Week 4 - Low Carb Bootcamp - the first month is finished!

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Morning campers

Once more for you, the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

I hope it's been a good week, and I hope that the scales have been kind to you this morning.

If not, and if you haven't been cheating (!) then just remember that weeks 3 & 4 are notorious for seeing very little or no weight loss. KOKO (keep on keep on) and hopefully things will soon get going again.

Here's to a good week!

Rayna did they bill it as a low carb stack? How cool.

Well I—a daily weigher—am 3 glorious pounds up from Monday.

Will aim to mitigate the damage the rest of this week, with FLGV and WATER! WATER! WATER!

I’d been doing well, but...life, eh? This is the time when I remind myself how far I’ve come, and what I will ultimately achieve. I’ll get those photos up soon, to share.

I've just tried my lovely flattering last Christmas trousers on.... I can get them on which earlier this summer I couldn't and I can keep the button done up which even earlier in the summer I couldn't, comfortably but they're not very flattering at the moment: lots of muffin top and my thunder thighs are straining the material

But I will wear them again at Christmas and they will look good!

I should maybe take some pictures to show the progress

How hilarious @flotsemnjetsem

Does your mum know you're on the internet?

Damn, I missed something that was deleted very quickly!

prettybird please do take photos and share. You’ll get there. We all can.

It was just a goady fucker - no loss to the thread

I'll take pictures tomorrow.

They did Riggins! So none of the usual "no toast, no beans" blah blah blah. More menus like that please!

@KondoKonvert ha, i look forward to a few of my chins disappearing!

Sounds like a lot of us lose it round the belly first, @venusandmars excepted Can definitely sympathise with being an egg on sticks!

TMI alert, but managed to see my (ahem) lady garden lady jungle to trim it for the first time in ages. Without trying to hoist my spare tyres out of the way. I'm counting that as an NSV as is DH

Not enough water yesterday, must do better today. does soda water count if it has gin in it?

managed to see my (ahem) lady garden lady jungle to trim it for the first time in ages. Without trying to hoist my spare tyres out of the way

Amusingly relatable.

Sofa water counts. Gin doesn’t.

I first lose weight through my midriff (under breasts to just above navel), face, and arse. The stomach is always the last to go.

*soda, not sofa

@ShagMeRiggins I'll count the ltr of soda water then

I'm jealous - my face seems to be the last place I lose it from. Well, and thighs...

My bum and thighs are the last place I lose from

My arms have a lot of stubborn staying power, unfortunately. I would love to be free of the bingo wing 😫

Kondo it’s been remarked upon that I have “slim limbs”, and I have. Still have bingo wings, though!

So much if this losing weight gubbins ties into body image. We all have our “areas.” Me, I try to focus on progress and health. And looking smoking hot.

@ShagMeRiggins Completely! I have loose skin on my arms from a big weight loss (~8 stone) around 2014 and so I don't think any amount of dieting will reduce my arms to how I'd like them. I've mostly come to terms with them!

Dh thinks I look hot - and although he says he still thought I was hot even when I was 3 stone heavier , he also says he's pleased that I've lost weight as it's easier to get his arms around me Love is blind

I'll count the ltr of soda water then

This subtly passed me by on first read, MidnightBeery. Very funny

Also, the most belated of best birthday wishes to Nonononon.

Kondo a) amazing loss, b) have you looked at Callanetics for arm exercises? It’s ancient, but those silly little movements work. Lots of other things that could be tried as well. Gently.

prettybird that’s incredibly sweet.

@ShagMeRiggins no, I haven't, but i will. I've been doing Pilates and yoga along with weights in the hope of tightening them but no joy (yet!)

Plan for the day:

B: butter coffee

L: veg soup with low carb Scotch egg

D: roasted chicken leg with piri piri celeriac chips and roasted mushrooms

I love this thread you are all amazing.

Breakfast nothing.
Lunch left over buttered veg.
Dinner. Roast pork. Celariac mash. Cauliflower/broccoli and some dark green cabbage. Hoping there'll be lots of delicious crackling on the pork.

@prettybird aww that's sweet!

@KondoKonvert my arms are OK, but I definitely have the equivalent on bingo wings on my thighs

@ShagMeRiggins was hoping it would fly under the radar

Such lovely positive vibes on here today!

B- scrambled eggs, salmon, goats cheese
D - low carb sausages, swede, broccoli, egg and cauli. Aka veg needs using up!

Evening all! Been super busy today!

Thanks for the birthday wishes shag

Food today.
L: asparagus, mushrooms, bacon and leeks fried in butter, turned into a omelette using 3 medium eggs. Cream coffee.
D: two pork chops, and some asparagus, leeks and kale fried in butter.

I really feel like I've lost more weight so I jumped on the scales this morning and I'm the same weight as I was on Monday. But I definitely look slimmer. Can someone explain what happens in week 3-4 when you're losing weight but it doesn't show up until later? (Or whatever it was)