Leaving Lockdown Low Carb Bootcamp - week 8

[BIWI]

Morning campers!

Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness once more

Some really good results last week - mentioning in dispatches:

@ebeneezergood
@NoraEphronsneck
@NumbsMet
@adviceatthislatestage
@Choux
@lurknolinger
@NigellaAwesome

All with losses between 3 and 5+pounds!

Come and talk to us on the thread about how you're managing and what your strategies have been

Having flash backs to losing my first tooth in a mouth full of mash potato. took me years to eat it again!

Bizarre Post Alert

Woke up feeling great this morning and hoped on the scales expecting a whoosh - nada, and actually half a kilo fluctuation up. Thought 'Ooh I'll measure!' and good grief, 1cm off my hips and FOUR off my waist!! Haha, bye bye back (and visceral) fat!!

Off for a coffee, normal service can now resume

That’s so great about the 4 inches of your waist 8track! That’s what I’m aiming for - get rid of some of the visceral fat.

BIWI the curried celeriac and leek mash sounds divine! Celeriac was one of my favourite vegetable discoveries when I first tried low carb.

That’s amazing 8track!

Thanks guys. Got a stressful time at work but this is a great boost. And I'm feeling generally better able to deal with the stresses anyway.

(It was only cm though, not inches)

Wow @8Track that's amazing. I never understand how that kind of thing works but it's fab nonetheless! 😄

I have lost another lb! Hurrah. Now 11st 10. Obviously being unable to chew yesterday had an effect as I only ate half a bowl of granola, blackberries and yogurt, broccoli and Stilton soup and a soft boiled egg. So my new strategy for weight loss is have all my teeth fall out.

Hello, please may I join you for the last couple of weeks? I have done a couple of bootcamps before but they seem like a distant memory. I'm horrified how much weight I've put on in lockdown and actually can't believe that it's me in photos when I see them.

Just got the shopping in and feeling motivated to do myself this favour. Been struggling a bit with depression during lockdown and keeping all the balls in the air. Seem to just wander around the kitchen all day unconciously eating anything I come across. I need to keep meals mostly family friendly but I really need to get back into cooking actual meals for us all.
As usual the support and advice here is very inspiring and I hope to get involved for the last stretch!

Welcome! Thing 101

I’m going to stick with it after bc and I know lots of others are too - so you’ll have company!

Im still showing a lb up from the weeks measly 2 glasses of wine and cake. Im amazed at how little you can get away with on the WOE. When i did sw i could easily have a whole day of eating whatever and achieve a loss. Prefer how i feel on this WOE though.

Feel a bit stuck and annoyed at myself after the weight seemed to finally be shifting. I'm hovering around a weight ive regularly been (14.6) so not experiencing any huge changes and no one is noticing yet. I'm really itching to get another stone / stone and a half off for a really noticeable difference. Aiming for about 4-5 off total...

In other less welcome news - last night - for no reason at all and having read and posted here - I had a case of the fuckits.
I have been experiencing mild frustration at the comparatively slow rate of weight loss compared to others, but I am still losing and it hasn’t been a big issue - as I say just mild frustration. I had tried on a pair of 12 jeans earlier that are not far from looking nice (rather than like sausages!!) and which I could do up.
So I was actually feeling ok and not down in dumps. I feel embarrassed that I can’t cope with having crisps in the cupboard without eating them 😳

Now got to get on with things again. Might use mfp again for a few days to check in with myself a bit.

Don't worry @devoncreamtea, slip ups happen. Correct me if I'm wrong but I think the 'mistake' would be thinking "I've messed it up now so I'll stop trying." but instead you're saying ho-hum and KOKO. it's all good!

@MrsKoala well done! Although I think if you go ahead with that plan you might need to ask MNHQ for a new grinning emoji

Morning everyone 👋🏻

I've had a NSV happen yesterday - frustratingly my weight has shot up by 5lbs as I've come on, so no amount of dieting will shift those pounds. I'm looking forward to when that's over, it's nice to see 5lbs + change magically disappear. So anyway... I'm feeling fat and grumpy. Yesterday, PIL visited and FIL is staying for the twins' birthday. He's not a very, um, empathetic person, he's lovely but you wouldn't catch him ever saying 'oh you look nice!'. So imagine my surprise yesterday when he said loudly from the sofa 'Have you lost weight?!'. I thought he was talking to Mr. Numbs so I ignored him at first, but he was talking to me . Somebody noticed! Yay!! 🥳

Thanks numbsmet 😊 And excellent NSV 🤣

That’s a great NSV numbsmet!

Random post alert:

We are at our holiday house and our neighbours behind us have just filled a skip with about 8 bikes. We reclaimed two of them. I can't believe they are throwing the rest of them out, especially in this climate when all bikes are in high demand.

Blimey! Money to burn 😬

Great NSV Numbsmet!

It's funny, sometimes I like it when people notice and comment, but other times I hate it. I think it depends who it is. DH has a cousin we are fond of, but Every Time I see her she says, in an appraising manner, 'have you lost weight?' Even when I quite clearly haven't.

I suspect a barely controlled eating disorder, so I guess that is just her frame of reference, but I resent the fact my weight always seems to be a fair topic for conversation. I always just reply that I don't really know, then change the subject to complement her on something she is wearing. When she tries to veer the convo back to my weight I delve deeper into what she is wearing. (Where did you buy it? I like the ruffles / buttons / length / colour looks great on you - I can go on Forever )

I agree nigella, I sometimes think people are a bit threatened when someone who was larger than them loses weight.

I agree with weight loss chat. Some folks don't like it if you upset the status quo. Some will steadfastly refuse to comment even if you've lost a sizeable chunk.

Just had a lovely dinner inspired by BIWI - curry celeriac mash with roast chicken breast. I didn’t have curry powder so just mixed in coriander powder and garlic masala - lush!

Biwi i need you. I don't know whats wrong with me but I'm dangerously close to packing it all innnnnnnnnnn i don't want to but my brain is fighting meeeee

Eat some fat, drink some water - have a cuppa. You’re doing so well!

@Takingontheworld

Biwi i need you. I don't know whats wrong with me but I'm dangerously close to packing it all innnnnnnnnnn i don't want to but my brain is fighting meeeee

Why?!!!

What's wrong? What's your brain telling you?!

Self sabotage. Convinced ill never change. Ate a cornetto just to prove myself right.

I am an idiot!!

Hi @BIWI, I wrote a post below to answer all your questions- no rush, but just thought maybe you'd missed it? Not pressuring you, just don't want you to think I'd ignored you! 😊