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.

BIWI thanks, and yes I know exactly what's in my protein shake Whey protein (which comes from milk), unsweetened almond milk, spirulina and coconut oil! It's not a flavored one, it's literally just milk protein without the majority of the fat and carbs :) It has 1 ingredient. I want the fat, so use the coconut oil to add that back in.

For the supper green: That 6g of carbs is diluted into 4.4 litres of water and is the equivalent of 10 portions of fruit and veg.. In contrast, if I were to get the same nutritional content from eating spinach whole, I'd have to eat 36g of carb not including the fibre.

I've read the rules yes, but I work a 16 hour day some days (like today) and this evening I'm going straight from work to another meeting. I left the house at 5:30am and went to bed last night at 11pm, so no time to meal prep, however I wanted to get started at least by getting my macro's right so I can avoid hitting carb flu (hopefully) in the middle of the week while I'm working. I'm hoping if I'm going to feel crappy for the first few days I can do it over this weekend and on Monday when I have a much lighter schedule!

This is why I ended up with a protein shake this morning and will probably end up with another one tonight . I KNOW if I didn't have one I'd have binged on crisps and chocolate mid morning (all i have available at work) and would have gone totally mad at our team lunch and had a burger or something, then tonight when I finally get home I KNOW I wont want to cook and will order a takeaway. That's how I got to 18 stone in the first place, by not planning ahead and by trying to force myself to cook when I'm too tired and not being realistic about it. At least this way even though no, it doesnt strictly follow bootcamp rules, I'll at least be hitting the ground running.

I plan to eat proper food over the weekend and spend saturday afternoon menu planning for next week, then batch cooking and freezing lunches to bring to work

The super green is staying though, it makes drinking this amount of water bearable!

No BIWI I was just driving!

Things going ok so far, I'm not hungry but do get really tired in an evening. I'm hoping this is just my body adjusting to this new WOE.

Yesterday
B-2 scrambled eggs with butter
L-chicken and avocado with salad
D- Tuna steak and stir fry veg
Today
B-2 scrambled eggs with butter
L-ham salad with FF mayo
D- will be M&S Broccoli, cauliflower, Black bean and pea shoots salad (13g of carbs, but it was the lowest thing I could find, I needed something I could eat at my desk, as heading out straight from work)

Ugh I negotiated all the difficult bits of yesterday really well and then got home and ate a whole fucking massive bar of Dairy Milk rendering all of last week completely pointless. So cross with myself! It is total self sabotage and I don't know why I just can't have willpower.

Weighed myself this morning and I have regained the 4lbs I'd lost and am generally a bloated hormonal wreck. Oh well at least I'm not pregnant!

Today i have managed to be good so far

Bf: scrambled eggs in butter with asparagus, tomato and a tiny bit of chorizo
L:Venison Stew
D: probably more venison stew as I can to cook.
S: coyo

Just need to get through tonight without caving now!

Thanks for the clarification, BIWI

I am snacking because I'm not eating proper meals. Had a big deadline to meet - so, have been feeding the kids and nibbling round the day and then eating an omelette or something at night.

Will get more organised. Met the deadline with 26 minutes to spare! Yay!

Hi everyone.
MyShiny are you feeling any better? From the meals that you posted - you don't seem to have eaten very much. That could have made you feel dizzy and shaky.
The spreadsheet is up to date

BIWI I don't know why I self sabotaged... I guess I was happy I lost 3lbs, thought only 3lbs to go and thought I would do anything to try and make my depression lift/make me feel a bit better. Rest of day also a disaster diet wise. Going to restart Sunday but not sure swinging up and down like this is any good?

Howdy all.

Currently loving olives. Every bc I seem to become addicted to something. Last time it was anything low carb wrapped in romaine lettuce leaves. This time it's olives. So far, I have added them to everything I have cooked. Inc chicken breast, salmon, sea bass (was lush) and steak (!)

Hi Wombat I'm feeling much better now, thanks. DH bought me a full fat cappuccino into the office & that seemed to sort me out although I did end up eating lunch early.

I have had a few snacks along the way as well, I just don't include them in my plan for the day as I don't always feel the need.

Today I had a slice of butter wrapped in ham with added salt when I got home ! Is that completely gross? It tasted good!

keeponkeepinon wait till Monday!! That's when it counts
I'm similar tho as LC generally majority of the time but always room to shed some more!x

@Lucy7400 - why the humphy face? From your post yesterday it did read as if you were planning to drink wine! (And I was only teasing you about me challenging you).

I'm really glad that you've resisted - and I hope that you'll be rewarded on the scales on Monday

@Hesdeadjim - yes, that amount of almond milk will count to your fluid intake; I'd still rather see you eating real food though, rather than relying on protein shakes etc. I understand you have a busy life, and I really get you! I hope that you can get on top of this and start planning not only what you're going to cook, but also a whole range of things that you can have to hand to eat easily that are low carb.

Hard boiled eggs and cooked (low carb!) sausages are a real godsend to keep in the fridge - along with tins/sachets of tuna, packs of olives and individual packs of cheese (M&S are very good for those)

@snowdonstreet why are you leaving it until Sunday to restart? That's more sabotaging!

@Owlinanoaktree - yes, your carbs could have been too low - and like I've said to others, you need to make sure your electrolytes are balanced, so you need plenty of sodium, magnesium and potassium

Sodium - salt (probably why you wanted the peanuts/crackers) - add it to food, cook with it, and drink a hot drink made from Oxo/Bovril or Marmite

For magnesium and potassium, salmon, spinach, avocado and full fat natural yoghurt are all good

Just checking in, 5lbs down so far, having to do a bit of calorie counting but all good. Burgers salad and coleslaw for dinner, yums

keepon - it really isn't a competition! Everyone starts in a different place. You will be fine!

Don't worry Keepon, I have just realised I had my sums wrong and the weight I entered on Monday was 2lb under what it should have been so I am unlikely to have lost any.

I am feeling a lot more balanced though. Had a tough emotional day today with lots of waiting around but dutifully took packed snacks and managed to avoid eating any rubbish.

Still finding it hard to face anything other than yoghurt for breakfast. Looking forward to BCL when I can add some berries.

B. Eggs muffins and dressed greens.

L leftover lamb and veg

D cod, parsley butter, roast celeriac, fried sprouts with leek and bacon.

My third BC and this is the first time I've done the muffins. I did enjoy them. Thank you (sorry can't remember who it was) for posting how to do them. I used paper muffin cases and it wasn't too hard to get them out but I'm going to buy a silicone muffin tray for my next batch.

B - 2 rashers bacon, fried egg, mushrooms
L - 2 sausages, fried egg, mushrooms
D - lambs breast and cauli mash
Shitloads of butter in all of the above. Rediculous quantities of salt.
Coupla coffees with cream and coconut oil.

A billion pints of water. Slightly fewer trips to the toilet.

Breath - disgusting

Energy levels - bloody marvellous

Shite sleep last night though.

Muffin recipe please?
I need ideas for snacks. Sometimes don't have time to eat a full meal due to work pressures but need something

Snacks - cheese, olives, celery/cucumber with cream cheese or pate, hard boiled eggs, cooked (low carb sausages)

The muffin recipe is

Line muffin thingumys with bacon, bung in the oven for 5 minutes, take out, chuck in some veg - leek, mushroom, wotevs, a wee dod of cream cheese, beat some eggs(with double cream if you like) pour eggs over, grated cheese on top, bung in oven for about 15 mins at 190.

Paté you say????
Going to try the muffins, thanks

Been quite hingry today even though I think I eaten enough.

B: bacon, fried egg, butter in a Lidl protein roll (9g carbs and filled me up till lunch)
L: homemeade smoked mackerel pate with celery sticks, lumps of cheddar and olives
D: halloumi, mixed salad leaves, coleslaw and more olives

Water target hit again too. Tummy is grumbling now. Might go to bed to resist the urge to snack. I've been low-carbing now since January and this is the first time I've really felt hungry in the evening.

Ok so today I ate

B- scrambled eggs cheese
L - tuna, spinach and tomatoes (cooked with butter)
Dinner - cod mornay (cream,cheese and egg yolk sauce) and corvette
Snack- babybel, smoked salmon and ff yoghurt with cream

Is this too much? And too much dairy?

napoleon what is this low carb roll you speak of?

Thank you everyone, with your support I have had a good week. I avoid measuring myself, but have already gone down one jeans size, and yes, the larger ones ate in the bin as I have promised myself, never again. Ive had a lovely walk every other day, want to make that every day from now on.

I have 'tried' to get back to this woe several times, kept to it for a few days then cracked. I find myself seriously addicted to sweet carbs, to the extend that i am actually distracted from work. Now Im back on the wagon, and really feeling good, I'm wondering again why i ever eat any other way.

Onwards and downwards...