Week 5 - Pre-Christmas Low Carb Bootcamp - welcome to the second half!

[BIWI]

Morning all

Here's the link to the Spreadsheet

So we have four more weeks to go. Chance to lose around another half a stone, if we stay on track

Hope the figures (on the scales as well as yours) are looking good this morning. And good luck for the rest of the week

[BIWI]

week 6 chat thread is here

[Veryflummoxed]

Ooooh. Where is everyone today?
Late lunch belly pork, mushrooms, creamy leaks, sprouts. Not hungry at dinner time but picked at some left over meat and cheese before bed.

[Kleptronic]

Today I hit 'I'm not hungry', hurrah!

B: 2 eggs scrambled in butter with 1 kipper
L: 5 mushrooms in olive oil with 2 herta chicken frankfurters
D: chicken leg, spinach in creme fraiche, 6 celeriac fries. I was bursting after this.
2 coffees with cream, 1 chai tea with cream, 2 ltrs water.

[Veryflummoxed]

Still on track food wise but eaten too much I fear and not enough water. I think I see a connection there

[Dillite2]

Thanks BIWI. Usually I only cook it for Christmas with orange juice and cranberries, but I thought of mixing it together with some white cabbage in my coleslaw as I am beginning to miss colour. I will give your recipe a try as it sounds delicious.

[DearPrudence]

I've been away for a few days - really busy week with choir events and work. As a result I've been going very long periods without eating and then sometimes eating main meal late at night. I know I've not been having enough water either. Other than that I've not had any carbs and am sticking to the boot camp food list. I don't feel like I'm losing this week.

So from today I'm back on the thread and I've had lunch at lunchtime and am upping my water. Now I don't feel at all hungry. Do I still have tea?

Nice to see you all still doing well.

[BIWI]

wombat I have a bit of an opposite problem - DH is between contracts at the moment, and getting very bored at home, so he's started to cook. Which is lovely - great after all these years of coming home from work and having to make the dinner to find it all done! The problem is that he cooks what he likes and/or knows, without regard to the carbs. And he's so sensitive to any criticism that I haven't the heart to correct him! He knows not to do pasta, potato or rice, but really hasn't a clue about what else is carby.

[BIWI]

It's 7g carbs per 100g, so it's not the lowest carb veg - but it's so yummy I wouldn't exclude it from your meal/diet! I love it par-boiled and then slowly braised with shallots and lots of onion, with a splash of raspberry vinegar added towards the end of cooking time. (And it benefits from long, slow cooking IMO)

[Dillite2]

I had a good day yesterday except for water. I did have lots of lemon tea though.

B: scrambled eggs, sprats in oil
L: a boiled egg mashed with an avocado and goats cheese with mayo
D: goats cheese cream chicken with kalettes ( devil's food)

Today
B: scrambled eggs witj butter and cheese
L: don't know yet as I am going out so it will be what it will be
D: might be egg based or meat based. Depends on what time we return

Can we eat red cabbage, or is it too carby?

[margaritasbythesea]

I'm beginning to feel that tea with milk is lacking a little something...

[wombattoo]

margaritas Cream in your tea I am going to shock my DH tomorrow and say - I don't want any teas this week.

I feel bad because he will have to cook tea for one, but I think he will understand. He doesn't eat low carb but he is so supportive. That is why I eat what he cooks, hungry or not

[margaritasbythesea]

I'm pretty good low carb apart from that. No booze.

[margaritasbythesea]

Roibos and cream us lush too.

I may be eating too many nuts. fried salted nuts that you get here and only about 6 g carbs per 100 g. I tend to have a hand full with some ff yogurt and have started doing that about once a day. I should probably stop shouldn't I?

[margaritasbythesea]

We're similar in this house wombattoo although I cook as dh works long hours. I tend to just eat less and keep him company.

I have recently taken to having cream in my tea instead of milk. It may sound like heresy but I find it incredibly satisfying like other people's creamy coffees I guess but I can only drink one coffee per day or I feel sick.

[wombattoo]

Hi all
Sorry I've been absent the last couple of days.
Tempo I think BIWI would tell you that if you are drinking enough water, it will dilute the ketostix, so there isn't really any point using them.

I am a long time low carber and I have to admit that I don't eat through hunger. I eat due to boredom or habit, or thinking that because I am eating low carb snacks - it is ok.

Ivor I challenge you to not eat snacks and wait and see if you are actually hungry. I bet you're not. My DH cooks my tea every day but I have to admit that I eat it but am not really hungry. I am just in the habit of eating tea.
DH cooks all our meals and luckily for me, he cooks low carb meals. He went away in Sept and I came home from work and as tea was not cooked for me, I didn't' cook it. I snacked if hungry but lost 4lb in the weekend that he was away. I'm thinking of asking him not to cook an evening for me. The only problem is, he doesn't eat all day and tea is his main meal. I eat breakfast and lunch at work and don't need tea. Hmm. What to do

[Tempocalypse]

Today was easier!
B: yoghurt and 2 tbsp berries
L: roast chicken salad with french dressing
D: chicken courgetti with spinach and cream pesto sauce. and about 6 bits of fusili from DS
Snack: 3 babybel
I have some ketostix left over from having gestational diabetes and had 2+ ketones (moderate) when I checked earlier on. It makes it easier as it reduces my appetite!

[Veryflummoxed]

Hi all.
Yesterday I forgot to post, food was leftovers. Water was on target.
Today lunch was a large bowl of leftover cabbage with butter and melted cheese. ''Twas nice Dinner curried crispy chicken wings with dressed leaves, celery, cucumber, avocado and mayo. That was very nice too. I'm behind with my water today.

Hope everyone has a good weekend.

[Visaste]

OMG. I've just discovered these. They are AMAZING!

[IvorHughJarrs]

I'm like Klep, I eat good sized portions and my stomach would think my throat was cut on what some others eat. I too wait and dream of not being hungry
Today was:
1 rasher bacon, 3 scrambled eggs with cream and butter
1 chicken breast, mixed salad, 1 spoon mayo
2 chicken thighs, sauce made of hi-pro peanut butter, coconut milk, thai green curry paste, and BareNaked rice
Snack - almonds (ate the full bag but less than 5g carbs total)

[Tempocalypse]

Well the past 2 days have not been good. DS has had gastroenteritis and has been feeding far more then usual, and I've had a dreadful carb hunger as a result.
Today has been better though, boot camp light as breastfeeding!
B: Ff Greek yoghurt with a few berries (2 tbsp )
L: courgette and prawn omelette fried in butter with cheese on top.
Snack : smoked salmon and cream cheese
Dinner: roast chicken, mushroom and leek cream sauce, broccoli and asparagus.
Not quite enough water but will work on that tomorrow!

[Callmesausage]

Thanks BIWI, I'll look out for those sausages. Finally did a food shop and have lots of lovely low carb food. I really can't believe I can lose weight eating this this!

Dinner was gorgeous, steak with spinach and mushrooms in sour cream, ooh it was so nice.

[Dillite2]

I had a disasterous lunch today. We had a "team bonding exercise" which involved spending 3 hours in a blustery, freezing cold wind. By the time we were done, low carb food was the last thing on my mind. I will leave it there and say no more.

Breakfast and dinner were scrambled eggs with cream, butter and cheese and then creamy chicken with broccoli and butter. Water and tea to drink.

[BIWI]

Callmesausage you can get much lower carb sausages than that! And generally low carb ones will be a higher meat content, so less processed.

Look out for The Black Farmer ones, or check out supermarket top of the range ones (Sainsbury Taste the Difference or Tesco Finest, for example). But make sure you check the label on the packet, as carb counts do vary quite considerably.

[Kleptronic]

Today I've had two egg omelette with chorizo and brie, chicken leg for lunch.
Three coffees with cream.
Worked out my protein (0.6g per kg of weight apparently, so 44g) and I've already had that.
Veg and oil for tea, bah!

[nekobus]

Well done guys! Seaside that made me laugh - I've just had my first experience of nits with DD (and autocorrect just tried to put nuts instead )

A sneaky weigh in this morning shows I'm 4 pounds away from getting under 12 stone which would be great before Christmas! Having put on a pound on Monday I'm now down 3 so determined to keep going . I made the lime chilli coconut chicken last night and it was fab.

Yesterday:
B - 2 hb eggs and butter
L - cucumber and pate, babybel x2, swede mash
D - lime, chilli and coconut chicken with swede mash
S - goats cheese wrapped in ham, melted babybel, coffee and cream
W - 2.5L water - could do better!