Week 1 Early Spring Low Carb Bootcamp - at last!

[BIWI]

Evening all!

Just getting this out there, so that everyone knows where to go/what to do in the morning.

Here's the link to the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

I'd like to say a massive thank you and to Sayrra and Wombattoo who set this up and maintain it for us all.

PLEASE don't touch anything other than the cell where you input your weight.

If your name isn't on the list, just add it to the bottom, and it will be magically re-alphabetised to include you.

It's called the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness because of all the information and resources that are available to us. Look at the tabs at the bottom - the rules are there, along with the veg counter, and all manner of resources for you to read up more about low carbing.

If you can't access it, or can't input your weight, just add your weight to the chat thread, and someone will do it for you. (I believe it's difficult to do it from your phone).

But more than anything else, a massive good luck to you all!

All I can say to you is follow the rules!

It does work, but only if you follow them.

Good luck everyone.

I was going to ask about the coconut yoghurts. They are on offer in Tesco so I bought a couple to try.

I have had a good day today but have only eaten about 1200 calories and I have run 10k and been to the gym. I'm fairly full after tea but maybe should have a yoghurt now?

I have another lunch out tomorrow. Going for Japanese and not sure what's best? Teriyaki and leave the rice maybe? Or a bowl of noodle soup and ask for no noodles?

Today
B - 2 fried eggs, 1 heck square sausage
L - square sausage, grated cheese, FF Greek tog & double cream
D - 3 chicken drumsticks, cauliflower, broccoli, mashed swede.
S - coffee and cream x 2, babybel
3L water

Tartle - don't eat it if you're not hungry!

Re Japanese, I'm afraid I'm not really sure; it's not the kind of food I've really eaten very much of. Clearly avoid rice and noodles though!

B&L the rest of the cold cauliflower cheese plus braised cabbage and bacon from last night plus some olives.
D - taramasalata (about 14 g carb in 100g) on celery, then chicken curry on watercress as the watercress needed eating - worked well. Was going to go to Sainsburys to check out the courgette lasagne but the traffic was rubbish!

B: 2 boiled eggs
L: 2 small chicken thighs, baby leaf salad, french mayo
2lts water
3 coffees and double cream
D: 6oz vodka & diet coke, 2 pimms & lemonade

In my defence, I've just spent three hours watching young people perform multiple theatrical pieces on the rights of the child.

Tartle - Japanese is great if you are a sashimi fan. I am. And would happily eat my own bodyweight in raw fish! There's also tofu stuff, if that's your thing. I've just had a look at the Wagamama menu to jog my memory, and there's a few starters (lollipop prawn kushiyaki), and if you can get hold of tepanyaki for mains if sashimi isn't your thing (or in the case of some places, not on the menu), then you should be ok. Miso is high in carbs per 100g, BUT you'd typically only have a tiny amount in Miso soup, or Miso aubergine etc. Hopefully you'll find something that doesn't involve the rice & noodles that are heavily featured in a lot of menus.

This morning, I have put on a pound, but since I've yet to have a good morning poo (sorry TMI!), I'm not surprised - my system feels a bit sluggish, tbh.

B: prawns, crabsticks, avocado, lettuce, egg & a bit of smoked salmon pate
L: Lamb doner (home made) with lettuce, cucumber & leeks fried in the lamb fat
D: probably roast chicken from last night, baby sweetcorn & broccoli.

Feels like a bit too much food at the moment, so I'll see how I feel when I get in re: dinner.

I'm not struggling with the water intake at work, they don't let me out in front of people for meetings, I'm just at my desk most of the time (which is fine by me!), so when I take screen breaks, I just fill my water bottle up.

Next week, I think I've got a bit of travel & a meeting which might be a bit tricky to negotiate if they've bought food in, but I'll manage.

Today:

Breakfast: scrambled eggs with butter
Lunch: smoked salmon, mixed leaves, spring onion, cucumber and watercress with a liberal splash of olive oil. May add coleslaw to this as well, once I've checked out the carb contents in Tesco this morning.
Dinner: probably the rest of my homemade smoked mackerel pate, celery sticks and mayo.

I easily manage my 3l a day as the water dispenser is right next to my desk

mrwalkensir - that taramasalata is really high in carbs - do you know how much you actually ate? It's very easy to eat more than you think!

Yesterday for me:

B - Co Yo yoghurt
L - small portion of leftover lasagne
D - stir fry, with leftover roast lamb, onion (couldn't be arsed to peel shallots!), garlic, ginger, chilli, half a yellow pepper, beansprouts, homemade chicken stock and a bit of leftover lamb gravy chucked in, with Barenaked noodles and fresh coriander

Tartle where are you going for lunch today? Can you post a link to the menu so we can make suggestions?

Morning all!

Today's food
Breakfast: chicken and chorizo omelette
Lunch: leftover Spanish chicken drumsticks, olives, yoghurt with double cream
Tea: steak with butter, garlic mushrooms

Made the mistake of weighing myself this morning (I'd gone down in weight yesterday and back up to start weight today) but I already know I'm not drinking enough water so I can crack on with putting that right today.

This book arrived yesterday too - hopefully will keep me on the wagon post boot camp.

Morning, difficult start today I am really missing fruit in the mornings.
Had my usual yoghurt and cream hoop but still felt hungry so fried some bacon and mushrooms. Could not face that at all so went for two glasses of sparkling water and a herbal tea. I guess I was craving fruit because I was actually thirsty.

No idea what I will eat later but have made a tub of olives, chorizo, cheese to take out this morning in case I get peckish.

Also back at my start weight grr.

*yoghurt and cream GOOP

Good morning. Im getting into this now and not missing the fruit thankfully. Benn avoiding the sweetners, milk in tea etc. Yesterday was: B: scrambled egg with butter and smoked salmon and spinach. L: 2 boiled eggs, celery, spinach, cucumber, with mayo and cheese. D: burgers with cheese, some onions and a salad with spinach, tomatoes, cucumber. Enjoyed the day and didnt really need to snack at all. Any pointers? Fat seemed high but its just getting out of that mindset.

Morning all. This bastarding cough is worse again this morning. The cold really can't make up its mind. Also crampy as hell, so I wish I could stay in bed with a hot water bottle all day...

I miss milk and stevia in my tea. It's just not the same without... I've been drinking mainly black coffee or herbal teas, but really miss a proper cuppa. I might try it with a tiny splash of cream mixed with water.

BIWI I've heard that about gym/sports - that it takes a while to adjust. I think it'll be hard for me to tell what part is because of low carbing, what part just having been a bit unwell.

My food plan today:

B: Omelette with feta and spring onion (I'm loving feta omelettes right now).
L: Tuna salad (tuna, leaves, pepper, spring onions, olive oil).
S: Total with or without a bit of cream (In case salad won't keep me full).
D: Shepherd's pie (12% mince, low carb veggies, swede mash).

Oh dear. I am the first fail
Have awful flu that DS had over weekend. Been awake since 4.10am as streaming nose and couldn't breathe. Got older DS to school, and made sausages (bit not ok I know), eggs and a piece of toast. Shoot me now.

Let's pretend it didn't happen.

Goes back to bed to sulk

Hi BIWI - about a quarter/third of the pot (30g), but yep, will have to be careful. Picked it up as it was a massive reduction.

@flisspaps there are some lovely recipes in there, but just beware - some of the carb counts are quite high. You can reduce some of them by using shallots instead of onions. And also, he uses a lot of artificial sweeteners and also some processed foods - I was amazed to see that he has Bisto gravy granules in some of his recipes!

Potato Starch, Maltodextrin, Palm Oil, Salt, Wheat Flour (with added Calcium, Iron, Niacin, Thiamin), Colour (E150c), Sugar, Flavourings (contain Barley), Flavour Enhancers (E621, E635), Emulsifier (E322) (contains Soya

... and this is for the beef gravy, which is suitable for vegetarians, as it contains no beef whatsoever!

I was just about to ask Fliss what the kerridge book is like as I've had my eye on it since it came out. Sounds like it's not all that though BIWI, is there anything in it worth having? I've got the food revolution recipe book but haven't managed to cook anything from it so far! Was looking for something a bit more every day.

I'm starting to feel much less bloated now & am actually managing my water for once. Already 1 litre down! Does it matter if I drink loads in one go or should I be sipping frequently?

Today's food will be:
B: BPC
L: Mushroom soup
D: chicken thighs, roasted veg (green peppers, courgettes, shallots, couple of cherry toms) and broccoli rice.

Hope everyone has a good day.

Feeling your pain Snowdow, full of cold, sneezy, runny eyes, bright red nose - looking oh so hot! I would actually kill for a Lemsip right now but I am staying strong. Paracetamol and lots of fluids is what you need. I also had a hot Bovril yesterday afternoon which was really comforting and nice on my sore throat. In the meantime have some and keep away from the toast

Today's plan:
B: scrambled eggs, butter, dash of cream
L: halloumi fried in butter, salad leaves with oil
D: I have chicken thighs, shallot, leek, mushroom, courgette and tinned toms in the slow cooker, probably with cauli rice if I can be arsed.

Morning all, I'm 1.5lbs down on the scales today. Very happy with that.

Food today:
B: fried halloumi
L: chicken cacciatore from the freezer (homemade), I'm assuming that that's low carb enough? Just chicken, tinned toms, peppers, onions, mushrooms. Will have some broccoli and cauliflower with it too. Maybe a bit of cheese to add some fat?
D: fancy trying puttanesca with courgettini (bought a spiraliser at the weekend and not used it yet).

Had milk in my coffee this morning, but I've got cream coming in my Tesco delivery this afternoon so I'll try that instead tomorrow.

Good morning.

I'm just back from yoga and I was a little shaky. Hopefully I'll be back to normal as I become fat adapted.

I had coffee with cream first thing and egg and broccoli muffins after yoga.

Vegetable soup with extra butter for lunch.

Leftover ox cheek stew for dinner.

Yesterday's food:
B: smoked mackerel fillet (!)
L: 2 eggs and courgetti in butter
S: avocado w oil
Low carb sausage swiped from child's plate
D: pork chop w leeks in creme fraiche

3L water
4 cups of tea w milk

I'm on my second week, but have been behaving and haven't seen a budge on the scales for nearly a week. I might be impatient, but usually the losses in week 1 & 2 are so motivating and help to get me through 3&4!

What am I doing wrong? --
Pleeease don't say the tea...--

snow and chester

I was there last week, you have my sympathy.

Better day today

Muffiny thing for breakfast
Tea with unsweeted almond milk
1 pint of water so far

Yes you're being impatient!

... and yes, it could be the milk!

But there's nothing to say you're doing anything wrong. How much did you lose in the first week?

Eek! The Japanese lunch is actually tomorrow so now I am at work with nothing to eat (except for 6 courgettes which I panic bought from the shop by the station when I saw they had some in!) hopefully m&s will provide although from experience I suspect it will have to be the goats cheese salad which does have seeds and Edemame in. Are edemame allowed?

Or I might just eat the rest of the tub of coyo cos it is frigging delicious!

Breakfast: coconut yoghurt
Lunch ??
Dinner: leftover venison stew/chicken and roasted courgettes.

Feeling really dizzy at the moment so I am having a mid morning boullion.

The restaurant for tomorrow is http://www.zaibatsufusion.co.uk/phone/index.html

Any suggestions most welcome. Sadly I'm not a big enough fan of fish to just go mad on the sashimi.