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

[DearPrudence]

Oh Guy. That's a lot of stuff you're dealing with. Moaning seems perfectly reasonable in the circumstances. To be honest, if you think you need to see the GP, you probably do.
Citalopram weight gain does seem to be a problem for a lot of people - I'm on it now and gained tons of weight in the first year. But if you're not feeling like yourself you might need it. And when you're feeling better you can focus on your eating and exercise again.
Just my opinion, of course.

Read your post back and imagine I'd written it. What would you tell me?

[GuyMartinsSideburns]

Thanks for your replies. I think I'd tell you you were being far too hard on yourself and beating yourself up far too much over one bad day. Feel a bit daft now

I didn't go running, I had a bath with dh and I'm now in bed all lavendered-up in the hope I can get some decent sleep.

I know I need to switch from hurting myself to looking after myself, it just feels like right now I have no control over anything and it's crap.

Sorry for derailing, all. Hope everyone's had a good day X

[Veryflummoxed]

for Guy hope your lavender bath helped and you sleep well.

My food today was the same as yesterday, so all good if a little repetitive.

[Tinypearldragon]

Hello everyone
Is it alright if I join at this very late stage please? I had one of those moments last night when I thought 'enough is enough'. Low carbing starts today!

[BIWI]

Welcome Tiny!

[BIWI]

Guy You need to cut yourself some slack! You've been dealing with such a lot for such a long time it's not a surprise that you're feeling like this.

I'd recommend another trip to the GP - there are other anti-depressants that you could try that might not have the same weight-gain side effect, are there not?

Sending you a big hug as well xxx

[GuyMartinsSideburns]

I think there might be BIWI, I'm def gonna get my arse to the docs because I can't keep feeling like this.

Thanks again all

[Visaste]

Hope you're feeling better today Guy

Question - has anyone else been getting joint pain since doing LCHF? In the last couple of weeks I've noticed a lot of stiffness and pain in my hip and now shoulder. The hip pain is so bad today I can hardly walk. Never had this before. I am a little worried that this diet (which other than this pain really suits me) could be too acidic and inflammatory and causing the pain. Am I being ridiculous??

[Veryflummoxed]

Hi Visaste I find the opposite, my joint pains are very much improved by this woe. I believe LCHF is generally considered to be anti inflammatory butt I'm sure someone will correct me if I'm wrong.

[BIWI]

I'm not sure why it would be either acidic or inflammatory, to be honest.

Can you list out for me what you've been eating and drinking over the last few days? That might help us to identify any obvious issues.

And, have you been drinking plenty of water?

[Tinypearldragon]

Thank you BIWI.
I forgot to weigh myself this morning, but will check in with what I have eaten today:

B - 3 fried eggs for breakfast - is this too many? I didn't want to be hungry
L - Seafood salad
S - Spicy prawns and spinach with cabbage
Snacks - slice of Brie
Plus 2l of water

Feeling good so far. Guy - hope today was a better day.

[BIWI]

Tiny - you eat what you want, until you're not hungry. As long as it's low carb, especially in the early days, you'll be fine.

One you become adapted to low carbing, you'll find that you're a lot less hungry. As an example - I can either miss breakfast altogether, or get by on just one boiled egg.

[asmadasmax]

Hi I'm new here, I need to lose two stone ideally, but really strugged to stick to diets.

Is it true that your breath smells on a low carb diet ?

What can I eat for breakfast if I dont like eggs or bacon and dont eat yoghurt?

[Visaste]

Thanks so much BIWI.

Thurs - B - coffee with cream x2, water, L - tuna and feta salad, olive oil dressing, water, D - baked cod, roasted veg, water

Fri - B - coffee with cream x2 water, L - 2 egg omelette cooked in butter, avocado, smoked salmon, D - Pesto chicken olive casserole with white cabbage and broccoli

Sat - B - coffee with cream x2, water L - leftover pesto chicken casserole and broccoli, D - was out and had kings prawns with aioli and a salad of beetroot, walnuts, goats cheese and parsnip crisps white wine and prosecco

[SayrraT]

Hi everyone,

Not sure if anyone will remember me but I'm hoping I can join you for the last weeks of your BC.

I am so and ashamed of myself.

I love LCing but this last year I've totally failed and I feel like crying. Why did I do this to myself. It's my 30th birthday in January and I can't believe I'll be turning 30 the fattest and heaviest I've ever been

It's a bit late now but I want to lose at least a bit before then, when I did my first BC I started at 241 lbs, size 18/20 and ended up at 210 lbs I continued on BC and looked and felt fabulous. Now I've completely lost my enthusiasm and willpower.

Yesterday I weighed myself and found I was 243 lbs, I knew I would be. I feel, and look, awful

I need to get my arse in gear and do something about this. I kid myself on this I'm ok because I do sport (badminton, pole dance, horse riding) but I know recently I've found certain things at pole and riding harder. I know it's just down to my weight so I need to do something, it's also not fair on my horse so I'll have to stop riding until I lose weight too

[margaritasbythesea]

I remember you! You did that great spreadsheet didn't you? And as I remember had some family difficulties to overcome. Cut yourself some slack and join in!

[Dillite2]

I have to admit that I am beginning to get very bored and unmotivated. I just get no pleasure from eating LC all of the time, especially as my family members get to eat whatever they want. I did take a day off LC yesterday- we went to a Christmas market ànd as I couldn't be bothered to just eat meat, whatever went.

Back to it today- breakfast
Eggs and ham
Lunch- spinach, boiled eggs, oily sardines
Dinner- pork chops with creamy mushroom sauce, green veg

[Kleptronic]

Hi SayrraT, I remember you too! Don't be so hard on yourself, you've not had the best of times I gather. Jump in and give it a go - there's time for a few lbs down by xmas :)

[Kleptronic]

Welcome asmadasmax, there's no rules about breakfast, eat anything you like as long as it's low carb. I have chicken breast, french mayo and salad, or meatballs and cauli rice, courgette spaghetti and bolognaise, whatever's left over from the night before - or omelettes, but then I like eggs.

You won't get smelly breath if you keep your water intake up to flush out the ketones.

[Veryflummoxed]

Hi Sarryatt I remember you too, lots of organising of spread sheet. Still time to make a big difference before new year. I've done that; lost loads, felt great, then let it all get back on. Onwards and downwards

[wombattoo]

Welcome back sayrra
Guy I hope you're feeling a bit brighter and have managed to catch up on some sleep

[Tinypearldragon]

Sorry about the food lists, it helps to keep me focused during the day if I know I am going to have to write it down.

B - 3 fried eggs
L - Smoked mackerel
S - Seafood and spinach soup

[BIWI]

Tiny is that all you're eating?! Where's the veg for your lunch? And what about there eat of your dinner?

This isn't a WOE that's about deprivation. You really need to eat properly.

[Tinypearldragon]

Oh Biwi - thank you for your concern. I really do eat properly usually!

Today was a crazy busy day. Lunch was eaten on the run, but supper was a massive bowl of soup made with cream.

[SayrraT]

Thanks everyone

Feeling better tonight and ready to get on with LCing, I had a mushroom omelette for dinner while OH had a pizza. I've made some cream of celery soup for lunches next week as well.

I did ride my horse today and it made me so happy as I'd already arranged to go show jumping. Then I looked up guidelines on weights for horses and I think I am OK to ride a bit but won't do hard stuff until I'm lighter. The recommended upper weight limit is 20% of the horses weight. I have a big horse and I'm 15% of his weight.

Will try to post daily food to keep me on track.