Low carb bootcamp week one spillover thread

[AdalindSchade]

Here!

Just trying to calculate carbs and found this site

www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/sesame-crispbread

Carb on fruit etc is very interesting

Iwishicouldfly LCHF has exactly the same effect on me. Seems that our bodies react in the opposite way to most people's! It generally settles down by the second week of bootcamp though. Not pleasant but I like to think that at least I'm not carrying any unnecessary weight .

I hope you're feeling better today Ilove, that does sound very scary.

Good luck to everyone over the weekend, I always find it the hardest part of the week. Luckily we have 2 BBQs to go to this weekend so as long as I make the right choices & avoid any alcohol I should be okay.

Had a sneaky weigh in this morning & a bit disappointed to see that I've gained 2lbs this week. I've definitely stuck with the plan so I'm wondering if maybe my portion sizes are too big or if it's just due to being in the middle of af. Hopefully it'll be gone by Monday but I can't see myself having any loss this week unfortunately.

Ooo also I bought some of the crackling crisps from M&S yesterday & the last one I pulled out of the packet had a bit of melted plastic right through the middle of it!

I tweeted a picture to M&S and they've taken all my details so I'm hoping they'll send me a voucher I can use for further tasty snacks

Damage limitation last night as had to go out to eat... But tapas bar proved perfect. Had tomato and radish salad, cheese croquettes with chilli jam, olives and some blue cheese with tiny crackers. Allowed myself a tiny mouthful of bread in a ton of olive oil, and a glass of white wine. Another lb off this morning, so not too much harm done!

ilove can you see another doctor at the surgery instead?

Thanks everyone. I do feel a lot better today, and actually slept last night (the first time for a week). Possibly because I'd bumped myself right back out of ketosis with a banana, OJ and nuts, mind you! I'm going to take it very easy today, throw a handful of berries and some chopped nuts on my breakfast, and a few cherry tomatoes on my lunch and see how I go. I'll not take risks, I will head to A&E if I have another extended episode, or if I have pain, or faint, but otherwise I'll review after the holiday weekend. It won't be my thyroid medication because it takes much longer than a week for the need for any changes to show through, plus I know they were fine only 10 days ago - might be different if I had any thyroid of my own, but given I don't, medication needs are very stable after a long time.

BWIW, thanks so much for your reply, it's good of you to take time out of your holiday to keep an eye on us - hope you are enjoying Malta. I will try the berries first, and have the toast if I need it - bread of any sort tends to give me the munchies, I've never understood how people can stop at one slice, whereas berries are more easily portion controlled for me, so if they work, they are a better bet for me. But won't hesitate to have it if necessary.

Herman, that's interesting, it describes exactly what happened and I feel kinda reassured having read it. Thank for finding that. I'm thinking that I maybe do need to do as they suggest about a more gradual cut down. I was reflecting last night that last Sunday I probably ate 400 gems of calories over the day - a bit higher than my usual, but not excessively so. Then from Monday onwards I was eating about 15gms. I hadn't been counting, but when I worked it out I was a bit taken aback by the degree of change I'd made. It probably would have been more sensible for me to have eased into it, but I decided to join on the spur of the moment.

Hope everyone has a good day and manages to eat their BBQs without the buns and pimms :)

400 gms of carbs, not calories. I wish my iPad wouldn't constantly decide it knows better than me.

Sounds quite scary ilove, hope you find the balance.

So today I made a coffee with almond milk and swirled some double cream in it...was delicious. Had FF Greek yogurt and more cream with cinnamon for breakfast.

Also had a cheeky weigh in and have dropped another 3lbs so 6 in total. My slimming world buddy is disgusted that I'm eating so much fat when she's frying everything in horrible fry-light.

Got a BBQ today so taking my own full fat mince and host is going to make my burgers, chicken kebabs with green peppers.

Really loving this WOE and am finding it quite easy to stick to

Hope you are feeling better today ilove. It's a huge change your body is going through. If you don't want bread perhaps a coconut flour pancake or muffin would help. I can dig out my recipes if you like.

I wish, I think I read somewhere that fat acts as a lubricant to encourage evacuation (check me out being all polite). Because fat has dramatically increased in our diets then evacuation can become more interesting.

This morning I have done week 4 run 2 of C25K. Up a hill for the first half and I felt brilliant. When I ran on a higher carb diet I couldn't do hills, I just couldn't make my body work that hard. Today, I felt like I could have carried on. So pleased.

Food wise

B: ff Greek yogurt, chai tea with cream and coconut oil
L: picnic (cheese, ham, Portland scratchings, cucumber and tomato)
T: feta and tomato burger with baby gem wrap. Salad.

We are off to the seaside today so want to get steps to 15000+

Hope everyone has a lovely day :)

@ilovecherries
Hi Cherries. First of all I am not a doctor so I cannot give you medical advice. I strongly advise you to see your GP, whether you tell him that you have been following an low carb diet is up to you. I wouldn't recommend withholding information from your doctor BUT you may feel that he will blame your symptoms on lack of carbs, tell you to eat more carbs, and not do any tests. The fact that you have had a thyroidectomy rings an alarm bell for me. When you mentioned your symptoms yesterday my first thought was adrenal fatigue. Since you have no thyroid that seems even more likely, especially as you say you have felt exhausted all week and not been able to sleep. Adrenal fatigue is a possible long-term consequence of a low carb diet, especially in people with thyroid issues. You say that your bloods were normal but thyroid tests, like cholesterol tests, aren't always as useful as we would like. It's possible, and again I'm not a doctor so please seek out a medical opinion, that your thyroid hormones were not well managed and adrenal fatigue was building up which has been triggered by the sudden cut in carbs. Regardless of whether this is the case or not, I think it is essential that you immediately increase your carb intake. My suggestion would be to move on to Bootcamp Light but have some higher carb foods available. If you start to feel unwell again eat a banana, if that doesn't help then have a slice of bread and butter. How does that sound to you?

Morning, sorry I've been MIA for a couple of days, busy week!

Went to a family gathering last night with a buffet, I had ham salad and coleslaw and felt pretty good about it, until the women in DP's family piped up

'Oh don't be silly jim, have some cake it won't kill you'

'Silly girl, you won't be skinny for your wedding because you avoided cake, you just need to go to the gym' I felt so embarrassed.

'Haha mmmmm this cake is lovely' cue wafting it right in my face on a fork and trying to get it in my nose

I got really annoyed and left the room in the end. They are all overweight too and on slimming world so they really should get it.

It was genuinely like school bullying

OldBooks you will be slim even though you feel you never have been. That makes it even more exciting! KOKO!

So sorry to hear about you feeling so sick, ilove - hope a visit to a GP will help you sort this out.

As for me. I hang my head in shame. Quite a big barbecue-with-friends-who-brought-mojito fail last night that involved said mojito and a few marshmallows - honestly, I'm horribly addicted to sugar and once I start it's really hard to stop. This is one of the reasons I really enjoy strictly following rules of the bootcamp. However, rather than worry about it, I'll just be back on track today with eggs and mayo for breakfast plus coffee blended with coconut oil, which sounds awful but is in fact lovely.

Hope everyone's enjoying the weather! Have to work today, but doing it sitting in the garden with the cat sitting next to me, so life feels good.

Jimminy what ignorant people! Says more about them and their issues than anything else. I can't wait for you to see them again in a month or so and see who has lost the most weight ;)

Ps if they're on slimming world they really WON'T get it .....

Ilove glad you are feeling better today. I think you've had some great advice on here, so hopefully it won't happen again. But, please see a doctor if it does.
Whoever was asking about pooing, sorry evacuation made me smile , yes it is different on this woe. I'm not going to go into details, but I think my bowel health is better - less bloating, less farting, as well as the better pooing aspect. People often find their IBS improves, as someone mentioned up tread. Mine certainly has.

I've managed to resist weighing and the batteries are still out of the scales. I have tried on my too small size 12 trousers, though. Three weeks ago, after the last BC, they did up but I couldn't move or breathe in them! Then, on Monday, after 10 days of carby twattiness, the zip was nowhere near coming together, never mind doing up. Today, I could fasten them up, button as well as zip, and they felt quite comfortable. Terrible muffin top and too tight around the thighs, so not wearable, but I'm pleased in the change in less than a week.

Not sure about todays food yet, maybe a BBQ tonight and might try the cream cheese pancake for lunch.
I'm feeling better in myself and last night was the first night in a while I wasn't waking myself coughing. so, I might go for a run later.

I had a vivid dream last night. I think it was spurred on by a thread on here about morning sex. DH and I were getting jiggly and at a critical moment DC3 walked in! I had to really think this morning when I woke whether it really happened or not as it was so vivid.

Sorry for the epic post

They've all been on slimming world for years and years and none have ever lost any weight. There's a core 4 women who are the worst. They spend the whole event talking about how great mug shots and instant pasta is and how you can make 0 syn stuff out of bloody weird ingredients. It's fine, I don't mind that but when anyone else talks about their diet they get sneered at for not being on slimming world . It was the same when I was on WW, so you can imagine the backlash now!

Jimminy well done for walking away. I would have probably said something I would have later regretted.

Nigellas it is so hard to imagine. I think my fatness has become a defining feature of who I am, iyswim. If someone said OldBooks, describe yourself in 5 words: I would probably start with fat.

ASD I do the same. Looking at photos of myself as a teenager breaks my heart. I was chubby but wasn't as huge as DM made me feel, and I hated myself so much for no reason

JiminnyCricket those women are horrible. They are actively trying to sabotage you, especially as you have done so well so far. When you walk down the aisle looking fantastic who will have the last laugh then?!

Jimmy I didn't like slimming world at all especially the very low fat sugar yogurts it made no sense. I am eating well and enjoying the diet. This is really how the French eat too. Carbs are high quality and at a minimum

Oh yes, the very low fat sugar free yoghurts. I'm sure the nurse at our surgery's fat clinic is a closet SW-er, she goes on excitedly every weeks about new muller bloody light (lite?) flavours, and eating fat cut chips rather than skinny chips because then you apparently can up your carbs and reduce your fat. She clearly doesn't believe that I don't eat chips in the first place. But at least the chips are real food - half the other stuff she suggests don't seem to have any actual foodstuffs in the ingredient list.

Morning!

I am glad you are feeling much better ilove .

Jiminny well done for walking away. It's such a shame that people can't just be supportive. I think that in situations like yours it throws a light on their own behaviour and makes people feel uncomfortable. I experienced much the same when I do Dry Jan and in particular went on to give up booze for most of 2015. There was always someone telling me to 'just have one, it won't hurt'. They were always, without fail, heavy drinkers themselves.

Oh, yes to a change in bowel movements . Mine are much more efficient shall I say. Much, much less farting too. In fact, have you ever done SW Jimminy? It makes you fart like a trooper and they stink . DP always knew when I'd restarted it just by the fart fug. So think of that when you think of those women .

Can I join please? Started on 20 April and have lost 10 pounds!!!!
Breakfast Greek yoghurt and 7 blueberries
Going to have olives feta cheese and sone other deli stuff for lunch

M and s and Tescos are doing good deli stuff which is lc friendly I've found

Yes, even though I felt crappy most of the week, my gut was positively basking in happiness (till my slight aberration last night). I do suffer terribly with IBS and it literally just disappeared within the first day - and not to the low level grumbliness that is my usual definition of a 'good' day, but totally disappeared. I was quite proud of myself at one point during the week!

I get the same thing with alcohol, Herman. Decided at xmas that I'd gradually just been drinking more than I liked,it was just creeping up, so I stopped. Initially just for January (I think I just wanted to prove that I could) and I haven't started again. Wouldn't say I'm teetotal, might have a drink one day if I fancy it, but for the moment, I'm quite happy without. But it seems to drive other people crazy. It came home to me recently when DS phoned from uni one evening wanting to come home for a few days because he felt really ill with tonsillitis. I was able to just hop in the car and go for him, and I realised that last year I'd probably have had a glass of wine by 7pm and wouldn't have been able to go.