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Summer Low Carb Bootcamp - at last the finishing line!

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BIWI · 22/07/2019 08:23

Isn't 10 weeks a long time!

The Spreadsheet of Fabulousness is here one last time

Although this is the last official weigh-in, this thread will stay up for general chat/support until the next Bootcamp - probably in October.

I hope everyone has a good 'final' result.

Every Bootcamp is different, but this one has, I have to say, been remarkably well behaved Grin. I've lost the Big Stick somewhere in the back of a cupboard!

While I know you're all here and reading because I know people don't read all the posts if you want to take the opportunity to meet @ShagMeRiggins (and me) for a lighthearted Bootcamp style & beauty event probably with gin thrown in for good measure send me a PM!

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BIWI · 29/07/2019 14:43

@ShagMeRiggins

A manuscript, you say ... ?! Brilliant! What kind of book have you written?

I'm getting heartily sick of dust (currently in week 8 of extension) and also seriously missing having an oven. I didn't realise quite how much I used my oven till it was taken away!

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ShagMeRiggins · 29/07/2019 15:07

We all know a real live author

No, an aspiring one. Some day, though. Don’t worry about typos etc—I’ll admit to being a pedant about certain things, but communication is more important. I don’t slag off my friends for not knowing the difference between, say, effect and affect. I do judge journalists who make that mistake.

The story is a simple one, family-based, comedic in nature. A family reunion type thing based around a big wedding anniversary of the grandparents. My work is much more character-driven than plot-driven. Basically I think everyone has crazy families.

Having said that, the manuscript I’m currently working on has more of a What If scenario and slightly more suspense, bringing together three different characters in ways they hadn’t expected. So a richer plot.

Can’t decide if I want to be Anne Tyler, Liane Moriarty, or F. Fecking Scott Fitzgerald. After many years I’m still finding my voice.

Now enough of this shite, this isn’t the writing forum. WATER! WATER! WATER!

BIWI I was going to ask about your kitchen but decided against it, ha! Grin

YesQueen · 29/07/2019 19:15

Does today's food sound ok? It's been a while since I've done LC!

B - coyo and a handful raspberries
Snack - piece of cheese
L - chicken, Parmesan shavings, half a bag of salad leaves, couple of cherry tomatoes, cucumber, 1 spring onion that needed using up! Caesar dressing (lowest carb one I could find)
T - not sure, not actually hungry!

Loads and loads and loads of water

Youwanapizzame · 29/07/2019 20:27

Het everyone. Been off plan again. I'm such a doofus. I just can't seem to stop myself...

I have loaded the fridge up worh good stuff. Prepped my breakfasts and I've made a cauliflower cheese soup for lunches.

Those courgette muffins I made the other day were amazing! Very light and beady. Also as they're full of cheese they're very filling so one is adequate for breakfast or I've had one as a sandwich also! Yum. I shall find the recipe and post it.

Runs off to add French butter to next weeks shopping list.

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 29/07/2019 20:30

"You look fabulous! What’s your plan now?"

Thank you @ChippingInLowCarbing! BlushSmile

I'm going to KOKO. My BMI is 23, so I could easily lose more and still be within the healthy range for my height, and it would give me more room to "indulge" occasionally - at Christmas, say - without tipping back into "overweight".

Plus, I feel like I've been given the keys to Easy Weight Loss City, so I don't want to go back to eating the way I was! Imagine, I could have been thin for years if I hadn't eaten so bread and pasta (two things, incidentally, I thought I'd really miss but actually don't all that much).

Almahart · 29/07/2019 21:46

It’s funny isn’t it, I don’t miss pasta at all, or bread that much either

Tricky day, didn’t have enough food with me when out with dcs and ended up with a salad in a nachos bowl which wasn’t very nice and had chickpea curry which o know is non bc cos I was starving and DH had eaten the beef one

Did go swimming though

Am eating too many strawberries and too much dark chocolate and drinking too much wine

Notlostjustexploring · 29/07/2019 22:30

I had a fantastic dinner created from random stuff in the fridge and freezer. I fried off some frozen spinach with a generous amount of frozen garlic in my new delicious french butter. Added some chopped cooked chicken, cubed halloumi and sliced spring onions with a sprinkling of cumin. Served with yogurt, black pepper and a spot of very non bootcamp but delicious chilli jam. I shall be having the same tomorrow me thinks!!

I would have had a good day had I not had a good old munch of the banana loaf I made yesterday. Hopefully it wasn't too bad, the loaf was made from almond flour, butter, eggs and bananas, with a sprinkling of dark chocolate throughout. It was very nice - I was very generous with the butter when baking.

MrsBertBibby · 30/07/2019 08:01

Hello all, back on the wagon as of yesterday after an unnecessarily prolonged (and tbh not that enjoyable) break.

Going to be a bit patchy for August as we have a big afternoon garden party to host this weekend, and 2 weeks in Wales with 3 very hard-to-feed boys, so I tend to eat what I can get. Massively time pressured to as I am i/c my demented mum while Dad is away, and my ex has had a knee OP and crashed most of his family support, so somehow I have ended up having to bully him into staying in hospital, and sorting his laundry. FFS!

StuntNun · 30/07/2019 08:59

Fab breakfast today courtesy of I Breathe I'm Hungary's cream cheese pancakes. 2 oz cream cheese and 2 eggs (I leave out the sweetener) topped with a knob of butter and a spritz of lemon juice. Divine!

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venusandmars · 30/07/2019 09:27

Youwantapizzame please post the courgette muffin recipe, we're getting lots of them in our veg box at the moment and I'm running out of ideas, although this one was tasty without the butter beans although probably a bit low fat.

Was my birthday weekend so not in control of cooking or eating (very unlike me) and therefore way off plan. Just had to be gracious and appreciative although my tummy hurt yesterday as a result and I was 4lb up yesterday. 2lb off that today though. And glad to be back to butter coffee and creamy scrambled eggs.

StuntNun thanks for the reminder about pancakes - away camping at the weekend so will make a batch to take with me (easy to reheat with some crisp bacon).

BIWI · 30/07/2019 11:34

Made a lovely meal last night (even if I say so myself!) adapted from the Fast 800 recipe book

Pork tenderloin/fillet - sliced into large chunks (1 fillet divided into enough pieces to share between three, so around 3-4 pieces, depending on the size of your fillet)

In a frying pan, melt a large knob of butter, and add a little oil (stops the butter burning) and sauté one small apple, sliced (skin on) and two sliced leeks. Cook for a few minutes until soft.

Add 200ml chicken stock (made with half a chicken stock cube), and a teaspoon of Dijon mustard, and 3 tablespoons of full fat creme fraiche. Cook until the apple is soft.

I then added about 12 cubes of frozen whole leaf spinach and continued to simmer until the spinach was cooked through.

Season with freshly ground pepper and sea salt flakes.

Put the sauce to one side while you cook the pork. Get a frying pan very hot and add some olive oil. When it's smoking hot add the pork, making sure it's all in one layer. Season with salt and pepper. Sear it for around a minute on either side - you're not aiming to cook it through, just to get some decent colouring on the pork.

When it's nicely browned on both sides, put the sauce back on to the heat and then stir the pork in to finish its cooking. This will only be a matter of a few seconds really. If you overcook the pork it will go very tough, very quickly.

Oh, and despite what a lot of people think, it's OK to eat pork fillet still slightly pink. You can double check by cutting one of the pieces to make sure it's not too pink, but a little pink means it will still be nice and tender.

I served this with asparagus spears that I'd sautéed in butter.

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YesQueen · 30/07/2019 11:36

I'm actually excited for my lunch at work Grin

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Youwanapizzame · 30/07/2019 12:58

@venusandmars here is the courgette muffin recipe. I did use a bit more baking powder.

www.myketokitchen.com/keto-recipes/low-carb-cheddar-cheese-zucchini-muffins/

@BIWI that recipe sounds FAB. Love pork fillet!

Just had a lovely salad! Yum

B - courgette muffin and sausage
L -salad with salami and flgv
D - cauliflower cheese soup with polish chicken smoked sausage!

Have a good day

ShagMeRiggins · 30/07/2019 15:46

Those muffins look gorgeous.

Does anyone know about ricotta cheese? I’m modifying a baked ziti recipe to LCHF and my ricotta is 4 days past its whatever date. Don’t know if it’s Use By or Best Before.

With hard and soft cheeses I use my common sense, as I do with sour cream, and no problems so far. I’ve never dealt with ricotta before in my life and don’t want a repeat of my post-Easter “sure I’ll eat the Laughing Cow that’s been out in the heat for four days” uber vomiting utter nightmare. Hmm

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 30/07/2019 17:02

Right, so the scales in Boots I've been weighing myself on every week of BC have just nearly given me heart failure.

Popped along to weigh myself earlier today and it put me back up to 12.6 stone! Just 4lbs off my starting weight!

Despite knowing that I couldn't have gained back nearly 2 stone in two weeks, when I'd stuck to the plan; despite the fact my clothes are hanging off me; despite photographic evidence, and despite the fact it also deducted 2 inches off my height so was clearly faulty - despite all that, there was a panicky voice in my head going "what if, what if? I mean, it came off really easily, what if it's come back just as easily? Everyone says if you lose it quickly you never maintain it. And you haven't been drinking enough water lately..."

So great was my panic that I had to go and buy some scales, despite having managed without for the past 11 weeks - and they put me, thank god, at 10'12. 25lb off where I started from. I can't tell you how relieved I am!

The panic made me start chugging more water though, so not all bad. Grin

ShagMeRiggins · 30/07/2019 17:05

Fuck it. I’m using the ricotta. #rebel

prettybird · 30/07/2019 17:29

ShagmeRiggins - I think it will be fine. If it's at all off, you'll smell it.

ShagMeRiggins · 30/07/2019 17:49

Thanks prettybird.

Yup, It looked fine. Six days past “whatever date” but never opened and well-refrigerated. No odour, no discolouration, not watery, the ziti is now in the oven for 20 minutes so I’m fairly confident.

Fingers crossed my children don’t vomit tonight, ha ha!

I was planning to make a low carb version for my husband and me but frankly I’m done with all the homemade sauce stuff.

Anyone who tells you pasta is a simple dish is wrong. Only if you boil and drown. Otherwise, any homemade pasta bake (or substitute of) requires care and time!

prettybird · 30/07/2019 18:27

I like making lasagne - but it's a "special" meal, not an every day one.

My mum's lasagne makes about 10 portions and as long as I do "my" 3rd with courgettes rather than pasta sheets, is low carb as it doesn't use a Bechamel sauce.

I'll not mention how far out of date some of the balls of mozzarella I used were Blush The cottage cheese was in date though Grin (Recipe actually is for ricotta mixed with egg, but mum said that cottage cheese with egg was fine instead. I tried it once with real ricotta and couldn't tell the difference Grin).

I should probably make it in two smaller dishes and freeze one (as it freezes well) - rather than having to have it 3 nights in one week Hmm

YesQueen · 31/07/2019 06:47

Just weighed in. 5lb down so far Smile

Almahart · 31/07/2019 08:05

Bouncing around about five pounds higher than the target weight I reached. I know if I go hardcore boot camp it will come off but this is a weight my body is very familiar with

VeryLittleOwl · 31/07/2019 08:20

Greebo - amazing pictures!

I WATER WATER WATER'd up 1lb towards the end of last week, but have lost it again now it's cooled down a bit. I'd love to get two more off to be bang on 10 and a half stone when I see my family on 10th August, but will settle for one :)

Small NSV last night, I took my jeans off without having to unbutton them. 12 weeks ago they were tight enough that I nearly needed the next size up.

Notlostjustexploring · 31/07/2019 09:42

Owl that's not a "small NSV" that's a pretty big one!!

Well done!!

ChippingInLowCarbing · 31/07/2019 11:02

@GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal

I could easily lose more and still be within the healthy range for my height,

Ummm where from exactly? There’s nothing of you?!

I’m pleased to see you new scales are being well behaved! The chemist ones will need to be sent to ‘the patio’

@ShagMeRiggins Author getting published is a mere technicality, you’ve written the books!

Big ‘Hi’ to everyone else & appropriate congratulations,sticks,drooling as appropriate!

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