Low Carb Week 7 - Our final weeks

[BIWI]

Forgive me friends, for I have sinned ...

DS1's birthday today so I've been very absent from the thread.

Here is the spreadsheet for you to confess all

Will confess all tomorrow

Good luck to you all

[kilojules]

Just wandering if too many fruit teas is too carby? I tend to have couple of cups throughout the day. Some peppermint but often ginger,lemon,honey or some berry flavour.

[kilojules]

Wanted to run after work but had a stressful situation which spoilt my mood entirely so ended up driving home to sort out dinner instead. Have done day 1 of the Abs and Arms challenge hopefully tomorrow will be a better day.

[Dailyhandtowelwash]

@kilojules you've still come a long way! I'm nowhere near goal - about 20lbs from BMI 25 and I'm small-framed, so really probably would be better off at 23. Sigh.

[prettybird]

"Shoogled" is a Scottish word for "shaken"/shaked.

As in to "shake the bowl of brussel sprouts"

Can you guess what "His jaiket is on a shoogly nail" means? (nothing whatsoever to do with Boot Camp ).

[kilojules]

@Dailyhandtowelwash My BMI is 30.
I know it feels like it will never happen. Like some of the posts mentioned earlier I defo have (still do) obsess over the figures on the scale. Time to try and focus on how clothes.

You will loose the 20lbs. Slowly but surely!

[oscarandelliesdad]

@prettybird
I ken exactly fit yer sayin. Tcheuchter quine here Are you still up Tyree way? I bet that sea was fare bracing! I'm also doing a cold end of shower and working up to a sea swim... Good luck with yours.

[kilojules]

@prettybird

"Shoogled" is a Scottish word for "shaken"/shaked.

As in to "shake the bowl of brussel sprouts"

Can you guess what "His jaiket is on a shoogly nail" means? (nothing whatsoever to do with Boot Camp ).

nope! Tried google translate but apparently there's no Scottish! 🤣🤣

[nowlook]

@prettybird

"Shoogled" is a Scottish word for "shaken"/shaked.

As in to "shake the bowl of brussel sprouts"

Can you guess what "His jaiket is on a shoogly nail" means? (nothing whatsoever to do with Boot Camp ).

I'm guessing that it means you're about to LTB

[VeryLittleOwl]

Gah, ate too much haggis last night and am up 0.4lbs on last week this morning as a result. Never mind, KOKO. Broccoli soup with double cream and a chunk of cheese for lunch, chilli with FLGV for supper and have also managed all my water, which I wasn't so good about last week.

[Doilooklikeatourist]

Started the day with the plank challenge , only 30 seconds , so far , so good
B Greek yoghurt with cream , vanilla and 2 strawberries
L 2 hard boiled eggs , avocado , salad and mayo ( will have to check for sugar , as I’m using Hellman’s too )
D chicken breast with kale , mushrooms , courgettes and a sweet and sour homemade sauce ( mine with no sweet in it ) noodles for the other 2
Had to have a slice of cheddar with butter so will add some extra fatty bits in the menu tomorrow
DD fancies fajitas , we usually have turkey steaks , I’m thinking no wrap , but top up with the sides ( sour cream , avocado )
@kilojules 👍lovely photo
@BIWI birthday celebration night sounds fun , it’s my DS birthday 13th April , hoping he doesn’t have a second birthday in lockdown

[prettybird]

Oscar - I'm a posh Weegie so my Highland and Doric is not brilliant (although ds is at Uni in Aberdeen) but I still ken whit ye're sayin' but when I try to SPEAK with a strong Scottish accent, dh just laughs at me

We used to go on holiday to Tiree every year from when I was about 4 until I went off to Uni at 17.

Nowlook I'm guessing that it means you're about to LTB That's one meaning . T'other one is that he's about to be sacked or is on his last warning. Straight translation is, "his jacket is on shaky nail"

[ChristMyArse]

Hi all!

I am heavier happier soul tonight. It didn't hit home yesterday but today it's just been so much easier and better. Thanks to those who have commented 😘

Today has been good food wise .. as per @1stMrsF the fact that I'm able to jump back in to this rather than give up is enlightening.

Some brill loses, well done and KOKO everyone else.

I have not 1, but 2 MRI scans tomorrow at two different places, one at 7am 😩😱 and the other at half 11 so intending to fast until I get home.

I'm off for what is hopefully a peaceful sleep until the bastard alarm goes off at 5.45am

[RagzReturnsRebooted]

@prettybird

I've not done any wild/sea swimming (at least, not for over 40 years since I used to swim in the Atlantic off the beaches on Tiree and never understood why my parents were never so keen to go in the water ) but as a poor substitute for the health benefits, I've started to finish off my shower with turning off the hot water and seeing how long I can last under the cold....

I've got up to a whole 45 seconds

DH is doing cold showers as part of his therapy for depression. He's up to 2.5 minutes started from 1 min. Now I can do them when swimming or at the gym and I can swim in cold water, but cold showers at home in just can't get to grips with. I'm far too chicken when there's no one there to show off to!

[RagzReturnsRebooted]

Breakfast - creamy coffee
Lunch - LC roll, ham, cheese, leaves
Snack - Greek yogurt as I needed something extra before/after giving blood this evening, but was turned away due to exposure to an infectious disease (I'm a nurse). Didn't eat it all.
Dinner - 2 lamb chops air fried (ohhh, the fat) and cabbage fried in EVOO and butter. So simple with just salt and pepper but absolutely bloody gorgeous. DH days he may LC if it means he gets lamb (don't usually buy it other than mince as pricey but aldi had reasonably cheap chops and it's OK if I'm not making them for 5 of us!).

Done my day 1 plank (20secs) and my other goal is to track and drink my water goal as I've been slacking.

Lip twitching has definitely vanished, so I can ignore Google telling me I have ALS and put it down to some weird low carb phenomenon. I actually wonder if it was caused by the electrolyte tablets as it stopped when I didn't have them for a few days. Only had half a one today. Could also be a coincidence. Headaches have gone too, so maybe I'm just adapted.

[RagzReturnsRebooted]

@ChristMyArse so glad to hear your unhappy home month is over, I hope peace and harmony remain. Good luck with the MRIs!

[prettybird]

I'd been estimating the length of time I stayed under the cold shower, counting my breaths. I've just timed it using the phone stopwatch and even allowing for sharp intakes of breath an increased rate of breathing under the duress of the cold water, I'm actually up to 2' 30"

[BustleInYourHedgerow]

@Bestbees I am 7k from the sea and some beautiful beaches. I am very lucky. Unfortunately we are on a 5k lockdown I really miss a blustery beach walk but it will be all the sweeter when I can do it.

A place by the sea sounds fantastic! Well I will have to be able to zip up my wetsuit first it actually doesn't fit at the moment! And I'll be damned if I have to spend 300 euro on another one!

[BIWI]

@cheeseisthebest

It was laziness really, I'm fed up with cooking so many different meals. I cooked the tagliatelle yesterday and wasnt even for me, obviously!
Pasta totally messes up my blood sugar, I am now starving!!

Why are you cooking so many meals? Why aren't you all eating the same thing? There's no reason why the rest of the family can't eat what you're eating.

And - more importantly - why are your needs not as important as anyone else's? Why cook stuff for other people but not you?

[FusionChefGeoff]

@cheeseisthebest I read that there's something about the way 'real' Greek yoghurt is processed which reduces the lactose and therefore the sugar / carbs. From memory it was an extra step which isn't found in most normal yoghurt.

Just found it - it was from an IBS nutrition site:

Greek Yoghurt:
Greek yoghurt is slightly different from regular yoghurt, because it goes through an extra processing step. To make traditional Greek yoghurt, once the yoghurt has been through the usual fermentation phase, it is then strained and the watery part is discarded. The benefit of this is that when the watery whey is strained and discarded, much of the lactose goes with it. The end result is a yoghurt that is thicker and creamier as well as higher in fat and lower in lactose. In a natural or plain flavoured Greek yoghurt, you can see this on the nutrition information panel, which lists carbohydrates as usually around 4-6g/100ml.
Note: Don’t be fooled by “Greek style” yoghurt though. This has not been through the straining process that lowers the lactose. Instead it contains added thickeners, to help simulate the texture of true Greek yoghurt..

[BustleInYourHedgerow]

Pretty bird you are a brave bird indeed with cold showers. I love sea swimming (in the Atlantic too) and used to swim regularly in the lake beside home as a child... but cold showers are another thing entirely. I need to move in the cold water to keep warm . I go body boarding with the children regularly too. Never got the hang of surfing but I love body boarding.

That's a great lasagne idea I must put it on my menu for next week.

Kilojoules I ALWAYS nab the derriere

Fusiongeoff thats interesting about the Greek yoghurt. The Lidl one is very nice, we go through buckets of it a week, my children love it. Its 3.9 carby per 100g.

[cheeseisthebest]

BIWI my husband is vegan so doesnt eat meat fish or dairy which isnt compatible with what I'm eating!
Thank you for yoghurt info will have to make sure I get the right one next time. We do online Asda shop not sure they do any other will have to check or try somewhere else.

[ZiggZagg]

@cheeseisthebest Asda sell Fage 5% it's proper Greek yoghurt and is delicious!

[FusionChefGeoff]

Morning all - feeling a bit meh today - not a great sleep due to DCs with nightmares.

Have a PT virtual session which should help perk me up.

L: chicken, avo and bacon salad
D: salmon with creamy lemon sauce, cabbage, green beans

I'm nervous that I've opened Pandora's box re mayonnaise @BIWI is shop Mayo off the list if it contains any sugar?? Aldi version is less than 1.5g per 100g and I think making my own might be a step too far even for me and I'm pretty cheffy!

[StuntNun]

Geoff it's the total amount of carbs you want to look at for mayonnaise. If it's below 5% and preferably below 3% carbs then it's low carb. We don't need to distinguish between carbs from sugar and carbs from starch. In fact, technically carbs from sugar would be less bad than carbs from e.g. pasta because they're 50% fructose and 50% glucose rather than 100% glucose. But then we get into a can of worms about how bad is lactose in milk and how fructose causes fatty liver and... it's much easier just to look at the total amount of carbohydrate in a food.

Where you want to look closely at the ingredients is to see how processed a food is. As a rule of thumb if a food has ingredients that you wouldn't use yourself in the kitchen then it's processed. In the case of Hellman's mayonnaise the ingredients are:

Rapeseed oil (78%), water, free range pasteurised EGG and EGG yolk (8.9%), spirit vinegar, sugar, salt, lemon juice, antioxidant (calcium disodium EDTA), flavouring, paprika extract.

The only thing that you wouldn't find in a kitchen is the antioxidant and I'm guessing they have to add that in to make it shelf stable. So I would say this is a pretty good choice for Bootcamp. Yes it's better to make your own mayo but we don't all have the time/resources/ability to do that and anyway Hellman's tastes better than my homemade mayo!-

[Doilooklikeatourist]

Just had to check my yoghurt , it’s Tesco finest Greek yoghurt , and lists the ingredients as .......milk
It’s lovely ! And Bootcamp friendly ( if anyone wants a recommendation)