Leaving Lockdown Low Carb Bootcamp - week 9

[BIWI]

Morning all! Nice, bright and early today because I woke up at stupid o'clock

As ever, here's the spreadsheet

Just two weeks left!

Hopefully we're all in the swing of things, but if you've found things slowing or slipping a little, why not go back to strict Bootcamp for these last two weeks?

It's very easy to let the carbs slip back into the daily menu, so a focused effort on keeping them at bay might be a good plan.

@Takingontheworld they’ve just announced that from tonight Spain is back on the list of countries requiring a 2 week isolation when you get back to the U.K.

I could actually do it as I wfh but DP is self employed and getting him to take a week off is hard enough, never mind 2 extra weeks of sitting around at home when we return!

Oh that's a real bummer! I'm so sorry!

I think we’ll just cancel completely now, we were supposed to be in Greece right now, then when that was cancelled changed to Barcelona and then Palma

We’ve also got NY booked for Christmas so I’m debating cancelling that as well before we pay off the balance. That would be so disappointing if we went and couldn’t do much.

If we could just have some sunshine so we could enjoy the garden we’ve just finished renovating and a couple of keto friendly bbqs I think I could live with not leaving the U.K. this year 😂

Oh no, that’s crap @Turnedouttoes. I am just debating booking our ski holiday for end December and wondering if I should bother. I just need stuff to look forward to tho.

I didn’t know you could do on demand les mills. I love body pump but have really missed it since I joined PureGym. They do their own version but it’s nothing like it and nowhere near as good. It’s more like HIIT with a few weights in between the jumping to keep your pulse up. And I don’t do jumping, as I’ve had lots of knee surgery. So I stick to spinning, Pilates and legs, bums and tums (which is such a 90s sounding class but actually quite gruelling - last time I did it before I went to Brussels for my birthday and could hardly walk round the city, wincing and wimpering as I shuffled up the stairs in the Horta house )

I’d definitely recommend giving the free trial a go @MrsKoala They’ve literally got every release ever on there and if you have a smart TV it’s great to choose your favourites at home.

I’ve really enjoyed doing body combat through it but really need the right weights to get the most out of body pump. I did wonder if people who had bought them and then given up would be selling them on eBay but they seem to be even more expensive on there bizarrely

That’s rubbish about your Palms trip turnesouttoes. New York seems to be coming out the other side but the situation elsewhere in the states is very volatile with the virus, difficult call.

@MrsKoala That description of you in Brussels sounds like me today, I can barely walk!

The scales are up but I think it's just water retention in sore muscles so I will drink all the water and KOKO.

Hope you're all having a good weekend. Sorry to hear about your holiday @Turnedouttoes.

Weighed in at 78kg exactly this morning. I vividly remember standing on the scales for the first time after giving birth to now school age DC1 at 78kg the day after coming back from hospital 

@Turnedouttoes I think the Balearic Islands are ok if you can cut out Barcelona? I can understand being nervous right now though.

We also had to cancel our holiday last 2 weeks of August but might try to boom sor where last minute in the U.K. for the final week. Any recommendations? Appreciate we've left it very late!

Ended up with a delicious takeaway Indian last night: chicken tikka starter, tandoori prawns, cauliflower bhaji and mushroom bhaji.

Disappointment today - went to peel my celeriac while I was pondering whether wedges / mash / gratin with our steak and it was all brown and squishy inside! Looks like some kind of worm was in the centre, and had diseased the whole thing apart from half an inch round the edge. So, cauliflower mash (first time ever!) instead, creamed spinach and steak with peppercorn sauce.

Have also made a cabbage coleslaw for the fridge, and a soup out of the (non wormy) veg feelings. About to try a fathead dough as well, hoping I can make a sort of scone to have with the soup. Do many people make fathead stuff? I've steered clear so far as I wanted to break the carb with every meal habit.

I used to like fathead pizza when I did keto the first time, I made it the other day and it made me feel really bloated. It is nice for an every now and then. Gonna experiment with a low carb bread soon.

Weighed in at 79.9kg from 81kg 2 weeks ago - slow going but I decided in the first week I would allow myself a weekly cheat day, and then realised that was a stupid idea to begin with. Been strict ever since so hopefully will start to increase the losses soon!

Ahhh @8Track I keep getting that from Tesco avocados. I’ve started paying attention to use by dates and it’s shocking when I go shopping on a Saturday how much of their veg goes out of date by the next day.

Does anyone have any idea about this bread recipe - mymonpie.com/life-changing-bread-will-change-life/

MIL made me a loaf swapping out the oats for almond flour, would that make it low carb enough? I did see it also has maple syrup so perhaps not

Trying not to drink myself into oblivion. Just thought that apart from my parents and my children there is not one other person alive now who loves me. And whilst I’m a very independent person that has really winded me. Usually faced with anything like this I’d go on a 5 day bender. But I’m trying not to eat or especially drink my way thru it. The odd thing is it isn’t news. I obviously know my situation. But every now and then it hits me. Last weds h was an utter prick to me and I’ve felt empty ever since. I’ve lost 2lb. But I think it’s been a feeling of bleakness that has put me off food.

@MrsKoala

Trying not to drink myself into oblivion. Just thought that apart from my parents and my children there is not one other person alive now who loves me. And whilst I’m a very independent person that has really winded me. Usually faced with anything like this I’d go on a 5 day bender. But I’m trying not to eat or especially drink my way thru it. The odd thing is it isn’t news. I obviously know my situation. But every now and then it hits me. Last weds h was an utter prick to me and I’ve felt empty ever since. I’ve lost 2lb. But I think it’s been a feeling of bleakness that has put me off food.

I'm struggling to find the right words to support you, but I wanted to say that you are really important to the people who love you. You can be proud of not going on a 5 day bender. . .you can stay in control Another 2lb off this week too!

@MrsKoala

Trying not to drink myself into oblivion. Just thought that apart from my parents and my children there is not one other person alive now who loves me. And whilst I’m a very independent person that has really winded me. Usually faced with anything like this I’d go on a 5 day bender. But I’m trying not to eat or especially drink my way thru it. The odd thing is it isn’t news. I obviously know my situation. But every now and then it hits me. Last weds h was an utter prick to me and I’ve felt empty ever since. I’ve lost 2lb. But I think it’s been a feeling of bleakness that has put me off food.

It would be overstepping the mark to claim that we love you, but please @MrsKoala know that there are people here who care for you very much

(I know you're a stranger on the internet and all that, but I really do feel for you, and also feel that I've got to know you after all these years!)

I’m really sorry, I didn’t want to be attention seeking. I know we all care for each other here so I’d hate for anyone to worry - @BIWI thank you especially. I just feel so broken atm I thought h and I were getting on better but I dropped my guard and he’s pulled the rug from under me. I just have to plod on in loneliness I suppose for the children. I’m not so much worried about eating too much in comfort, more stopping eating in a form of self instructed punishment.

Please don't worry! If I've learnt anything over the last 8 years of doing Bootcamp it's that these threads are about so much more than weight loss.

I'm so sorry that you're feeling so broken, and if we can even in the smallest possible way help you to feel better, then you know that we will.

just knowing that you are there has made the difference, many more times than once. Thank you. Everyone. I’m just in a rock and a hard place atm. And sometimes I forget. But every time I am reminded of the reality I am grateful because what doesn’t kill me...

Anyway. It is what it is. Don’t drink wine!

Too late ... !!!

Gosh @MrsKoala I’m genuinely so sorry you’re feeling like that at the moment, it sounds like a horrible situation to be in. Hope HH (horrible husband) is on his way to being out of your life at some point in the near future and things start to look better for you.
What I’ve learnt from the last few years on MN is that women are so incredibly strong and get through so many unexpected and awful things in life and come out the other side very happy and in a much better situation

Oh MrsK, I'm sorry you're feeling so rotten. Echoing the above - there really is a corner of the internet here who cares about you. And excellent work on avoiding the oblivion of wine - I entirely empathise with that approach's tempatations.

I hope the new morning has brought some brightness. We are here for you.

mrskoala, so sorry to read your post and that you’re feeling low. Just wanted to echo what others have said, we’re all here for you.

I hope today feels brighter mrsKoala. Everyone else did a much better job of finding the right words i think. I'm having some marriage niggles/difficulties of my own and generally family life is hard right now. I understand the lonliness and since i couldn't think of anything to make myself feel better i figured it probably wouldn't work for you either! 💐 sometimes accepting the shit for a minute and just letting yourself be without looking for fixes is less exhausting. But i hope today feels better and more manageable.

Official weigh in.. 3 /3.5 lbs off.

25.5lbs in 9 weeks.. pretty chuffed. Thanks for keeping me all going gang.

Blimey, well done @Takingontheworld!! Great stuff. 11lbs off here (in 3 weeks as I started late) although it looks a bit different on the SoF as I messed up my starting weight! Delighted and feeling good.

Wow @8Track and @Takingontheworld - those are some brilliant losses.

1.6kg off this week (end of week 2 for me so still losing quite fast), 3kg total. Still stubbornly above 78kg, annoyingly but obviously very happy overall.

 @MrsKoala



week 10 chat thread is here