Between bootcamps support thread Summer17

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Previous thread here : www.mumsnet.com/Talk/low_carb_bootcamp/2993416-Pre-summer-Bootcamp-our-last-weigh-in

Well I made the mini cheesecakes - disgusting is not the word! May have something to do with my helper - DD2 - 's assistance

I should add for those who are planning to make them that 1) I didn't have any vanilla essence and 2) had too much butter compared to the almond flower so the bases didn't gel.
Made properly they're probably quite nice!

My saboteur DH is making homemade naan bread and butter chicken for dinner. I am powerless to resist.

Oh stunt

Evening all

Had an extra lb on this morning, 13st 10

Anyway... We went for a long walk this afternoon, about 4 miles so hopefully that'll help a bit!

Brunch:. Scrambled eggs, bacon, fried mushrooms all cooked in butter
Snack. Pork Scratchings
Dinner:. Beefburger topped with blue cheese, fried leeks, a small spoon of coleslaw, some salad leaves and a dollop of aioli

2 creamy coffees, 2 x .75l water with no. 3 on the go

Stunt - why do you let him do this? I'm assuming that your DH isn't stupid. So he must be doing it deliberately. And you must be letting him. Which is also enabling him.

Stunt - just say no. Butter chicken sounds good though!

Evening all, I have been reading the thread but not had chance to respond to much. Some great NSVs and losses, and interesting recipes to try! Hope all those who are poorly or struggling improve soon.

I am home from holiday and as ever wondering why I choose to put myself in a high-stress situation every year. My parents live in a beautiful house in a beautiful place but being with them is so difficult (well aware how 'first world problems' this sounds). I started out well but just got ground down to the point of eating so much I felt physically sick - which I knew wouldn't actually achieve anything but was a desperate compulsion at the time

Things that I have been reminded of by my binge-eating, which I will list out in hopes of not repeating mistakes:
*Carbs/sugar make me bloated

• Carbs/sugar make me constipated or give me diarrhea, no middle ground
• Carbs/sugar give me terrible flatulence
• Carbs/sugar make me constantly hungry and hangry
• Carbs/sugar make my wee smell like Sugar Puffs

Back on it today, albeit dairy heavy but right now I just want to get back into it.
B: 2 eggs scrambled in butter with cheese
L: Broccoli and Cauliflower with olive oil and cheese
T: Aubergine and Courgette with olive oil and cream cheese sauce
5 pints of water, about to start the 6th

This holiday was all about emotional eating and not cravings. I didn't crave anything. In fact if anything I was craving my usual LCHF meals! I just fell back into bad habits and ate and ate and ate as if it would make it all better.

It didn't.

I'm sorry to hear that, @OldBooks

But - it does sound like it's been a bit of an epiphany for you?

Welcome back, anyway

B - spring onions, mushrooms And spinach scrambled with eggs and a little cheese
L - some surprisingly low carb quorn slices slices of cheese, cucumber and homemade piri piri sauce
D - fathead pizza topped with a little onion, sundried tomatoes and pesto.

I was looking forward to dinner all day but feel a bit sick now. Too much cheese today I think.

I've lost 10lbs and an inch off my waist since starting three and half weeks ago

I again feel queasy after another day of sticking to the plan. Is that a sign of things working?

B - fried egg, two slices of salami and some avocado
L - Niçoise salad minus the new potatoes
D - courgette lasagne with salad and dressing

Having a peppermint tea to see if it eases the gurgling...

Oh, OldBooks :(. Sorry it's all been so stressful and hope you feel better once you are back on track.

for oldbooks and c4. So sorry you're both feeling down.

Oldbooks we're all here for you, you're back in the place where you have control now so lets undo the damage and KOKO.

c4 i have had the same thing done to me before by STBXH. It's humiliating and infuriating. And made me feel like everyone thought I was the one losing my mind. I always suspected it was a manipulative and deliberate thing rather than benign forgetfulness. I have since learned about gaslighting. I hope your DH is simply forgetful and that he apologises appropriately. You look amazing in the dress btw. And those shoes....

oldbooks again I can empathise. I have a complicated relationship with my DM and she is enough to drive anyone to drink, let alone comfort eating. It's just so stressful on so many levels to visit or be visited by her. I can happily cope with 24 hours. Any longer and I want to strangle myself or her. Genuinely love her deeply but there is so much history with mothers and it is like an undercurrent to everything that happens now. I hope you find the next visit less stressful and that you plan some better coping strategies. Maybe a shorter visit? At the very least you have done brilliantly to get all of that insight into how your relationship affects your food habits and choices. Armed with that knowledge and awareness the next visit should be much better.

Welcome back Oldbooks.

C4. You look gorgeous and your dh should have been too busy admiring you to even have time to think about what you were saying let alone contradict you. He was being a .........(insert rude name of your choice). Hope things are ok today.

Thank you all for the support I just feel sad that I don't have support from my parents, especially from my mum. She's texted me apologising for not being more supportive of my diet! Such a manipulative game. YoLo I said to DH that we need to shorten the length if we go again. DD1 has been behaving appallingly since we came back so it obviously affects her too.

C4 my DH does things like that all the time. Sometimes I excuse him because of his dyslexia, his memory is terrible. Other times I just feel like he isn't interested in what I am saying enough to pay attention and remember And at social gatherings if I am telling an anecdote and use a little creative license to make it more interesting he corrects me. Like "then the most enormous dog came over" he'll say "it wasn't that big". It's like he can't understand good storytelling involves a little embroidery!

You look fantastic btw C4.

Lisba when I started the woe I had some awful nausea as I got used to all the added fat. Particularly bad with coconut oil I noticed.

C4 those shoes are amazing! Are they from Ruby Shoo?

So I've managed to put on another lb

It can only be the wine I guess so I'm going to have to go without for a while

Grimbles not sure what make the shoes are I found them on Amazon of all places, I've always had a shoe thing, I'm not ashamed to say I have getting on for 100 pairs.

Hi all. I'm in need of some support. Every time I get to within a pound either side of thirteen and a half stone I self sabotage and go up again. (This has been going on for months)After my egg fast, down to thirteen and a half. Eleven days away up seven pounds. I've immediately followed this with eleven days SS and lost 6 pounds (so goes on quicker than it comes off but it could have been worse).

I need to ignore complacency (especially as I have nothing to be complacent about) I need to
not give up and "treat" myself when the weight doesn't go quick enough. I must not accept that this (three stone over weight) is the weight I'm meant to be.

Please pass around the stick and all feel free to have a whack.

I cannot in good conscience give you a whack very, as I am in the same boat. At the moment I have to accept I cannot 'reward' myself for losing weight by eating/drinking something carby. That can come later once I am more settled into this woe and I am closer to my preferred weight.

It's a massive punch in the gut when you see the scales go up after a big drop.

It is indeed. Thanks Grimbles