Week 7 - Pre-summer Low Carb Bootcamp - our last four weeks ...

[BIWI]

Morning all

As usual, the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

No time to chat this morning - an early start at work - but hope you all have good results

That's a really interesting post Mook. Some days I just need to eat early, but there are days I could go longer now. Also very good incentive to stop snacking. Thanks for sharing.

Anytime, BIWI. You deserve a slap up meal for all you do.

I'm sorry but I have missed the point of intermittent fasting on top of lchf. Could you explain it to me. I don't think I would have much I a problem with it if, especially it will help me shift my pouchy tummy before August 1st!

Very thank you for managing to read it all. I enjoyed the book as it explained a lot of the science behind the things BIWI and Stuntnun have mentioned I,e, lc, not too much protein, no artificial sweeteners, limited snacking.

margarita he argues that any food causes insulin to go up, although fat least, protein less than carbs and refined carbs the most. By fasting he is saying that your insulin level goes right down and he maintains that my doing this it helps set your "set weight" lower. I think doing lchf and not snacking would fulfill most of his criteria, so I don't think IF is strictly necessary, but I'm hoping it will just give me a little push in the right direction. I think lchf and IF go together well as, for me at least, I feel a lot less hungry than I have before, so skipping a meal or two doesn't seem to be a big deal.

This morning I stepped on the scale and surprised myself. I have been stalled since Tuesday /Wednesday, but the woosh fairy period paid a visit in the night and I have now achieved my next mini goal on the list - the next half stone mark! Exactly 21 lbs down this morning. I'm so happy I could burst. I'm half way to my initial goal of 3 stone off, and will probably just keep going! Thank you all for the support and recipe ideas. I really could not do it without the accountability of this thread.
I have a boozy lunch with friends today, at which I usually get pretty hammered, but today I shall be restrained and coherent on max two gin and slims. Don't want to throw away my hard work, but likewise want to enjoy seeing my friends without too much thought. The menu is quite lc friendly too, so don't envisage too many problems there.

Onwards and downwards ladies!

Hi all, hope everyone is doing well. I'm still around, still sticking to this WOE which has become routine for me as I have been doing this for awhile now, still a few pounds away from goal which I seem to be stuck at for a long time. I seem to need to stick at bootcamp induction if I want to lose any, although I do think that my hormone/menopause issues are the actual reason I'm struggling to lose the last few.

Anyway I have had weeks of baking cupcake galore for my sons school fiver challenge and am assured that they are yummy as I haven't even tasted a crumb! I even hold my breathe when dealing with icing sugar! Messy cook) lol

Hello everyone,

Good to see everyone's progress and tips. Really glad to have come back here for the moral support.

I am still doing pretty hardcore induction too, for hormonal/thyroid/perimeno pause reasons. That and being VERY FAT

Though had two glasses of wine this week and will have more tonight, but otherwise on the wagon. I'm also eating nuts now as I need them for the crunch.

So drumroll I have lost a stone in three weeks as at weigh in yesterday. I lost another 4lbs last week, doing low carb plus 6:1

I've also not given in to sweeteners and fake sugar things, which I think is what scuppered me last time. I think it awakens the cravings and makes giving in to them psychologically easier. Not eating sweet at all is working for now. I'm going to try and get to end of my week 4 without eating any berries or low carb baking, even though I miss cakey bready textures.

That way, if and when I do introduce them, I can do so slowly, one at a time, with a month of good habits in place to I can test out what effect they have on appetite, weight loss etc.

Anyway, really really happy AGAIN! I'd told my WW leader that I needed to aim slow after my 49th birthday a few weeks back, so I was aiming for 50lbs by age 50. But at this rate (can I keep it up?) I might smash that! A bit like the "yes must eat breakfast" myth, Michael Molsey and other low carb/fasting people say losing weight quickly this way has no impact on long term loss; in fact it can even be better sometimes because it is motivating.

I can't promise to myself I will always be in this "zone". I know I will lapse. But the way I committed to it again way to say to myself, look I will just do a week and see what happens (as I'd been losing and putting the same weight back on at WW). When I lost 5.5 first week it was easy to say, well I'll just do another week then...

Another tip is I browbeat asked my husband to do it with me, as I knew I'd have no willpower if he kept sabotaging me sitting there eating crisps and drinking wine. He's lost weight too so he's happy to keep supporting me.

So if you're feeling demotivated, I say go back to committing for first principles. Cut out all the treats or compromises you've allowed in. Do that for a week and be absolute abput. You don't have to carry on once you've reset things. And think about one day of fasting if you struggle with cravings - it can really reset your appetite if you've slipped a little...

Yay me. Only another 5 stone to go!!

Some great results here- well done everyone!
I'm feeling at bit more bloated as I'm due on soon so not expecting and weight loss at weigh in this week. I've also been feeling really hungry these last couple of days despite eating same as normal! I've avoided falling into carbs though.

Well done Wilf, keep it up 😊

Bloating --> drink more water!
Hungry --> eat more fat!

Wilf bloody well done

But just prepare yourself for the inevitable week 4 (or 5) slow down - or even to see no weight loss. And don't let it get the better of you! You've done so well so far, you are an inspiration!

An Inspiration, I tell you! Aw bless you BIWI. I'm not really. Just a fat bird on an evangelical no sugar mission right now. Next week I may fail spectacularly!

Yes, good point about the inevitable slowdown. To be honest I was expecting it weeks 2 and 3 because I know we lose a lot of water first week. So am to lose a big wodge of fat in last two weeks. I guess I'll be happy from hereon if I can average at 2lbs a week. And I always (at least I did when I knew when my period was coming!) put on or struggled to lose in premenstrual week so that will catch up with me.

I haven't been doing lots of exercise, so I'm saving up doing more walking for when I hit my first plateau, so I can keep motivated! That sounds a bit mad but I know I will need something to keep me going.

Thanks mookbark.

Well done Wilf.

Doing and Wilf Well done on your losses.
Thanks for your post mook - very interesting.

Standard day for me. Hard boiled egg, smoked salmon and mayo for breakfast, salad with chicken and cheese for lunch. Not hungry at mo but will likely have a babybel later.

Wow, amazing loss doing and wilf! very inspiring.

Quick post today because at work.
B - avocado, olive oil, piece of cheddar
L - roasted chicken thighs with oil and extra skin (stolen from children, not a random chicken with double skin!), salad and feta. Waaaaay too much fage yoghurt.
D - lamb mince fried with aubergine, courgette, a little onion, celery, mushrooms, stock, chilli etc. Going to have on spinach salad or courgetti.
S - dark chocolate.

I did manage not to eat till dinner time. It was ok.
I had poached eggs on (leftover) cauliflower hash brown, ham, Brie and leaves. Think I ate more than I should of though, it was in me or in the bin, now I feel a little queasy.

Thanks flyright, wombatoo and mookbark!

mook re cream in coffee when fasting, Jason Fung does say in one of his IF videos on the Diet Doctor website that at his clinic he does allow people to have a small amount of cream in their coffee when fasting so you may not need to miss out!

Well done Wilf!

Got back late last night so posting yesterday's food. Went to a Japanese restaurant for dinner which seemed v. good for low carb, although I can't vouch for the sauces. Am inspired to make my own lettuce wraps next week, which will definitely be LC.

B: eggs, bacon, three cherry toms, two creamy coffees
L: bag of pork scratchings on the train
D: miso soup, a chicken skewer, a few edamame, Korean pork lettuce wraps with spicy sauce, lots of green tea
S: 2 glasses prosecco, one white wine, peanuts, yoghurt/cream with berries/nuts

Just noticed too much pork, oops.

No such thing as too much pork!

Um, lets draw a very thick curtain over the last few days

Can I help you with that stick?

So, I'm going away tomorrow morning and just weighed myself to add to spreadsheet and I've lost 14lbs this week Is this OK? I am really huge but even so, my weight loss hasn't really slowed like everyone keeps talking in.

Is it because I'm so fat to begin with or do I need to see dr when I am back? Also I'm still quite strictly bootcamping is that a difference, maybe?

Good news re pork! I thought too much red meat was still generally considered bad (re Mediterranean diet etc) and I thought three times a day was probably too much!

Just 'weighed in' on the Boditrax machine at my gym, which told me that although I'm 0.4 lbs up on two weeks ago, I've lost 2.6lbs body fat and gained 2.9lbs of muscle (assuming some rounding going on to give those figures). So that must be good news! I really like how it gives context to what otherwise would feel like another plateau.

Wow! That does sound like a lot in one week. Hopefully it's a real loss, but could it possibly be your scales? Sometimes when the battery is going in mine they go a bit haywire.

yes I checked with my friends scales and the ones in the gym, they said 13 lbs and 15lbs so I'm going with 14 is right! It's really weird. I feel well, so I don't think there's anything wrong with me, it's just an odd thing.

Having said that my cycle has just returned, finally, after miscarrying couple months ago, so maybe it's that.

I'll take it though! Maybe it will slap me in the face and I won't lose for rest of bootcamp or something!

Yes Biwi, whack away! It's deserved. Back on it though, as I feel rotten and yucky. Making wild mushroom soup for lunch, it smells gorgeous.