Our last week - Spring Low Carb Bootcamp

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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!

I did it, I did it! Went out for an Indian meal and didn't touch the rice or naan.

Scales aren't budging but I wore an outfit today which I didn't fit into a few months ago. Going to KOKO.

Eh, mask was ok but nothing to write home about really. It did take off a lot of tiny baby hairs and clean out some of my pores but it felt nasty to put on, really thick and tacky.

Tested out my new makeup whilst watching Eurovision and I luffs it massive confidence boost which is very much needed at the moment!

Good on you Jiminy

bella

bibs I know how you feel with the clothes

There would be more comments for you two but I accidentally fell into the low carb drunk wagon.

Hic.

Feeling like a big fat failure after my weekly weigh in this morning. Considering I have been posting about overdoing it this week, having the odd carby food and scoffing too much dairy I don't know why I am surprised :( I also seem to have raging PMT, which would explain the desperation to give in to carbs. I had some spotting but AF hasn't started properly yet which might help me feel better at least. I've mentioned that I have PCOS and AF has always been a nightmare, irregular cycles, awful PMT, heavy & long-lasting AF. This would be my first AF since having DD2 9 months ago. Anyway I suppose I am speculating that actually losing a little weight has triggered AF.

Stats:
Week 1: 16.2 stone, 58.3% body fat
Week 2: 15.13 stone, 56.9% body fat
Week 3: 16.1 stone, 58% body fat

So this week I need to get back on it. It was a stressful week, I am lucky to have more than 5 hours of interrupted sleep at the moment, and PMT totally messes with me. Nevertheless allowing myself to indulge every time I am stressed or tired is what has led me to be this fat in the first place so I really have to learn to control that.

Sorry for the misery fest!

Sorry to hear you're struggling there, but rant away - that's what we're here for!

Get back on the wagon - drink plenty of water today and make sure you have a few really strict days and hopefully that will get you back on track quickly.

Hope AF isn't too troublesome as well!

Day 97/100 - still going. Went over my calories yesterday but stayed under 30g carbs. Usually aim for 20-25g so it's ok. I don't count calories either but as I log on MFP it keeps the system happy It also gets very unhappy and tells you off if you log less than 1000 calories so you have to add stuff you haven't eaten just to get it to stop shouting at you in red!
Lovely cooked brekkie (thanks DH) and just off out into the lovely sunshine. Will have pork belly for dinner, no snacks - I don't really need them and they can lead to the nibbles.......

Have a good day everyone x

Struggling to keep up with energy levels but even with a load of mud on your face you look gorgeous Jiminny!

Happy Sunday everyone.
Brunch - chipolatas and scrambled egg.
Dinner - celeriac gratin, chili con carne and baked kale.

Weight has been up a few pounds the last few days. Initially I blamed my LC brownie binge, but I've got puffy fingers again so I think it's fluid retention. I'm drinking plenty of water, hopefully it will shift soon. I keep forgetting to take my thyroid meds so I blame that too!

Have had a better day here. Eggs with avo and salad for brekkie.
A little mince with some carrot soup for lunch (possibly a bit carby i know)
Supper was fish curry with veg.
I did eat a banana and some nuts as a tea time snack but I'm being gentle with myself as I still feel a bit battered. Carby twatdom is obviously calling and this was my best effort today. Still proud of myself.

Better day here too. Trying to go easy on dairy and make sure to drink enough.
B: boiled eggs, avo, mayo
L: boiled eggs, tomato, cucumber, mayo, small piece cheese
T: turkey bolognaise with courgettes and peppers
Drank 4 pints water and 3 pints herbal tea (yes I have a pint mug!)

Morning,

I had a chat with myself last night. The last 3ish weeks I've been really struggling and convincing myself I'm still on track when really I've probably not been.

I haven't got time to dick about, the wedding is less than a year away and I've got 75lbs to shift before then, so I need laser focus and no more stalling because I quite fancy peanut butter from the jar

So, last night I planned in and tracked all my meals for this week so there's absolutely no guess work. I've gone back to strict bootcamp rules and dairy free because all the creamy coffees were wrecking my skin. I have adult acne anyway and it became cystic

So here's this weeks menus:

Breakfasts:
Avocado, bacon and tomatoes in mayo

Saturday: 50g berries, soya Yoghurt and a teaspoon of cocoa powder

Lunches:
Smoked salmon salad
Piri piri chicken salad
Both with olive oil as dressing

Dinners:
Roast beef, asparagus cooked in butter and horseradish

Pork shoulder roast with crackling, gravy and roasted broccoli

100% pork sausages (home made) with kale and asparagus cooked in mustard and butter

Monkfish tail wrapped in Palma ham served with kale mixed with chorizo, olives, feta and pesto

Peppered grill steaks with butter fried asparagus and salad.

Chicken pieces marinated in curry paste and oven baked with salad and olive oil.

No more messing around, this weight is shifting. No way am I going to be able to stand in front of all my family and friends in 11 months time feeling like I do now about myself. I can't fail, it's not an option for me now.

I KNOW it's possible for me, I just don't know if I have enough time :/

jiminny. If you stick to plan you do have enough time, you can do this!

Last week I reread the bootcamp rules and realised I wasn't eating enough veg. So I increased my veg and cut out all dairy again. I lost 6lbs (!) this week, suddenly started dropping on Saturday and has slowly dropped since then. I can really feel the difference too!

Meant to add have also made some mini goals- BMI is now in the 30's (39.2) and also am in the 17 stones.

Well done ASD. Jiminy I know that feeling so well. It's so very easy to let things slip. I did last week and like you feel like i want to tighten up this week (feeling so much stronger emotionally today which is great).

Can i just gently add that I completely understand your desire to look your best at your wedding but you do need to allow room in your mind for how you'll cope if you don't hit your target. I don't want to be patronising because I'm quite sure you've gone there already. But there's so much pressure already around weddings when really it's one day of expressing your love and commitment to the person you love. You will look beautiful regardless of your weight.

I am a perfectionist and I've been trying to do a lot of work around it being ok to slip up. I mean, it's not ok. I want to be slim and healthy. My weight has caused me complete misery for 20 years. But I have had to realise that I cannot never slip up. That slows your weight down but better that than your mental health suffering.

None of this might be relevant to you. I might just be projecting. I just don't want you to beat yourself up if you slip.

Anyway good luck to us both being stricter this week. We've got this! Good luck everyone else too.

Brilliant ASD, well done.

Jimmny your menu looks delicious I may need to pinch some ideas!

@Hesdeadjim - you can do it. And you'll have us all cheering you along, along the way. Or me waving my big stick at you

@dustmotesinthesun - that's a fantastic post

dustmotesinthesun thank you

My problem is confidence. I dread the thought of being looked at all day. SMall wedding or eloping isnt an option because of family stuff so i'm going to have to deal with it one way or the other!

I've spent every day of my life with my weight being a problem/ top of my mind and I just want one day without that. I KNOW I'll be focused on other things but I don't want it there in the background on that day. For example at my graduation I spent the whole day worrying about my weight and how i looked next to skinny friends in photos rather than enjoying the achievement. I got a first in linguistics and was awarded student of the year for gods sake and i STILL felt like a failure on that day because I graduated fat

It's my graduation and how I felt then that's making me pressure myself to not have the wedding feel the same way. I don't want my weight to dog every major life event and I see the wedding as my fresh start, like the start of my adult life. I know that's daft. We're aiming to TTC shortly after the wedding too and I see that as a new chapter of my life. I've given 26 years to obesity and I'm fine with that i really really am, but I'm not willing to give it the next 50.

We're getting married on our 10 year anniversary, so after 10 years together I want the day to be about DP and I and not about what a shame it is that I couldnt lose the weight.

Don't know if that even makes sense!

Sorry I haven't been around much lately, I've been pretty ill for the last couple of weeks but hopefully I'm on the mend now.

Jiminny I wasn't the biggest I've ever been at my wedding but I wasn't the slimmest I've ever been either. I do remember being chided by the woman at the wedding dress shop because I hadn't lost weight but at the time I just assumed that was because she was looking for more money to make adjustments to my dress. You don't have to lose 75lb for the wedding, you just need to reach a point where you're happy with your figure. You've already made great progress on this way of eating. Write off the last three weeks and get back on track. We're here to help you. If you think you would benefit from more intensive help then please PM me about my coaching. Some people like to have daily feedback on their food log as well as some extra support.

Dust don't feel bad about eating a banana. No it's not low carb but it's far from falling off the wagon.

Hello everyone.
Good posts from dust and Stunt (glad you're feeling better)
ASD That is brilliant
Hesdead You are putting a lot of pressure on yourself. You have already lost a staggering amount of weight and should be proud of yourself for that. KOKO and you will get there

Can I just say that I have previously used Stunt's coaching programme and found it very useful.

Not a great eating day today, lack of planning and then bad ovulation pain followed by side effects of codeine.
I have eaten an Eat Natural protein bar (14g carbs!), cheese stick, half a sausage roll (carbs again!) And a whole pan of celeriac gratin.

Tomorrow is another day!

Jim- you can definitely do it, break it down and that's 6lbs a month?

6lbs a month seems very doable as long as I keep my head together!

Sorry for my earlier wobble, every time a week goes by without a loss on the scales I panic at the wasted time!

Not a massively inspiring dinner but it tasted good