Week 3 - the parting of the way! - Low Carb Bootcamp

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Morning all

Here's the Spreadsheet

Hope you've seen a good result, making for a very satisfying first two weeks.

Now. Those two weeks were probably quite tough, so if you want to, you can now move on to Bootcamp Light - the rules are on the tabs at the bottom of the spreadsheet.

Essentially this means you can start to skip breakfast (or another meal) if you want to - if you're finding that you're not hungry. (Please don't skip meals for any other reason)

You can also introduce some fruit - mainly berries - in moderation, and also nuts and seeks - again, in moderation - and alcohol - IN MODERATION!

But. It's very often the case that in weeks 3 and 4 your weight loss will slow right down. Sometimes you may see a slight gain, even though you know you've been following Bootcamp to the letter. So you may not want to relax things quite yet.

Entirely up to you.

Remember, though, if you choose to stay on Bootcamp, please remember to make sure you're getting your carbs in the most part from vegetables and fruit - you need that for proper nutrition.

If you like you can do a hybrid - Bootcamp during the week and Bootcamp Light at the weekend.

But whatever you choose - good luck and I hope you have a good week.

Nice to see that article, Grah. My BIL was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes earlier this year, and has successfully reversed it by reducing the carbohydrate in his diet and getting a little more active (we're talking just walking more rather than a full on exercise regime). He has lost a few pounds (he was a bit overweight but not obese) and feels much better. And he hasn't had to take any medication.

Also, before this, his cholesterol had been raised, so he was eating a low fat diet. Now he's eating low carb (and therefore more fat), he's amazed that his cholesterol is still fine.

He's living proof that type 2 diabetes can be reversed by diet changes. I would imagine there are an awful lot of people with type 2 diabetes who are needlessly on medication.

Yes scabber i too get the carb headache. It's a blinder. Makes me doubly regret any transgressions.

singadream - you could make your own "pancakes" with cream cheese, a beaten egg, some baking powder, ground almonds/almond flour and a bit of vanilla essence and cinnamon (if you like it). You could serve yours with whipped cream and strawberries.

If you're still on full Boot Camp then you can leave out the almonds and strawberries.

My Mum has started seeing a personal trainer at her local gym (Bannatynes), she was telling him about my new "diet" and he told her it was only ok short term. Why?! I've asked her to find out why he's telling her this. Unimpressed he's saying this when we all know it's so good for you!

Scabbersley that's called moussaka and yes I always pre-bake my aubergine.

Creme the PT is probably still subscribing to the outdated low fat message.

sing cream cheese pancakes - 30g cream cheese, 3 eggs, beat & cook. You can use flavoured cream cheese if you like & add herbs or spices or whatever you fancy. Makes 3 big ones and they're sooooo filling.

@CremeDeSudo are there any studies on the long term affects of this WOE? I remember the Atkins diet being slated after it became popular but I don't know whether that had more to do with health or carbohydrate-selling businesses trying to get their power back.

I know that sounds a little bit like a conspiracy theory but there really are big businesses built on selling us shit food. I kind of liken it to when tobacco was sold and advertised (and more importantly, when doctor's said it was good for you!)

I go to a Bannatynes gym. The PTs are trained to use the 'healthy' plate, so low fat/high carb. I just tell ignore nutrition advice from them. I want her to help me get buns of steel, not lecture me about diet. Basically, I lie because I'm not using valuable training time (because she IS good with the exercise bit) discussing my diet with her.

In fact, possibly their (either the PTs or the gym's) insurance would be affected if they were giving advice contra to the NHS, no matter what their personal views.

hippa, do you use cream cheese like Philly, or is it something like marscapone?

That's interesting @cherries. I wonder if my PT was adhering to the NHS advice for the same reason. We'd touched on ketogenic diets (as I'd done Cambridge before) and he just kind of brushed it aside as being something new and fandangled that no one knew much about.

Interestingly, my cousin who did Sports Science at University and is very much into body building is an advocat but conceeded it's difficult to keep up.

My PT ran with me this morning. Slightly embarrassing to realise that I can go faster and further if someone is making me!

Scabbersley that's called moussaka and yes I always pre-bake my aubergine.

Thought moussaka was with lamb. This is a lasagne. Same as a traditional lasagne but with aubergine instead of pasta and cream instead of bechamel.

It doesn't hugely matter what you want to call it tbh

Thanks @prettybird and @Hippadippadation but I don't like cream cheese. I know it doesn't taste of cheese but I have a mental block.

But I had an omelette with ham which was the same shape and size and seemed to do the trick.

So it turns out my DH and his cholesterol was a panic over nothing

What happened was he called the surgery to see if the results were back and the receptionists said he needed to make a telephone appointment to discuss them and DH assumed (and relayed to me) that it was bad news. After speaking to the Dr it appears all is ok! So all the butter and so on hadn't had any effect.

Grrrrrrrrrr at your dh Grimbles

But at least it was in the end good news.

I think you can make moussaka with either lamb or beef well I do anyway but you can call it what you like! I always pre-bake my aubergines too.

I think one of the reasons the Atkins diet got slated was because of the lack of veg and salad on it. That's one of the reasons I never would have chosen to do Atkins. It's not sustainable long term whereas LCHF is. But I agree, Thiswill that there are a lot of big businesses built on selling us shit food.

It's very annoying that so many health care professionals and fitness instructors are still using the outdated low fat plenty of carbs advice. But I'm not sure how soon that will change, given the pressure on the government from big businesses (both from "food" manufacturers and from pharmaceutical companies who benefit from all the medicines people need to take to counteract their bad diets).

I have just realised that this is the first month I haven't had terrible acne during my period since it returned after dc3. It could be down to stopping breastfeeding but I think the extra water and drop in sugar intake has contributed.

Can anyone tell me what chia pudding tastes like and can I make it without sweeteners? DH has somechia seeds in the cupboard that he adds to porridge and I've seen it mentioned on diet doctor but if it's slimy/gloopy I don't want to try it.

Bought some halloumi and want to do sticks/chips with it. What would the best way wise bootcampers?

Just come from a funeral where I didn't eat anything. Now sitting in Morrisons cafe with a black coffee and eggs benedict with no muffin. They looked very when I ordered

Well yesterday I ate my very first celeriac.

I don’t like celery but it wasn’t really the same taste. I mashed it with swede and butter and it was delicious. I often find on this WOE that I enjoy the vegetables more than any other part of the meal. We had it with some beef stroganoff and cauliflower on the side.

I got pissed off at dh yesterday: I'd microwaved cauliflower the night before (in butter of course ) and we hadn't had all of it (I'd deliberately done too much). Went to finish it off yesterday lunch time and he'd eaten it

I ended up snacking on raw cauliflower!

ilove I usually buy the LIDL / ALDI version of Philly, so that's what I tend to use, but you could use mascarpone I'm sure.

Grimbles sounds like your DH is a panicker like mine! Glad it was good news.

Rshard coat it in ground almonds & fry. They are extremely filling though, so you only need a few.

Prudence I often find that with the veg as well. I was saying to DH yesterday that probably people only "don't like vegetables" because they boil or steam them plain and there's no taste to them.

prettybird I love raw cauliflower! And raw red cabbage with salt.

Yes, Hippa, there are some veg that just aren't great steamed or boiled. Like leeks and courgettes, which are lovely sautéed in butter or roasted in olive oil, but very bland when steamed.

Thanks hippa, looking forward to trying them. Naughty dh pretty, did make me laugh tho.