Week 6 Low CarbBootcamp - the second half

[BIWI]

Morning campers!

Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness for you to confess all

We're half way through now. Hopefully by now we should all be getting used to a low carb way of eating, which will mean we should be fat-adapted.

I hope you've enjoyed the recipe challenges, and I really look forward to reading more recipes.

I especially hope that the challenge has lured the lurkers out! Please post your recipes!

And, of course, here's hoping that we all have a good week ahead

[ouchmyfeet]

And me too. @Ninkanink I hope you feel better after a bath, I find it's the only thing reliably certain to make me feel better!

I've lost 5.4lbs this week, but 1.5 of that is due to my new scales . I should be honest and go back and revise my starting weight but there's no chance of me doing that. I'm taking the loss as my own! Sorry to all those who haven't had successful weeks weight wise, hope you all get a whoosh this week.

[Ninkanink]

Ah thank you everyone for the positive vibes, you’re all lovely! 🌻

I’m really not complaining. I know I’ve been fortunate and many, many things have gone right in my life; I’ve got to take the rough with the smooth! But I don’t deal well with failure at all, and I have failed in some things that were quite important to me. I try to be philosophical about it, but once in a while it slips a bit.

I feel a bit better now. The sun came out this afternoon which was wonderful. Looking forward to spring now!

I stopped myself from buying to fix my feelings, though. Very proud of that as it’s my go-to for days like this and I’m really trying hard to break that compulsive link. And it was a Dior lipstick that I’ve had my eye on for months that would have looked so beautiful in my lovely little handbag tidy that I got for my anniversary gift, which I will keep in my beautiful little evening bag that I bought last month because it was such a good price and I’ve wanted it for so long, but let’s face it, it will stay in its box for the foreseeable future since there’s nowhere to go where I might need an evening bag (nor, indeed, that lipstick).

So yeah, i was verrry close to hitting the checkout button, but I resisted! I’ve done at least one thing right today!👍

Dinner is going to be out of a jar, because I really don’t want to put any thought into cooking - butter chicken, with roasted cauliflower and broccoli.

[Ninkanink]

@ouchmyfeet brilliant loss! Well done.🌷 It feels so nice when you get that whoosh!

[pinkpinkeverywhere]

Well done @ouchmyfeet, I saw your loss this morning as you are just above me in the spreadsheet and I thought you'd done exceptionally well. Our losses have been very close every week but this week you've done loads better

[BIWI]

LEAVING LOCKDOWN FINALLY BOOTCAMP WILL START ON 12 APRIL

This means it will end on 20 June, ready for us all to burst out in our thinnest finery.

[ListenLinda]

@BIWI i know we are only half way through this one but I can’t wait for that Bootcamp!

[ListenLinda]

Just made salmon stir fry, left out the noodles for me and added a portion of tenderstem broccoli with butter. Was absolutely beautiful!
Cut down my creamy coffees today too. And no snacks between meals. Feeling good today, even with the broken sleep.

[Oneborneverydecade]

@ListenLinda I saw your reply on the other thread. It sounds really difficult, fingers crossed his sleep improves soon

[nowlook]

I was really hoping for that update @BIWI Lovely and svelte ready for my much-delayed holiday please please please don't burst my bubble

[Justcallmecaptainobvious]

I go on (UK) holiday on 21 June so that will do me just perfectly!

[ListenLinda]

@Oneborneverydecade thank you... i’m hoping it’s just a phase

[ShagMeRiggins]

BOOTCAMP WILL START ON 12 APRIL

Hallelujah.

And...my studio can re-open for clients on that day, so whoop whoop! (But I’ll probably be getting my hair done )

[Ninkanink]

It will genuinely be the most EPIC bootcamp ever!

And I will be having the biggest non-BC-friendly celebration meal when it’s all done!! 😁

[cheeseisthebest]

Still bobbing around 10st 3/10st 4!

Will read back through thread properly but how does my food for today sound?

Brunch 2 boiled eggs mashed with butter, a cold chicken leg with skin all with some mayo on the side.
Dinner - lamb steak. Fried courgettes, sprouts, celeriac all cooked in butter. Plus a mustard and creme fraiche sauce with some lemon juice on top.

4.5 pints of water. 1 tea, 1 creamy coffee.

[BustleInYourHedgerow]

B: Greek yoghurt and berries
L: Leftover lamb kofta with garlic sauce, guacamole, pickled shallots and mixed leaves.
D: chicken thighs with peanut butter, chilli lime and soy sauce. Family had with rice and green beans, I had roasted cauliflower and braised kale with mine.

Also the recipe I used for the chicken thighs meant they needed to be skinned and debunked... I make this frequently and usually give the chicken skin to the cats...Today I roasted it and made chicken crackling for myself! It was delicious. The recipe was in a Nigella book, if it's good enough for Nigella, well then

[BIWI]

How do you debunk a chicken thigh?!

[Bestbees]

@cheeseisthebest any veg with lunch?

Otherwise looks good to me, but as a fellow weight staller might be worth measuring things a bit?

Had this Jamie recipe for dinner (subbed swede for the potato). Was delicious and pretty family friendly for those of you who are cooking for kiddies.

[Lyrata]

I continued my eggsperiments today and had another go at my sous vide egg bites. I got them pretty smooth inside, StuntNun if you ever fancied giving this recipe a go:

I used:
200g eggs (four medium)
1/2 a cup of whole milk
40g of Parmesan cheese

An hour at 77.8 Celsius

[cheeseisthebest]

No no veg for dinner had a crazy busy work dinner so just grabbed that quick!
Hmm yes what should I have measured, my lamb steak wasnt very big

[Lyrata]

Ooh the next Bootcamp will end two days before my next birthday. Would be rude not to.

[MarmaladeTeepee]

Some fantastic losses by the sounds of it well done everyone!

I'll definitely be signing up for next bootcamp - finally some tangible goals to aim for.

Hope you're feeling better Ninkanink. I'm using the mindfulness room at school to carry out online learning and so I'm surrounded by positive quotes all day, one of my favourites is fail = first attempt in learning.

[cheeseisthebest]

Crazy busy day I meant

[oscarandelliesdad]

12th of April bootcamp- hooray!! Like a harbinger of joy and freedom. Another week with a pound off so modest loss but I'm getting the hang of the fasting. I'm going to do a super strict week as well with a few 24 hour fasts thrown in, easy when I'm working, nightmare when pooling round at home. I've been lurking a bit this week as the Internet hasn't been doing my mental health any good so I thought it was sensible to withdraw for a wee while. Been fighting the good fight though.. Ish. My water intake has dropped and too much cheese. Dinner tonight was gross but am consoling myself with running a bath, not eating all the cake. Serves me right for shoddy menu planning... Everyone on this thread is lovely, kindest corner of the Internet

[BustleInYourHedgerow]

@BIWI

How do you debunk a chicken thigh?!

Secret family recipe BIWI

[Bestbees]

@cheeseisthebest I am no expert but I guess measuring each thing so you have a bit of a sense of cals? Eg I cal counted/macro today and will do this week to see why I might not be loosing. Will attach mine. Put mine in wrong category, but you get the idea!

Would love feedback from those in the know too!

@BIWI more excited about another bootcamp than I would have expected!