Our last week - Spring Low Carb Bootcamp

[BIWI]

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!

Just the 12.7g is correct :)

BIWI - yesterday was unusual for me, I just want that hungry. I'm a bit under the weather this week so blaming that. I did up my calories and fat significantly by having cheese and Brazil nuts before bed, so probably ended the day over 1500cals.

ASD "of which" means that out of the total carbs, that much is sugar. As opposed to starch. Don't add them together.

Thanks Jiminny and Ragz, it makes no sense to add them both together but the course leader insisted that we should! She also said we should eat apples if we want fruit, when I said berries were lower carb she said they are too high in sugar. Also recommended we eat marg, she said in another course someones dr had recommended butter but in her opinion it's a no. I left early as I was feeling so murderous!

Oh god ASD it's terrifying that they are giving that advice to diabetics!!

You need to report her, she needs serious training and fast!

Jiminny. She's know what's she talking about, she's been doing it for years [Wink]. I have posted a message on their facebook page asking for clarification on the carbs+sugar.

Just done my Tesco shop for lunches and breakfast for the week.

I'm leaving off dairy so no creamy coffees, so it's butter scrambled eggs and smoked salmon for breakfast

Lunch is pizza salad (sundried tomatoes, olives, chorizo, mozzarella and avocado with olive oil)

£14 for 4 days worth :)

positive that was the cause yes. Should have said 200g not 20!

Ah okay, 200g. I see.

ASD that is frightening!

Still off my food today. Had Brazil nuts and half my lunch (last night's leftovers plus cheese to add fat). Dinner will mince stuff, cottage pie filling with cheese probably.

ragz Are you feeling poorly or just no appetite?
ASD Marg is the work of the devil. I thought everyone realised now that butter is better
boatgirl an item of clothing that was previously tight is a fantastic boost when the scales don't seem to be moving. Your shape can alter even though the pounds don't seem to shift much.

ragz are you due AF?

Thanks guys. And good tip dust, I think I'll be getting some prepped foods easy to grab. The crutches diet is working well as I can barely prepare anything.
Today:
B - 2 hb eggs and butter
L - leftover chilli, cheese, sour cream
D - steak, cauli and brocs (if I can persuade DH to make it!)
Snacks - 2 babybel, coffee with cream, mint tea.
Need to drink more water

Day 92/100 and still going. Have had a really horrid taste in my throat/mouth but I've never come out of ketosis so it can't be that. Anyone know if it can happen when you've been low carb for so long? If not, then I'll have to look for another cause.

Boiled egg salad and creamy coleslaw for breakfast and a delicious fathead pizza for dinner, yum. That's me done for the day

bella do you have a bad tooth or do you feel you are getting a cold? Seems unlikely at this point it's a side effect of LC.

Wombattoo - poorly I think, nodes on my neck are up a bit and DD is off with a virus.
Jim - no, if it were AF I'd be eating everything!
I'm sure my appetite will return soon. It's breakfast day tomorrow (DH and I have breakfast together once a week at a buffet place, only day I eat breakfast usually) so if DD is back at school I'll be having plenty of calories then!

Had cottage pie filling for dinner (and a few spoons of mash out of the pan, shhhh).

Oh, I bought a pair of size 14 skinny jeans on eBay, new. Lovely, black, high waisted ones. I can do them up... There is a considerable muffin top, but I aim to try them weekly to see progress. For the times when weight isn't shifting! I have a photo to compare, too. I won't inflict it on you all!

I need a halo!... and gin.

FiL's 60th yesterday so we went over for a buffet style dinner.

MiL is a slimming world super fan and all the aunts and cousins are on SW too.

They all had curry, huge piles of rice, poppadoms, pickles and then massive slabs of birthday cake Funniest bit was my MiL trying to convince me to eat the curry and rice because "it's all diet friendly and good for you because there's no fat in it". I bit my tongue really hard at that.

Later on they all decided to have birthday cake. I'm not kidding, the thing was the size of a small side table and they split it between 7 people. MiL and DP's aunty start "mmmmm"ing at me and trying to get me to have some by wafting spoons of the stuff in my face. I got up and went for a walk and gave DP a very pointed look. I spoke to DP later and apparently after I left he told them they were being really out of order and that I'm doing really well on my new diet and they should be more supportive

I reckon they were being awful because me not indulging with them made them feel guilty. I dont discuss my diet or talk about weight loss with anyone and when people ask what im doing to lose weight I usually say "I've just stopped dieting" and explain eqtng real food and not many carbs if they ask more questions. DP's family though are all lifetime obese (like me) so diet is probably 80% of their conversations. Not a problem, except they've all been on slimming world for so long now that they think every other WOE is a "faddy diet". My weight loss is quite visible now so I'm bound to get questions etc, I just wish people didn't hear the word "low-carb" and immediately assume you're on atkins

Anyway, I had roasted ham with salad and found some olive oil in the cupboard to have with it , then I was full so cake resisting was really easy!

Last night the dogs managed to eat 180g dark chocolate between them (just under the toxic level for their size) so I ended up sleeping on the living room floor with them to make sure they were ok. Both are fine, took them for their walk this morning and they were as mad as ever.

As a result though I'm really really tired and achey today and craving pretty badly. Had eggs for breakfast with butter and smoked salmon and have a reqlly fat heavy salad for lunch, so I should be able to get the cravings under some sort of control.

I've changed my day up so I'm front-loading (more calories for breakfast and lunch, less for dinner) and it seems to be suiting me better :)

Blimey Jim, well done for surviving that ordeal! Pity the unenlightened...
Glad the dogs are okay too, I'd be upset about the chocolate loss though.

I took a new progress photo today, comparing it to my Jan 1st one it is amazing to see the difference. I'd post the photo, but it's me in my bra and knickers so probably not allowed! But I'm well chuffed it's hugely motivating.

JiminnyCricket that is appalling behaviour from your MIL et al. Glad your DP told them off. They are definitely jealous of your success! If SW works so well why aren't they losing weight?

ASD that teacher would have made me so cross. I had a similar experience when pg with DD2. As my BMI was high I was sent to a "lifestyle" session. I have always tried to eat lowish carb, complex carbs etc because of PCOS. When I told the lady my average daily diet she told me I wasn't eating enough carbs and had too much fat ("skimmed milk has all the goodness as full fat you know"). I explained that I have PCOS and am most likely insulin resistant and carbs don't suit me. She had never even heard of PCOS and we had to agree to disagree in the end. I refused to go back!

I am doing ok, DD1 is still recovering from her operation and we have had some rough nights. Normally when I am so tired I want sugar to stay awake but have been managing to stick to lchf so far, though I am probably having too much cheese but I will worry about that later!

All your weight loss stories are so encouraging, I am so glad I joined this thread!

THat's the really daft thing, when they don't lose weight they blame themselves and say things like "well i shouldnt have eaten that cake, SW DOES work though when you stick to it!" and completely miss the point that ANY diet you "cheat" on at any point isn't working because its failing to address your problems with food and cravings.

I'm not even mad at them to be honest, they cake thing was all a joke to them and they genuinely didn't see the problem with what they were doing which is why I didn't kick off.

The sad thing is, 3 months ago I'd have been right there with them eating a massive slab of cake and wouldnt think twice about it.

Jiminy you rock for staying strong around all that!! Well bloody done you!

Bibs 2bh they did me a favour, when they started wafting the cake at me my stubborn streak kicked off and i was in full on strop mode there was no way they were getting the satisfaction of seeing me cave in and eat cake!

ASD did you get clarification from your post on their facebook page by the way?

I really really worry that diabetics all over the country are getting really poor health advice. Having spent some time researching LCHF vs low fat diets, there's an overwhelming body of evidence, both epodemiological and clinical that low carb diets out perform low fat in the treatment of diabetes. Add to that the fact that people are getting factually incorrect info even when they do make the effort to seek help... it's frightening :(

ASD Could be teeth but it's gone this morning, very strange.

Blimey, well done Jiminny, why are some people so 'controversial'? And well done for the skinny jeans Ragz Like a lot of us I suspect, my wardrobe is made up of clothes from 12-16, many of which have never been worn. Others (the biggest and loosest) have been worn to death! Mind you, never will I wear skinny jeans, fat or slim, I'm not the right shape for them.

Anyway, just had brunch - 2 egg omelette with spinach, mushrooms and a bit of cheese. Pork belly for dinner and will probably have a few nuts and a greek yoghurt with a tsp of cocoa mixed in for afternoon snack. Day 93/100; only a week to go till I weigh myself. Even if it's not an amazing weight loss I'm still continuing just on the basis that my inflammation and pain levels have reduced (and I get to eat yummy pork belly!)

Well done Jimmny what will power!
People have always tried to sabotage my weight loss efforts, regardless of what diet I was on!

Ragz I've got some 14 jeans to fit into except at the moment I can't do up the zip. And now I can't get any jeans over my cast - had to sacrifice a cheap Sainsbury's pair in a&e as I refused to be put in a hospital gown with nothing on my legs!! I'm also not brave enough for any before photos in my undies unlike all the body coach ones that pop up in my Facebook feed. I only follow him for the odd BC friendly recipe, honestly (not to look at his naked torso as he does HIIT sessions, oh no )