Jan '20 - Week 2 Low Carb Bootcamp - How did you do?

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We've already seen some fab results, especially from those who started early. We do expect a big variation in the first weigh in. Some of you will have lost several pounds, some a more modest loss. Others won't have lost anything yet either because some healing is needed before weight loss begins in earnest, or because they didn't quite manage to stick to the rules during the first week.

So please check in with us to reflect on how your first week has gone. Try not to compare yourself to others because weight loss is a very individual thing. If you have any concerns about your progress then please do ask. We have had thousands of people through Bootcamp so make use of that collective experience.

Add your weight to the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness or tag the rather wonderful ShagMeRiggins with your weigh-in if you can't access the spreadsheet yourself. If you're only just starting then please tag the very lovely AthelstaneTheUnready to be added to the spreadsheet. And to anybody that suspected they couldn't lose weight while eating lots of lovely food, and without feeling hungry... I hope you enjoyed being proved wrong!

Morning everyone! What great stories.

Here's my food plans for the day. WFH so more time to cook.

B: Baked mushrooms and feta
L: Rocket and egg mayo salad
D: Chicken and spinach curry

3l water, coffee and herbal tea.

Have fantastic days!

Great losses everyone.

I've caught up on sleep so feel so much better today. Plan:

B - cheese and mushroom omelette
L - tuna salad
D - prawns in tomato and feta sauce with cavelo nero and broccoli rice

Morning all

I’m currently in a hotel for work after being away from home all day yesterday too, and so far, I haven’t done too badly staying on track. My only slip up was dinner last night, we went to TGI fridays for dinner and I thought I was being clever by ordering the boneless chicken wings and blue cheese sauce, but the whole meal had 50g carb in it when I checked online later lesson learned, check before you order! The only thing I ate other than that yesterday was creamy coffee, Boursin cheese, olives and thin sliced chorizo though so I think it should be ok.

Today:

B: creamy coffee first thing then a good travel lodge breakfast

L: meeting catering so probably nothing, hence the good breakfast

D: train station convenience food - hoping for an m and s!

Oh the glamorous life I lead...

Ah, the scales were less kind today, I'm not sure what was up yesterday but today was 3 or 4 pounds higher.

However! Still in the 12 stones, so short term target DONE!! 12 13 1/2. Next STT : 12 10, to achieve a full stone lost.

Masses of driving and another Court day today, so I have eggs boiling for a packed lunch. Court canteens are all about the carbs.

Yesterday’s food was a bit light on green veg so will do better today. I’m at uni for the next two days so can’t wander off to the toilet as and when so have already had 1l water, will have more through the day but less than usual so the head start will be helpful! Lunch is provided so we will see! It’s been a real mix on other sessions, I have some snacks if necessary.

Wishing everyone a good day.

Good morning all.

Well done MrsBert.

Have started waking up feeling 'hungover' and a bit 'headachy' so need to up the water drinking some more. Appetite has changed and am not climbing up the walls for snacks or carbs foods so much. A week and a half in, that's not too bad.

Breakfasts (or early lunches) have been boiled eggs, mayonnaise, smoked paprika and a touch of dijon mustard and salt. Sometimes adding lettuce and smoked salmon.

Dinners have been vegetables i.e. aubergine, fennel, okra, spinach cooked in butter/coconut/walnut oil with pork belly/chicken/chorizo.

Have a good day everyone.

This is my third week and the scales just aren’t shifting- in fact I’m 1.5pbs up!

Tired today - fell asleep on sofa, to bed at 2 & then couldn't get to sleep until about 4:30 - grrr.

Rib eye steak & homemade coleslaw for dinner last night.

Plan for today:
B. Mushroom, spinach cheese omelette
L. Cauli bone broth cheese soup that I made yesterday
D. ????

I think I might need a veggie option for dinner. Will check out the recipe thread.

Glittercandle - week 3 (and 4) is notorious for that. Have you taken your measurements as often they continue to reduce during this stall?

I'm also in Week 3: I was down to 11st 6.5lb this morning (down 3/4lb from Monday but back to where I was on Sunday). But I will admit to having had one or two glasses of wine, a few squares of 90% Lindt chocolate (although I'm pressed that this bar still isn't finished, even though I started it over a month ago ) and a few "Killer" almonds (which I made for Christmas).

I went to rugby training for the first time last night. Yes, rugby training What am I thinking: I'm 58 FFS! No real contact and it was good fun. Didn't show myself up too much as a decrepit old woman.

Don’t despair Glitter - I’m in week four and in week three I also gained. Back on track now - just keep on keeping on and trust that it works!
pretty rugby sounds ace! I hope you’re not feeling too battered this morning!

Food for today:
B - avocado, creamy coffee
L - scrambled eggs, fried mushrooms, spinach
D Cauliflower cheese bites with salad

Cauli cheese bites are a recipe in the current Tesco magazine: lightly cooked chopped cauliflower mixed into eggs, spinach, grated cheese, maybe a little bit of chopped tomato. Put mixture into muffin tins, top with more cheese and bake for 15-20 minutes. Also great wee things to take for packed lunch.

Despite the fact I’m full of the cold, I’m aware that I feel generally ‘better’. I am slightly horrified by how much 3 months of being only slightly off piste affected me - not so much the 10 lb gained, that is fairly easily dealt with - but rather the fact the hangry feelings, cravings, ibs, sleepiness etc came back within weeks. And as I said before, I didn’t fall into the quality street and Xmas pies, I just became a bit lax with the odd slice of toast and bowl of cereal. Scary.

Morning
Glittercandle I also am having a stall, no change on the scales since Monday despite following it to the letter, I think it is because I cut my carbs the week before boot camp so I sort of in a week 3 stall. It is really good to know that other people are experiencing it or have experienced it as it is a bit demotivating when you know you have been really good, I’ve been going to the gym and doing a lot of dog walking, I’m hoping for some kind of whoosh 😀.

I made the moussaka that is on the recipe thread last night, but had to use beef mince and some cream cheese instead of the feta as that was all that I had, it was delicious and I can thoroughly recommend.

Happy day here as the dog no longer needs to wear the cone, he has been good about it, but it was a shame to hear him scratching the plastic when he clearly had an itchy ear. He is still on lead walks until the weekend, which makes for a bit of a workout for me as he tends to pull, especially if he sees a squirrel 🐿.

clitterati so glad you have found some other teas, I was happily drinking 3 or 4 liquorice teas a day until I realised. I have actually found that I quite like plain boiled water, by having that instead of tea and taking a water bottle to the gym I have already had 1.1 litres. I have also realised that drinking water helps me to not crave carbs.

B Total Greek yogurt
L scrambled eggs and avocado and salad leaves
D IPD chicken in freezer with celaric mash

3 litres water

Thanks for the reassurance that it’s normal - hope it starts shifting for all those going through the same soon!

Ooooh, like the sound of rugby.

No weight change here, but definitely slimmer - am wearing a skirt today that I couldn't do up 3 weeks ago but now has a couple of inches spare.

(mind, I was a pudgy, wine-blown fucker 3 weeks ago).

More NSVs: have lost a lot of 'thickness' or tension from around neck and shoulders, so feeling more alert, fluid, better put together, and a bit more predator not prey (and someone beautifully put it somewhere on the interweb).

Cauli cheese bites* oh, they sound like heaven! I'm trying those later!

58 & playing rugby - wow!!

I had a nice workout and then started work late so only just having breakfast now - omelette with mushrooms, mature cheddar and watercress. Beginning to see how 16/8 can work with this WOE as I think I could easily go to midday - it's losing the creamy coffee first thing that I would find difficult - I would have to revert to black coffee!

Oh & I found an elusive celeriac when I called into Morrisons to top up on wonky avocados & cream. So a meat free day for me today.

Quickly checking in with today's food

B chicken and cheese omelette with coleslaw, tea with milk
L cucumber and pate
D leftover turkey and ham pie with swede top and sprouts with bacon
S olives and babybel if needed

3L water and maybe herbal tea too

So am away this weekend - need some tips to stay on track!

Fri night will be homemade butter chicken and saag paneer (DH will probably have naan bread too)

Saturday I will take eggs, spinach etc for breakfast. Any ideas for packed lunch on the go?

Saturday dinner will be fish and chips!!! Help - what can I have? Maybe I could ask for a fish no batter?

Sunday lunch - hopefully will be at the pub so can order meat and veg (and display iron will by resisting the Yorkshires )

DH still on board with dry January so won't even take any alcohol to avoid temptation.

waspfig for lunch: try the cauli cheese bites from the Tesco mag (cauliflower, eggs, cheese in muffin tins) or prawn cocktail salad, rollitos (cheese wrapped in ham) with salad, or mini sausages.

Re the fish and chips: 'batter' is a great way to cook fish, so is a salt crust. I steams the fish inside and keeps it tender and moist. You would NOT eat a salt crust, can you view the batter in the same way?

Hi all,
I too am having a stall despite following the plan, I think, and only being in week 2. If that's ok, I'm going to start posting my food in order to stay accountable:

• b: scrambled eggs and bacon, 2 cups of milky tea

• l: Peruvian pork with salad (it had some onions and tomatoes so not 100% bc)

Dinner will prob be steak on rocket, with pine nuts olive oil and Parmesan

Waspfig you might be able to get a half chicken at the fish and ch*p shop, or mine does a fish with less batter on request.

How milky is a milky tea mimosa and what type of milk is it?

Also just a note as several people have said they've stalled. A stall is when you don't lose for several weeks. Unless you've been at the same weight for 2 - 3 weeks and sticking to BC then it's not really a stall. Just natural variation.

I'm struggling today for some reason, I desperately want something sweet. I'm drinking warm water and I've had plenty LC goodies (FF yog, cheese, pork scratchings) as well as my lunch.

Will stay strong!

Went for dinner last night and had baked camembert with celery sticks and a bowl of pork crackling to start, and a cheese burger with no bread, and without asking they substituted the bread for two more burgers not the healthiest food ever, but bloody lovely!

Yes Sayrra quite right. It's absolutely normal not to lose weight every week, in fact it's expected. There's a credible theory that when we use up fat from our fat stores it's replaced with an equal weight of water. This is a holding mechanism in case the calorie restriction is temporary and the fat cells need to be refilled with fat as it costs energy to shrink the size of fat cells. Once a certain point is reached the fat cells all release their water at the same time and you get a whoosh - losing two or more pounds overnight. We can observe this process happening by taking measurements. You will shrink first as the water takes up less volume than the fat because it is more dense (remember fat floats in water.) If you measure bust, waist and hips it will be really obvious, or you might find your trousers/skirt feels loose. Then you might notice a day or two running back and forth to the loo while you shed the water. Then the next day you jump on the scales and bang you're three pounds down. Clearly you can't lose three pounds at once like that, it's the previous weeks of effort all paying off.