The Pre-summer low-carb Bootcamp questions thread

[BIWI]

Ask anything you want here!

Hopefully between me and some of the other experienced Bootcampers we can answer your questions.

BUT RTFT PEOPLE!

Seriously lots of us answer questions that pop up regularly. Read the thread first before you just plop your own on the thread!

Another question from me, are sundried tomatoes too carby? I was having three or four in my daily lunch salad but then the back of the jar said they're 7g of carbs per 100g. I thought we were aiming for foods under 5g?

Yes they are a bit, Mushroom.

I thought so StuntNun but I thought I'd ask in case I was depriving myself unnecessarily!

Hi all,

Thanks for all your help so far! This is more of a plea for advice and suggestions than a specific question, I'm hoping all you experienced low-carbers can help!

I'm going to visit my mum this weekend. I don't want to try and over-plan cooking when it's her house or it to become all about my 'diet' (my mum already is dubious and a bit worried about the low carb high fat thing). It's also my grandma's eighty-sixth birthday so we'll need to go out somewhere she likes, which is usually fish and chips or a carby tea and scone type place (suggestions for negotiating these also welcome!). Mum's partner's homemade sourdough at breakfast will be a temptation but I'm used to avoiding toast etc by now. I'm sure my Mum won't deliberately cook eg pasta and we can meal plan together but she won't know specifically what's OK or not and I don't want to be fussy if she's already got stuff in.

It would be great to have suggestions of easy/flexible/good foods I can take/buy that will help me stay LC for the weekend and/or make for an easy snack/light meal/side dish as needed.

So far I'm thinking:

• sparking water (to avoid wine)
• eggs for breakfast or snacks
• cream for coffee and FF milk for tea
• FF yoghurt
• little cheese snacks like Babybel
• almonds

Please share any tips for staying on track visiting a non-LC household without being a demanding or picky guest!

Take the wherewithal to make a good full English breakfast - bacon, eggs, (low carb) sausages, mushrooms and tomatoes - then everyone will feel like they've had a real treat, but you will also have a really good start to the day.

To be honest, if you're taken out for fish and chips, of for an afternoon tea, unless you don't eat, it's going to be impossible!

I've had the chicken option at a chip shop, deep fried but not battered. Also had the fish and left the batter (this not easy to do). Afternoon tea? I've been to tea gardens etc where there's plough mans type option so you could leave the bread.

Thanks both, good tips. These visits have derailed past efforts so I'm trying to plan to succeed!

These visits are hard bettyblue. How many days all in all?

Friday lunchtime to Sun afternoon! I think BIWI's right, if I eat a massive breakfast - which is something that everyone can enjoy - then I won't be hungry much, and just have to negotiate dinner. And I'll take sparkling water, cream, and Greek yoghurt. Fingers crossed I don't get trapped starving in an isolated fish and chip shop!!

Have a good weekend betty

Still got a stinking headache and achy legs been drinking multiple cups of marmite and started taking a magnesium and calcium supplement yesterday. How long does this normally last?

I haven't lost any weight either so I'm starting to wonder if it's worth it

Mushroom - list out for me what you've been eating and drinking and let me see if I can help you

I hope no one minds me asking a question as I haven't officially joined this bootcamp (been LCHF for almost a year, lost 3 stone and I'm slightly more relaxed now it's an established way of life).

I just wonder how you cope with other people's attitudes to this woe? I don't talk about it really except to very close friends/ family or if someone asks me how I've lost weight. But the judginess from some (particularly work colleagues) really pisses me off. I've found at times I've even altered my diet slightly as I just don't want to get into a debate every time I have a coffee! (Having milk instead of cream).

It's slowed down slightly as they've seen I'm losing weight (although I was asked if I was bulimic as apparently you can't possibly lose weight earring what I do ) but now I keep getting irritating and outdated talks about health (I work with HCPs so they think they know more even though it's not in a speciality to do with food at all). I just want to eat, enjoy my food, stay healthy and lose weight without having to debate and defend myself!

Has anyone else experienced anything similar?

Apologies for typos on phone !

Morning whiter
There's no problem asking a question. It is common for people to question this woe. I ignore ignore ignore. 3 stone is a massive loss, well done and you know it works! I wouldn't alter my food for others. Do some reading about the science bit if you want to be able to explain to them. Stuntnun posted a great post over the weekend on the main thread (as well as her many others)

It's incredibly rude when people do this, isn't it?

You can either ignore, ignore, ignore - or (and this is what I would do), challenge them. Quote the research/science at them - and point out that it's clearly working for you because you are losing weight.

I'd also challenge them on the hideous accusation of bulimia as well. Something along the lines of "do you realise how offensive that is?"

Don't worry about offending them, as they clearly aren't worried about offending you!

Thanks. I do challenge them at times and certainly did about the bulimia thing. It's just so wearing and rude.

I don't think it helps that they're all doing SW I think somehow they see it as an implied criticism of their choices.

I don't like to judge people doing SW as I have several friends who have lost weight with it, but all they seem to eat is fruit and sugary fat free yoghurts. It wouldn't suit me in the slightest, I'd be starving with blood sugar crashes all day long!

I think we have to accept that different people lose weight in different ways. Personally I'm convinced by what I've read about LC but I also believe intermittent fasting works. In my case, LC is the only thing that works and it does indeed feel very frustrating when people offer their unsolicited advice. Eg recently someone told me that if one dropped any one food group they would lose weight. Or many many people have occasionally asked me about saturated fat and offered their views despite the fact that being overweight is by far the worst thing for heart disease etc. Someone else recently told me 'I just eat less' and that is what works. Anyway! Usually I just say hhhmmm and move on.

Whiter I can talk the talk about low carb but I still ended up leaving a Facebook weight loss support group I was on because of all the criticism. They were all doing juice cleanses or SW but then judging me for my diet even though I was one of the few that had got to a healthy weight. Whereas I was supportive of the other members no matter what plan they were following. Eventually I just couldn't be bothered with it anymore after they were all posting their 'shameful' photos to inspire them. I want to be proud of my body - lumps and bumps and stretch marks and all, not look at photos of me and be disgusted.

It's such a shame isn't it Stunt? I might have my personal opinions on SW or other woe but I'd never criticise or try and make someone else feel bad. At the end of the day we're all fighting the same issues and trying to find a way that works best for us.

Hi all. Are the yoghurts and desserts in the musclefood.co.uk website ok for bootcamp?

whizzy the yoghurts are relatively low carb, at 2.9g per pot, but they have artificial sweeteners in them (sucralose) so from that POV, not really good for Bootcamp.

They're also low fat, which isn't what we're looking for on Bootcamp. You should be looking for high fat, medium protein and low carb (without artificial sweeteners).

The desserts are definitely out as they're too high in carbs.

Are all the spreadsheets and resources for bootcamp available to see on the mobile site?