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Week 6 - Leaving Lockdown Low Carb Bootcamp

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BIWI · 17/05/2021 08:46

Morning campers

As ever, here is the spreadsheet

So we start the second half of this Bootcamp.

I sense that things are quietening down a little on the threads, but I hope that doesn't reflect commitment and progress?

It's interesting to hear the chat about maintenance, and very positive that people are starting to realise that it might not be long before they have reached that stage.

Glad to hear you're feeling a bit more positive @FusionChefGeoff

@NigellaAwesom - your cloakroom looks lovely. Love the need to provide for the cat as well Grin

@Moonswimmer and @venusandmars - sailing sounds, to me, like a week/weekend from hell! I'd rather do an SAS outward bound course than be stuck on a tiny boat worrying about how I might go to the loo!

@StuntNun - very impressed that you could just get up and run 2K without training for it! I've completed my C25K so I'm running now for 30 minutes at a time, but I know that I'm nowhere near 5K yet, and it took 9 weeks to reach this stage!

Very envious of you @Andi2020 - wish we were near a beach somewhere.

@ElasticFirecrackers those cheese things sound lovely. What kind of cheese is Maasdam?

@ListenLinda - what do you have in your fridge/freezer/cupboards? We can try and do some kind of 'ready steady cook' for you! Tonight we're going to have a stir-fry, with pork tenderloin and either egg-fried cauliflower rice, or a sort-of pho, using Bare Naked Noodles.

@BSky I'm afraid it's inevitable that too much wine won't help. Bloating is generally dealt with by drinking more water, but I'm sorry that you're having issues with that. If it doesn't resolve itself soon, and you're still having the abdominal ache, I'd get that checked out with your GP. Just to be on the safe side.

Busy next few days here - we're having our Christmas this weekend! Off to pick up SIL from Cardiff and BIL from Bath (DH's brother and sister) and bring them back to us - along with DS2 who will come and join us. So lots of prep work to do to keep us all fed and entertained.

Presents are under the 'tree'; all the beds now have Christmas bedding and we have a couple of Christmas candle ornaments on the mantlepiece as well as little stash of Christmas loo paper in the bathrooms Grin

(Oh, and plenty of Champagne and fizz in the fridge)

Week 6 - Leaving Lockdown Low Carb Bootcamp
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BIWI · 23/05/2021 22:06

[quote ElasticFirecracker]@BIWI I hope you had a good Christmas!

I thought getting these cook books would make life more simple for me, but I'm confused again. I've noticed the recipes in Neris and India don't have carb counts.

I have now seen that Tom Kerridge Chilli is 30 grams of carbs per person. Is that OK? This is even more than the Smoked Haddock Florentine from M&S.

I won't be putting the 75 grams of dark chocolate in, I may substitute a spoonful of good quality cocoa.

The other ingredients (apart from spices) are
mince
tomatoes
onion
garlic
chorizo (1.1/100g)
celery
beef consomme (I have beef stock 0.7/100g)
juice of one lime
Menier cocoa powder (11/100g) say 10g =1.1g.

The side dish included in the carb count is green beans with butter, mint and yoghurt.

This all seems OK to me. So I'm going ahead with it.

Is it OK?[/quote]
Sorry not to see this earlier @ElasticFirecracker.

Carb counts are difficult, because we all have different tolerances. So for some, 30g at one meal might be fine - for others, that might be all they could have in a day! Unfortunately it's one of those things you have to 'suck and see'.

That said, 30g in one meal does sound a lot to me - more the level you might look to eat when you're in maintenance. The obviously carby things in that meal are the onions (which you could replace with shallots) and the tinned tomatoes. The different brands do vary quite a lot, so shop around for those.

The other carbs will come from the beans and the yoghurt, so you could always have a different side?

(I realise you've probably eaten it by now though!)

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BIWI · 23/05/2021 22:09

Week 7 chat thread is here

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