Week 10 - Low Carb Bootcamp - the finish line is in sight!

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Morning all.

So we finally reach the last week.

I feel that this Bootcamp has been a pretty successful one overall, with lots of SVs and NSVs.

Next Monday will be our final weigh-in, so there's one more week to lose some of that pesky fat.

I hope it's a good week for you all

Streep I’ve got serious graph envy .... lovely graph you have there!

Destiny I feel this woe is generally a way of life. It is for me. I like feeling healthier. I like not having cravings. I like not spiking my insulin with sugar\carbs. I like investing in my woe for health benefits both now and in the future.

My supper tonight: Turkey instead of veal Parmigiana with buttery brussels (dh and ds also had buttered tagliatelle) Coating on the turkey was a version of my chicken nugget coating (more Parmesan and no mustard). 'twas yummy!

@Destinysdaughter - 'normal' eating is what made you gain weight in the first place!

There's a maintenance thread in the Bootcamp topic, it might be worth checking that out?

I made the seedy crackers, very nice! Good with butter for a crunch. Has meant I’ve resisted the Tuc biscuits.

www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/keto-seed-crackers

Thanks @LeapinLizards , did you try them? I did follow the recipe apart from using flaxseed meal instead of physillium husk, and I left it to sit after adding the water, it thickened instead of being runny.

Have over eaten as part of my anniversary meal. All Bootcamp (well lite given a big handful of raspberries) but now have indigestion and am annoyed at myself.
B creamy coffee
L leftover pulled pork, swede mash, cabbage
D steak, mushroom cream sauce, swede mash, broccoli
THen Greek yoghurt with raspberries
S: 3 teaspoons of almond butter out the jar
I’m too full.
Also, swede mash is delicious but swede is far too annoying to cut.

Nan0second - re neeps, there are two ways to make making neep mash easier.

1. Microwave a whole (or half) neep. It does take ages though until it's really soft. Do it in 5 minute bursts. Then scoop out the centre and mash it with butter. Makes it even sweeter.

1. Cut slices of neep about 1 - 1.5cm thick, with a big knife. Then, lay the slice flat (as if you were going to cut chunky chips) and with the same large knife, cut the skin off the slices. With a big knife, it's quite quick - it becomes a faff if you try to do it neatly. Don't try to "peel" them. Then cut into smaller chunks and boil. I mash using a potato ricer - but an ordinary masher is fine. Lots of butter of course

I peel my swede then cut it into small cubes, then boil until very soft. Then add butter and cream, and whizz up using an electric hand whisk. It makes very creamy mashed swede.

Checking in - still sitting on 12st - still KOKO despite despondency.
Need to make more seed crackers though (and perhaps not eat quite so many of them this time )
Just got myself an air fryer to see if I can make interesting crisps. Not working so far!!

Sorry to hear your news, Alma

I get dh to cut up the swede! I always manage to get the knife stuck in it

Morning, all!

Feeling more cheery about weight loss today (not looked in mirror yet, mind), as have lost another lb! And that's despite risking a tiny (less than single) measure of whisky yesterday evening.

Am now so very very hopeful of meeting first major milestone by the end of BC.

Hope you all have cracking days today.

That's great the crackers were a success EeeSheWasThin - I've still not tried them because have none of the physillium husk needed so it's good to hear that it's not needed after all. I will try them this weekend, I think. Thanks for the feedback

Thanks for all the swede tips! It made me so cross that I did the whole thing at once so now am eating swede mash at Every meal(!)
Good job I don’t eat breakfast...

Nan9second oh absolutely you should do it in one go to reduce work... but then freeze half!

Morning all. Had a great day yesterday, breakfast was buttery eggs, lunch was lamb steak and salad and dinner was gammon and celeriac dauphinoise.
Had loads of energy last night at my dance class, I do Bachata and Salsa.

Well done, Rhodi. The dancing sounds fun and I think you need more veg!

That was a really great post shagme . I'm in the camp of lifelong obesity. you are right. no point in regrets. Onwards!!

Morning all, I was a bit of a carby teat over the weekend but have had two saintly days and weighed this morning to find a lb down. Very pleased although I’m only down at my previous lowest weight on this bc a few weeks back. Still, I feel that I’ve found something I can really stick at long term I just need to sort out my instinctive fuck its. The irritating thing is, at least half of the stupid stuff I ate wasn’t even worth it at all. I ordered churros for dessert on mother’s day and I neither needed it or enjoyed it very much (not great churros - too doughy and chocolate inside instead of to dip in). Also ate the dessert at my friends house on Saturday night. This was stupid because she’s made it before and it didn’t really do much for me last time (it was a baileys/chocolate mousse thing). The trouble is in a situation like that I can’t see myself ever saying no because it just feels mean to do so...
Been following the thread as always, alma so sorry to hear your news
I’ve also downloaded map to track my food as I really do have a tendency to eat too much. Can anyone tell me what my approx macros should be?
Yesterday’s food:
B: none
L: roasted chicken thighs on buttery green veg with a dash of cream
D: salmon with tender stem broccoli
S: pork scratchings

Twat not tear!!

Or teat even...I give up

And mfp not map...must read before posting

Thank you for the talking to ShagMe and Twoo! 1.2lb of the 2lb now off so just KOKOing. Will definitely stick around for the interim thread.

Apologies, I can't scroll back to see who asked about favourite dinners, but here are a couple of mine:

• steak or panfried chicken (Parmesan crust) with lots of asparagus/spinach/Brussels cooked in lovely salted butter

• courgetti carbonara (with asparagus and bacon)

• celeriac risotto (use celeriac instead of rice) made with asparagus and bacon; again plenty of salted butter

• chilli (made with mushroom rather than kidney beans) with cauliflower or celeriac rice

How is the air fryer for other foods Thumb? I've heard they're great for cooking steak or pork chops or chicken wings.

Pickle your macros should be approximately 5-10% carbs, 25-30% protein, 60-70% fat.

StuntNun I persuaded DP to get an airfryer and it's bloody brilliant! Cooks sausages in 15 mins, does a good fried chicken and is v handy indeed.

Cherries I have been thinking about what you said about feeling that you are still fat even though you have lost weight. It sounds like you have internalised your weight as part of your body image. So it doesn't matter what you see in the mirror or what anyone says to you, it can't overcome the perception you have of yourself. I think that realising what's going on is the first step in improving your body image. You can also recognise that you are the victim of social expectations that you should be slim and that it's "bad" to be overweight. I often ask my clients to look in the mirror and tell me something good about their body. It doesn't have to be something related to physical attractiveness, it could be something like "I have a strong back for carrying my children up the stairs to bed at night." The idea is to start feeding a positive view of yourself into your self image. You should also appreciate all the effort that you have put into losing weight and taking control of your own health. You have done all that hard work and you should feel proud of yourself. Another way to improve your self image is to wear clothes that make you feel good about your body. In November I challenged myself to wear naice clothes every day rather than slobbing about in my mum uniform of jeans and a t-shirt. It was surprising how much difference it made to my mood just because I was putting extra effort into my appearance and dressing to make myself feel good. I also recommend taking up or increasing the amount of exercise that you do. Overcoming your physical limits by running further or faster, by lifting heavier weights, by holding the plank for another ten seconds... whatever form of exercise you do it is a way to reaffirm your body image because your body is capable of things that will surprise you, and make you feel good about yourself.

Stunt, that's interesting. I've been reflecting on the whole thing and I wonder if in fact I've almost become bit dissociated from my body. I had (what should have been) a tiny accident in my late forties. Except it had pretty devastating consequences and I ended up having multiple surgeries, in a wheelchair outside the house, on morphine patches for years etc. My way of surviving was to step out of my feelings, both physical (because I was in pretty much excruciating pain) and emotional. Then one day at the clinic I saw a different doctor from my usual one. He had a theory about what was wrong that no one else had considered - because it was virtually unknown in the literature. I had more surgery and everything changed. I spent two years working with a physio, and now, while I have residual pain and muscle weakness, I'm more or less back to myself. But I look at my entire 50s as if they happened to someone else. People would say I was 'brave' and it used to puzzle me, because I just felt like I was observing myself all the time, not living inside myself - because frankly that was intolerable. But I wonder if what was an effective coping mechanism at the time 'that pain isn't mine' has now past it's use by date and I need to find a way of reclaiming 'me'. I have been dressing better recently, and that has helped, and I've been running three times a week, wearing make up (and hair!!) but I think I perhaps need to spend some time untangling in my mind that my body is mine, and it's the place where I live, rather than constantly stepping out of myself. Which is scary!