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Low-carb bootcamp

Join discussions about low-carb bootcamp plans, meals and progress. Consider speaking to a medical professional before starting any diet.

Week 10 - Low Carb Bootcamp - the finishing line!

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BIWI · 22/03/2021 09:01

Morning all. Sorry for the late start to the thread, but I slept in. Then hungry cats had to be fed before I could deal with this!

Anyway here's the spreadsheet for its penultimate outing

Hopefully all good news to report - but never fear, if last week hasn't been great, you still have a few days left to sort that.

Looks like it's going to be a more settled week weather-wise, and hopefully we really will be seeing more and more signs of spring to cheer us all up.

Here's to a great last week Flowers

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MrsOmelette · 24/03/2021 21:39

@GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal ah that’s shame, sorry you didn’t get audition.

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 24/03/2021 21:46

Thanks all. Bit down about it, I was hoping to at least get an audition as this is my area of "expertise".

venusandmars · 24/03/2021 21:53

Aw greebo that's shit. I was invited to apply for something last year where all my skills and experience fitted 100%. I spent days on my application and got a straightforward rejection. I still feel a bit wounded.

I had my vaccine yesterday and have felt a bit 'run down' today. Bizarrely the arm that I didn't have the injection in aches more that the other one. Anyway another night's sleep and I' sure I'll be fine. And it's good to be part of a positive statistic.

I'm a daily weigher and was delighted to see a new low weight on the scales this morning. But this evening I'm way up on where I was yesterday, so it might be another week before that sticks...

Food today:
B - coffee with cream
L - spinach soup, boiled egg
D - chicken salad (olive oil, mayonnaise) last of the crispy chicken skin

GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal · 24/03/2021 21:56

Good news you got your vaccine, @venusandmars - hope you feel better tomorrow.

Off to donate blood tomorrow.

AWryGiraffe · 24/03/2021 22:07

I've got back down to my previous lowest weight so I'm hoping it sticks this time and I have a whoosh! It's been about a month at this weight or thereabouts.

Lunch - spinach and cucumber with fried mushrooms, shallots and avocado

Dinner - butter paneer with red pepper and mushroom with cauli rice. So nice!

1stMrsF · 24/03/2021 22:16

Evening. Greebols that sucks. I imagine it must be even more difficult than usual to get parts at the moment.

Lovely to hear so many are being jabbed. Hope any side effects are short lived.

What did you have with your duck BIWI? I like a dauphinoise with duck, and garlicky green things, but I'm a bit late to the suggestions again.

Lunch at school was Korean Chicken, which disappointingly was very sweet Sad had to scrape off the sauce as best I could. Dinner was chilli-no-beans with tacos for the DC and as a salad bowl for me and DH, leaves, iceberg, cuke topped with chilli, cheese, sour cream and guacamole, hm coleslaw on the side. Almost managed the WATER.

Persuaded DCs off their iPads - took an actual geological age felt like - and started watching Alex Rider on Amazon Prime. They loved it (I managed not to say I told you so) and so did I so there's a family activity that might fill some of the Easter hols. They have early morning Cricket training tomorrow (leaving home an hour earlier than usual at 6.45am Confused) - these things are very hard after such a long break from school. I have a virtual training course, I'm interested to see how that feels/goes.

Sorry am wittering - in a chatty mood when I ought to be sleeping in anticipation of the early alarm!

Mimosa1 · 25/03/2021 07:21

Morning everyone! I received a huge order of SLC rolls yesterday and have sliced them up and stuck them in the freezer. I've learned that otherwise they go mouldy.

RagzReturnsRebooted · 25/03/2021 07:38

@Mimosa1

Morning everyone! I received a huge order of SLC rolls yesterday and have sliced them up and stuck them in the freezer. I've learned that otherwise they go mouldy.
I didn't think of slicing them before freezing. I usually bring one to work and then struggle to cut it as we have no serrated knives... Doh.

Weight has been bouncing around this week after a nice new low last weekend, which is annoying but it will settle eventually. I remember this from last time, I can have a week of steady drops then go back up a bit and bounce around before coming down again. I weigh daily as I find it easier to cope with fluctuations that way.

I wouldn't weigh in the evening though, as I'm always several pounds heavier in the evening. First thing in the morning only.

prettybird · 25/03/2021 08:09

Forgot to post my Day 24 earrings yesterday.

Not sure where I got these - another pair bought a looooong time ago. Definitely over 29 years ago as they pre-date me meeting dh.

They're just half a seed that has been polished - I can remember thinking how interesting they were when I bought them.

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Dailyhandtowelwash · 25/03/2021 08:27

Morning, all. @RagzReturnsRebooted you are me. Lovely low last week and then my weight shot back up and is now slowly returning. I am ovulating at the moment and this just gets worse and worse - last night I barely slept due to uncomfortable bloating, back ache and tension. I am 2lbs lighter today than yesterday which reflects (tmi) more output than input as I went out for tapas and committed some minor carb (calamari, courgette fries and croquetas - was sharing with a friend as you do with tapas so mostly ate the less carbs items - chicken thigh with romesco sauce, chilli prawns, and aubergine stuffed with manchego and pine nuts).

Dailyhandtowelwash · 25/03/2021 08:28

And sorry I didn’t say a big thank you to those who kindly replied to my last mega post. Work has eaten me. But I did appreciate it.

BIWI · 25/03/2021 10:39

Sorry about your audition @GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal. Flowers

Thanks for the duck recipe @StuntNun - I should have cooked that rather than the version I attempted. I avoided yours because of the combination of orange slices and flour, thinking it would end up being too carby. (Oh, and I didn't have any sherry!)

Instead, I made an orange and cranberry sauce. A packet of dried cranberries, gently simmered in the juice of an orange, with a generous wodge of butter, and then the juices from the duck. (There were a lot, as it was one of those 'roast in a bag' ducks, which preserves a lot of moisture).

What I failed to check, however, was that the pack of cranberries I'd bought - thinking it would be much lower in carbs, as well as quite sharp, turned out to be sweetened. A massive 76.7g carbs per 100g - which was the whole pack, which I'd used all of Angry I reckon that made enough sauce for at least four people, and (once I'd tasted it and realised just how sweet it was) I had much less than I served to DH/DS1, so hopefully reduced some of the damage.

Turns out Sainsbury don't sell unsweetened dried cranberries. Who knew?!

Lesson learnt - and a reminder to all of us - always check the packets! You'd think I'd know that by now Blush.

@1stMrsF I served it with griddled asparagus, and savoy cabbage with onions, which had been gently braised in butter and white wine for about half an hour.

Overall I enjoyed it very much. It was this duck which was on offer at £7 instead of their normal £9. There was plenty for the three of us, and some left over. I might make some kind of stir-fry/noodle soup with that (with Bare Naked noodles).

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BustleInYourHedgerow · 25/03/2021 10:39

Did a sneaky weigh in this morning as tmI dug out a pair of trousers that definitely didn't fit before Chris and wore them yesterday, not only did they fit but they were loose! Am down two pounds since Monday weigh in thank fuck. Am in for four nights until Monday mornings will see how that goes. I have dinner prepped for tonight and tomorrow. Dh does cook and is decent at it but I find he doesn't give me the flgv I require and I end up taking yoghurt into work because I'm hungry. Which is fine a few nights but probably doesn't work for me 6 nights in a row.

Oneborneverydecade · 25/03/2021 11:00

Apologies for hopping in and out but what should I be buying from Cook? In need of a ready meal for pizza night

pinkpinkeverywhere · 25/03/2021 11:13

Morning, 2 little positives for me over the last couple of days. Yesterday the scales said 10 9 and I was so excited that the second number was a single digit! Obviously I'd rather the first number was a single digit but maybe in time and another boot camp or two....
And secondly in the supermarket this morning I just felt the need to pull my trousers up slightly Grin. They are the same size I've been wearing since boot camp started, but there is less of me over the top of them and there is no struggle to do them up.
I do love hearing about all these little 'wins' we're having.

MrsOmelette · 25/03/2021 11:36

Today: B - chocolate mug cake & sour cream, L - cheesy scrambled eggs with green pepper & mushrooms.
Have starting weighing things to try and get portion control better long term and it’s very interesting - what I thought might be 30g grated mozzarella was actually 50, etc.

BIWI · 25/03/2021 11:56

@MrsOmelette

Today: B - chocolate mug cake & sour cream, L - cheesy scrambled eggs with green pepper & mushrooms. Have starting weighing things to try and get portion control better long term and it’s very interesting - what I thought might be 30g grated mozzarella was actually 50, etc.
@MrsOmelette

I thought you said that the cake was going to be occasional? That's two days in a row!

Remember, we're trying to train our tastebuds to not want sweet things.

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prettybird · 25/03/2021 12:04

Congratulations pink Smile

I've got two positives to report as well: one scales and one NSV.

I have finally got back to my pre-Christmas weight: 11st 2.75lb Smile It's only taken me all bloody Boot Camp to get there Shock, with weeks of sticking around the 11st 5/6/7lb Hmm - but finally I'm there Grin

Now if I could lose 3lb in the next 12 days, then I could achieve my revised Wink target of being under 11st by my 60th Grin

The NSV is that I can now do up my Nicole Farhi dress. It's a bit buxom wench-ish and unless I'm consciously breathing out, the buttons are gaping and I'd definitely get heart burn if I wore it for an evening as it's so tight, but I'm in it Grin

(Newbies to this thread wont know about the semi-porn picture I posted up early in this Boot Camp, where the middle buttons over my boobs weren't do-up-able Blush)

Excuse the serious face: I found it difficult to take the picture to show off both the bodice and the waist as I had to get the angle of the camera right)

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ouchmyfeet · 25/03/2021 12:19

Having the same week as @RagzReturnsRebooted and @Dailyhandtowelwash

Lovely low weight last week, lost every day I think. Had one bottle of beer on Sunday and instantly put on 2lbs which still hasn't left 4 days later Sad.

Serves me right for drinking beer. Lesson learned. I can definitely live without beer, luckily enough.

pinkpinkeverywhere · 25/03/2021 13:02

That dress looks great @prettybird, another few lbs and you'll be able to wear it and breath Wink

I had the same @ouchmyfeet when it was my birthday, a few non bootcamp things and I put on 5lbs! It took me nearly 2 weeks to lose it and start a downward trajectory again. It really wasn't worth it so I've remained on strict boot camp since. It does make me ponder maintainence as I don't think my body can tolerate carbs at all Sad

Dailyhandtowelwash · 25/03/2021 13:14

You look fantastic @prettybird!

My NSV is that I've been in the office a little bit in the last three weeks and quite a few people have asked me if I've lost a lot of weight. I'm probably no more than 7lbs down from when I last saw most of them.

Ninkanink · 25/03/2021 13:33

Some GREAT NSV’s 💐💐💐 and congrats to @prettybird on containing the bosoms!😉

On maintenance - that’s what it’s all about - it’s learning to balance your diet (as in what you choose to eat), making mindful choices when you do go off plan, and learning what works (and what doesn’t) for you in terms of triggers/derailment. So, you had a couple of extra lbs on for a week or two...that’s not a big deal, really - they came off again. What you learn after a while is a) what you can safely eat/drink, what you need to avoid altogether because it sets you off on a spiral of carbiness that’s hard to find back from and will properly derail you. You was also learn that you can have a little of X every so often, and quite a bit of Y a little more often, but Z is got very special occasions only.

It’ll be different for everyone. But it is perfectly doable for everyone.

Ninkanink · 25/03/2021 13:35

Sigh, some minor mistakes in there but I’m sure you can get the main point(s).

prettybird · 25/03/2021 13:55

Today's earrings: silver and onyx earrings that belonged to my mum (dad was good at buying her jewellery - although he has just admitted that it was sometimes as a "sorry" after an argument Wink).

I'm wearing a short sleeved top under a cardigan as I'm off later this afternoon to get my jag Smile

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Mimosa1 · 25/03/2021 14:08

Another vote for not buying meals from the low carb company - the cauliflower chicken is awful...

To the PP asking about Cook, The Peking duck and the aubergine and paneer curry are my favourites.