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Low-carb bootcamp

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

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BIWI · 03/07/2017 07:37

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 Flowers

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Giraffeski · 03/07/2017 22:17

Ok guys, talk me down

I've just eaten half a slice of cheesecake. 15g carbs.
Am trying to stop myself going to the fridge and eating the other half.
Todays food:
B: one scrambled egg (in butter), handful spinach leaves. Creamy coffee
L: three rollitos, slice gouda. This was as I was rushing out of house at 11.30am
S: Coffee with 'half and half'.
D: Caesar salad with lettuce, parmesan, avocado, chicken breast, crispy bacon, dressing. Chicken unexpectedly had spicy marinade so may have had tiny bit of carbs but didn't taste very sweet.

and then the cheesecake

Is there any small chance this isn't going to fuck things up?
I am annoyed at myself, but if its going to send me out of ketosis I'm going to go and eat the other half anyway as it was fucking gorgeous.

ragz134 · 03/07/2017 22:17

c4 Flowers hope you feel better soon and they look after you well in there.
jim wow, well done you!
nasch nursing. End of first year.

Giraffeski · 03/07/2017 22:18

oldbooks
Ocado pricematch Tesco anyway and if they are more expensive they retrospectively send a voucher for 58p or whatever it is

hippadoppaloppagorillapig · 03/07/2017 22:19

Giraffe go right now & throw the other half in the bin & push it right in. Do it before you think about it. If you do it now, you can class it as a blip and think no more about it. If you eat the other half, imagine how much worse you'll feel. Be strong. The Namaste Bitches have got your back.

Naschkatze · 03/07/2017 22:25

Ragz Must be intense! I hope you can find some 'way in' to the essay. It's not too many words per day if you break it down. (Easier said than done, I know.)

Giraffeski Damage limitation. You don't need more cheesecake. If you're actually hungry, just cheese? If not, distraction?
Brush teeth and go to bed? I don't know enough of the science of this WOE really but I've heard others say you don't need to be in ketosis to lose weight and 15g of carbs is not huge! It will be okay!

(Didn't know that about Ocado. I'm quite excited to try it out. Always thought it was too 'posh' for me Grin)

Giraffeski · 03/07/2017 22:26

I have done it. I have thrown away the cheesecake!
Am currently guiltily drinking a pint of water. I think I've been ok with water intake today, at least 3l, so hoping that I can flush out the extra 15g carbs

Naschkatze · 03/07/2017 22:29

Yes! Well done! Star

YoLoZammo · 03/07/2017 22:30

Oh C4 I hope the HDU sort you out quickly. I'm slightly amused at your dedication to this thread with you posting whilst being blue lighted to hospital. Your infections can piss right off. Namaste bitches are definitely here for you through the boredom of hospital admission and recovery. Flowers

Well done Jim you are so inspiring. I'm joining a gym this week thanks to you. I also gave blood recently though not assessed as suitable for the platelets. Was a bit disappointed as i thought I might be special. Apparently not so! Lol

Giraffe lets make a deal. if you eat that whole cheesecake you have to do the BC challenge.

YoLoZammo · 03/07/2017 22:31

Ha cross posted! Woohoo for you!!

is it wrong I was looking forward to the challenge suggestions?

Giraffeski · 03/07/2017 22:31

#fuckyoucheesecake #namastebitches
Grin
I am such a knob, there was no need at all for cheesecake, I wasn't even hungry, just bored as DH is out.

Giraffeski · 03/07/2017 22:32

yolozammo I am intrigued though about the BC challenge! Some sort of forfeit system!

styledilemma · 03/07/2017 22:32

I have done it. I have thrown away the cheesecake!

Giraffe throw some soggy teabags or something equally disgusting on top of the cheesecake for good measure!

(thinkingo f that episode of SATC where Miranda throws the cake in the bin and then fishes it out, wipes it off and continues eating it. Shock

Giraffeski · 03/07/2017 22:34

styledilemma believe me, Im not that desperate for cheesecake i'll go in the bin! Do people do that? Apart from Miranda, obvs (funny, as Im actually watching Miranda right now!)

YoLoZammo · 03/07/2017 22:34

I'm thinking of circuit type physical forfeits but that's probably because it represents my worst idea of hell.

Giraffeski · 03/07/2017 22:35

Oh, haha I didn't read it properly, Miranda from SATC

Giraffeski · 03/07/2017 22:36

Yolo- mine too, I reckon it would put me right off any further transgressions (or admitting to them Grin )

I actually feel a bit sick now anyway, which I presume is the cheesecake's revenge.

YoLoZammo · 03/07/2017 22:43

I made a lovely quick easy dinner today. Will put it on the recipe thread.

Green veg stir fried in butter. I used courgette sticks, sweetheart cabbage, sugar snap peas, and tenderstem broccoli. Added a load of ham that needed eating - chunky offcuts chopped up. Seasoned with garlic, white and black pepper, salt. Then when it was cooked I added some broken up chunks of soft goats cheese. Feta would also work. And a half tub of garlic and onion dip I had in the fridge. Some Philly or cream would also have worked instead. The creamy cheese melted in and was unctious.

Was bloody lovely and best bit is that i have half left over for lunch tomorrow.

starsky22 · 03/07/2017 22:46

Oh no C4 not ideal!

Whoop! Giraffeski Well done for taking back control and chucking it in the bin!

Did shred this evening, before dinner and made me feel a bit lightheaded, but apart from that been an ok day
B 2 sausages
L tuna mayo salad
D leftover lamb, cauli cheese and cabbage
Plus had my first almond iced latte today, without my usual caramel syrup, wasn't sure at first, but by the end I thought I could get used to it without syrup.

YoLoZammo · 03/07/2017 22:47

Lol at cheesecake's revenge Grin

ScoobyDoosTinklyLaugh · 03/07/2017 22:56

C4 FlowersFlowersFlowers

nekobus · 03/07/2017 22:58

Flowersc4 hope they are looking after you!

Giraffe well done for binning the cheesecake! I've been known to squirt washing up liquid over the kids leftovers so I'm not tempted Blush

STS again this week but not really surprised. Better than putting on I supposed...

I love those namaste bitches t-shirts! Just what we need for GNR '19 Grin

Good book dust and the recipe book is quite good too (I bought it second hand on amazon for a couple of quid) shame about the date, although if he's not much of a texter he might still get in touch, and if not then you've not wasted and more time on him!

I'm feeling sorry for myself this week as it's been a struggle getting up and about after my leg op and it's a bit painful but consultant says just push through the pain so I thought I'd try walking to school and back with DD (it's only 10-15mins) which was OK but I'm paying for it now! One ankle is twice the size of the other Shock

YoLoZammo · 03/07/2017 23:23

I also made a lovely dish yesterday that I thought I'd share.

Browned some lamb mince and added garlic, salt and pepper, cayenne pepper, paprika, cinnamon, cumin and ground coriander. Then added a chicken stock pot, a slosh of water and a squeeze of tomato puree so the mixture was moist but not watery. Sorry there are no real measurements here!

Thinly sliced a whole aubergine and baked spread out in oven trays with cold pressed rapeseed oil drizzled over until it was cooked. Put it on a plate. Sliced a whole cauliflower head and put in the same oven trays with turmeric and more oil to bake. Some of the cauli were nice slices and some were just tiny bits but it doesn't matter. When the veg was cooked, I layered it in a deep tray with cauliflower on the bottom, then aubergine, then the meat. Then repeated the layers. On the top I put a whole tub of garlic and herb Philly in lots of dollops the size of a teaspoon and then grated mature cheddar on top of that. Each layer had freshly ground black pepper too. Bunged tray in hot oven for about half an hour until the cheese melted and went a bit crispy on top.

To accompany it, I finely chopped the cauliflower leaves (no waste!) and fried in butter with some green beans. You could use any green veg you have to hand. Broccoli would work really well and any sort of cabbage.

Next time I might add in thin long slices of courgette to the layers. It was a bit moussaka ish because of the lamb and aubergine but you could really put any sort of veg into the layers. Was super scrummy.

YoLoZammo · 03/07/2017 23:24

I realise I have committed a cardinal sin of bc. No food porn pics! Will do better next time. Blush before it gets eaten. Wink

Mandelinka · 03/07/2017 23:28

Evening all!
c4 thinking of you Flowers

Well done everybody on your losses and welcome to all the newbies. I haven't weighed myself, suspecting STS or even gain.
Just finished AF and my energy level was up, so decided to fast this morning ( managed to last until 2pm, it felt much easier than previous fasts). Also did another Shred. I'm still on level 1, but enjoying it and mixing it up with some walking or jogging on odd days.
B: fast ( cup of Marigold and cup of green tea)
L: salad with chicken, avocado, 1/2 hb egg
D: parmigiana, cauliflower with sausage.
S: strawberries, cream coffee, cookie
Water intake 2.5 l

I was hoping for an easy day ( today is my day off) but ended up being stressed with dealings with our local council. Then my 4 year old DS got stung by a bee, luckily no allergic reaction. He was actually rather brave. Most of the afternoon was spent by prepping food ( made soup, roasted cauliflower with sausage, parmigiana with pork and cream cheese + salmon dip for my breakfast)
Also started packing for our trip, leaving on Saturday but I like having most of it done as expecting busy week at work.

Mandelinka · 03/07/2017 23:34

Couple of NSV's, wore my old black T ( size 12) and it fitted really well, not riding up my back underneath my backpack.
And over 2 weeks without alcohol and 4 days without dark chocolate. And not missing either Wink

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