Week 5 - Low Carb Bootcamp - The Big Stick is Back!

[BIWI]

Morning all!

Many thanks to @prettybird and @BerylStreep for running this Bootcamp so well, so far. It's been a bit weird watching from the sidelines

However, I'm back. Back in the UK, back at work and back on the wagon.

Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness for this week

I've noticed that there's quite a bit of 'slippage' going on over the last week or so. I know that we're able to move on to Bootcamp Light now, but be very, very careful that this doesn't lead to too many carbs. And remember to keep the water and the fat up.

Good luck this week

ilovecherries - you look fabulous

We should meet up for coffee no cake when you're next up in Glasgow.

to Twoo and ilove

Hello to corkscrewbetty

Scales still yo-yoing but I am sticking to plan so expectbot is just one of those things. I compared against last boot camp and I had similar up and down until it then started dropping off again.

Anyway, I am trying to focus on the focus that my clothes are straining at the seams and how my appetite/cravings are so reduced. I do get hungry but it is much gentler, there is not the same desperation to cram things into my mouth

Today's food:
B: 2 sausages and a creamy coffee
L: chicken salad
D: bolognaise with cauliflower rice and mozzarella
S: creamy coffee and 3 rollitos
W: 3 litres

Loving the hair @ilovecherries!

ilovecherries Your new hair looks great and very natural. I'm really sorry to hear you were abused by some drunk on the train. I've had random abuse from strangers myself and I know how it can knock you off course . He was obviously an angry loser looking for any targets in his wake.

Love the new short hair Ilove! ( and may I say you have the best eyebrows ) sorry for the knobhead on the train. Some people

Welcome corkscrew. You've done amazingly well so far.

Today
B - tea and soya, creamy coffee
L - almond crackers and pate
D - steak, mushroom, broccoli and creamy leeks
S - Greek yog & cream with low carb granola; babybel, mini pepperami
W - 2L plus copious hot drinks

Ilovecherries you look great. Silly, unhappy, rude man in the train - don't give him another thought.

Twoo - what a time you've had. You sound like a thoughtful, empathetic and resilient person - great that you're taking some time to focus on you now.

Welcome corkscrews!

On another note, Jamie Oliver's 5 ingredient recipe book has an amazing beef dish.

• smear some pesto on a plate, then
• scatter some rocket leaves on the plate
• toast pine nuts in a dry pan, then toss them on the bed of rocket
• scatter some Parmesan shavings
• if you want to add more fat, drizzle over some olive oil
• flash fry/ grill a steak then cut into strips and lay on the bed of lettuce.

Food of the gods.

That looks brilliant Ilove! today have proved that it’s perfectly possible to eat crap while being lchf . Ate 4(!) string cheeses and then a bunless Big Mac and large Diet Coke for late breakfast, failed to eat lunch and then ate too much dark chocolate with a couple of spoons of peanut butter for a mid-afternoon snack. Redeemed myself slightly by making a lamb and paneer stir fry with sautéed broccoli for dinner, and drank TONS of water, but overall not ideal. Basically I didn’t plan properly. I went out having not even had a creamy coffee, ran errands while getting increasingly hungry and thirsty then got trapped in the car with a sleeping baby. I don’t even like string cheeses . (Though I am slightly proud I resisted the siren call of packs of mini eggs in the corner shop I bought them in. And then the equally appealing McFlurry at the McDonald’s drive thru...)

Waits for the stick

Rangerover - I really like the sound of the chicken liver recipe you posted and if you love that you should try this (minus wraps) spiced chicken livers

Ilove - what an arse. Why do people think that's an OK thing to do. I've suffered alopecia in the past and dreaded that sort of thing, it never happened, but I have had fat/old comments before. Your new wig looks great and I would love to have your eyebrows (my hair came back but brows did not and as I'm very dark-haired their absence is very noticeable). I get cross when people slag off the current trend for heavy made-up brows as when I first lost mine there were no brow products to speak of in the shops, now I am completely spoilt for choice.

Tomorrow, I will be going shopping to restock on LCHF foods and get started again. My appetite has gradually returned after the lurgy but I have slipped back into carby ways so need to turn that round now I'm feeling a bit better.

PrettyBird, let's do that. I will be back up towards the end of the month - don't have exact date yet but will let you know and hopefully we can arrange something. I will even take my pink face mask off for you :D

twoo sorry to hear of your troubles and cherries your hair looks fab, ignore the horrid cross man. I was once called an ugly bitch when I was walking home from the dentist following a painful wisdom tooth extraction I went home and cried!

Food today
B: egg, bacon and spinach muffin
L: managed to resist the ridiculous carb fest buffet at my team day (there was crisps, pastries, bread, cakes, sausage rolls I mean it was just carbs as far as the eye could see!) and went to the shop and bought a chicken mayo salad box.
D: chicken meatballs with grated cheese and broccoli
S: pork scratchings, mackerel pate, 2 strawberries with low carb choc truffle and sour cream

I will add my welcome too corkscrew. Us single mum's have to stick together! I don't know what's involved with OA (never heard of them before) but there is plenty of love and support on this thread here for you if you want it. many of us have explored here why we are fat, why we eat too much or eat the things that make us fat, so it can be a very emotional journey but an enjoyable one full of insights and lightbulb moments. Stuntnun adds in some science and you will learn there is a lot of biology in weight gain, loss, appetite, hormones, stress, water retention etc. Understanding means we know how to change it for the better and also for now and the future.

There is a spreadsheet on the first page where you can post your weight each week and track your progress but this is entirely optional. the tabs on the bottom of the spreadsheet have all the boot camp rules and advice and info. Take a read and ask any questions you want on the thread.

nice hair ilove

welcome back cherrypi I remember you from last year!!

glad you are feeling better whoknows

the recipes tonight sound amazing.

2lbs on since yesterday for no reason i can see at all. So frustrating when all I want to do is get over the line into overweight. Once I’m there, the numbers can dance around as much as they like. Argh.

Super hair cherries. And eyebrows on fleek as my 12 y/o dd would say.

Welcome to boot camp corkscrew

I’m back to work in Friday after injuring my hand. I’ve never had so long off but I know prior to starting this woe, I would have been eating and snacking and undoubtedly would have put on weight. I haven’t done that and that’s largely down to this thread and you lovely lot! So thanks.

@AveAtqueVale The big stick is twitching ...

A key lesson there about the need for planning - but I think you did reasonably well in the circumstances!!!

I'm having a terrible time with my sleep at the moment. It's been bad for a while now - getting off to sleep OK but then waking at around 1 or 2 and tossing and turning until about 4 or 5 am. Sometimes just not even being able to get to sleep at all, until the wee small hours. I really thought that being booze free (7 days now ) would help me, from everything that I've read, but it hasn't made any difference

So I have 3 really busy/long days to get through (probably related to sleep problems, I know, as I was undoubtedly worrying about this and fixating on it last night), feeling sleep deprived and definitely not at my best.

Delurking (!). I have been booze free for a month, LCHF for a month (successfully lost 3 stone 5 years ago, and over last three years have battled continually with keeping it off - because I started eating carbs again!).

I am at the moment sleeping like a baby. Last two weeks have been a total miracle of sleep. No waking in the small hours. I don’t even see the small hours! The last time I was properly LCHF I was breastfeeding or had waking children. It is genuinely a revelation, and kicked in after 2 weeks of LCHF and no booze.

So hopefully you will have the same BIWI (hopeful for you; is transformative having actual unbroken sleep for the first time in a decade!).

Love this thread; you’re all v inspirational.

You have my sympathies BIWI, insomnia is a terrible thing. Does your brain start when you wake in the night? Mine does and the thoughts tend to be work related, remembering things etc so I find it useful sometimes to scribble it down. Kind of getting the thought out of my head. Other times I end up just getting up

Placemarking. I just returned from my trip last night and am switching back. I ate WAY too much during dinners the past few days and didn’t drink enough water so I’ve gained a bit. About to chug more water and some broth to warm up.

BIWI - try Nytol. Does the trick for me every time, especially when I've got into a pattern of nighttime waking. It just breaks the cycle and helps me reset my sleep pattern. Google tells me it's an old style antihistamine they abandoned because it made people too drowsy...

Hello corkscrew! The great thing about eating this way is that the cravings for stodgy stuff genuinely lessen substantially, so you don't have to keep fighting all the time.

And for Twoo, along with a lot of respect for dealing with so much, and still moving onwards and upwards.

cherries, lots of and for you. One might know rationally that the man is drunk, angry and desperate to be behaving like that, but when the comment zeroes in on your worst fears about your appearance, it's horrible and hard to brush off. I will only echo others and say that personally I am hugely envious of your cheekbones, skin and appearance - I am ten years younger than you and am working hard to look as good as you do!

I do have a confession for the stick . It's nearly 3 weeks since I last had a glass of wine, and I'm in for Drybruary. But last night I slipped badly - not even sure where it came from. It's the first slip I've had since starting on 2nd January. But on the plus side (which is also a bit horrifying) as a binge, it was still massively less than a usual Friday/Saturday night meal would have been. 3 glasses of wine, a bag of crisps, and 4 chocolates. The fact that was the entire of my dinner has left me feeling this morning as though every last vitamin and nutrient has drained out of my legs, so nothing but health today! (effect on weight.... drum roll... exactly 60 effing kgs this morning).

Biwi, on the occasions I've given up drinking for a substantial time, I've had the same initial problems. If you've read up I won't bang on about sleep rhythms, but it was definitely true for me that around about 2am (at the end of the first cycle, when sleep lightened a bit), the fact I wasn't poleaxed by booze meant I was more alert and because that was unusual I would wake up and twitch for a while. It took me well over 2 weeks to adjust this time, post Christmas.

I do dry Jan and sober October every year and it takes 3 weeks to notice any difference. I never lose a pound in weight either!

Hi all, have been avoiding chat the last few weeks as have been slipping and feeling guilty- had a blip with weight which made me feel a bit 'oh well sod it then' - v counterproductive I know! So, back on it today and need to resist those chocolate temptations!

B fruit tea
Brunch two sausages, bacon, egg, tomato and loads of mushrooms
L nothing because brunch ended just before lunch would have happened
D salmon and lettuce and mayonnaise
W 3.5 litres!

Agree with Rshard on either writing down thoughts or getting up for a short while. Both seem to reset your body into sleep mode whereas lying there thinking just keeps me awake.