January 2019 Low Carb Bootcamp - Week 1

[BIWI]

Well happy new year!

Here's a sparkling, brand new, Spreadsheet of Fabulousness for us all to get this new Bootcamp off to a good start.

Remember, you don't have to be on the spreadsheet if you don't want to - and if you don't want to declare your actual weight, you can index it - which means that your starting 'weight' is 100. Then for every pound you lose, you take off one. So if you lose 4lbs in week 1, then your 'weight' starting for week 2 will be 96.

There are over 170 people signed up, so the thread will move very quickly - but please, please, please read all the posts. Don't just jump on and post your own stuff without reading what other people have posted. That's especially the case if you're posting with a question - read the thread to make sure it hasn't already been asked.

Have a good look at the spreadsheet and all the tabs at the bottom, as there's a huge amount of information there - not just the rules, but also the list of vegetable carb counts, and some really interesting reading/videos too.

I hope everything there is clear, but if not - just shout.

Looking forward to getting going!

Find the Week 2 thread (link near the end of this thread) and jump in

....but have a read of this thread too as many of the questions and issues you may have in your personal "Week 1" may well have been answered/addressed.

Hi

A friend has suggested i do this, where do I start, lol, help x

I'm not quite sure what's happening tomorrow morning, and when I'll be around to post, so I'm starting the week 2 chat thread a bit early

Which means all our Oz posters can put their results down now!

Here's the new thread

Really pleased with today,
B: scrambled eggs with cheddar
L: burger wrapped in lettuce, 2 coffees
D: shepherds pie, ( potatoe top removed), green beans, purple broccoli and Owen roasted kale. Few spoonfuls of FF yoghurt
E: Jillian Michaels did 40 mins of her 5x10min body transformation

I’ve got holiday coming up in 4 weeks, so trying to tone up as well as loose some weight. I’ve been doing Jillian’s Shred on/off for about 2 years, still my favourite excercise.

unexpected I know you mean pm, but bed at 9 am sounds pretty lush to me! Just made some pate. It is a recipe igot from the river cottage baby and toddler book (!) it is just chicken livers (I can get organic coz I live in the arse end of farming nowhere!!), celery, red onion. Just make sure to soak the livers in milk for a few hrs (I do overnight) before frying onion and celery in butter. Add livers and fry till cooked then whizz in a blender. You would prob find on line. Lush!

That's great Cecilia. I'm so excited to weigh in tomorrow.

I've really enjoyed this week and it's been so motivating reading everyone's posts.
Hope you all get great losses.

Thanks for the reassurance @BIWI and the suggestion @Hefzi . I made myself egg mayo and some ham and a slice of cheddar and an avocado. I don't have any salad stuff in (shopping tomo) so it was slim pickings. But I felt full and happy enough with my lunch today (unlike yesterday when I was a right moany cow!). Today has been:

B - 3 egg, spinach and cheese omelette.
L - as above.
D - Roast gammon, roast swede, leek and cauli cheese and steamed broccoli.

I'm not sure if I've lost any weight yet. I feel flatter on the stomach but that's about all I can notice. A friend who I haven't seen since November asked if i'd lost a lot of weight as I looked much slimmer, so fingers crossed for the morning.

Well done Cecilia.

I made unstuffed cabbage rolls (only used one tin of tomatoes and not the tomato sauce) and it was a big hit
for all the family.

Congrats McFlange

Morning everyone - I've just weighed in - It's Monday morning here and am down 3lbs this week, I'm stoked!

Looking forward to seeing all the losses on the spreadsheet this week.

My solution to evening boredom-induced munchies? Go to bed at 9am. Night all

Have screen shorted that salad recipe @summersazz, sounds yummy!

Just cooking some salmon in tomato sauce with extra butter. I'll eat it with green beans.

I'm still feeling quite nauseous today, but trying to power through. All this discomfort will come to nothing if I eat carbs again.

venusandmars that's a rather crap response from your GP. Interestingly, my GP surgery actually runs low carb weight loss clinics. Must be a forward thinking lot!! And I'm with you on the weekly Vs daily weighing. I've come down on the side of daily weighing as it both keeps me honest, and I'm an engineer, so I like lots of data points and graphs!! But yes, lose enough, the scales will catch up!!!

@latebloomingleo Great! They were very tasty alright, would be great with steak, I rem a restaraunt i used to go yo had Steak a la Tornodos..steak sitting on large pated crouton...

Hi everyone just checking in pre the first weigh in.
B egg mayo in lettuce and large bowl of FF yog.
L veg curry (not great but I didn't eat the potato)
Su - making a lovely big salad with boiled eggs and loads of veg

Love the sound of Rolex pancakes. Will try them later this week.

@Dia12 I tried the cream cheese pancakes the other day - very nice & could be filled with something yummy. Thanks for the recipe.

Thanks @Haworthia, good to know!
Just had the coconut and ginger pork for dinner, it was delicious!
I went for a run (slow jog!) this afternoon and felt surprisingly good, as I haven't run for months and was worried I'd run out of energy after 5 min. I'm holding off weighing myself till tomorrow but definitely feel smaller.

@AandL thanks for the mushrooms recipe. Happened to have the right ingredients and they were gorgeous!

Sad about the lack of interest by your GP @venusandmars. You are doing wonders - and that sort of improvement might well inspire others.

According to one I know, GPs don't do much on food and nutrition in their basic training. How to lose weight is a mystery to them too.

@notlostjustexploring our scales are twins! It is so frustrating having seen weight loss all week then an impossible gain overnight - even if I'd sleepwalked and eaten all the carbs in the house I don't think I could have achieved that! It all adds to my dilemma of weighing daily. If I'd waited a whole week and then seen that final weight I would have been so despondent, however I KNOW that I was losing weight steadily (if slowly). Full moon, perhaps? But however nice it is to see quick wins I remind myself that this is for the long game, and even my tricksy scales never weigh in at the +10kg that they were reading this time last year.

Re: health benefits. I started low carbing last year because I had high blood pressure. Over the previous year I'd made the suggested life style changes and the kind of diet recommended by my doctor. There was a small improvement but I really wanted to tackle it and after researching (and trying) every relaxation technique and herb supplement, low-carb was what really worked for me. I reduced my medication gradually, have come off one completely, and the other one I now only take half the dose. I'd really like to stop altogether, hence joining boot camp to reinvigorate my enthusiasm for this woe. As well as recording my weight weekly, I am also recording my blood pressure. Looking forward to a sustained reduction.

Interestingly my GP was not at all interested in what I had done to achieve the results so far, even though I'm saving the nhs a wee fortune in expensive meds. In fact the doctor's approach at the beginning was "don't worry if you blood pressure continues to rise, there's still more we can give you!!" I was incredulous and it made me so cross that I determined to show him better.

Making this to go with dinner
www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/1607648/mushrooms-stuffed-with-pate

My pate is aldi spec.sel. smooth chicken liver parfait 2.1%carb

Salad sounds lovely summersazz.

Know what you mean unexpectediteminshaggingarea (love your name) about feeling fatter. Not looking forward to weigh in tomorrow, bit put off by lising 4lbs and then gaining a pound back. We shall see.

B - poached eggs, bacon, spinach, hollandaise sauce
L - celery with cream cheese, tuna mayo, green salad, a few olives
D will be prawn laska from M&S (0.4g carbs for whole packet) and some veg, not sure what yet.

Haven't quite got my head round not snacking, keep nibbling on bits of cheese and ham & cream cheese roll ups. Better than a biscuit I suppose.

Sounds delish @SummerSazz, might have similar for breakfast

Just downloaded the app. It's weird

Thanks so much @BIWI et al for the information on low carb diets. Fascinating!

Should children be eating lower carb too?

Talking of gratins, I made a very successful lunch... Quartered endive (chicory) fried gently in butter. I used a metal handled frying pan and a lid and it took around 20 mins. Then added juice of half a lemon and let it bubble down. Mixed small pot sour cream together with grainy mustard and some chopped ham put over the top, let it bubble a bit then sprinkled over grated chedder and put under the grill for a few minutes. Served with salad leaves. It was GOOD. I love being inventive with things from the fridge!