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!

dust body image & diet can so tied up with other things. I envy people for whom food is just food. I am still struggling a little this week due to lack of good sleep, deadlines at work and that general feeling of constantly running to catch up with myself. I have stuck to the WOE quite well considering, though there have been blips (maltesers and a brownie) my stress eating has involved overeating 'approved' foods. I am sure it is not in the spirit of bootcamp to stand in front of the open fridge spooning double cream into your mouth while hiding from your children

Well onwards and upwards, DH said he can see a bit more waist - I always lose weight first from my top tummy roll at the sides iyswim. That's an encouraging NSV. Yesterday DH dived on me and gave me a huge hug so I wouldn't eat a fairy cake. He's being so supportive

I am sure it is not in the spirit of bootcamp to stand in front of the open fridge spooning double cream into your mouth while hiding from your children

I hope you don't mind but this gave me a bit of a giggle

Lovely you have a supportive DH.

Ragz I get a lot from ebay. I was getting cross with my size constantly changing and having to get rid of clothes all the time. It turns out there's masses of amazing quality stuff on ebay which is dirt cheap. If you get nice brands you can sell it on too. It's taken some of the pressure off me as it means I can buy new things as my shape changes. I've got a bit hooked on it too. I have never liked clothes. I never fit anything nice. I suddenly do and it's brilliant treating myself. Highly recommend having a look.

You keep going, dust, you're doing so well

Oldbooks - I am pretty sure that IS the spirit of boot camp (totally done this myself, mmmm cream!).

Dust - I struggle with eBay for clothes, as I really need to try on. I'm tall and curvy and stuff often looks wrong on me and sizes differ so much I rarely get it right!

It is a funny old business this dieting lark. One thing is absolutely for sure, it's never simple. It's also clearly never rational - if it is, it would be easy to shed all those excess pounds!

People who say 'Why don't you just ...' or 'It's simple, it's all about calories in and calories out', or the one that really makes me cross 'losing weight is easy, you should just eat less and move more' are always people who have never had a weight problem.

They have no idea of the emotional struggles that people have about losing weight.

Well said BIWI
Dust
OldBooks I have often had a spoon to 2 of double cream from the pot to cure sweet cravings. Far better than cake

So true, weight is such a complex issue.

My guilty pleasure is extra thick double cream. A couple of spoonfuls
of that can hit the spot!

I had to make a choice at lunch today, was in a v small cafe where we go most weeks, mostly sandwiches, baked pots and I always have omelette. No omelettes today! I was starving so did have a sandwich on gluten free bread thinking that might be better but on googling it can have between 10 and 25g carbs per slice. Would I have been better with baked potato and cheese?
I didn't go on a carb fest I suppose but need to be super low carb next few days I think.

It is very complex isn't it? I can follow any diet 100% of the time with ease up to a point. Then a blip of a really stressful week, and well, I think my brain is wired a certain way with binging etc. It's near impossible to stand up to that all of the time and never ever fail. Even if the majority of the time I don't crave. I think it's a good thing emotions coming out. It's made me realise I've got to ramp up my efforts to build myself up a bit. I'm going to love bomb myself and see how I go. My credit card has kindly offered to pay for me to do that with some new make up or something.

I had a good food day today. Looking forward to a quiet weekend. I have lots of healthy food in the fridge.

Thanks for all the support by the way. It has made a proper difference.

I'm very glad

Love bombing yourself sounds fab dust, and so kind of your credit card to agree!

Glad I am not the only one with a cream habit!

It is daft though as I am genuinely not that hungry on this woe, which is rare for me, but then I want to eat to fill some unmet emotional need instead even if physically i feel sick from it.

But this evening I asked DH to do bath and bed for the DDs and I enjoyed actually cooking, made a delicious Cauliflower cheese with bacon and yes, lashings of cream!

Evening all :)

Treated myself to new makeup today because I've been feeling a bit low generally and didn't want to make myself feel better with food as usual!

Just got out of a lovely bath and covered myself head to toe in my favourite moisturiser, so I'm feeling really chilled and content for the first time all week.

Also went and had my nails in-filled and re-polished on my way back from work as a treat.

I've discovered that sometimes you just have to be kind to yourself and do things that make you happy, that's a big break through for me.

Love all the non food treats going on!

I think the no soy is working for me, I had another sneaky weigh in this morning and down another pound. So chuffed.

I made my own strawberry ice cream yesterday, just extra thick double cream whipped up with a tsp of vanilla essence, stewed strawberries and strawberries chopped up and mixed through, then frozen. It's blinking delicious. DH tried to get me to add meringue to make eton mess ice cream, but I stayed strong. Now to try not to eat it all in one go!

Glad the economy is benefitting from us all doing this Jiminny sorry you felt low too. I have had something similar tothe double cream with strawberries and it was scrumptious so glad you Enjoyed it. I think roasting strawberries is supposed to really intensify the flavour (not sure if it just makes them sweeter which wouldn't necessarily be a good idea.) Might be something to try next time.

Feeling much more positive today. Going to tidy my room and get on with KOKO

Enjoy your weekends everyone

I made low carb brownies last night. They were lovely, unfortunate my sister and I ate a whole tray full between us, so actually added uo that was far too many carbs and I was over a pound heavier this morning.
Lesson learned, moderation is key! Next time I will portion out and freeze some before I eat them all.
At a conference today and food is provided... Can't imagine I'll be able to eat any of it! There is free coffee though, so it's not all bad.

2lb down this week after following Biwi's advice!

Great minds dust and jiminny- I've been browsing for some make up as a treat too! Friends have been rallying round while I'm stuck resting up with my leg, someone brought me a trashy mag hello or something and I've been eyeing up the make up inside think I deserve a nice eye pallet.

After my sandwich slip up yesterday I've been eating really well - last night had a huge salad with chicken, bacon & avocado and lots of dressing. I've stopped having my bedtime decaf tea as it was always accompanied by a 25g bar of 85% choc so easy to cut out and I'll save some carbs.

Morning all

Lovely to see that despite all the difficulties people are having you're all keeping on (and also being kinder to yourselves). One of my counsellors once said to me that I'd never treat anyone else as unkindly as I treat myself and that's so true. Some of the things I'd tell myself I'd never even think of for others. Something to bear in mind?

Day 96/100 (I always imagine that in a Big Brother voice) Anyway, bit of a rubbish day yesterday (not food wise) I'm sure I've lost a lot of weight but my blood pressure is still sky high despite being medicated. In my head, everything would settle back down once I got back to the weight I was before cancer treatment and the dreaded menopause. I know there's still a way to go but it's disappointing to say the least. I may have to accept that even if I get back to the weight I'm aiming for (still overweight but not ideal weight) my body might not oblige by being healthier. Another change I have to come to terms with.

On the other hand, the idea of stuffing my face with rubbish food didn't even enter my head That's a win!

Brunch was 2 egg omelette with mushrooms, spinach and a sprinkle of mature cheddar
Dinner will be fish pie topped with swede
I have snacks if I want them but other than that just my almond milk hot chocolate in the evening and a couple of coffees with cream.

Paper stripping and painting this weekend, should burn off some calories

As predicted, lunch is sandwich crisps and fruit. Luckily the cafe here has boiled egg and spinach pots so I had that and a bag of nuts.

Well done ragz
Copperas Well done to you too

Pamper day is well under way

Slightly terrified to peel this off after watching a video on YouTube of someone else doing it and crying

It's supposed to pull all the crap out of your pores... we'll see!

That's a good look jiminny! Hope it's not too painful coming off!

Loving the non-food treats, good ideas!

Today I'm eating bacon and fried egg for breakfast, chicken drumsticks, halloumi and green leaves for lunch. My DB is running an event this evening so going along to support him, it's a 3 course Indian meal. Will avoid rice and naan.

Keep us posted Jiminny. I quite fancy trying one of those!