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Low-carb bootcamp

Join discussions about low-carb bootcamp plans, meals and progress. Consider speaking to a medical professional before starting any diet.

Our last week - Spring Low Carb Bootcamp

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BIWI · 10/04/2017 06:38

So our last week! Here's the Spreadsheet for its penultimate outing

One more week could see another couple of pounds off.

Fingers crossed, and good luck! Flowers

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ragz134 · 29/04/2017 16:44

Checked out the carb content and it is not bad at all, about 10g per roll and I'm having half.
Captain I do think I have had carb creep, definitely. I started off counting everything in MFP and I was very strict. I don't count at all now though I do check labels. I think some of my meals are higher carb than I assume, due to things like tomatoes and onions, but I'm trying to fit in with the rest of the family. Portion size is my biggest problem I think though, I really need to address that!

thenightsky · 29/04/2017 19:37

Bikini shopping went well.

Got stripey one

and this one

Bought size 14 bottoms as the 12s gave me a bit of a muffin top.

CaptainBraandPants · 29/04/2017 20:17

They look good Stunt
ragz I think that's the good thing about this woe, it does fit in well with family eating. I'm going to wait for the new BC to start and then I think I'll do the first two weeks strict again. I've lost almost 2 stone since 1st jan, but I'm keen now to break that barrier.
night They look lovely, I especially like the second one. When/ where are you off to?

Made the fat head pizza again tonight. DH is away until late, so it's all mine. Grin I'll have to hide the leftovers.

thenightsky · 29/04/2017 20:49

Captain I'm off to Madeira in June. Lots of walking involved.

I too had fathead pizza for dinner (DH and DS out and I'm home alone). Ate about half. Lots left over for lunch tomorrow.

Lunch was flaxbread spread with FF philly and smoked salmon.

I missed breakfast as I got up and went to do my local Parkrun.

Bibs2014 · 29/04/2017 22:38

Nice bikinis. Can't wait till feel confident wearing one!

dustmotesinthesun · 30/04/2017 11:31

Fathead pizza looks so good. I must make it some time.

CaptainBraandPants · 30/04/2017 14:02

night That sounds great. Do you need someone to carry your bags? Grin
dust It is worth making - very easy and it feels like a real treat. It's also very filling, so you can't eat it all in one go (even when DH is here) so that means leftovers.

Been for another run today. I feel I've turned a corner and got to the stage where the good bits outweigh the painful bits. Smile
Off to see Guardians of the galaxy II later and I will be good and just have either a black coffee or a bottle of water.whilst lusting after Chris Pratt

Bibs2014 · 30/04/2017 16:47

My menu today
Omelette
Halloumi, rocket, chicken, rocket
Tandoori chicken cooked in butter and cream 😋

Bibs2014 · 30/04/2017 19:43

How much halloumi do people have at a mealtime?

Hesdeadjim · 01/05/2017 07:58

bibs if I have halloumi I have about 180g :)

Bibs2014 · 01/05/2017 07:59

Pleased with my 3lb loss this week!

I was 11 stone and want to get to 10 stone. Anyone else on boot camp had that little to lose and how long did it take them?

Bibs2014 · 01/05/2017 07:59

Thanks Jim, I could eat it all day every day!

Hesdeadjim · 01/05/2017 08:18

3.5lbs off this week taking me to 16st 8lbs and 25lbs lost on bootcamp Grin

ASDismynormality · 01/05/2017 08:21

Last week I lost 1lb and this week 4.5lbs. Still finding it easy to stick to and most importantly enjoying it too!

ASDismynormality · 01/05/2017 08:25

Well done hesdead!

I like setting mini goals. My next is to get to 17st something - 4lbs to go. The one after is to get under 250lbs - 6lbs to go.

Bibs2014 · 01/05/2017 08:42

Well done Jim and ASD!

CaptainBraandPants · 01/05/2017 08:43

Well done Bibs, Hesdead and ASD superb loses there.
I am 1 lb up after my carb twattiness last week, but that's to be expected and I have been fully back with this woe since Wednesday.
Had a NSV yesterday - my 34G bras are too big and starting to chaff, so wore an old 32FF bra which fitted me. Smile
Just looking at the calendar, it is 14 weeks until my holiday. My goals are to be in a size 12 by then and exercise wise, running up to 10k. Both are doable, but I'll need to persist.

BIWI · 01/05/2017 08:43

Great results!
Flowers

ASD - I think that's one of the biggest clues to success actually. If you start by thinking "I've got x stones to lose", it can seem overwhelmingly impossible. Whereas if you think, "I'm aiming for 2lbs a week", it's eminently more achievable.

Bibs - it's true that as you reach your target, and if you have a relatively small amount to lose, it will be slower. It means you have to be strict and vigilant. But I'd also recommend, based on my own experience, that you plot your weekly weight loss on a graph so that you can see your progress. Sometimes, as I reached my target, I might only lose half a pound a week, which felt agonisingly slow - but seeing it on the graph, I could see that the trend was still downwards.

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Bibs2014 · 01/05/2017 08:51

Thx for the tips BIWI

Hesdeadjim · 01/05/2017 09:06

So I had my meal out with my parents last night.

Turned out that everyone wanted the meat/ veg platter so we just got a couple of each for the table, so I didn't have to ask for no bread Grin

I had my planned prawn skewers which we divine and everyone else had pizza/ pasta.

Thought I'd gotten away with it but dad noticed my weight loss and started asking loads of questions. Mum had cat bum face all the way through my explanation but she didn't comment.

I went for a 5 mile walk yesterday and I was shocked at how easy I found it. No struggling at all and I could comfortably have done it again Hmm

It seems I'm actually fitter than I think I am and from next week I'm going to up the runs and walks a bit :)

BIWI · 01/05/2017 09:08

Yay! But how fucked up is it that your mum noticed your weight loss but still looked catsbumface through the meal?

What did your dad ask you? (And what did you reply?!)

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OldBooks · 01/05/2017 09:15

Hello bootcampers! BIWI persuaded me on another thread to give lchf a go. I was prevaricating until I weighed myself yesterday Blush oh dear. So I started last night.

I have a couple of questions.

Is tofu ok in the strict phase and is there a particular brand that's best?

I see from skimming the thread that a lot of you weigh or use mfp to monitor your food. I can't be doing with that. I just want to know that this is my list of ok foods and if I stick to the list I will lose weight. Does that sound reasonable?

ASDismynormality · 01/05/2017 09:24

Welcome OldBooks. I used a carb counter at the start just to get an idea of carbs in portion sizes. I do t bother any more and it still works fine. Try without counting then if it's not working as well as you want it to maybe start recording.

Hesdeadjim · 01/05/2017 09:25

Yeah she has major issues admitting she might be wrong about things Shock

Dad asked how it was going and if I felt ok not eating carbs, how much veg I'm eating, if my tummy was ok with so much fat (I don't have a gallbladder). He also asked if I'd researched it properly and was I confident this wasn't going to cause health issues long term.

I asked what health issues he was concerned about and the only ones he named were gall bladder (lol) and heart disease. I then chatted to him about the studies I'd read about the link between heart disease and saturated fat. He's a lecturer so loves a good study Grin. The one he was most interested in was the Framingham study so we had a lovely discussion about epidemiological methodologies vs clinical settings, and how you'd double blind a nutritional study.

This is the kind of conversation my mum LOVES normally but she didn't contribute and that was really tough. You could see she wanted to jump in so I steered the conversation into study methodologies in general rather than specific nutritional studies but she was having none of it.

To be honest though, at this point I've bent over backwards to justify my WOE to her and even in the face of overwhelming peer reviewed evidence, she's still not accepting that I might be right. To me, that makes it her responsibility to accept it or move on now, not mine. I've done all I can to help her understand.

CaptainBraandPants · 01/05/2017 09:30

Oldbooks Welcome. I eat following the BC, or BC lite rules. I weigh for a recipe, but not otherwise. I don't log on MFP. I eat when I'm hungry and am careful with my portion size. I've lost almost 2 stone since January, so yes, you can lose weight this way. Oh, and I drink gallons of water.

Hesdead Just koko. Not sure how any argument from your Mum beats your visible weight loss. Flowers

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