Week 9 - Summer Low Carb Bootcamp - our last 2 weeks!

[BIWI]

Morning all

here's the spreadsheet, as per

Only two weeks to go, but still time to lose a couple more pesky pounds

But this won't happy if custard slices and ice-cream are involved ...

@biwi have you ordered your quooker... I work in facilities and have heard more positive things about Zip taps... not had one personally but I have one building with Quooker and our uk HO have Zip taps which they really like. Just an option

NSV my legs are thinner than my dsis legs.

She's always been the 'skinny' one in the family (tbf she has a severe food allergy so has always had a restricted diet). But with age she's filled out a little, and over the past 2 years I've lost 2.5 stone.

Now, on holiday with her, and we were walking together wearing shorts. Unprompted, dh whispered to me that I looked leaner and fitter than my dsis 😊😊😊

Morning

Great NSV venusandmars

Today
B Greek yogurt
L eggs with roasted veg salad
D marinated chicken thighs, roasted green beans, avocado salad

Bastarding scales shunted me from 12 6 3/4 yesterday to 12 8 3/4 today.

Full of cold and had all sorts of lemsip and nightnurse mind. So that may be it.

Slice of gouda for breakfast today
Buttery scrambled egg lunch
Dinner will be a big salad with avocado.

I will be fucking livid if that's real weight gain.

Greebo with massive apologies, I can’t make it tonight. I imagine this is a bigger disappointment for me than for you.

I completely forgot our 12-year-old is having a day in London with our 19-year-old and her train back arrives at 20.16, smack in the middle of your show. I have to collect her.

Have a wonderful performance and I’ll catch you another time, promise.

Doing an egg fast and even after a day, seeing good progress. Finally managed to get below where I'd got to before drinking far too much wine 3 weeks ago and am now back to 2.5 stone off from where I'd started just over 2 years ago

I'm sure the progress made in a day is not unrelated to the fact that I haven't snacked except when I was picking raspberries from the garden and ate a few without thinking and drank bucket loads of water (8lb this Boot Camp)

VeryLittleOwl you can still buy the steam bags of cauli rice: I always slit mine open and sauté in butter or coconut oil!

No one notices I slunk back in after a few days of holiday and eating tons of bad things and a big boozy session too

That's a shame ShagMe but of course I understand. The manager of the venue seems to Iove us though so I'm sure we'll be back

Greebo please let us know. Or just me if you ever figure out PM.

Meanwhile, I’m having a bit of a wobble. While making a recipe from the IPD book I came across this page, from 11 years ago.

Granted, I’m not far off that now so I recognise things are going in the right direction, but that was my starting point, the weight and measurements that galvanised me into action because I was so miserable, yet though it worked beautifully I stopped after a short while and still I managed to gain another 52 pounds in the ensuing 8-9 years before finally having the nerve to join my first Bootcamp. (BIWI, I truly love you for your commitment to us all. )

While I am a fun and positive person (I am, ask anybody!), it is clear I’ve allowed childhood sexual abuse and subsequent, periodic, severe depression, some anxiety, and alcohol issues to prevent me from living the fullest life I can.

I am so much better than what I had become.

This post comes at a time when my husband and I are negotiating a separation (probably) and it is so painful to recognise my contribution to the deterioration of our relationship. (Don’t worry, it’s not just me, I am not taking the blame here.)

Things for me are so much better these past few years, coinciding with Bootcamp, and I don’t live in or allow myself to be shackled by the past anymore, but seeing this I couldn’t help mourning so much waste, so many opportunities to change, over the last 11 years.

Much strength to you all. Don’t be me. Make every day be a day of positive change, even if it’s only one thing at a time, one day at a time.

Ps—there is always an emotional side to successful weight loss, as there is to weight gain. Coming to terms with that is part of the process, I believe.

And this page on same book—What are Your Initial Stakes? I filled it in. Some of these are extraordinarily TMI, but also funny.

Some of these have changed, as well. For example, though I’m slightly heavier now than I was then, many days I do feel absolutely “smokin’ hot.”

That tells me my mindset has shifted for the better. Now to ensure my arse and stomach do the same.

ShagMeRiggins I hear you

It is hard to stay mindful and in the moment. DH and I have come very close to seperating in the past, I remember posting about it on a previous BC, but we muddle on for now.

I have so enjoyed your company on these threads, I really think you are fabulous. Sending love and support to you.

Thank you, Almahart, I appreciate it. The day has improved somewhat with hugs from children and the tennis now on. He’s away for next 10 days then back a couple and away for another week. Then our family holiday. Not sure when this separation is actually going to start.

However, I’m looking at it positively in the sense of having more time to focus on myself and my weight & fitness goals. KOKO, etc.

(((ShagMe))) I'm sorry you're going through this. But awed by the positivity!

Yesterday's high weigh was gone this morning so eyes down for a new low tomorrow!

So sorry to read this. But you're very brave to post it! And you have a real positivity about you that I'm sure will help you to get through this.

For you shagme .

Your infectious and positive attitude are one of the many fabulous things on boot camp and will no doubt get you through this too. You make me 😂 too.

Thank you MrsBert, BIWI, and Rshard. The hugs and flowers and kind words are hugely appreciated. Tonight I will get proper sleep and be in a much happier place, and back to my usual goofball self.

Actually left my beloved telly tennis match (no spoilers please!) just to get our of the house, alone, just to be me for one goddamn hour. Drove to the river and sat and let the sun shine on my face and the wind blow through my hair. It’s been bliss and I feel refreshed, but emotions still close to the surface.

Oh!, and didn’t cheat either.

ShagMeRiggins sending a big hug and i’m So sorry you are going through this. Well done for taking the time to get out of the house and into the fresh air and sunshine. I know that getting outside (when all I really wanted to do was to curl up in a ball) really did help and I always try to get outside for an hour every day, whatever the weather.
I to have so enjoyed your posts this boot camp.

Hey shag 🌹💐🥦🥦🥑🥑

@NigellaAwesome

You forgot

WATER WATER WATER!

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@ShagMeRiggins
Blimey , I think that’s so raw and truthful , and let’s face it , we could all have been there
I am so much better than what I had become
We are all so much better than what we were before , and where we think we are in our bad days

I fell off the wagon last weekend and haven't managed to get back on track yet, need to find some motivation from somewhere and get back to it.

Going to try and find some time tomorrow to catch up on the threads, have read the last couple of posts, sending a big hug and to shag sounds like a tough time, but you will get through it, stay positive!

Oh for Riggins

Motivated for the last week, still a dismal performance currently compared to starting weight but as I said last week, I had the great loss I wanted in the first few weeks before my holiday and so I know when I'm strict I can do it. Currently 4.6lbs from target after 4 very off plan days away last week.

No bloody biscuits at work this week. NONE. If I worked from home I'd be much thinner!

You can do it Ragna. Just imagine those biscuits being made in industrial vats. I always find that nauseating.