Pre-summer Low Carb Bootcamp - I declare it to be open!

[BIWI]

Welcome everyone!

We have around 130 people signed up this time, so it's going to be a busy and fast-moving thread.

Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness for you to enter your weight.

The lovely Sayrra manages the spreadsheet. Please don't mess with it! Just enter your weight and leave all the other columns/rows alone!

I'll start a questions thread to run along side this chat thread, so that you can post stuff there in the knowledge that your question will definitely be seen. (I can't promise to get to your questions immediately, but I will read and answer them)

And please, please, please - no matter how fast-moving the thread is, please read the whole thing and don't just post your own thing. You'll miss a lot of valuable stuff that way, and it also presumes that I (and other posters) are happy to keep repeating stuff.

But above all, very good luck everyone!

[Mookbark]

Tits I'm on my phone, so can't link but look in the BC topic as there is a new thread. Only people on the app can post here now, it's full up otherwise.

[Titsalinabumsquash]

I had the hugest roast today because I was worried about missing potatoes
I made pork, leeks and cabbage in Stilton sauce, broccoli, sprouts, mashed swede with butter, roast celeriac, roast radishes and poured over some pan juices for good measure, both me and DP got half way through before admitting defeat. We can't eat nearly as much as we did and I need to get out of the habit of serving mahoosive portions like we normally have.

I'm going to make tandoori chicken next week and a curry, we've discovered we like caulirice but not so keen on courgette noodles.

[Veryflummoxed]

And I can read these Strawberry Leaf, Mothership. So I wonder if you can only read if you have the app as well as only post.

[MothershipG]

Yup, that worked

[MothershipG]

iPhone app posting test.

[StrawberryLeaf]

I think I remember seeing you can still post after 1000 from the iPhone app

[Veryflummoxed]

I'm confused now. There is a new thread because this one's full but it's still letting me post.

[Veryflummoxed]

Hi all. Today I have had

B cheese coleslaw olives and celery

L Some left over breast of lamb cucumber and Stilton.

D beef burger,cheese and bacon with fried mushrooms, radishes (not roasted, but sliced and fried in butter-they were good) coleslaw and a dressed salad of leaves and cucumber. I think I ate way too much today.

Water 3.5 pints. A mixture of still and sparkling.
Mint tea, black tea.

Last day of the week tomorrow. I hope everyone's done well.

[poorbuthappy]

Testing testing

[Mookbark]

I'm not that keen on cloud bread - it's a bit eggy. Surprise that, as it's made of eggs.

[SociallyAcceptableCookie]

B- Greek yoghurt with a small teaspoon of cocoa nibs and coffee with butter
L- burrito salad, ie lettuce with the burrito veg and cheese and sour cream. They charged me for having cheese AND sour cream and for mushrooms but no discount for refusing beans. Robbing bastards!
EM-chicken in a creamy white wine and mushroom sauce and celeriac mash, plus a few cucumber pieces.
I had water to drink and an espresso while out. Not a bad day.

Now I'm off to look up cloud bread.

[Wintersea]

Well Dh and Dd ordered Chinese takeaway while I was in the bath... Just ate ribs and duck wrapped in iceberg lettuce (which I had in the fridge) - ribs were salt not bbq sauce but I'm sure there was a bit of flour involved... Oh well. Hopefully not too much damage done. So tired today though. Felt like I've been wading through treacle...
Hadn't heard of coyo yoghurt btw - looks amazing. Will def be buying some of that.

[lisbapalea]

Hi all!

Feel very "well" today - wondering if the BC effect is kicking in after less than a week?

Went to a pub with friends for lunch and was really anxious about options but it was fab - had a chicken, avocado and bacon salad which came with kale, spinach and spiralised courgette and I think celeriac which was amazing! Had it with vinaigrette and an extra dollop of mayo!

Tonight am having a halloumi salad with avocado, hm coleslaw and a yogurt / oil dressing with za'atar which I have just discovered! Pic of the salad waiting for the halloumi (Dh is currently bbqing it) here:

Also just had some pork scratchings while I wait.

Need to guzzle some more water before the day is out.

Think I might give cloud bread and those breakfast muffins a go this week!

[Xoticdreamz]

Evening , working today so still have some water to get through when I get home .
Period arrived a bit early but I'm amazed my weight wasn't up more prior to it . I used to get really bad PMT so knew all about when it was coming but citalopram antidepressant has got rid of that thankfully!

Food wise

Two babybells
I creamy coffee
Coconut chicken from marks ... So nice ! With salad
I finally found the coyo yougurts and demolished a whole big one 😬
I now feel a bit sick .

Lots of lovely food bought for this week however I'm on annual leave from work and have 5 nights out . Food wise should be fine but everyone is going to think I'm pregnant !

[Mookbark]

Had chicken thigh/ legs for dinner with salad and hm vinaigrette. When I went into the farm shop to buy them they didn't have any thighs on display. So, I asked if they had any and the man said he could do me some. I asked for 10 (two each) and he proceeded to chop the hind quarters off five chickens. They were massive, but didn't think I could stop him after he went to so much trouble for me, so I've put half in the freezer. Anyway, they were lovely. Just butter, salt and pepper rubbed in the skin.
I think the most surprising thing about this woe is how satiated you feel. Having avoided fat for 20+ years, I now know why I've spent most of that time either hungry or feeling guilty.
Have an exciting Saturday night everyone. Mine is going to be crochet, then a bath and an early night. rock'n'roll

[monkeyfacegrace]

My problem is that I LOVE cheese and hate fruit and veg. There really isn't much veg I'll eat.

I've just ordered 30 packs of 400g konjac noodles. I intend on frying them in butter and having with chorizo and broccoli.

[KP86]

They are konjac based, yes. Glad to hear I'm not breaking rules!!

And in that case, letting everyone know that Ocado (and most likely Waitrose, they usually mirror special offers) have them buy 1 get 1 free. Works out to 2 for £2.48. I literally have 20+ packets in my cupboard as we use them as pasta substitute twice a week.

[BIWI]

monkeyfacegrace - I think you have to let go of the calories for a while. You've definitely got your fat levels up though

[restinglawyer]

Thought today would be tricky as I was at the rugby 7s at Twickenham all day with my DC. But we took snacks and they had loads of fancy food vans in a separate food village area, so had goat curry and salad which was yum. Only tricky thing was drinking enough, as the queues for the loos were horrendous. But back home and drinking water, ready to do it again tomorrow - maybe take a few more snacks as the children snaffled quite a bit of my green pepper and goats cheese cubes.

[poorbuthappy]

Belly pork celeriac dauphinois courgette and mushroom.
I don't think I need to eat every again.

[monkeyfacegrace]

Not sure how I've done today.

B: 3 pork belly strips
L: chunk of cheese on the go
D: 3 pork belly strips with lettuce, spinach, butter, guacamole, sour cream.

So thats a whole 500g pack of pork belly. That's a fuck load of calories

[BIWI]

Oh, that's alright then Sorry!

[Statelychangers]

Yeah I do know Biwi - this is my 6th week low carbing, so I'm well past the initial phase...I shouldn't have mentioned it - Sorry!

[AuntieMaggie]

Pengweng I've made 6 cakes today for a charity event tomorrow and not eaten any! I'm so used to this woe now that I don't fancy it either... Though do wish I could check how they taste as it makes me nervous!

[BIWI]

Stately you really, really do know, don't you, that wine isn't allowed on Bootcamp?! It's only two weeks that you have to go without.