Week 7 - Summer Low Carb Bootcamp - are you still with us?!

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Morning all

Here's the spreadsheet - sorry to keep you all waiting!

So we have four full weeks before our final weigh-in - still time to lose half a stone if you stick at it.

Here's to a good week ahead

Comparison is the thief of joy isn't it! Although does anyone else get incredulity when you tell people your weight? People don't believe I am so heavy from looking at me

I don't tell people my weight. No one asks (they know better)

Comparison is the thief of joy.

Also, having babies and toddlers is hard work. Don't let anyone tell you differently. Mwah!

YoLo, thanks. And is your H still a cause of your poor self esteem?

Ps YoLo, great attitude (fitter, etc)

Bit of a rubbish night and rubbish day.

I am still reading, I really wish I could reply and join in celebrating the successes but even more it genuinely upsets me not to be able to offer hugs and support to those who are struggling. I'm channeling my namaste bitch power to you.

B yogurt and rhubarb
L cheese & celery
D too tired/ill to eat

Hospital are leasing with the community acute respiratory outreach team because the wonderful, generous person who looks after me at home has offered to care for me at home if they are willing to discharge. She would visit four times each day and be on call 24/7 to take me back in if I deteriorate. Infection markers continue to fall so we're definitely on top of the pneumonia. It's humbling to know that people are willing to do such selfless things

Having brutal physio to clear secretions because I can't cough they have also removed some food fragments from what's been sucked out!!!!! I have no automatic swallowing reflex so I do inhale food from time to time but I'm usually straight into hospital if I suspect it's anything nasty. I'm baffled, just hoping it's not a pork scratching

My posts are like the worst drip feed ever.

Hey C4 ! So good to hear from you!!! Glad to hear your better still and things are looking better although you're not out of the woods yet. You're such an inspiration I was telling my mum about you earlier!

Glad to hear things seem to be looking up for you @C4pinkwheels. It sounds like it's been pretty scary for you.

Good to hear from you C4 sounds good to have a plan to get you home. I am pretty free this weekend if you feel up for a visit

C4 all sounds like it's going in the right direction.

Zammo agree don't compare. This is why I try not to weigh, I'm a lot heavier than I look. Most people think I weigh about 8-5-9 stone. I just can't seem to get under about 9 stone 9lbs recently.

Food planned today:
B - eggs & chorizo
L - dunno yet, will be after the church fete, so probably some kind of picnic thing
D - taking some chicken & salad to work again

C4 so pleased the infection markers are dropping and you might get to go home soon

I haven't been checking in on the thread so much this week because my childminder is on holiday so I've been busy herding cats with the kids but OMG, I've come back to poomageddon! I'm glad I've never tried sugar-free sweets but I can recommend being very careful with magnesium tablets.

Morning all :)

I massively over ate yesterday, fathead pizza was amazing though

I had:
Creamy coffee
Chicken wings and a leg
Half a fat head pizza
Halloumi with salad and a creamy hot chocolate

It was most definitely emotional eating because of all the anxiety stuff and not hunger.

I slept like the dead last night because of the diazepam and I've woken up with twitchy, unsettling levels of energy and the feeling like I just need to get 'out'

I'm going to take the dogs for a long walk somewhere and try to get out of my head for a bit. It's too hot to walk them really but it's early so hopefully will be ok.

Glad to hear that you've got support C4. Hope you continue to improve.

Had a lovely snack with dh and a friend last night (we were enjoying "sundowners" in a wee spot in the garden which catches the last of the evening sun; dh had been reclaiming it and fixing/painting the cast iron table & chairs): mini goats cheeses wrapped in bacon and baked from Lidl. I resisted dh's "crisp & thins"

From a sneeky peek at the scales, I only have 2lb to go before I can book myself a cut&colour - I'd promised myself to treat myself once I'd lost a stone (I'm usually very bad at getting round to booking hair appointments and my last colour was before Christmas).

Just have to get through tonight (garden party, for which I've committed to make not one but two pavlovas ) relatively unscathed without drinking too much

pretty good idea to treat yourself once you reach a certain weight.
C4 pleased to see. you're on the up.

Day 2, of the 3 day egg diet here we go.

I will weigh myself Monday and see if I've lost the 2lbs I put on from having two days of carby twatiness.
luckily I love scrambled eggs and butter so I think it's doable.

We'll soon be in Week 8!
I can't believe it. (said I best Victor Meldrew voice)

Along the way most of us have fallen down (some further than others) but thanks to all the fantastic support, we're still here!

You guys! I've lost a stone! A whole stone! Only took me 6 months but I did it, hoorah!

For those of you near goal weight who find losses slow, I highly recommend intermittent fasting - I've been doing 16:8 (with one accidental 18:6 because I can't count) and it's worked a treat.

Sadly now I've got here I've realised I have another stone to go before I'll've beaten the belly! Onwards >>>

Well done klep!! Huge achievement

Thank you dust. I've been here before, and totally spanged it, put it all back on. Not. Going. To. Do. That. This. Time!

cleareyes yes to a large extent. I made him leave as year ago so I'm 'in recovery' and trying to heal from that relationship (which spanned my whole adult life). This bc is part of my healing, where I have now started to look after me. Finally. He is still a massive twat and I can't not have any contact because we have DC together and he has the capacity still to make me feel like shit. Just a passing comment and I'm in pieces, but I'm trying to be strong and confident and to release his emotional hold over me. It will take time.

jim you are doing incredibly well. Enjoy your long dog walk today. It's beautiful and not going to be too hot like in the week.

C4 great to hear from you. Glad that infection is indeed starting to piss right off. It must be the Namaste Bitches' healing vibes getting thru to you. Or the antibiotics . Funny that food bits came out of your lungs. Was that the cause of the infection and is there anything they/you can do to reduce the chance of this occurring again? You are the fighting spirit of bc and you will keep on getting better! We all want to hear that you are soon relaxing in your gorgeous garden chair at home soaking up the sunshine, eating strawberries and cream and feeling strong and well.

Morning everyone. Had an epic lie in this morning! We alternate so we both get One!

Had too many vodkas last night which led to toast.... going to lay off the booze for the rest if bootcamp at least. I don't deserve a drink just because it's Friday/Had a hard week/feeling stressed etc. Doofus

The scales are fucking pissing me off at the moment, veering up and down all week. I'm also fucking pissed off with the endless menstruation I have had for the past 8 weeks. I have been bleeding for at least 4 of them.
I'm going out for dinner this eve to Jamie's Italian. Does anyone know whether the nutritional info on the site is accurate? The carb counts seem unrealistically low. Unless they are per 100g?
I'm going to eat nothing but eggs today until dinner and again tomorrow to try to bump the scales down again by Monday

Adalind welcome to Armeggedon.

I know....
I shouldn't give up the day job

I'm going to egg fast next week Style I gained another 2lb of bloat after my birthday indiscretion. That's 7lb from one macaron and quite a lot of champagne 3 lb have gone again, so another 4 to get back to where I was on Monday.

It was SO not worth it

cathy you're right. It's so not worth it.
It's Day 2 of my egg fast and I think I'm going through a bit of carb flu again. I have a headache, my mouth feels fuzzy and I have no energy.
I've just had a multivitamin, a ton of water and some marmite in hot water, so that should hopefully sort me out.
If you go on the egg fast, make sure you eat enough butter (and salt) with the eggs. I think it's important.
and LOTS of water.

Good to see you are on the mend C4 .

Yesterday I was a carby twat. A big fat greedy carby twat . It involved McDonalds . I am not going to be a carby twat again. I have 5 weeks until our summer holiday. I can do this!

Funnily enough I didn't feel like breakfast this morning . See above. I have just had a salmon fillet and courgette and asparagus fried in oil and butter. And water. I'm planning on having Jerk chicken and a big salad for dinner.