Week 1 - Pre-Summer Low Carb Bootcamp - Off we go!

[BIWI]

Evening all!

I'm starting this thread now as I have to leave early for work tomorrow. and I know how keen you'll all be to weigh-in first thing, so won't want to wait until I can get round to getting it up and running

[[https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/103TaUddLEq2Pb4ofRgsR2sMLkvgN5qK021keqkhFj8Q/edit#gid=0
Here's the link to the lovely shiny new Spreadsheet of Fabulousness ]] for which many thanks, SayrraT.

Your name should be on it, but if it isn't, just add it at the bottom. Don't try and re-alphabetise the list - Sayrra or Wombattoo will do that later.

And don't touch the blue cells!!!

Evening check in

B: I was feeling really unwell, just couldn't face any veggies, only managed a very small bowl of FF yog and a creamy coffee, and fell back into bed
L: feeling much better. Two roasted chicken thighs (skin on), large mixed green salad with hot crispy mushrooms and olive oil dressing.
D: HM lamb koftas (minced lamb, herbs and spices, egg to bind) with HM Tzatziki (FF yog, mint and cucumber) and large mixed leaf salad with olive oil
S: none
Fluid: 3.5L

Looks like an awful lot of food written down.

@achangeisgonnacome yes! That's why it's one of the rules!

@ilovecherries - that looks fine to me! Unless you've been piling your plate like Desperate Dan, it's perfect

Love beangate

I had a sneaky mid-week weigh in and the scales say I've lost 2.5 pounds!

I have been googling about nutrition and recovery from injury (I broke my ankle 2 weeks ago) as I'm a bit worried about low carb impacting on this but can't really find much except recommendations to eat good fats and green veg, avocados, spinach etc. and flaxseed so at least that will help!

Today

B Greek yogurt
L salad chilli chicken pieces and full fat mayo

D chicken In peri peri spice with courgetti peppers and onion

Thanks BIWI. Jogging/running was definitely good for my wellbeing. I didn't really go fast or far enough for anything else other than to feel fitter! I hate exercise really so finding that I enjoyed jogging gave me a sense of achievement.

I do feel much less sluggish even though it's only day 3 (4 for me, I started on Sunday). So I may draw up a plan starting at the weekend and see how I feel. Enjoy your holiday .

Fab photos sarryat!

😂 At bean gate. I'm pleased they aren't too carby because I tend to have them at least fortnightoh (cooked with loads of butter and garlic)

Getting into the swing of things now, definitely less hungry today and cravings are less painful. I gave the gym a miss but didn't manage any batch cooking.

B: 2 Cumberland sausages, grilled mushroom. Babybel
L: skin on roast chicken breast, hm coleslaw, cucumber and lettuce
D: duck breast, cauliflower cheese (which also contained Brussels sprouts and broccoli)
S: Biltong. Went for a drink and DH was chomping away on peanuts. I stuck to soda water and my biltong 0.2g of carbs for 40g.
I had a teaspoon of clotted cream for pud.
4+ litres of water today

Forgot to say thanks for all the good wishes re: my interview today. I gave it my best shot and now just have to wait and see.

Silly question, but if a 150g pack of edamame beans says 5.9 carbs p 100g, would a few scattered over a huge bowl of (no carb in sight) salad be ok, or not?

Evening everybody
Day 2

B: glass of warm water w lemon.
tomato, green pepper, hard boiled egg, Brussels pate. Cup of green tea. Cup of black tea (no milk)
L: baked couliflower, onion, garlic, broccoli, sweet potatoe, olive oil and lot of cheese (leftover bluewein, cheddar and port salut)
D: last bowl of my creamy cauliflower soup. Mashed up egg with cream cheese, mayo, mustard, cheddar and spring onions

Water/green/mint tea - at least 2 l
9.350 steps

I am post-nights hung over and have stuffed myself. All hflc (apart from a smidgen of peanut butter) but stuffed.
Tomorrow I will be more sensible but lack of sleep does weird things to me.

Jiminny if you put the tin of coconut milk in the fridge before opening it then it separates really well so you can scoop off the cream for eating putting in coffee and use the water for a smoothie or something. I haven't tried it myself, I just remember reading about it on a previous Bootcamp.

BIWI I saw that coconut flour bread recipe too. I can't wait for someone to try it. Mmm, pate. I wonder if the bread tastes coconutty though? That might be strange. Get to work baking it Jiminny. Enquiring minds want to know.

GetReady I feel jittery when I go into ketosis. I don't like the feeling at all, it reminds me of how my son behaves when he's off his ADHD meds.

Naschkatze I would go for around 50g carbs per day while breastfeeding and get the carbs from healthy foods such as higher carb vegetables and lower carb fruit.

DustMotes I regularly have cold showers as a result of DS1 using up all the hot water so there's no way I'm volunteering for any more!

Heman exercise is a great idea. You might have less energy for the first couple of weeks while you adapt to eating low carb but that seems to be more of a problem for habitual exercisers rather than people taking up exercise who tend to start off slow and work their way up.

At least it's not just me! I'm so tired, but can't sleep?! Grr?!

Coconut milk yogurt recipe for ASD

Ingredients
4 x 400ml cans coconut milk (look for one without xanthan gum, stabilisers, sodium metasulphite etc.)
2 x 125g pots Coyo OR 250g saved from previous batch OR 6 probiotics capsules or 250g live yogurt
1 tbsp good quality vanilla extract
1 sachet gelatine (or 2 sachets if you want a thicker 'set' yoghurt)

Method
Put the coconut milk in the slow cooker for 2.5 hours on low.
Turn the slow cooker off and leave it off for 3 hours.
Add the Coyo / saved yoghurt / probiotics, the vanilla extract and the gelatine.
Mix thoroughly, preferably using an electric whisk.
Wrap the slow cooker in a couple of bath towels and leave for at least 12 hours (switched off).
Stir thoroughly. If you have lumpy bits of gelatine you can put the yoghurt through a sieve.
Refrigerate to complete the thickening process.

Nutrition
192 kcal per 100g
Less than 2.5g carbs per 100g (some will be broken down by the yoghurt-making process)
20g fat per 100g

Cost
At £1.99 for a 125g tub, Coyo works out at £1.60 per 100g
Making this with a Coyo starter works out at 55p per 100g
Making this using 250g saved from the previous batch works out at 39p per 100g (including saving 250g for the next batch)

Coming back to the M&S chorizo question - I microwaved some as per earlier instructions and I declare 'home made' is better than shop-bought. And cheaper.

Off on holiday tomorrow so I'll miss next week's weigh in. I'm determined to stick to the rules while I'm away, will do more exercise than usual, so I'm expecting spectacular results when I return

Hi 165 pounds on Monday - unable to enter on spreadsheet can someone do it for me please ? I lurked this time last year on boot camp and got down to my ideal weight 148 lbs . - kept it off all summer - stressful autumn and put it all back on again !
So good to be back in to it- my biggest problem is preparing ahead and so far have managed 3 days of being well-organised
Today's food
B bacon and egg
L- salad leaves mayo and left over cold brisket
D - lamb bolognese , cauliflower rice, roast broccoli , coffee with cream
Snack - BPC
Water - 2 litres ish

@Mandelinka - sweet potato isn't allowed on Bootcamp! It's way too carby.

B: coffee and cream
L: scrambled eggs and avocado
D: tuna mayo with little gem lettuces and cucumber sticks

4l water

Thanks BIWI
Will avoid from now on.

C4pink sounds like a very challenging day, hope you can be kind to yourself tomorrow and recuperate a little

Been meaning to try to do a super post but not managed!

Thank you all for your lovely comments

ready I go there for flex (basically learning to do the splits) and to watermelon for pole.

Been meaning to try to do a super post but not managed!

Thank you all for your lovely comments

ready I go there for flex (basically learning to do the splits) and to watermelon for pole.

Can anybody remember the cheese straw recipe? Which page was it on? thanks.

Really struggled today I started well, olives first thing because I was in a hurry, then lunch was bacon, eggs and fried mushrooms. Dinner was rubbish because I left it too late, so just made mince in gravy which I had with the rest of the spinach (not much) and half an avocado, mashed up with yoghurt and chilli powder to a kind of guacamole.

Later I was starving ... I'm struggling with quick things... had a pack of pork scratchings then gave in to cheese, celery with Philadelphia and cream in coffee ... then later two squares of very dark chocolate. I know I'm having far too much dairy ... I don't know what else to snack on .. the pate I like is high in carbs and I don't like the low carb pate .. I can taste the liver ...i just can't afford those M&S snacks ... I know I shouldn't snack so much but I'm always hungry in the evening. Also semi insomniac so always late to bed. Also in a lot of pain with a bad back that paracetamol don't touch, so feeling thoroughly fed up and down. I'm not drinking enough either ... I don't like water, usually drink mug after mug of coffee. I've been putting lemon in my water so i can at least drink some but struggle to manage more than 1.5 l.

I'll pick myself up and carry on tomorrow though. I need to lose at least two stone.

Yorkshire it sounds like a tough day, but looks like you stuck at it.

You don't need to buy M&S snacks, did you see above that it's easy to make your own in the microwave?

Other snacks can be:

Pork scratchings
Olives
Cucumber sticks with mayo
Hard boiled eggs
Mascarpone (with berries on bclite)
Double cream (with berries on bclite)
Cheese crisps
Aubergine crisps
Roasted kale
Exploded baby bel
Nuts (bclite)
Dark (80%) chocolate (bclite)
Chicken bits
Prawns
Pate on celery/lettuce
Butter on celery/lettuce
Nuts butters (bclite)
Soft cheese in ham rolled up

For not liking water some people on previous BC have made strong fruit tea and left it to cool. Maybe try that? Or add something to the water, lemon, line, watermelon, cucumber, mint? Have you tried fizzy water?

Yorkshire. Dinner was rubbish because I left it too late

If i have a dinner I don't like then it makes me want to snack during the evening. My appetite might have been sated but the need to enjoy food won't have been. Most people find the need to snack disappears as bootcamp continues and appetite decreases.

Drinking the water also helps to fill you up, and fizzy water especially does this. I also find the water drinking a hard one. Don't like tap water and found all of SayrraT's suggestions helpful. I still find water drinking takes determination but it is a lot easier. My current method of getting it down is a 50cl bottle of fizzy water (which I do enjoy) then I have to refill twice from the tap and drink before I allow myself another fizzy water. I'm supposed to have three and a half litres so the other 50cl is made up by having a glass of water with meals. I also drink mint and fruit teas.

This WOE definitely alters the quality of sleep. Once eating like this for a few days my night time sleep is way deeper and less disturbed. I know lots of others find this too. I suspect by next week the thread will have stories of all the weird dreams people are having because they are spending longer in R.E.M sleep. Hopefully you will find this too.

Well done for staying with it yesterday. good luck for today.