Week 4 - Low Carb Bootcamp - it's week 4 already!

[BIWI]

Morning all

Remember that this week (along with last week) is infamous for seeing little or no weight loss!

Don't change what you're doing, just keep on keeping on and things will start moving again soon.

Here's the spreadsheet

Hope you all have a good week

[BIWI]

Corned beef isn't rubbish! I know it's processed, but it's lovely and I love it. As long as it wasn't lean, then you should have been fine.

Here's a recipe to make your own

There's also a lovely recipe (one of mine [bush]!) on the recipe thread for corned beef hash, that's made with celeriac instead of potato.

[blackteaplease]

Another mad busy week here, just catching up with the thread. My stomach feels flatter to me whicjbis a nice bonus.

And thank you to whoever suggested mushroom pizzas. They sound aamazing. I have no self control with fat head pizza and always eat too much. Pizza mushrooms will be on the menu this week.

[BIWI]

There's another great way to make 'pizza'! Slice open a chicken breast horizontally, so you're opening it like a book. Cover it with a piece of greaseproof paper or clingfilm and bash it flat with a rolling pin.

Fry that gently in a wide frying pan till it's cooked through, and then top with whatever pizza sauces and toppings you like - put it under the grill to melt your cheese (mozzarella and whatever other cheese you like!)

[Iamnotacerealkiller]

left over chili beef bowl for breakfast
cauliflower carbonara for lunch
egg mayo, babybel, dairylea and cucumber slices for dinner.

[Doilooklikeatourist]

You were correct @Cerealkiller , the 2lb was off again this morning
Had a busy day , and feel exhausted this evening
Watching Strictly, and thinking how tiny and fast the dancers are
B cheeses
L Ham , cheese , coleslaw ( homemade ) green salad leaves
D crispy roast chicken thigh , stir fried green veg
Snack satsuma ( 1/2 slice of bread too .. wasn’t as nice as I hoped , won’t be tempted again )
Going to stay at a boutique hotel tomorrow night , so will weigh in on Tuesday ... hoping to be 10 stone something for the first time in years

[StuntNun]

Talking of pizza I remember one Bootcamp that was all about the meatzza where you use a giant burger as the base.

[Youcantscaremeihavechildren]

OK so fell of the wagon properly yesterday, had a tattoo done and was panicking about feeling faint during it (I often do, go lightheaded at least every day) so had a slice of pizza and a sweet during. Then out after with dome friends, ordered a lovely red Thai curry... Had every intention of just having that, so frigging hot it blew my head off so had to have some white rice to cool my mouth! Then drinks, but did stick to g and t, pretty rubbish all round though.
Back on it today, not looking forward to seeing the scales tomorrow!
Plus my period is well and truly underway only 2 weeks after my last, hope its done soon as I really suffer with pain and feeling generally bad during, I do hope it settles quicker than a couple of cycles.

[Iamnotacerealkiller]

@Youcantscaremeihavechildren

Good for you for your honesty! i fear the stick though!

I have naturally low blood pressure so am also prone to fainting but i don't find lc makes any difference to that. is it a blood sugar issue?

My oh is away for three days from tomorrow so i am free to cook what i like! any ideas for particularily high fatty and indulgant food to cook/buy? he isnt 100% on board with the high fat gig and finds it all a bit rich, but he can lose weight eating pizza so he wouldn't understand..

I may try to make my own version of the cheese chorizo thing from up thread.

Just seen that hallumi is the same carb content as cheddar...YAY. got loads in the fridge. hallumi salad for lunch i think.

[m0therofdragons]

Complete fail on Friday. We had a big event at work and my team organised it. Very exciting but also stressful. I made it to the canteen for lunch and the salad bar was bare (planned egg salad with dressing). Ended up with a plate of chips. I've never had chips there in the 5 years I've worked there. The event meal was actually fairly lc but the sweet table wasn't!

I seem to have made up for it yesterday as I spent the day being sick. Mentally I'm now not wasting a tummy bug kick start so this week I'm on it!

[BIWI]

@iamnotacerealkiller

DH was away last night and so I made one of my favourite meals - slow roast pork belly.

I made a 'trivet' of thickly sliced onion (it should really have been shallots but I didn't have any) and put the pork belly on top of that. One big piece, not slices.

(NB the pork had been left uncovered for a few hours, and then the skin salted for a while, to draw out more moisture - dried thoroughly with kitchen paper, before going in the roasting tin)

In the roasting tray I put around a litre of water, with about a glass of white wine.

Blasted it in the hottest oven for 15 minutes, then turned the heat right down to 130 or so, and roasted it for 2.5 hours. Keep checking it, and adding more water to the tray. If it dries out, the onions burn and it's not very nice, but if you keep it moist, you end up with a lovely 'jus' from the onion and meat juices.

About 20 minutes before I wanted to serve it, I turned the oven up again, so that the skin crackled nicely.

I served this with Brussels sprouts that had been simmered until tender, and then slathered with butter.

Gorgeous!

[reddA]

I screwed up big time last night, won't go into details but suffice to say I am strictly back on it today. I'm still in a slump, struggling to get motivated, hormones all over the place, can't be bothered to go to the gym. Really hope I snap out of it soon!

[prettybird]

You can do this ReddA

Remember that this WoE ultimately helps with mood swings and motivation - and don't beat yourself up in the interim.

You are worth it

[Iamnotacerealkiller]

@BIWI

Thanks, similar to how i do my belly pork in terms of timings but the onion based is a really good idea and sounds NOM! i do in fact have some shallots already. Wonder what it would be like with a soy sauce base :)

I intend to do my aromatic crispy duck again too so its full steam to fat town!!

[reddA]

Thanks Prettybird hopefully it won't last, I'm loving the food and don't feel deprived at all, maybe it's just winter blues. I'm still reading through old bootcamps for inspiration KOKO everyone

[Grah0SoontobeaFitty]

Littleorangetree
Towards the end of the last bootcamp I did many people asked if I was alright 1/2 of them thought i had cancer. Due to loss of facial fat. But once they got used to it they noticed as soon as i put on some weight again. It's strange when you look back at your journey pictures. You all do a selfie at weigh in day ?
Tiny changes in each one that you don't notice until you go back over them

[Youcantscaremeihavechildren]

@iamnotacerealkiller yes it's low blood pressure and actually when I thought about it I think it has settled a bit since eating lc, so maybe it also was worse with blood sugar, in fact I know it was, as I used to have to eat something sugary to feel better, if I'd really thought about it I know I would have been fine on lc stuff, but I just panicked a bit as I really didn't want to pass out so went for the sugar.
Today my stomach was shocking, I'd thought for years it was lactose that made it bad but I've gradually been introducing that with cream, cheese etc, and no problems. As soon as I had Carbs, sugar, etc, I was right back at awful symptoms which I won't go into...

[tootstastic]

Wow, can't believe we're coming to the end of week 4 without any sugar. It's a bloody miracle for me!

It's been a busy month for me socially, all normally fall-off-the-wagon situations, but miraculously I've been ok. I've had quite a few nights out and a weekend away and just drank sparkling water instead of my usual prosecco and g+t (generally followed by a hungover carb binge the next day).

I'm still huge, but I'm feeling so much better about it now that I'm doing something about it. I actually feel positive about losing all my excess weight. The only downside is the length of time it will take.

You'd think that with all the advances in medical science, they'd have invented a magic pill that would rid you of the fat overnight, wouldn't you?! 💊

Until then....KOKO everyone and good luck for tomorrow's weigh-in.

[tootstastic]

Morning all, I'm an early bird weigher because I get up for a 7.15am yoga class on a Monday.

3.7 lbs off this morning, so 15.3 lbs so far. It's nice to get that first stone off...only 8 more to go!

[starsky22]

Well done toots! I stuck to low carb meals over the wkend, but a bit too many tasters of icing and cake when baking, I think I'll have to stop baking as I just can't do it without trying what I've baked!

[Iamnotacerealkiller]

2.5lb off this week! chuffed with that after two weeks of nothing. Thats a total of 8.5lb since start of bc.

Husband is away until wednesday night so planning to gorge on fatty food that hes not so keen on!

[tootstastic]

You're a braver woman than me @starsky22! Not sure I dare bake...I have been known to eat a whole tray of cupcakes in one day!!

Well done on your loss @Iamnotacerealkiller.

[BIWI]

Week 5 chat thread is here

Sorry for the delay