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Low-carb bootcamp

Join discussions about low-carb bootcamp plans, meals and progress. Consider speaking to a medical professional before starting any diet.

Jan '20 - Low Carb Bootcamp - The finish line!

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StuntNun · 23/03/2020 05:54

We've reached the end of the Low Carb Bootcamp so how did you do overall? Add your weigh-in to the Spreadsheet and let us know your plans. Would you like to keep losing weight over the coming week and months? Are you thinking about giving weight maintenance a go? Have you considered introducing intermittent fasting? This thread will continue until the next Bootcamp starts so there will be plenty of support for you.

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AthelstaneTheUnready · 06/05/2020 17:00

Hi, Devon! Just wait until you've finished your second week... Grin

cherries, life sounds a bit calmer for you for those things being sorted out. I agree, now is not really the right time to be agonising over a pea.

SOME of us have managed to swerve the wine since Saturday Halo, but the end of this afternoon is being challenging. I like the sound of being a fabulous start/stopper of anything though. So perhaps I might... after all, it's necessary to have a glass of wine in order to virtuously stop.

venusandmars · 06/05/2020 19:06

Spinach leaves picked for the spinach, nettle and Feta pie...

Jan '20 - Low Carb Bootcamp - The finish line!
devoncreamtea · 06/05/2020 20:25

Thanks all!
Yes @shagmeriggins what is this hour of exercise?! 🤣 I sort of drag kids for a walk and sometimes do allotment. But significant amounts of time is spent slouching on the sofa! It’s mad how much normal life involves moving about and being on your feet - especially working in a school. I’m sure it makes a difference to metabolism (as well as the boredom fridge opening factor!!)

Well done on the wine front @AthelstaneTheUnready It’s hard to cut down drastically in one go - and everything is so anxiety/boredom/anger inducing at the moment.
I had the interview for supermarket - the whole process has been extraordinarily in depth. I feel like I a might be offered CEO after all that!
Just had a steak (quite rare - by accident not that I mind) and salad or flgv to give it its proper title 🙂
Infact here’s my food for today if you don’t mind looking -
B: scrambled egg, avocado and 3 bits of streaky bacon (nitrate free)
Cup of tea
L: cheese (blue cheese) and salad with a homemade dressing. (I did feel hungry after this but didn’t eat anything else)
D: half a ribeye steak w a creamy sauce, salad, broccoli and asparagus

I’ve had another cuppa and lots of fizzy water with a slice of lime (posh).

I feel like it’s ok? I do get hungry sometimes, esp after lunch.

devoncreamtea · 06/05/2020 20:27

Looking forward to seeing the pie @venus !! So cool to pick your own veggies!

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 06/05/2020 20:39

I had a delicious dinner tonight. Fillet of smoked haddock (I always forget how much I love smoked fish), pan-fried in lots of lovely butter, on a base of buttery, peppery celeriac purée (I will never attempt to prepare a whole celeriac, they look like utter beasts, but the pre-diced frozen stuff Waitrose does cooks in 4 minutes and then just needs whizzing up with a stick blender), topped with buttery wilted spinach and a fried egg. A poached egg would be more traditional, but a fried one means I don't have to dirty another pan. Grin

Sometimes, as I tuck into stuff like that, all rich and buttery and delicious, I think "I can't believe this is a diet." I mean, I know it's not really, it's a WOE - and it really is for me, now - but other people regard it as one, and an unsustainable, fad diet at that.

They look at me in horror and say "you don't eat carbs??? What do you eat?" and look puzzled when I shrug and say "just about everything else." Once you stop eating them, you realise rice and bread and pasta are just fairly bland bases to serve the tasty stuff on, but so many people can't their head round that. Tbf I couldn't at first!

I rather miss potatoes, and will have the occasional roastie with Sunday dinner, or a Jersey Royal or two when they're in season. But the rest I've found plenty of delicious alternatives to.

It was a year ago I started my first Bootcamp - I've lost nearly 3 stone and kept it off since then. I really do feel like BIWI handed me the keys to Paradise - the ability to eat wonderfully delicious food, not go hungry AND be thin? Actual heaven! GrinGrinGrin

ShagMeRiggins · 06/05/2020 22:40

I like the sound of being a fabulous start/stopper of anything though. So perhaps I might... after all, it's necessary to have a glass of wine in order to virtuously stop.

Nooooooo! Don’t let me derail you, you’re being amazing, Athelstane.

devon if you’re hungry after lunch, try a hard-boiled egg with some form of mayonnaise (I love truffle mayonnaise)* and have some salt with it. Filling and rich and virtually no carbs.

Greebo your post was great. And so true. I knownit can sound a bit cultish but honestly I love the food I’m eating and it makes me happy and I’m in better shape than I’ve been in a decade.

As for this:

They look at me in horror and say "you don't eat carbs??? What do you eat?"

We DO eat carbs ffs! We eat a FLGV that have carb content. This isn’t NO carb, it’s LOW carb and those carbs come from foods that are abundant in vitamins and minerals. Unlike, um, pasta etc. So there. Neener neener to all of them.

“STFU and let me eat my spinach and avocado and tomatoes and asparagus and celeriac and radishes and cauliflower and broccoli while you enjoy your...rice.” Or whatever. Hmm

ilovecherries · 07/05/2020 00:07

Feeling much better again tonight. Breakfast was a couple of spoonfuls to FF Greek yog; lunch was a plate of chicken, Serrano, olives, and a green salad (well, iceberg lettuce and cucumber 🙄), dinner was a pork chop with asparagus, green beans and broccoli, all sautéed in butter. I also had a small coffee with a splash of cream. I def feel keto-ish and DH lovingly told me I was smelly so hopefully I’m back on the straight and narrow.

Venus - that turnip recipe surprised me by being pretty nice! I had planned to keep a portion for m lunch today, but DH had seconds of it last night.

AthelstaneTheUnready · 07/05/2020 07:20

I'm moving into Cherries house for the duration. Or maybe Greebo's.

Well, didn't drink last night - had the chat with myself and found I was actually cold, stressed, and very sad. Put the heating on for half an hour, took a plant to a neighbour, and went to bed early.

Reward for all this virtuousisisisity? Bad sleep, nightmares, puffy face and banging headache. Pah. Placebo drinking Hmm

Today is a long day at work, and I will spend some of it thinking of fabulous, amazing, wonderful things I can do tomorrow.

Devon you're bang on with the moving. Even my commute used to give me a very brisk 20 minute walk each way - that's 40 minutes fast walking a day gone let alone all the pottering about between meetings and colleagues and buildings and rooms and coffee.

ilovecherries · 07/05/2020 08:55

athelstane, I’m having very disturbing dreams as well, not always bad dreams, but vivid enough that I feel I’ve had a busy mind all night. Hope you have a better day today.

Re the moving - I also feel I’ve lost all my ‘background’ movement. I used to sail past 10000 steps before I’d done any ‘official’ exercise, now I’ve stopped wearing my Garmin as it was getting too depressing. I’ve stopped running for now as I’m worried I will hurt my gammy leg - and the daily family walk round a 2.5 mile circuit is all the moving I’m doing, other than a circuit round sofa/toilet/kitchen/garden.

Today I shall be cooking something with mince.

collywobble · 07/05/2020 09:51

Could I possibly join you ? I've been reading the thread and although I didn't attend Bootcamp I'm starting low carb and love your ideas.
I have a quick question. Is it really okay when on low carb to eat a few strawberries with thick double cream as a dessert ? It feels really really indulgent and that I'll pile the weight on when I do it ?

BIWI · 07/05/2020 10:30

@collywobble - yes absolutely it is! In fact, it's the strawberries you need to watch out for Grin

Eating fat is a key part of this WOE (way of eating) and it really won't make you fat - unless you eat it along with huge quantities of carbs.

You're very, very welcome to join us here, and whenever the next Bootcamp is - not decided yet - but take the time to read up on low carbing, so you know how/why it works. If you click on the link to the spreadsheet, which is in the OP of every Bootcamp week-by-week thread, you'll find a list of resources on one of the tabs, and everything you need to read should be there.

Good luck, and welcome Flowers

collywobble · 07/05/2020 11:19

Thank you @BIWI that's amazing to know . I'll have a good read through the resources and thank you for making me feel very welcome when hijacking your thread

devoncreamtea · 07/05/2020 11:22

Hi @collywobble I’ve just turned up too! Good Q about the cream n berries thing - I know what u mean with the not quite believing it’s ok! Good luck 🙂

devoncreamtea · 07/05/2020 11:27

Anyone else feel a bit dodgy when eating fried eggs? I usually have scrambled eggs in morn, but today fancied a change, so did bacon and fried eggs. Almost straight away I felt strange - like a funny blood sugar strange. It’s happened a few times but I keep thinking it’s a one off..will stick to scrambled eggs! Weird though.

ilovecherries · 07/05/2020 14:55

Welcome, collywobble. This WOE (and bootcamp) saved my life. I lost just shy of 6 stone in 2017, and have maintained pretty effortlessly since. I did manage to add 12 lbs through the stress of lockdown, and not being so in control of food - we have a vulnerable DD so are dependent of what turns up in the farm delivery boxes. All high quality but not always fitting with this woe - eg, regular deliveries of sourdough bread, local honey and new season potatoes! However, I’m back doing strict bootcamp and three pounds of it has gone already.

ilovecherries · 07/05/2020 14:57

Funnily enough devon, I don’t feel well after boiled eggs. I love them, but I always feel queasy and a bit ‘off’ after eating them.

collywobble · 07/05/2020 15:09

Thank you @ilovecherries that's amazing . I'm excited to start . I'm fed up of gaining being in a cycle of gaining a pound and losing at Slimming World . I'm menopausal which I don't think helps but get very motivated by seeing results .

@Devon I'm the same with eggs I get queasy too after eating them sometimes but do enjoy them

ShagMeRiggins · 07/05/2020 15:59

Not. A. Diet.

Way. Of. Eating.

WATER.

Xenia · 07/05/2020 16:33

In fact i would say it is or was normal eating and eating good foods. Just had my lamb, courgettes, red pepper and leeks..... mmmmmm

ilovecherries · 08/05/2020 09:00

Down another pound today, so that’s 4lb in a week, 8lb to go to get back to my happy place. I feel so much better as well. I may love the sourdough and the honey, but it doesn’t love me, sadly. The keto-itch is back in full force though, so hope that settles soon. About to put a curry in the slow cooker for dinner. Lunch will be a mix of chicken, cold ham, olives and salad.

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 08/05/2020 14:21

Has anyone tried making fathead pizza dough, and if so do you have any tips? Making homemade pizza later at the DC's request, and don't want to miss out!

venusandmars · 08/05/2020 16:44

Went for the most delightful walk this morning, carpets of bluebells, banks of primroses, deer, and an adder!!! (pics)

And we may have broken the law by having a sneaky picnic - cheese and ham rollitos, salad and radishes from the garden. Then picked more wild garlic and have made a lush green soup using homemade chicken stock. Ahh what a life! except for not seeing family, not having an income, and still too many people dying

But tonight I have a real treat organised. I have found a restaurant, a good one, that will deliver. So tonight I am NOT cooking Grin I love cooking, but I also love going out for an excellent meal (not tempted by the local Chinese, Indian or chippy). So this evening I will be dining on smoked duck salad, pork belly, cheese, although I might sneak a tiny spoon of dh's compressed strawberry thing... I'm so looking forward to it, and so happy.

Jan '20 - Low Carb Bootcamp - The finish line!
Jan '20 - Low Carb Bootcamp - The finish line!
Jan '20 - Low Carb Bootcamp - The finish line!
ShagMeRiggins · 08/05/2020 18:10

Greebo I’ve never made the fat head but I remember a few boot camps ago everyone was at it and there were raves. Much like another boot camp where celeriac became the big thing for everyone, and another where I think it was all about the leek. We do love sharing recipes.

ilovecherries 4lbs is great. Really glad to hear your on track and happy with it.

Xenia absolutely, it’s just good food, but I have to admit that for me so is a freshly, perfectly baked baguette or a serving of special fried rice—but only from time to time. Grin

venus your day sounds lovely and your dinner sounds lovelier.

I’m boiling artichokes now, to be served with proper salted better, melted. Food of the gods, I tell ya.

ShagMeRiggins · 08/05/2020 18:12

And boiled artichoke—which my mother taught me—is an actual recipe in Michel Roux He’s book on french cooking. Which tickles me to pieces!

devoncreamtea · 08/05/2020 18:22

@venusandmars Sounds amazing! Enjoy!

I’m keen to hear about the fathead pizza @GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal. I keep seeing it on low carb recipe sites but I haven’t ventured to make it yet - although I did by shredded mozzarella when I went to Lidl with this in mind!
@ilovecherries - 4 lb loss in a week! That’s amazing! I am keeping my fingers crossed for that.

Weight keeps going up and down I don’t know why. Maybe it’s just not being in my normal busy routine. Last time I did this I lost half a stone on the first 2 weeks and good 1.5 - 2 in following weeks. Don’t know what’s going on!
I keep reading about all these “keto desserts/snacks” etc and while I would like to think I might one day eat cake again (🤣) I also am massively put off by sweetener. I just can’t believe that that would be ‘healthier’.
Today I have had:
2 chipolata sausages
Scrambled egg
Half avocado
Spoon of kimchi
Tea

Very small portion of left over h/m chicken and squash
Curry then a small bowl of Greek yog and sprinkle of almonds

Tea is roast chicken thigh and flgv.

Some but not loads of water (busy on allotment!)