Week 2 - Spring Low Carb Bootcamp - how was the first weigh-in?!

[BIWI]

Here's the Spreadsheet for you to confess all!

I hope that you've seen good results, and that they have convinced you that this WOE works - if you weren't already convinced, of course

Here's to a good second week. Hopefully all of you suffering from carb flu will be through that now, and will be feeling much more energised.

Good luck to all

3lbs down this week, very happy as it's my 5th week low carbing, makes 19lbs for me so far!

ASDismynormality just... at 19lbs in 5 weeks! That's an average of very nearly 4lbs a week!! and SUSTAINED weight loss at that!

Have you had to be extremely strict with yourself? Have you had cravings etc?

Hesdeadjim thanks! A couple of days before my period started I was craving something sweet but I didn't have more than a piece of fruit and a square of 100% chocolate. I started off tracking and weighing everything which helped me get into the right pattern. I also feel determined to loose the weight for health reasons, pre-diabetes, non alcoholic fatty liver, gastro issues - that's keeping me on track.

Could someone update mine please? 131 Thanks very much.

Well done all you losers! 3.5lb down this morning which is great, I actually think it's a noticeable difference as my muffin top isn't as big as it was this time last week.
This week is going to be more of a challenge as we're going away for half term. It was planned before this started, but I didn't want to use it as an excuse not to sign up. Will try and find sensible options but I suspect it's going to be tricky, but I might need to stay in BC mode for a couple of weeks after

I lost 2lbs which I am happy with.

Today is

B. Greek yogurt, nuts and raspberries (I know, I know but I didnt have enough yogurt so wanted to bulk it out)
L. Tune mayo salad
D. Salmon and veg.

Well done losers!

ASDismynormality that's amazing, huge well done to you!

I know we're not meant to track during BC but I've been tracking what I eat on and off for years and I find it helps me a lot to "trust" that I'm on the right track. I have very disordered eating patterns generally so planning out my meals ahead of time takes all the thinking out of it for me.

I've found I haven't really been "hungry" at all since Friday .. I haven't had that tummy rumbling, desperate for food hunger that I get pretty much daily (around 5pm usually!) and although I'm definitely ready for food at meal times, I've put snacks into my meal plans and haven't eaten them yet I've just forgotten about them even though usually I'd be watching the clock waiting for when I could eat again, so something must be happening.

can I join you ladies please, I was on the rose Elliot low carb thread but it has gone dead. I'm on day 8 today so tie in with you, just found out AF come six days early does anyone elses cycle go to pot with low carb. ive thrown out my scales so I am going by inches, I have 2.5 stone to lose though ive gone from a ten to a 14 through ill health, eating crap and being bone idle! off to read your spreadsheet. kxx

7 lb down for me which is great. I think about half of it was in the first couple of days though so I'm going to cross fingers and see if 3-4 lb / week might be sustainable. I'm out to a function on Saturday - might use my lowest daily weight for next week's weigh in ...

Unlike a lot of you I'm not meal planning - I've never managed to organise myself enough for that! But I need to up the vegetables; had to dig out the movicol on the weekend and am going to keep up a small dose of that for the time being.

Treated myself to some asparagus which will do breakfast x 3 with lots of butter and a fried egg or two - let my husband know it was my treat and hands off ...

Not caught up wi the thread yet but well done to all the losers and KOKO to everyone else.

I'd like to draw a huge veil over the weekend and wondered if there was any minor medical excuse I could use for eating LC in cases where I am offered food I shouldn't eat but I don't want to offend or don't feel comfortable enough to talk about my diet?

It all went wrong when I got stuck at a friends on Friday night so she offered to cook extra of the meal she was preparing - chicken in a honey glaze and rice. There was no easy way for me to say no and, in truth, I was starving so I ate it. And that set me off on a fuck it weekend which I know sounds ridiculous now, if I'd just eaten the chicken and rice then got back on it all would probably have been fine.

I hate talking about dieting to people, the only person who knows I eat LC is DH. But I do think I need some reason up my sleeve for times like this. Friend is close but is tiny and eats all manner of stuff. I just know she wouldn't get it

Anyway. Dusting myself down for the millionth time...today:

B: Greek yog, cream
L: eggs, butter, mushrooms in butter
D: spag Bol, courgetti in butter

2lb off this week. Not a great day yesterday as family drama and child birthday, I had a very small slice of cake and one roast potato. So could have been worse! I didn't use it as an excuse to blow off the day or to buy wine. So that is a win!

Today - breakfast was cream in coffee. Lunch was Morrison's salad bar - boiled eggs, cheese, coleslaw and salad leaves with a small spoon of mixed beans.
Dinner I think is meatballs, which I will have with plenty of mozzarella and greens.

Well done on all these losses - some fantastic results on here!

I too will have to draw a veil over this weekend, Chester, as I was at a dinner party on Saturday (including making and bringing pudding which I tasted as I made...) which involved a vast amount of booze and said pudding even though most of main was low carb. I then totally went off track on Sunday so am essentially starting from scratch today.

The scales say I've put on 0.8 of a pound but the weekend damage is still to show I'm sure.

Surprisingly I've not been hungry at all this morning maybe that will help...

B - coffee and cream, tea and soya milk
L - scrambled eggs with smoked salmon and cream
D - sirloin steak with swede mash, broccoli and leeks and garlic butter
Must drink 3L water!

7lbs down! Can't quite believe it!

Coconut - my cycle went weird last no the when I started low carb. It went on for about two weeks! This month was then a bit late. Apparently this is common as fat cells store oestrogens and they can be released when fat it burnt and mess with cycle.

Myfitnesspal says my 1.5 portion serving of grated cheese had 10g of carbs in! What on earth have they put in it?!

That's cheese from Morrison's salad bar, so could feasibly have added ingredients...

ragz134 they add potato starch to grated cheese to stop it glooping together, hence the carbs :)

3 pounds off for me. Am very happy with that. Have eaten some bloody lovely meals over the last week and successfully navigated some challenges ( e.g. girls night in: pizza and wine be for them; aioli, cucumber, feta, olives, chicken portions, guacamole, pate, salad for me !)

I've got some ideas for improvements for the next few weeks (less dairy, more exercise, more veg) but am happy that this is a sustainable way to eat. BIWIs stick might have been twitching at my meals last week but I'm quite safe from it so far!

My skins is loads improved, my sleep is better and I have the beginnings of a BOING

Right I am back on this as I have been "dieting" through half hearted low carb and calorie counting for 5 months and only lost 20lbs. I know that LCHF can achieve much better results. Something I am eating (or drinking I think) is stopping me losing weight and I think it is alcohol free beers and might also possibly be soya milk.

BIWI question for you please - what about milk alternatives? Milk is not mentioned in any of the allowed foods and I know you say dairy can stall some people but I remember having lacto free milk when I did this before and still lost. Can you confirm if any milk is allowed? I have also just bought some Almond milk which is really nice and I think I could cope with that instead.

I am going off to see if I can add myself to the spreadsheet even though I am a week late to the party!

6.4 lbs down which is a great start, I'm terribly constipated though
I'm gobsmacked I managed to last a week with no choc!

I still feel horrendous and have had no interest in food but not eating isn't going to help me feel better.

B: managed a teaspoon of coyo
L: beef stroganoff with spinach and green beans
D: scrambled eggs, buttery spinach and streaky bacon.

2.5/3.5l down

Afternoon,

Just done a night shift, not at home so don't trust the scales, and its time of the month so I will add my weight when I'm back at home on Weds morning.

Nice job everyone

Loubilou - alcohol-free beers are full of carbs! That's what's been stopping you from losing weight! As an example, one bottle of Becks Blue has 8.5g carbs!

... oh and re milk, from memory I think soy and almond are similar in terms of their carb count - but definitely lower in carbs than cows' milk

Coconut going low carb is well known to cause menstrual cycle problems. Examples are: periods lasting longer than normal; breakthrough spotting when on the pill/using a coil; ovulation bleeding; periods coming back in the post-menopausal. The good news is that after a couple of months there is often a big improvement in: menopausal symptoms; PMT; period pains; period regularity. I used to be doubled over in pain when I was on my period, even on regular painkillers, but now I don't feel any pain at all.

Loubilou unsweetened almond milk is low carb, most other milk alternatives have as much carbohydrate as cow's milk.

2lb down. I'm pleased enough with that. This is my week 5 and I've lost 9lbs since I started. Hoping for a whoosh this week.

B. FF Greek yogurt & coffee with cream
L. Chicken thigh, small piece of pate, dessert spoon of m&s smoked salmon and cream cheese sandwich filler and green salad with mayo.
D. Roast chicken, courgetti and leeks in butter.