Week 6 - Pre-Christmas Low Carb Bootcamp - our last three weeks

[BIWI]

Morning all [glowers]

Here's the spreadsheet once again

Hope you all had a good week and that it shows on the scales! It's a tricky time of year as we head towards Christmas, with all sorts of lovely goodies to tempt us.

But only three more weeks to go! Still time to lose another 5 or 6lbs ...

good luck everyone

I've lost 4.6lbs since the beginning on November, with one planned cheat meal half way through.

It feels like I've lost more though, weirdly. I'm going to KOKO, I wouldn't mind keeping losing at that rate, about a pound a week.

I've almost lost what I put on last week, 5lbs in total so I am happy as I've tried despartely to shift this for over a year by calorie counting and achieved nothing. I did low carb 14 years ago and did amazing but was spinning daily at the time. Im not getting much exercise at the mo and have had the vomitting bug, and sinus flu in last 3 weeks!

But I am really enjoying eating low carb, I find it more satisfying, tasty and I get pretty excited about my lunch and dinner (!)

I feel leaner in my body, can fit in clothes have not worrn at least a couple of years and digestional discomfort has gone. So what sounds like a small loss is actually having a big impact in my life.

Has anyone tested for keto? I've tested with ketosticks and seem to have knocked myself out of keto (I have only ever shown traces). Can this be caused by milk in my tea? (around 5 cups a day - v hard to give up!) or not drinking enough water? I am certainly guilty of those two otherwise very good and consuming around 50-70% fat, max 20% carbs a day

Dillite No you don't have to do any exercise! Exercise accounts only for around 20% of weight loss (or a measly 5% according to Dr Jason Fung in "the Obesity Code")

Shady if you're drinking enough water, the ketostix won't show up much anyway. Don't bother with them, they're a waste of money. And if you're not drinking your water, that will be a problem for you!

Managed to stick to it last week and lost 2.5 lbs but that was what I had put on previously so back to neutral. Determined to lose 5lb by Xmas!

1.8lb off for me, which considering the week I had last week I'm v happy with!! 5lb in total so far. Am back on the dairy, caffeine and red meat now and thoroughly enjoying it.

B - coffee with cream, avocado, HB egg and bacon
L - tuna salad with lots of mayo
D - low carb bolognaise with courgetti

Last night I made this Jamie Oliver sesame chicken which I turned into a big spicy salad and left out the rice noodles. It was lush!

There are some good losses which is always good to see.
I'm still here - doing ok

Today's been good

B - coffee with cream
L - turkey slices, iceberg lettuce, mayo
D - tub of olives

Haven't managed to get home for dinner, so made do with the olives. Am currently sitting in M&S cafe having dropped DS off at drama club. Having a small latte and a glass of water. I know there are carbs in milk, but hoping it will be OK. It's very rare that I've cheated on this bootcamp.

Yesterday was
Lunch spicy chicken wings and a piece of cheese
Dinner. Lc sausages. Mashed celeriac cauliflower and broccoli.

Today
Lunch sprouts mushroom leeks with creamy sauce. Slice of Stilton.
Dinner curried breast of lamb and repeat of last nights veg.

Doing good with my water.
Have lost seven pounds so far this bootcamp. Another seven by the end would be wonderful but I think I'm being a bit hopeful so am aiming for five (plus.)

Thanks Biwi. The ketostix did throw me a bit as my body was giving me all the keto signs but the Stix said no! I won't bother with them now. I have slackened off on the water so will get back on it pronto

DearPrudence

Is that all you ate yesterday?! Please tell me that you don't normally have days like that?

Not exercising is excellent!

Yesterday was good, I had the same lunch and breakfast as before and dinner was slow cooked pork with green veg and creamy cheese sauce. No snacks.

Today
B- scrambled eggs, butter, cream, lemon tea
L- courgette fritters with a salad. I am using cheese instead of flour as the binding agent
D: something made out of the leftover pork with green veg

Snacks will be pork scratcgings, if I manage to find some nice ones

I just paid £3.50 for a tiny tub of coconut yoghurt. And it wasn't even that nice! Definitely not £3.50 nice. And it leaves a funny aftertaste in my mouth.

BIWI
I do normally eat more but work is so horrible at the moment and I have an hour commute. 12 hours plus travel Monday and Tuesday this week.

I've never liked breakfast but I ate it for the first two weeks. Now I have coffee and cream in the car and I feel really full.

Today I've had a packet of beef slices with lettuce and mayo for lunch. DH is making a stroganoff sauce for dinner which we'll have with a pile of veg. That's ok isn't it?

Is it ok to join bootcamp late? I'm at the "something has to change or nothing will change" point.

Hello, it's coming off slowly, but more importantly I'm back to feeling this is the normal way of eating for me rather than lurching back and forth between low cal or so called healthy. I guess some carbs really don't work for me - if I have bread for example I just crave more and more and by the end of the day I seem to be eating biscuits! Will be nice to start the party season in the right state of mind!

Well its definitely working albeit slowly. I (because I am a freak) record my weight on the last day of every month and despite not loosing much in the last few weeks, I am 6lbs down since the 30th September which is I think a result. Also like PP mentioned it is now for me a "diet" in the true sense of the word i.e a way of eating/lifestyle not something you go on and off of like a train. Definitely used to the volume of water and the cooking from scratch. Also I feel better and my skin is loving the high fats - salmon and avocado and water.

A major plus was a the opticians I no longer suffer from "dry eye" my contacts are definitely comfier and no "scratchy" feeling.

Well done everyone and welcome to Ewe.

Another 2lb down since Monday, so 11 lbs since starting last Tuesday. Feeling really positive, like I can actually live like this forever.

Welcome Hoo. Jump on in.

Hi all

Lunch, two left over sausages with green dressed leaves.

Dinner leg of chicken with dressed leaves, cucumber, celery and avocado.

Hello. Thanks for thread BIWI.

I am the same. If I have high carb food like bread I am starving for the rest of the day. It's a good incentive not to eat them.

Thanks for the welcome. I've not properly started yet as I need to do a shop. But I know if I don't post I'll forget and never do it.

Bread, me too. I love love love it but it sends me on a complete carb fest and after the bread it will be chocolate then crisps then anything I can get my hands on. Why is this? I've decided that I need to go without bread for the rest of my life if I'm to have any control over my eating. It does make me feel a little like I'm missing out but also,as you said margarita, knowing the downward spiral will be so extreme helps me to say no in the first place.

Struggling I'm afraid, feels like I'm tired and unhappy a lot of the time lately. I've been a carby twat today and I know I'm self sabotaging in order to hurt myself I'm sick of not fitting into my clothes, being bad tempered and snappy, and worrying that the cancer dh had last year will come back. I'm worried all the time, I'm exhausted. Toddler ds keeps waking up at 4.30/5am and won't go back to sleep. I don't have much of an appetite, I just had a crappy noodle thing, I now have the stomach ache I knew it'd give me. I remember this time last year being utterly terrified that it would be dh's last xmas, it just makes me so sad I used to get so excited about xmas, this year feels strange. Dh has a check up next week, that'll explain a lot of it I guess. We're not really talking much at the moment or connecting, I'm irritable and then I feel guilty.

I think I need to see the gp but I don't want to be put back on citalopram, the weight gain was terrible and I was purposefully careful when on it. The fortnight I came off them I dropped 6lb. I'm now stuck around 9st 4lb all the time, even with really strict weeks and running a few times a week.

It's so simple when I think about it properly - low carbing etc, just hard at the moment to get myself out of this rut. I'm meant to go to running club tonight but I want to cry and sleep. We've got a long group run coming up v soon, I'm struggling with it all tbh. Everything feels like such a hard slog, my legs feel like lead.

Sorry for moaning, just needed to tell someone. I know I'm not trying hard enough, and I'm letting myself down.

I'm sorry you're having such a hard time, Guy. I hope you either gritted your teeth and went to running club or you're having a well-deserved evening's rest and recuperation. It sounds like you're doing great in difficult circumstances, perhaps give yourself a little break from beating yourself up and just commit to treat yourself and your health as well as you can until the appointment is out of the way?