Week 5 - Spring Low Carb Bootcamp - we reach the half way point

[BIWI]

Morning campers

Here's the spreadsheet, once again

Hopefully those of you who have seen things slow or stop over the last couple of weeks will see the scales starting to behave themselves a bit better now

One thing to be careful of, perhaps to check, is that you aren't letting carbs creep back into your diet.

If you have been keeping a food diary, why not go back to your first week and compare what you were eating then with what you're eating now?

Or go back to the week 1 chat thread and check out people's menus.

It's very easy to let things slip a little, especially once you move on to Bootcamp Light.

Hope you all have a good week.

I've been weighing daily this week and my weight has jumped all over the show. I've lost 2.2lbs this week based on my weight this morning, but yesterday it would have been 3.5. I'm happy either way and I just hope I can sustain this rate of loss.

I have been having actual dreams about pizza the last couple of days but physically not suffering from cravings. A trip to the supermarket made me feel emotionally very sad because I couldn't have any of the Easter shite that I would usually eat by the kilo.

B: cauliflower cheese
L: peperami
D: leftovers from last night, Brussels, lamb and Swede.

@GuyMartinsSideburns - if you're properly fat-adapted, then you should be fine without carbing up. See if you can have a read of this book which should explain it

@PissPotPourri I wouldn't worry about the protein, but I'd be more concerned that you're not eating enough fat. Chicken and prawns aren't really that fatty.

Also, you're not on the spreadsheet so I don't know your weight - that means I don't know you're drinking enough water - check rule 6 on the spreadsheet to see how much you should be drinking.

I'm a runner Guy.

Struggled the first fortnight of this WOE but now it's fine. I have still been having gels on long runs though. Mainly because they are just the easiest things to transport/ingest etc.

Don't bother carbing up before hand just take a gel after an hour.

1lb off for me.

That's fine by me. I ate homemade-so-fresh-they-were-still-warm Welsh cakes and bara brith last week. As an aside,it's interesting to sort of observe myself and the sorts of food I REALLY enjoyed and miss. There's very little that falls into the genuine treat category. Most of it goes into the mindlessly easily available crap category. I can identify with the pp that said that supermarket shopping feels a bit bereft of yummies and treats so it's good to remind myself that it wasn't that yummy anyway.

I have a spreadsheet and chart and I aim to lose 1lb a week for the rest of the year to lose 4 stone to take me to 10 stone. I feel this is a reasonable and acheiveable target.

KOKO

Ok thanks that's helpful. Maybe il stick with a usual breakfast (eggs) but earlier in the morning so I don't feel it when I run.

Getting anxious now! I've had weeks off with an injury and so just doing around 4/5 miles for the past week. Hoping il make it round.

You'll be great. If it's your first then no time to beat and you can always walk if you need to. Just soak up the atmosphere and enjoy it.

Eggs sounds like the perfect breakfast I think being really well hydrated the day before helps so you don't need to chug loads of water in the morning.

Thekids spotty skin is likely caused by oestrogen being released from fat cells. If so then it should improve within the first 6-8 weeks.

Pisspot it's actually pretty hard to overdo protein from meat although dairy protein can impede weight loss. It's more likely to be too little fat or too little water. It's also possible to slow weight loss by eating too few calories.

GuyMartin no need to carb up before a run once you're fat adapted. It's worth carrying a couple of gels but you probably won't need them. Some professionals train in a low carb state then carb up before a race for a performance advantage but that shouldn't be necessary unless you're trying to get a particularly good time.

Patapouf I weigh daily and my weight varies by about 4lb over the course of a week (dotted line). I use an app that averages my weight so that I can see the trend (solid line).

Thank you BIWI and Stuntnun. I am on the spreadsheet at the bottom but it has yet to be sorted I think...I was added about three weeks ago. I weigh 10.12.2 at the moment (I'm 5ft 8) but started off at 11.8.0. Was really pleased with my initial weight loss which happened very quickly. Then I got a bug and was in bed for three days and couldn't eat much and my weight went right down. On recovery, my weight went back up quickly (still sticking to the diet) and has not shifted since. I wonder if I went into starvation mode! Anyway, I shall try more fat, although when I have chicken etc I do fry it first. Thanks for your input, it is appreciated.

BIWI
Thanks, had Jicama previously and it retains the crunch in stir fries/Stews - problem is finding a small one as very much like a swede in size and work getting the skin off.

CaptainBraandPants Congratulations on making it down to a fatty BMI, hopefully I will be joining you soon.

Weight up this week but been down four up 1 down 3 up 1 so fingers crossed down 2 next. Will be extra specially good.

Result of the doing weigh -in standing on 1 foot facing west was - Couldn't stand still long enough to get a reading.

B 3 pieces of back bacon
2 egg omelet
L left over veggie beef Stir fry
Afternoon Snack - 10oz bulletproof coffee
Sup is going to be Red cabbage in a pressure cooker with Streaky Bacon and butter tonight. Might toss chicken thighs in first with some broth for 12minutes. Whilst preparing the cabbage (chop and de-core) and then add the cabbage and bacon see what comes out.
Worst case add butter and don't do it again.

Thanks, that's encouraging. I'm so nervous!

Wishing I'd posted earlier now, before I'd had a couple of forkfuls of pasta I was thinking 'oh maybe a little over the next few days' would help without me having to go into carb overload, which was the impression I had. Feel a bit stupid now, I'd been doing spot on so far Well lesson learnt in any case. Am back on it now with a steak and salad!

@PissPotPourri

I had to put in an age here so I went for 40 (apologies if that's too much!!!). According to the calculator, you're within your healthy weight range anyway, so any weight loss is going to be slow.

I'm just starting week 3, but have lost 6lbs so far. No doubt it will all slow down now. I would like to lose another 6 or so. Thought I would mention how nice roast celeriac (sprinkled with salt and turmeric- thank you to the PP who suggested adding turmeric) is. Its fluffier roasted than boiled so a good potato substitute. Roasting seems to improve all vegetables! I tried roast broccoli last week. I am cooking for a houseful of hungry men(DH DS DNs) - so trying to cook things that I can easily modify or leave bits out for myself is a challenge. A roast works well- with stock saved for me before making gravy for the 'boys'.

Quickly popping in. Lost 2lbs this week. Very happy.

BIWI 37... But with 3 boys under 6 I feel more like double that. So I'll take 40, thanks. Yes, I am in the healthy range but still bigger than I am comfortable with. I'm happy with slow and steady, just fed up with STS. Thanks for your help.

Also, just saw ASD's post at the end of the last thread. Wow! An amazing loss... Congratulations!

Thanks stunt I downloaded true weight many a BC ago but got a bit stroppy when it said I hadn't lost as much as the scales were telling me, I need to take a longer term view of it I think. Will be better than using excel to track on a graph at any rate!

Any idea how long the hormone overload takes to let up? Entering week 4 of AF and my manager asked me what happened to my face the other day, it's just acne

Thekids I hope your skin settles soon. One of the reasons I like this woe is the fact that my skin is the best it's been in years perhaps ever. I'm 9 weeks in and I think it did take a few weeks, but it's great now.

had a good day today
B - creamy coffee x3 (was woken early by DS3, so needed a third)
L - leftover pork roast with cauli mash, sprouts and broccoli
D - made fish pie for the first time. Cod, salmon, prawns, mushrooms and capers all fried briefly. In sauce of Philadelphia with garlic and parsley. Topped with cauli mash and cheese. Served with green beans in butter. It was really lovely. Whoever said this is the perfect woe for a foodie is spot on.
S - chunk of brie, teaspoon of crunchy peanut butter. Must.not.have.more.

Another week, another 1lb off for me which I am really happy with.

checking in as didn't want to slip too much - life a bit up in the air with an anytime now death in the family so up and down and grabbing food when can. Not going mad, just not necessarily LC. Which makes me even more aware how much LC suits me!

I have somersaulted off the wagon so am looking to rejoin after being told off by DH. I have lost 3lbs in total which is pretty pathetic. I have been spurred on by seeing my size 8 sister at the weekend

Dressed salad,avocado,eggs, flax loaf with butter for lunch. Lots of black/herb tea. Lots of water
Dinner. Life got in the way and there was no time for the planned dinner to be cooked and no left overs (very unusual in our house) so ended up with take away. There's not much choice where we live so I had cod and mushy peas. I was hoping for a loss when I did my late weigh in today. Not so optimistic now. Still will face it shortly. Lots losses yesterday. YAY.

Managed to put my weight in - so don't worry about adding me, BIWI.

Second day for me today.
B: buttery eggs, buttery mushrooms - delicious
L: lettuce boats with mayo tuna and avo. Couple of olives stuffed with feta
D: Is going to be steak, cauli-rice and maybe something else. Might put some garlic butter on the steak.
S: Bit of cheddar, couple spoons of greek yog - managed to find one here which is 4.2 g carbs/100g.

Had a whopper of a headache last night but none today; do feel faintly sick the whole time though. Does that pass? Dreading the thought of eggs again tomorrow for breakfast.

A favourite for me for a no egg breakfast is bacon, spinach and mushroom. Infact, pretty much anything with spinach instead of the more usual toast, so, if you do dairy, smoked salmon, creme cheese & spinach, or chorizo, mushroom and spinach. If you can find really meaty sausages without much carb padding, they will be reasonable, too.

Or a portion of whatever you had for your main meal the day before, with spinach, natch.