Week 6 - Low Carb Bootcamp - the second half starts here!

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Morning all!

I would normally drop a link to the spreadsheet here, but for some reason I've had to request access to it

So until someone else - or @AthelstaneTheUnready - can sort this, I'm afraid I'll just have to start the thread without the link.

Thanks for asking, Stunt. I’m still not right. Have stopped running to loo but suspect that’s because there isn’t much there. My gut is still very noisy and I’ve no appetite at all, living on Marigold bullion and weak mint tea. I can’t brlieve a potato did this to me, it must be something else, surely. Although not unwell in any other way. Hopefully another gentle day will sort me out.

@Itchyknees

this makes two small pizzas each about 6-8 inches across. they are quite filling, one will do for a small meal and two for a large. (i usually have them both :) they are best served warm though.

1 loose cup of grated mozerella (bagged stuff works best)
half a cup ground almonds
2 tbs phyllum husk
1 egg

oh, 5 th ingredient 1 tsp baking powder

you can add garlic, herbs etc for flavouring if you wish

mix all together.
if it seems dry and won't stick together add extra egg.
spread in two rounds on a baking sheet with baking paper about half an inch thick and cook at 170 for about 15 minutes or until it just starts to brown.

remove and add toppings. i do raw onion and tomato and more mozerrella or garlic butter with some chedder cheese.

return to the over for another 10-15minutes until toppings are cooked to your liking.

remove and leave for a few minutes to cool slightly (if you can wait)

eat

remember this has lots of fibre in it from the phyllum so drink plenty of water with this.

hungry now, off to buy some mozzarella!!

Have a brilliant holiday laska

bingefest sounds tricky. I nearly always fall off plan when camping. Will you have access to a fridge? You could take a few cabbages to shred and fry up, take a small bottle of good oil. Maybe nuts for snacking? Cheese. Olives?

Decided to have a day off from yogurt, so today I've eaten a few spoonfuls of egg, butter and mayo first thing, then the rest (4 eggs in total) with a small amount of cheese and a load of salad for lunch. Making bolognese for dinner so I'll do myself a lower carb mix and bake it with aubergine and mozzarella.
New low weight again this morning, I haven't bounced massively back up yet so feeling hopeful.

Lonesurvivor I can’t take credit for the screenshot Album idea, but it’s a really good one!

Decent week this week—didn’t weigh on Monday as too busy but guessing I stayed the same after a weekend in France with family. I was very mindful, but I’ve yet to meet a cheese platter I didn’t like, with some baguette and a glass of red. (And other stuff.)

Because I indulge in this kind of thing infrequently, I’m okay with it. But I’m no ilovecherries. ** [smooch]

We started out at similar weights (though she weighed a bit less and is a few inches taller) but she’s an Abstainer and I am a Moderater. So her 70lb loss is my 50ish lb loss.

When I see photos of her and everyone else’s differences I don’t get jealous, I get inspired. But yesterday I was trawling through thousands of photos on my computer for a leavers book and came across all my ‘document the weight loss’ photos since May 2017 bootcamp, and you know what? I inspired myself.

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it’s not just ilovecherries who inspires me, everyone’s before/during/after photos are fabulous to see. For example, it’s wonderfully motivating that ASDismynormality has lost over 100lb, but the visual resonates in a way for me that numbers cannot. It’s like finally believing all those before/after adverts are possible when you see them work on “real” people.

Is mayo dairy?

No, I don’t supppose it is, farine. I definitely misspoke!

Twoo I tried the narrow vessel/mixer thing a few times last year and got similar results. Now I’m resigned to doing it the way my French mother taught me—the medium mixing bowl and whisk, with oil dribbled in bit-by-painstaking-bit.

If you have an electric mixer (which I don’t), that helps a lot. All you have to do is be careful with the oil and not faff with the whisk and balancing the bowl.

Had much work yesterday - and finished in the early hours of the morning - so today I was really tired, felt heavy and slow... and a bit down. The old urge to eat everything available was suddenly back. :(

This same situation has ended many a bout of healthy eating in the past.

However today:
B Babybel cheese - a bowl of berries with cream

L scrambled eggs with butter and a bowl of that lovely rich-tasting broccoli soup
These have made me feel full and content and no longer wanting to overeat.

The berries were my biggest concession -they felt very indulgent ...and satisfying. (Not a feeling that a usual carb-binge would have produced.)

This seems like a shed-load of food - but I'm hoping that it won't have a bad effect. It has cut off the urge to eat for comfort but given me back the energy to get on with things.

Tonight will probably be a fish +salad with lots of oil - or baked green veg.

What's everyone having for tea? Need some (non dairy) inspiration!

ShagMeRiggins I hadn't realised you had lost so much, well done that's such an achievement and very inspiring. Currently I'm an abstainer like Ilovecherries I started at 18" 5 and am currently 15"12 so plan on staying that way a while longer. I'm actually worried that I won't be able to moderate revert back to this woe but I'm hoping that when I'm down another couple of stone I'll have adapted enough to do so and seeing other people been able is very helpful. I don't mind taking a more scenic route for the last few stone if it works

The pics really help, been able to see cherries and prettybirds loss makes it real. I may trawl back through older threads to find more.
As for 100 pound loss for ASDismynormality that is amazing, I don't think she's on this thread? I'll have to keep an eye out when I look back.

I'm having roasted chicken thighs, smothered in butter, so crispy skin. 😋 Chunks of courgette and mushroom roasted in butter and chilli EVOO, salad leaves, rocket, cucumber, radishes and spring onions drizzled in more chilli EVOO.

Yeah, I’m frightened to be a moderator, though I am in loads of other areas of my life, but with this, zero tolerance has made it easier for me. No constantly having to decide how far off plan an item is/how much I’m going to eat/when was the last time I went off plan etc etc. There are just things I eat, and things I don’t, so it’s easy. When I get to my 10 and a half stone goal I may need to review that, but at the moment, that pesky 10 pounds still feels a long way away!

I know I'll be ok moderating for a while but in the past I allow it to creep in or go too far so right now I can't entertain the idea.
I'm not really tempted yet though so that makes it easy.
Have you been away on holidays during bootcamp Ilovecherries? Has there ever been times you've struggled or felt like you were compromising too much or have you found alternative food that more than made up for what you're restricting?

We're planning a family break in August and another one in winter with friends. I'm in the timeframe to stick to this woe in August possibly making occasional exceptions. That's because I'll still be far off goal. I'm hoping that in winter I'll be nearer goal and can indulge a bit more for the few days.

Yup :). In the last year we had three significant birthdays (Me, DH and DD), a graduation, two significant wedding anniversaries (ours and my parents), and three holidays, plus the usual Xmas etc. It was never an issue. DH and DD (and even my parents if I’m honest) completely bought into supporting me. Yes, sometimes I’d feel a bit sad that I couldn’t have an ice cream when everyone else was, but never to the extent I wanted to sabotage myself. My weakness has been clothes. I made do from 24-14 with having things altered, ebay, supermarkets etc but once I hit a 14 I started to enjoy myself :). To be honest, I worked hard at not seeing food - either LCHF or ‘old food’ as a treat, but rather something with a function - to keep me fit, healthy, active. I cook nice food because I enjoy it, but I don’t use it to soothe or celebrate any more.

shagmeriggins lonesurvivor here's mine, not quite as much weight loss as some but I'm nearly at 50lbs, just a few to go. For reference I'm 5'10" and was a size 18, now 12-14 depending on shop. 34DD.

Ilovecherries I think you should write a book on how to have that attitude! I'm going to see if I can channel you for my next camping trip... Then a week's holiday in Leek in August. I can't imagine there being anything amazingly delicious I will be missing out on, so really no need to go off plan just because I'm on holiday.
I have started to see olives and things as treats now, but maybe that's wrong too. I'm not a dog after all!

Is mayo dairy?

No, but you have to make allowances for us 70's kids who were presented with food pyramids that had milk, cheese, yoghurt (though that was a bit new and fancy), and eggs all in the 'dairy' section of the official food pyramid.

For success stories, I found THESE really motivating, because they're not just about weight loss, they're about happiness.

On a previous BC (some 5 or so years ago) I received a load of grief because some posters thought I wasn't legitimately 'fat' enough to be able to care about my weight - i.e. at 125-140 I should be delighted with my shape. I wasn't close to having the confidence back then, but I might dig out some pictures tonight of me at my heaviest (if they exist), and try one now, to show that it's absolutely possible to be light and clothes-overflowingly pudgy at the same time. And the way I was eating made me ill, never mind pudgy.

I cook nice food because I enjoy it, but I don’t use it to soothe or celebrate any more.

Cherries, this is where I have struggled to get to. I'm mostly there for a few weeks, and then bam, back to thinking I 'deserve' something. But each time I do this I do get closer to the understanding that food = health&vigour, not food = emotions.

Blimey, Gammel, that's astounding!

Wow gammeldragz - what an achievement! That really is inspirational. I'm waiting for another 4-5lbs before doing my next "bikini" shot, so that there is a half stone difference from the last one. But interestingly, my waist size dropped a whole inch between January, March and early June, even though technically I was 11 stone 13lb on each occasion

I've done another quick measurement and it is now down another half inch (and weight down to 11 stone 10.25lb).

Unfortunately I don't have direct comparison pictures and measurements from when I started in May but I've been measuring since August and first comparison (front and side shots) pictures were taken in November.

Forgot to mention: I've added the recipe for the avocado, almond, cheese, tomato and cucumber salad to the Boot Camp Vegetarian recipe thread.

Fab before and after gammel! I’ve attached mine and have namechanged for now-hope you understand (and are not put off your food!) I may well reveal but at the mo, so early into the regime, i’m a little too shy. First pic was taken mid April and second was taken last Saturday. I THINK I can see a bit of a difference-DP says he can see a huge change but I really can’t. Can’t wait to be able to post proper before and afters and stop hiding

Gammeldragz that's some transformation, you looked quiet young before but even more so now.
at the not been a dog and treats comment.

cherries you've really got this, I'm trying to fix my relationship with food. I've stopped seeing junk food as some sort of reward/treat, especially when I was more eating it mindlessly than actually enjoying it. I would like though at some stage to eat food I do love which isn't included in this woe and enjoy occasionally it without it spiralling out of control. That's when I'll know I really have managed whatever food issues I have that cause me to gain significant weight.

AthelstaneTheUnready thanks for the success stories, looking forward to seeing your pics too.

I can see a massive difference TooEmbarrassed

Your arms are much smaller - as is the size of your bum and your tum.

It's funny, isn't it, how we don't see the differences in ourselves . When I posted up my "bikini" comparison shots from November to March, I couldn't see much of a difference - it took you lovely lot's comments for me to recognise them

prettybird I could see a big change between those pics, I'm amazed you can't, honestly I really think our brain is capable of doing so much I'm order preserve us from losing weight.

TooEmbarrassedToBeMe you shouldn't be embarrassed, I can see a lot of changes in the two pics, your bum, legs and arms. And your tummy but that's harder to see cause the angle of the phone blocks it.

I didn't take any underwear ones before maybe I'll start now. I've done some with clothes though and for quiet some time saw no difference but one day it happened and it's significant if I do say so myself.

This is so far, lots to go.

You're a lot less broad Lonesurvivor Great work . I'm sure that if you were to let us see your face and neck, we'd also see that change reflected there