Pre-Christmas Low Carb Bootcamp - our final week!

[BIWI]

So finally we arrive at week 10!

Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

One more week to hold out against the Christmas chocolates, and all the other temptations. And for you to decide what your strategy is for coping with the whole holiday period.

It's not an easy time!

But one thing I do know is that those of you who have stuck with it over the last ten weeks have done really well. The losses have been amazing

So let's have one more really good week!

I've lost another half a pound since monday. That's 19lb in total and if i lose another half pound i will fall off the bottom of my paper graph. Oh no. woe is me :)

I've spent the whole day doing baking for christmas hampers which include some of my favorite foods however its just occurred to me now after the fact that it didn't even occur to me to eat any of it. I tasted some hot chocolate to check my truffle bombs were big enough and had a lick of chutney to see if it was sweet/sour enough but other then that i wasn't interested. Usually cooking makes me starving.

I was in lidl earlier today and thought i would look to see if i could get something for lunch for me and the baby but just wondered round and found i wasn't interested. Came home, gave the baby some toast and i had a glass of water. Weird!

I’ve lost a pound, only 1 pound more to move from the 10s to the 9 stones 😀. Would be great to get there by Christmas, KOKO .....

I cracked (🤣) and couldn't face eggs today. I've hard a delicious warm garlic salad of kale, broccoli, bacon, hollumi and cherry tomatoes. Love it.

I hopped on the scaled and I'm 12.7!!! (Egg fast for 2 days, down 2lbs)

12.7. Honestly cannot believe it. 48lbs since June 🥳

That's amazing @Takingontheundead!

I'm in the 14's!!! I've lost 3 lb up to now, although I'm not getting too excited as I did 3 weeks ago and ended up deflated when I weighed in on the Monday! Fingers crossed though

That's amazing @Takingontheundead

Well done Takingontheundead

My start photo and latest photo, have moved 3 notches on my belt, that’s after 12lbs lost this boot camp

Amazing @NotwatchingSpooks! And yay Zigs!! You'll be seeing 13s in no time at all!

Well done @NotwatchingSpooks that’s amazing progress 👏

Takingontheundead, ZiggaZiggArrgggghhhh and NotwatchingSpooks - amazing progress!

Brilliant progress everyone!

Morning all, some Fab losses.

Hope anyone who has changed tier is okay.
By some Christmas miracle I’ve lost another 1 lb 😀, which excitingly (I don’t get out much, though does anyone any more) has taken me to 9 stone, 13 and 5/8ths , so now I am going to have to try very hard to still be there on Monday .

I had a day of weeing more than usual, so I think it must have been something to do with that, as I have actually wooshed 2 & 1/2 lbs Since Monday.

I’ve been planning some Christmas treats, Just in case your looking for ideas, we are live streaming A Christmas Carol from the Old Vic on Wednesday night. We are going to dress up and dd1 has asked for mini ice creams in the interval, I’m thinking of making a Greek yogurt thing for myself.

Anyway today
B Greek yogurt
L celaric soup
D steaks and homemade coleslaw

2 coffees and a bucket of Teapigs teas ....

Ever wondered where the fat goes Spooks? It's metabolised into carbon dioxide and water so you breathe out the carbon dioxide and pee out the water!

Stuntnun thanks for explanation, it was honestly the most peeing I have ever done and did not match my water intake, so now I understand 😀

It does show me that KOKO is the best way for me

The weird thing is how your body retains all the water for a week or two and then releases it over the day before a whoosh. This was observed in the famous Minnesota Starvation Experiment. Also, each gram of fat metabolised produces 1.1 grams of water! Here's an explanation if anyone is interested: https://www.livescience.com/49157-how-fat-is-lost-body.html

Can I weigh in now please? I've hit 10st 13.8lbs again this morning so I'm well pleased with that! About to go out for a rosemantic lunch with DH with wine so I'll not see sub 11st again this year lol!

Some great losses and successes - love reading them all!

Am going to look out for that bread StuntNun - I ordered the seriously low carb bread from Amazon and it arrived the day before its use by date and is mouldy! So I won't be buying that again! Shame because it was nice.

@MrsHuntGeneNotJeremyObviously have you complained? I had exactly the same, and it was a Royal Mail issue - their deliveries are taking so long. But the Seriously Low Carb people were great and sent me a new batch straight away.

@Iamnotacerealkiller that's great self control! I really struggle not to try homemade biscuits and cakes.

A Christmas Carol sounds good thank you @NotwatchingSpooks. I'm hoping to watch The Nutcracker from the ROH (?) too

I've eaten a lot of homemade mushroom soup today and not much else. No idea what's for tea though I find I'd happily eat a bowl of buttered sprouts these days so maybe that

Biwi I've sent a message via Amazon but haven't heard from them yet. Not sure I want a replacement because I've just packed the freezer with Christmas food I'm not allowed to eat 😁

Email them directly - there are contact details on their website. You could ask for a refund instead of more bread!

Thanks. I will.

Morning, last 2 days of bootcamp KOKO
I’ve stayed the same, hoping to keep that or less for Monday’s weigh in.

Today
B Greek yogurt
L Broccoli soup
D curry made with beef and aubergines, just need to find a recipe

2 coffees, Teapigs tea and water....

Bodies are strange things.

Yesterday I had a beast of a holiday let changeover, which took me nearly 5 hours, and then went and helped plant 400 hawthorn around our village hall. Didn't eat a thing until 5.30pm, when I had a chunk of cheese, then a small bowl of sausage casserole for supper. Made sure I still got my 3 litres in. This morning, up half a pound!

Today DH and I are out for our office Christmas lunch (just the two of us in the business, so no social distancing rules broken!) which means I'm going to go a bit off plan, but I'm having fried brie and cranberry sauce as the starter, main won't be too bad if I can resist the roast potatoes as it's just meat and veggies, and then dessert I'm choosing the cheesecake rather than Christmas pud.