting your blood sugar, and excess glucose being stored as fat

My science is a bit wonky but you get my drift; just open the window if he is that fussed, which is what I do anyway.

By the way, I would be cross too - xH used to complain about the smell of my coffee

Morning All, Really struggling this week, cheekily stood on the scales this morning and 2lbs on!!! WTF, Going to go Dairy free from Saturday morning to see how we fair with that, but just can't seem to shake this tiredness any who onwards and upwards its Bank Holiday eve and it will be a great weekend!!!!

today will be:
B - Bullet Proof Coffee - loving this and a small soya latte from Starbucks
1 ltr water
L - Mixed salad & olive oil dressing, king prawns and mayo, ham and philly rolls
1 ltr water
D - pork belly and courgettes fried in butter
1 ltr water
snacks if required are cold LC sausages

Thanks for words of support, Romey. I know he's not deliberately trying to sabotage this (he's enjoying the results so far) ...he just doesn't think! I don't think he realises how hard it is when he & DS are eating all the usual stuff (e.g. they had pancakes with golden syrup & lemon juice for brek!) plus he's making a fuss about the smell/look of something I choose/have to eat. A bit more support wouldn't go amiss...anyway,at least I have this board to vent (& avoid an emotional eating response - one of my downfalls)...onwards & upwards! Thanks again, Romey x

hangon, that is really unfair, especially considering how lovely pancakes and syrup smell and your not complaining about that. I have the opposite dh is loving the smell of my food and joining me on occasion, the problem with that is he isn't low carbing so may well end up putting weight on, oh well I'll meet him in the middle.
Thanks for all the support yesterday, feeling much better today and everything is working again so much drama over poo.

My hubby was really on the LC wagon and lost about a stone (still has 1.5st to lose), he was really pleased. Then he had to go away for work and then just couldnt get back into it. I keep finding sweetie wrappers in his car and then he wont be organised and take food to work so he eats sarnies from the van and now is whinging as he isnt losing weight!! He wont be told however!

He does atleast keep his carby rubbish in the car - it makes it so much harder when your family arent on board - so hang on in there Hang!

Re: Spiralizer - I got a thing with a handle by Gefu because I was excited at the thought of courgetti (I hate courgettes, but know they're low carb, so thought the the spaghetti might be OK with butter and lemon). So far I have made large loops of courgettes, as well as of celeriac. No spaghetti like threads in sight, whatever the cutting width I put the blade on. It may well be operator error, (probably) but I don't find it worth the hassle.

Glad you've had some movement, dita It makes one feel much more chipper when all is working in that department

Hangon that's pretty rude of your DH actually, to make negative comments on something that you're about to eat. I'd pull him up on it if I were you.

I got a cheapish spiraliser from John Lewis - no handle. But it's not very good. You have to twist the veg yourself into the grating hole iyswim and as they get grated you have to push your hand further and further in until you grate your knuckles . I suppose at least it's protein not carb.

Well I messed up yesterday. Was all spacey after my sprinting yesterday and ended completely sabotaging myself with a very carby item in the freezer. At least it was homemade (full milk, double cream and sugar ). Yes I have penalised on the scales and feel like the extra water has been stored. This morning could face a coyo so rustled up a lc sausage, 6 raw king prawns and cooked it in coconut oil and butter. I also enjoyed an avocado and mayonnaise. Please fat push your way back into my cells. At least I now know that the added carbs bloat the heck out of me.
BIWI - I hold my wrist out...

Plum I'd cut the soya latte before dairy if I were you. Someone posted before how carby they are (maybe on the between BC BC? I've lost track) They are not a very lc option.

Just read what I posted ... I have been penalised and I couldn't face... Note to self read before pressing post!!!

I have this spiralizer

Just checking in.

Dita I have the same concern about DH, he loves the look of all the creamy leeks and mushrooms and buttered veg but his diet is way to high on carbs to eat like this very often so we too are mostly meeting in the middle.

I'm KOKO, I'ma daily weigher as I find staying the same or putting on with a weekly weigh in is too demotivating. I have sts since Monday. I know I need to focus more on water. However clothes are feeling a lot looser every day which is a great motivator anyway.

Yesterday
B: FF total
L: left over Black farmer sausages with creamy leaks
D:meatballs on spinach (sauce was prob too carby but was eating as family and didn't have masses)

Today
B: none, I am really really not hungry at all.
L: smoked salmon and big salad with dressing.
D: probably tuna with big salad! Have an enormous bag of spinach to finish as not at home much over the weekend.

Good news: have lost the urge to snack. Bad news: have to make a whopper of a birthday cake over the next 2 days. Its an extravaganza of smarties, choc fingers, choc buttons, matchmakers, oreos etc (a vic sponge cake 'gingerbread' house fully decorated with sweets with choc cake train going round with carriages full of goodies.

It's impossible to keep up with you lot!
To whoever asked upthread where I was that I couldn't get decent veggies - I'm in South-East Africa and rainy season finished not long ago, which is when there is really nothing but cabbage. But actually now you can get courgettes and even imported cauliflower!! (£3.00 for a head of cauliflower anyone?).

I am undecided whether to try the cauliflower rice or the cauliflower pizza, it's a tough decision given that the cauliflower is so bloody precious!

How long do you all go before you start getting hungry? I have breakfast at 6.00am and am struggling to wait until 'lunchtime'. I find after about 4 hours I'm feeling the need for something, particularly if I've had an active day (for example today moving furniture and clothes).

I am really, really, really fucking mad after talking to some pigheaded idiot ignoramuses, so really feel like rage scoffing the entire cookie aisle at tesco. The only thing that's stopping me is that tesco is too far away from the house. And there are no sweets at home.

And breathe.

Today's food:
Breakfast eggs with bacon lardons cooked in coconut oil, cucumber, radish, one this slice of red pepper (15g)

Lunch- smoked mackerel with an oily spinach salad, cucumber, radishes

Dinner- moussaka with broccoli

The low carb moussaka recipe I found asks for 2 tins of chopped tomatoes, will that be ok? The net carbs are supposed to be 2g per portion.

Gcal, I know - but I have gone from 1 medium a day to 1 small once a week, between that and no vino - I am just having a pants/tired week, PMT? never usually get any but it seems to be hitting hard this week, probably coz I normally have a glass of wine every night before I come on and this is now not an option!!! Ah well it'll be fine.

Just feel that I should be seeing more/faster results would really like a stone off before the start of August