Week 4 - Low Carb Bootcamp - Coming to the end of our first month

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I know! Doesn't time fly when you're having fun?

Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness for your delectation!

Remember, week 4 is, like week 3, a time when weight loss tends to be pretty slow, if not non-existent. KOKO and persevere, and things will get going again soon.

But not if you cheat! Whilst many of you have been very honest about your transgressions, just remember that this WOE is not a very forgiving one. It's not like a calorie-controlled diet, where you can compensate for one 'bad' day with a 'good' one. As some of you have already found out the hard way!

Although, technically we didn't pig out on carbs.

I'm annoyed with myself because I wanted to treat myself to two glasses of wine tonight. I expect I ought to forgo it now, after all that cream.

There's this evil little voice in my head saying:

''Style you might as well go to the fridge and finish off the rest of the cream''

Should I throw it away?

Give the cream to the cat/dog. They will love you for it.

I'd kill for a bar of dairy milk.

I know it was hflc but I have eaten shed loads of cheese, cream, olives etc (with salad!).

I'm ever so tired. Think I'll go to bed soon.

Moist, I've also eaten too much cheese today. Yes, we've gone overboard, but at least we went overboard with the right stuff.
It's happened now. Tomorrow's a new day!

I've washed the rest of the cream down the sink.

I saw friends today and had salmon and poached egg on spinach while they had afternoon tea. I explained lchf to them and they all agreed it can't be a diet because I can eat cream

You can freeze cream in ice cube trays for use in coffee. It makes it inedible for binge purposes but defrosts quickly and works fine in coffee

Well done Style! There's strength'

Good idea Adalind.

I've hardly eaten anything today - it's so hot here that I have no appetite at all. Did have some lovely chicken strips in a Parmesan crumb with some salad and lots of mayo.

Good day today despite no plannjng at all.

B: eggs, butter, cream
L: out and nothing obvious on the menu so had a prawn cocktail starter and a side salad with olive oil instead of dressing. Not the most wonderful meal but did the job.
S: pack of M&S crispy bacon strips
D: will be sirloin steak, mushrooms and leeks in creamy blue cheese sauce, broccoli roast in olive oil, raspberries and whipped cream and wine Its my birthday in the week and this is my treat tea.

Made corgetti carbonara well chicken instead of bacon and it was so so yummy and filled me up. That's gonna be a new regular here anyway.
Has anyone noticed an improvement in pmt symptoms since changing to lchf? This is my first BC and I'd normally be chewing the arm off myself in rotten humour but barely any cravings and mood not changed at all. Coincidence??

dustmotes and Stilton

Not the most nutritious tea but was low carb. Unfortunately I've snacked again this evening (second evening in a row). All low carb but I didn't need to. At the point I picked up ds's discsrded bun and bit it I binned it and left the kitchen. Now feeling a little over full. This is the first carby item to pass my lips since bc started so I'm trying to figure out why.

I upped my carbs a little today, because I was completely worn down with insomnia, complaining gut, and most recently - keto itch ?!? So says my body builder friend anyway. Anyway, stuck with slightly higher carb veg from allowed list.
B: fasting
L: large Greek salad (lettuce, tomatoes, red pepper, red onion, cucumber, feta, olives). Masses of olive oil.
S: raspberries and strawberries poached in some butter
D: Leftover veg curry

On the plus side, have done masses of work. All reports and presentations I've been putting off for weeks are done.

Captain I crochet too so have some hidden WIPS and a large yarn stash.

Old I embroider badly but often do some in my textile art

Jiminny if there is a pool or jacuzzi at your gym use water to relax in for at least 30 minutes after a workout like that, cold showers and ice baths are great too. You could kill two birds with one stone and sleep in an ice bath

Knotty thank you for the info

Ilove I hate dick shit doctors, if you want to really rattle his cage I would send a copy of the letter to the CEO of the NHS trust along with a letter asking what relevance your body shape has to the spot on your face.

So I smashed the baking yesterday, got up extra early to get ready for church fundraiser, pulled on my pj bottoms first thing and ..... they fell down!!!! Jumped on the scales, got excited and left the house (not in pj's) floating on air, stayed away from the cakes, stayed at church all day (far too long) my legs, feet, tummy have blown up like balloons and despite no dinner last night and only eating a small bowl of yogurt, some celery and pate all day came home weighing 5lbs more than I did this morning.
Currently lying in bed looking at my legs, which are up in the air, left leg is about three times the size of the right one and I look six months pregnant.
Someone slap me and make me listen to my medical team - no more than three hours out of bed, no strenuous exercise at all (including baking), limit activities to every third day, rest, rest, rest, fuck, fuck, fuckity fuck.

The finished tomohawk steak. Proper caveman food. I gnawed the bone then gave it to the savage beasts pet cat.

Blimey. That'll put hairs on your chest.

C4 how frustrating. I have M.E so my entire life is spent resting and paying for anything fun I've done. I've felt so ill today from getting out last night. So I can relate. I hope the swelling goes down soon.

A good food day. It's taken me til now to eat supper because I haven't been hungry all evening. I had a little kombucha at maybe 6. I don't know if I should be drinking it but it was really lovely to be honest. It picked me up. It was ginger and lime flavoured.

Struggling to keep up today.

B- scrambled egg, avocado, half tomato
S - a few hazelnuts
L - salad leaves, oil and lemon dressing, chicken mayonnaise mix.
D - BBQ 2 sausages, burger, lots of salad, small piece of smoked cheese.
Raspberries and cream.

A LOT of water!

Thanks Stunt for the tip re exercise and water retention. That hadn't occurred to me!

I'm really loving 21 Day Fix - I was worried about working out every day but it seems to be done sensibly so the focus is on different muscle groups and sometimes more strength and others cardio. I'm looking forward to when I don't have to do any of the modified easy versions of the exercises. I'm doing about 70% full version at the moment but looking forward to seeing improvements

Food wise I'm doing well and having bought multi packs of sparkling water is really helping me to get my water in.

I love sparkling water. It's really refreshing

Hope everyone had a good day today in the heat. It was too much for me. Spent most of the day indoors in the cool.

Sorry to hear you overdid it C4. Hopefully you'll have a lazy Sunday tomorrow and get some rest in.

I made a fab breakfast, though I say so myself. Chorizo, spinach and mushroom egg thing. Was going to be omelette or tortilla thing but it stuck to the pan so was more scrambled. Sprinkle of cheese on top was lovely. Saved half for tomorrow. Did have 4 slices of ham as breakfast as had to dash out, so the egg thing was lunch. Also had creamy coffee x3 today and some lc choc truffles.
Dinner was steak with broccoli, curly kale and mushrooms all cooked in butter with a dash of cream. Yum.

Need to work on my portion control. I'm stuffed after dinner and definitely eating too much. Oddly I carry a fear of being hungry with me, since childhood, as well as being in the Clean Plate Club. So I put enough food on the plate to avoid being hungry later. Which is ridiculous given the richness of the food. I'm working on this, but today I really ate too much. All lc but I was a pig.

On a good note, water: billions of litres

Well today has been predictably painful!

Just got back from a night out with my cousins who are up from London, had 2 slimline gin and tonics and a haloumi kebab without bread for dinner

Attempting to catch up! Dustmotes, that bloke sounds awful, not worth your time or attention. Old, can't believe your mum said that to you. Shitty & Random, well done on the losses! Ilovecherries, jesus, awful comment from the gp, what a twat. But great news about the running shorts. MOIST & Style, I need to join the "too much cheese" club after yesterday. Stuntnun that steak looks really good. C4, that must be so frustrating.
Yesterday was not a good food day although I managed just about to stick to HFLC. Forced a cheese omelette down at half 8 as I wasn't sure when I would get to eat again. Out all morning, then school fair about 1.30. Had a plain burger from the BBQ (no bun, just a plain burger!) at 2ish. Was planning on going home and cooking a healthy salmon/green veg meal but a friend invited us round for drinks etc so ended up panic eating a bag of microwaved spinach with melted butter on before we went (realised I hadn't had ANY veg), then had to pop to Tesco Express for bits to take to her house to eat. Ended up having 4 gin & slimlines , they all had pizza and crisps, I had cocktail sausages, brie/blue cheese on cucumber slices. I did also succumb to a few salted peanuts but overall not too bad although not the most nutritious evening! And too much gin. Have friends round for a BBQ this afternoon, but I won't drink alcohol and it's lamb chops with salad/dressing for me. Will probably have brunch of a mushroom/spinach omelette.

Lightest weight for months this morning. Yay. Almost in the 12s yay. Must resist church of England snacks this afternoon.