Week 2 - Pre-summer low carb bootcamp

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I don't think that BIWI has managed to post a new thread so I'll do this one.

I don't have the wise words of BIWI so I'll just say that by now you should be more in the swing of lcing so just keep it up and remember, only 1 week until bclite.

Hopefully you all have a successful weigh-in but if not, don't be disheartened. Post for some help and we will do our best.

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Morning all,

Back in work today and not happy about it at all. Why do the weekends always go so fast and the days I’m in work drag?

Still feeling good and loving this WOE. Can also feel that I have lost a bit of weight so that is spurring me on to stick with it.

Today’s menu, chez Chester:

B: FF Greek yog, double cream, cinnamon
L: Chicken breast wrapped in Parma ham, salad, HM mayo and olive oil
D: Salmon, which I was going to wrap in Parma ham but then realised that’s what I’ve got for lunch so maybe not, broccoli, asparagus doused in HM lemon butter sauce

Already 1 litre of water down and over 5,000 steps on my Fitbit. Positively angelic

Morning all. I was a carby twat last week due to being unprepared so lost no weight (shocker). Was better yesterday. I started this at the start of April, lost 6lb in the first week then put on and took off the same 2lb for another few weeks. Fell spectacularly off the wagon but now go on holiday in 6 weeks.

b: bacon and scrambled eggs
l: ?? Maybe tuna salad
d: Thai pork mince salad I think

Lots of water and coffee. Have had 600 ml of water already.

That sounds a great strategy, dustmotes. Well done for thinking ahead. (Sorry, that sounds a bit patronising, I mean it nicely though!). Jimminy, I'm just about to explore that coffee! I have a few sample sticks of the Beanies coffee that I must have been handed at some point, but there is no ingredients list, and I wondered if it was full of nasties, so haven't tried it.

Morning everyone.

Cooking, over about 6 months I drank daily, and not just 1 glass either, more like half a bottle and a g&t. It led to crap food choices and me generally feeling horrible most of the time, not hungover persay bit sluggish and lethargic. I decided that I wouldn't drink in may. I've pretty much stuck to it and boot camp definitely came at the right time for me to see it through. I'm going to carry it on.

I'm a better person for it. I run on a weekend morning, sometimes at 6am, I bounce out of bed and feel really good. Getting rid of the crap carbs has really helped too.

And (apologies for the awful photo bit, I couldn't fasten these jeans at the start of may, and today ...

So huge thanks to BIWI and co, you are all fantastic and have saved me buying a size 18 summer wardrobe. My 14's actually fasten.

Today,

B Greek yogurt and green tea
L keto muffin and salad (picnic)
T salmon in a cram and prawn sauce

Anyone else find their hay fever is improved on this WOE? I met someone yesterday who suggested the cutting out of grains (which develop pollen) could have something to do with it?

Talking of yesterday, my job involves visiting/caring for older people and yesterday I sat for 2 hours with a lady who had the most amazing stash of cakes and biscuits. It was rude not to join her so I went off piste in the middle of the day. I'm hoping that it was minimised by bring in a concentrated space of time rather than snacking on cake all day long. About 2 hours later I felt distinctly wobbly which must have been to do with insulin, and I had some total, then avocado with mayo. Nothing else since, no cravings thank goodness, and back on the wagon again. Thanks Doris!!

Oh and the shorts I bought for my holiday and tried on last week are now MUCH more comfortably fitting are a fantastic incentive to battle the evil temptations of Doris in the future. I'm not weighing this time around - just going by fit of clothes.

I need a hand hold today.
Those who were on the last BC will have read about my Dad being in and out of hospital over the last couple of months. The last admission lead to my 10 spree of carby twattiness. Well, he was admitted again overnight. I'm 3 hours away and at work and have limited information at the moment. I have mostly got my emotional eating under control with lchf, I managed through his first 4 admissions, but the last one knocked me for six. And now this. He hasn't got cancer, but this reminds me of when my Mum died 15 years ago and how crap most of my siblings are.
Of course, eating carbs didn't make me feel better - in fact, just the opposite.

Anyway, hope you don't mind me off loading. Food today will be:
B: 2x creamy coffee
L: leftover roast pork, mashed cauli, buttered leek and broccoli
D: don't know, as we are out seeing Al Murray tonight. Feel guilty about going now, but realistically, can't get to see Dad tonight anyway. I am hoping I may be able to shift things at work and go and see him tomorrow, but one of my colleagues is off so that may not work, in which case I won't be able to see him until next Monday as I am working at the weekend.

captain with you all the way mrs

Just keep in your head that Carby twatness isn't going to help the situation, and afterwards you'll have the guilt from that to deal with along with everything else. It might make you feel poorly too, which is the last thing you need right now!

ClearEyes olive oil and EVOO are great too. Some people don't like using liquid oils for cooking because there is an idea that heating them to a high temperature is bad for you. I personally think olive oil is fine for cooking. Coconut oil contains medium chain triglycerides which are thought to have health benefits and can give you a caffeine-like boost of energy. It's horses for courses really.

Good fats: olive oil, avocado oil, nut oils, omega-3 oils, butter, lard, coconut oil, goose fat, duck fat, beef dripping (sometimes called tallow), cold-pressed rapeseed oil.

Bad fats: margarine, vegetable oil, sunflower oil, Frylight, Crisp and Dry, standard rapeseed oil, corn oil.

Lego have you been advised to eat calorie-dense foods? My DSs have struggled with weight gain and we were basically told to eat high calorie foods and put butter on everything.

Bella this way of eating is renowned for lowering blood pressure so if you can hold off on the meds for a little while longer you may not need them, or may be able to have a lower dose.

Jiminny lol at you giving your dogs kefir. They are pampered pooches all right! I have had a similar crisis to your coffee emergency... I accidentally bought extra thick cream instead of normal double cream. Now what am I going to put in my coffee?

Welcome Cooking. My DH sabotages me as well although I'm pretty sure he doesn't do it on purpose. He bought me a bottle of Baileys last week. I don't do well with temptation so I had one glass and poured the rest down the sink. What a waste! But more of a waste if I drank it just because I have shitty self-control.

Nigella this way of eating tends to reduce inflammation so that is more likely the cause of your hayfever improving. Speaking of biscuits I made the mistake of telling one of the helpers at toddler group that I was gluten intolerant as she was so insistent of me having a biscuit. It was a huge mistake as she then made a special effort to always get special gluten-free biscuits for me and I didn't have the heart to tell her. I used to take one and feed it to my toddler when she wasn't looking!

Sorry to hear your dad is in hospital again Captain. We're here to support you so please keep posting.

Captain it is so hard when you are far away from family. Hope you can rearrange things to get to see him sooner rather than later

Stunt Bassets are prone to yeast infections due to all the extra skin, kefir eats the sugars that the yeast thrives on and basically starves it to death. No yeasty puppies in this house

They're also fed a raw diet, get treats made from cheap cuts of meat in the dehydrator and have never had a commercial kibble/ treat since they arrived here...

I don't have kids, can you tell??

Hi all, hope it's OK to join late - appear to have lost all sense of time as for some reason I keep thinking it's last week! Won't be joining the spreadsheet as I don't weigh myself (combination of shitty scales and ever so slightly obsessive weighing behaviour in the past).

This isn't my first rodeo - I did two bootcamps a couple of years ago under a different username, thoroughly enjoyed it and lost a heap of weight. I came unravelled at the end of 2015 when my dad was admitted to hospice care. I was really lucky to live close to the hospice but my walk home was lined with takeaways so I did an awful lot of emotional eating.

LC'd again after dad died in preparation for a holiday, but naturally fell face first into a pile of chips as soon as we landed and basically have been doing the same ever since! That, plus a real actual nervous breakdown last November means that I'm a size 16 on a really tiny frame, meaning I'm not just looking like shit, I'm feeling it too. Hoping to adopt this WOE as a lifelong thing again.

Today's food:
Breakfast - 3 boiled eggs w/butter as didn't eat anything yesterday, really busy day. So woke up starving!
Lunch - got some lovely looking salad leaves which I'm going to cover with olive oil and black pepper, possibly with some pork belly if I can be bothered to stick it in the oven.
Dinner - I'm working a night shift so dinner usually happens at about 2am, so will make it this afternoon. Having cauli mash with cream, buttered kale and yet more pork belly.
Fluids - I'm drinking my water like a good LC'er and weeing like a racehorse. Also had two coffees with almond milk.

Hello everyone.
I've really enjoyed reading everyone's posts.
I sinned yesterday and had loads of wine. It was a special occasion but I feel crap today. Back on track now. I should point out that eating this way lowers the tolerance for alcohol. (if only I'd thought about that yesterday)

Happy anniversary cathy
Welcome Cooking. Good luck with reducing the alcohol. You really will feel so much better.
Captain I hope your dad is ok. We are here if you need any support

Welcome oxygen

but naturally fell face first into a pile of chips
oxygen that made me laugh

And Welcome!

Oh that's tough, Captain. We are about 4 hours hard driving away from my parents, and they are in their mid 80s now, so i hate it, although so far they are incredibly healthy - but we've just emerged from 5 hard years with my in laws, who I was very fond of. Plus also have the crappy siblings. Hope you manage to find a way through that works for you.

Cooking, I stopped drinking alcohol at xmas. I'm not saying it's forever, but for now I'm happy without it. I suddenly realised that alcohol free days were a rarity, and I was routinely opening a bottle of wine to mark the transition from work day to evening (I work from home). I wasn't drinking it all myself - handed a glass to DH as soon as he came in the door - but it was too much, too often. Now I take the dog out at that transition point. I would have said at the time that alcohol wasn't really affecting me - I was never 'drunk' for example, was always able to work the next day etc, but within days of stopping I realised how much better I felt without it. Slept better, heartburn disappeared, less general 'low' feelings. DH offered to stop at the same time, and that helped. I also, over the course of 4 months, lost 8 pounds in weight, doing nothing else but stop drinking. for some reason, it annoys the hell out of all our friends though! Good luck!

Thank you for all the kefir comments. I prefer it to tablet probiotics for lots of reasons so think I will take the chance & have small amounts. I drink coffee black and am down to one tea per day with a splash of milk so hopefully it will even out

I'm thinking of adding kefir to my shop and have small daily doses. Did anyone see the dr in the house program on the BBC? Poor kid on a diet - chucked out all the processed carbs and then gut bacteria diet. I've had antibiotics a few times in the last few years for tonsillitis mainly. I might start my multi vitamins again - started for pain but they didn't help.

Captain 💐 holding your hand.

Morning!

I've not long woken up after finishing my night on call at 7am. I got through it without getting terrible hunger pangs at 3am . I usually end up scoffing buttered toast and cheese at some point in the wee small hours but I wasn't hungry or tempted at all. Amazing!

Captain I hope your Dad is OK. You take care of yourself .

oxygen your story is so similar to mine . My Dad was diagnosed with advanced cancer in Dec 2015, (no symptoms beforehand) he was riddled with it. He died a month later in Jan 2016. That month was brutal . I just did what I had to do to stay relatively sane and upright. This involved eating really badly in vast amounts and A LOT of booze. Every single time I tried to lose weight/exercise I became very ill - cold sores in my left eye (lost my sight temporarily), flu, my depression getting out of control. My poor sister was so worried about me that she begged me to stop and just relax about my weight and fitness. I feel now I'm able to concentrate on myself in a sensible way without getting too gung ho, if that makes sense? I hope you do too .

Right, im off to have a nosey around M&S food section in town, anything I should look out for?

Heman it's bloody rough isn't it. And yes! Totally forgot to mention my alcohol dependency during that time, and since then if I'm honest. I think when we have no control over things - like our poor dads - we try to control anything else we can, I was obsessive over weight loss before that holiday, lost a load of hair etc etc. I think my stress was manifesting itself in some pretty odd behaviours in my case.

I'm hoping to be sensible this time! I've realised that in my late twenties I can't live off gin, fags and pizza half the year and starve myself the other, so I'm treating this as just how I eat now.

Oh, wine! That's the hardest part of boot camp.... sob,sob,sob... ❤️ 🍷

Anyone else can't be trusted with double cream? I just ate ten teaspoon of it whilst making a coffee 😳