Pre-summer Bootcamp - our last weigh-in!

[BIWI]

Morning all. Very excited to hear the final scores!

Here's the Spreadsheet for its last outing this Bootcamp

We'll keep this chat thread going, and when it finishes, we'll start a new one so that we can keep the support going until next Bootcamp.

Oldbooks I'm sorry to hear your anxiety is so bad. Nothing is worth you feeling so bad that you have to sh. Deal with one thing at a time. Food is the last thing you should be worrying about

Welcome lily, Grimbles and Shiraz
Shiraz that does seem like a lot of cheese to me.
lily I think you said you were bf. StuntNun is our expert in that field but I agree that coffee with double cream is better than all milk.
Grimbles You have to believe the science, but there are many on this thread who thought the same way and have gone on to have great losses. There are some tabs on the bottom of the spreadsheet that give advice on some reading you could do. Good luck

Bloody hell. I went to a Pilates class. I thought Pilates was meant to be gentle. It was bloody brutal. I sweated buckets and can hardly walk already. And I probably only did half the reps of everyone else. Note to self - time to add exercise in to this WoL. I know it's 90% down to what you put in your mouth but I want to be fit as well as slim and gorgeous.

I drink 3-4 cups of coffee a day with a splash of semiskimmed milk, should I switch to double cream?

Evening everyone!

Thanks for answering my questions Clear Eyes!

I decided to have something else for lunch so today looked like this in the end...

B - 3 egg omelette cooked in butter with butter fried courgette and vine tomato. Coffee with double cream
S - raspberries
L - ham & mozzarella ball then later a 60g pot of red pepper houmous with a whole raw carrot
S - 10 brazil nuts
T - 2 x salmon fillets cooked plain with a rocket & parmesan salad with ev olive oil
S - green tea with jasmine

That all comes out at 47 carbs so nicely within my self set, b/feeding friendly daily goal. Interestingly 270g fat & 147g protein - eeek!

Does anyone know anything about macros? I keep coming across people talking about this on other lchf forums. Today my stats are carbs 6%/protein 19%/fat 75% .

Thank you all so much for the support. Cleareyes, I love the idea of taking it meal by meal. That's definitely the approach I will use. Nomoreoats I will also be using the repeat repeat repeat. DH is definitely on board and keeps praising my emerging shape and how well I am doing so he will have my back.

I will have wifi though I want to give the phone a holiday too so I will post if I need support a kick up the backside from you lovely lot!

Welcome new people

Just checking in with todays food:
B 2 low carb chipolata sausages
L bacon and spinach frittata with avocado salad
D rarebit pork steak, roasted radishes & asparagus with butter

Had read that roasted radishes were a good alternative for roast potatoes, they are not! Very disappointed!

oldbooks glad to hear you have a plan, good luck!

Hi may I join you?
I've spent all evening researching and reading old threads, I've been trying to lose weight for the last two years and I've lost 3 stone so far but I've got 3 more to go to get me back to my pre babies weight.
I've never done hflc before so it's all very new so I might ask some stupid questions. I'm hoping I've got the general idea. Is there a recommended amount of carbs you should have a day? Or is it personal preference?
Having read through the recipe thread I'm actually felling a bit excited at all the things I can eat that have been banned in previous eating plans I've done!

Wow, miss a day and the thread gets really active welcome newbies, slap for anyone who's been a carby twat, moist I've got your back.

So I spent yesterday morning doing physio at home and walked a complete circuit of my garden and have been set a challenge to be able to get up from sitting to standing without using my arm from a low seat in one months time. We are officially building core strength.
Yesterday afternoon I went to see my respiratory consultant and did a short cabin pressure test in preparation for my very short flight to Denmark in three weeks, it did not go well. My oxygen saturation was 95 when I went in, at three minutes it was 71, at five minutes it was 54 and they stopped the test. I thought there was no chance of getting a fit to fly letter but my Consultant is going to give me one but I have to fly on the ventilator and with oxygen piped through it. The airlines charge for the oxygen and must make an absolute killing on it €300 per flight!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Back for a test on ventilator and oxygen next Tuesday.

I have DS2, DIL and 2 DGS staying for a few days - why are four year old boys so exhausting? Just being in the same room as him tires me out, the little one is fine, just toddles around babbling his own unique language and chasing the rabbit.

I've just done my second 24 hour fast, which was fine. I really didn't feel hungry at all.

Namaste Bitches

#myfatcanpissrightoff

Hi All. I've been AWOL a few days. Again. Sorry. I have been reading the thread.

Lots of shit going down in my life right now. Major blow ups with family. Not sure if it's me or them. I seem to be the common denominator. Maybe I deserve to be shat upon from a height. Anyway.

I'm still koko ing. It's the one thing in my life I CAN control. I haven't reached for sugar or alcohol when I'm stressed or hormonal or overhelmed or exhausted or feeling down. I am proud of that at least.

I can't sign off today without a mention to oldbooks and c4 and to welcome more newbies.

ob please look after yourself and don't hurt yourself any more. You are worth more than that. I find when I am stressed or angry I can do "furious cleaning. Usually in my kitchen. It never sparkles so much as when I'm crazy angry or stressed out. Another coping strategy I have is being creative, whether it's baking cakes, putting photos into frames and hanging them or gardening. Just the immersive activity is very calming. The cakes I take into work or give to family. People know I'm stressed if I come bearing baked goods!

c4 sorry to hear the test didn't go so well but glad your consultant is a can-do person and is facilitating your trip. I imagine you would be devastated if you couldn't go and that will do your mental health no good, so Hi5 for your consultant.
Enjoy the DGC chaos while it lasts. How lovely it is they come and stay. Fab on the core strength front. I'm working on this myself too.

Sorry I'm a bit useless in giving anyone else support right now. Sending love and lchf vibes to you all.

shamoffour check out the spreadsheet linked to the OP and find the tab for the rules.

There's no carb numberBIWI discourages carb countingbut swears that if you eat only what's on the list of foods you'll lose weight.

Actually, I can't remember if there's a tab for the rules. Just open the spreadsheet and have a nosey around the tabs.

Welcome and enjoy the food.

Sorry it's been shit YoLo, well done on not stress eating, that is a huge achievement if it's your usual go-to. Thanks for the suggestions - my problem is what to do in a moment of high stress when I need a quick fix to get my emotions under control - I couldn't crack out the baking with both DDs meant to be in bed but actually screaming and annoying each other and winding me up, so harming myself is a 1 minute 'solution' that then enables me to get back in the fray calmer! As I said I would previously have shovelled in half a pack of biscuits. On the emotional eating thread someone suggested holding a yoga pose or a power pose as a good quick fix but in the heat of the moment I forgot.

C4 a lap of the garden sounds like great progress towards the GNR!

Sham I think the idea is to keep carbs below 30g a day, although some people can lose on more and some need less. BIWI has designed the woe so that if you stick to foods on the list in sensible portions you should have this amount without needing to count. Ideally most of it should come from veggies.

I have an apple problem.

My tree is absolutely loaded and they need eating. I'll give away as many as possible but there's nothing like picking and eating straight from the garden.

What do I do?

Moist I have two apple trees, they are strictly off limits for me this year, that's just the way it has to be.

MOIST Freeze em. I've set up at stall outside our house with apples telling people to help themselves. You could ask for charity donations for apples. I think you can lay them out on newspaper in a cool place and they'll keep - I'm not sure about that though.

My Victoria plum tree is laden with plums. I'm about to embark on a programme of jam making, chutney making and plum gin making - all good for gifts for Christmas.

Sorry to hear so many of us are dealing with stress at the moment.

MOIST round my way (Surrey) people leave boxes of fruit on the pavement in front of their house for people to help themselves.

Lily your macros look fine. I would go for carbs 5%, protein 20-30% and the rest fat BUT if you're losing weight then you will be burning your own body fat which counts towards your macros. So your carb and protein macros might come out slightly higher as a result. But there's no need to check your macros, or indeed calories, if you're following the Bootcamp rules.

Cherries Pilates looks gentle but it's really hard work. It's absolutely brilliant for your core strength and posture (and also for preventing urinary incontinence when you get older).

Good news about your holiday C4 although the oxygen sounds horrifically expensive. If you're doing longer fasts then make sure you're getting plenty of protein and lots of nutrients from veggies. Maybe take a multivitamin (if you aren't already).

Eeek- stressful day today as we are waiting for DDs GCSE results!

Thanks I've had a look at the rules and will just be sensible and eat a sensible amount of low carb veg.
I'm off to the supermarket this morning with my list.

Hello to you too

Am making Cincinnati chili tonight, which is traditionally served on spaghetti.

Would I be a fool to try it over steamed cauliflower florets?

Will have loads of cheese on it and possibly try sour cream, so fat content sorted. Will also have salade verte (ooh, get me).

Blows styled a big smoochy kiss.

Can I just ask how much fat/ butter is too much ... have used half a block of butter in two days 😱😮
For lunch today I had two chicken thighs roasted in butter with veg stir fried in butter and then roast pan dished (with all the delicious chicken bits) poured over. Am really full, this was my main meal as will be going into work soon and won't get home until 9. Will try to have something light for dinner

. have used half a block of butter in two days 😱😮

Sounds fine to me. That fats are hugely important. Pun intended.

Ooh stunt I'm in your neck of the woods, didn't think anyone was from this area,
most people on here seem to be up north. Helloo neighbour! {{Waves}}