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Summer Low Carb mini-Bootcamp sign-up thread

175 replies

StuntNun · 19/07/2021 10:48

@Oneborneverydecade and I are running a mini-Bootcamp starting on Monday 2nd August. This will be a six-week Bootcamp ending on Sunday 12th September. You can choose to start with two weeks of strict Bootcamp, or stick with Bootcamp Light for the whole six weeks. The Low Carb Bootcamp rules are here if you want to know more.

@BIWI will be around to offer support but we're giving her a break by handling the starting of threads and the spreadsheet side of things. We'll also be chatting about how to eat while you're on holiday so don't feel that you can't sign up because you've got a week away this summer.

If you want to join in then sign up by cut and pasting the list below and adding your name to the end. If you don't want your weight to be recorded on the spreadsheet then put NO SPREADSHEET after your name.

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venusandmars · 20/07/2021 23:27

And a message to others.. the spreadsheet

I've requested not to be added to the spreadsheet because I know that I will be on holiday for half the time. But... having been part of this group for a while, I'd encourage everyone to be ON the sheet (and I will certainly be there on the October camp).

For me it is about honest accountability. I wish I was 4lbs down, but I'm not. So what am I eating? why am I stalling? I can post 'ideal' food diaries, but accounting for myself (and only to myself) on the spreadsheet stirs me to look at what I'm really doing.

BIWI · 20/07/2021 23:32

Great post @venusandmars

Dellabob123 · 21/07/2021 08:57

Please can I join?
I’ve been a big fan of low carb for years and had huge success, but like most, totally lost the plot over the lockdowns. Went back on 5 weeks again and lost 7 lbs and 6 inches all over in first 2 weeks. I’m now at that point where I need to monitor what I eat as I can get a bit blase. I’ve started to have a couple of glasses of fizz.. it’s creeping in and I completely know better. I need support at this critical time in the mindset process and this group would be fab.

I’ve never done this before, so copying the list below but I don’t know what to do with spreadsheet.

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BIWI · 21/07/2021 10:07

Welcome @Dellabob123!

Don't worry about the spreadsheet - those who are setting it up will add your name to it. Then each Monday (or any day of the week you prefer) you enter your weight, and that's it!

What you will find, though, is a huge amount of information on the tabs on the spreadsheet - so Bootcamp rules are there, there's a carb counter and lots of resources about low carbing.

prettybird · 21/07/2021 11:26

For newbies, I had a thought that it would be worthwhile reassuring them that they don't need to be on the Spreadsheet in order to make use of the Spreadsheet with all its helpful resources ifyswim Grin

I know it's obvious to us old-timers but I wouldn't want anyone to be put off Wink

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naemates · 21/07/2021 12:51

I followed you all on the last boot camp from around 8 weeks behind, only reading the posts for the equivalent day so it was like I was really there! Sometimes confusing, when you were mentioning snow during a heatwave, but otherwise really kept me going and I've lost nearly 2 stone in the 8ish weeks Smile. I'm going on holiday next week and come home on the 1st Aug, so timing is perfect.

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10. BestisWest (no need to add me to the spreadsheet) 11. Cheeseisthebest NO SPREADSHEET 12. JimHairy 13. Sunshineandlollypops 14. Pangolinfan 15. Morecoobell 16. Untradwife (no spreadsheet please) 17. oscarandelliesdad 18. HaggisTheGreat 19. FusionChefGeoff (no spreadsheet pls) 20. Aliensrus 21. ToffeeNotCoffee (no spreadsheet please) 22. Pleaseandthankyou 23. pinknsparkly 24. Venusandmars (no spreadsheet please) 25. Ifeelmuchlessfat 26. Bettybigballs (no spreadsheet please) 27. TheBuriedGiant 28. MalFunkshun (no spreadsheet please) 29. CrispyChickenThighs 30. Andi2020 31. ZiggZagg 32. Latebloomingleo 33.Dellabob123 34: JB7445 35: naemates
TurquoiseBaubles · 21/07/2021 12:57

It's many years and many namechanges ago when I was last on a bootcamp, but have just been told I have high blood pressure and high cholesterol as well as being fat Blush. I used to always fall of around week 5, but I bet I could manage 6 weeks expecially if I allowed myself a few bootcamp light days in the first couple of weeks (strawberries and almonds, yum).

Thanks everyone.

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10. BestisWest (no need to add me to the spreadsheet) 11. Cheeseisthebest NO SPREADSHEET 12. JimHairy 13. Sunshineandlollypops 14. Pangolinfan 15. Morecoobell 16. Untradwife (no spreadsheet please) 17. oscarandelliesdad 18. HaggisTheGreat 19. FusionChefGeoff (no spreadsheet pls) 20. Aliensrus 21. ToffeeNotCoffee (no spreadsheet please) 22. Pleaseandthankyou 23. pinknsparkly 24. Venusandmars (no spreadsheet please) 25. Ifeelmuchlessfat 26. Bettybigballs (no spreadsheet please) 27. TheBuriedGiant 28. MalFunkshun (no spreadsheet please) 29. CrispyChickenThighs 30. Andi2020 31. ZiggZagg 32. Latebloomingleo 33.Dellabob123 34: JB7445 35: naemates 36. TurquoiseBaubles
naemates · 21/07/2021 13:00

As a brilliant start, I just hid this thread instead of watching it! 🤦🏻‍♀️

Burnshersmurfs · 21/07/2021 13:06
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10. BestisWest (no need to add me to the spreadsheet) 11. Cheeseisthebest NO SPREADSHEET 12. JimHairy 13. Sunshineandlollypops 14. Pangolinfan 15. Morecoobell 16. Untradwife (no spreadsheet please) 17. oscarandelliesdad 18. HaggisTheGreat 19. FusionChefGeoff (no spreadsheet pls) 20. Aliensrus 21. ToffeeNotCoffee (no spreadsheet please) 22. Pleaseandthankyou 23. pinknsparkly 24. Venusandmars (no spreadsheet please) 25. Ifeelmuchlessfat 26. Bettybigballs (no spreadsheet please) 27. TheBuriedGiant 28. MalFunkshun (no spreadsheet please) 29. CrispyChickenThighs 30. Andi2020 31. ZiggZagg 32. Latebloomingleo 33.Dellabob123 34: JB7445 35: naemates 36. TurquoiseBaubles 37. Burnshersmurfs
pinknsparkly · 21/07/2021 13:46

@prettybird

For newbies, I had a thought that it would be worthwhile reassuring them that they don't need to be on the Spreadsheet in order to make use of the Spreadsheet with all its helpful resources ifyswim Grin

I know it's obvious to us old-timers but I wouldn't want anyone to be put off Wink

Is there a copy of this spreadsheet that is available before the bootcamp starts for us newbies to have a look at?

And can I ask if anyone has any specific advice for my situation/comments on my plan. My husband is happy for me to participate in the boot camp but won't be joining me. My daughter is weaning so I cook all our meals with zero salt to be baby friendly. My plan is to cook the same foods for all of us, and just add carbs to theirs. I will add salt to my plate (if I remember) and try to drink a sugar free, caffeine free electrolyte tablet each day. Does this seem reasonable or have I overlooked something obvious that means I'm doomed to failure?

Also, what do people do after a bootcamp? Is the idea that you keep eating the same way or that you introduce a few carbs back in and eat a low(er) carb diet for life?

pinknsparkly · 21/07/2021 13:50

Another question (sorry!). If following the bootcamp light, are there limits on vegetables and salad? The main boot camp rules say only veg with less than 4% carbs but the bootcamp light just says lots of veg. I type this while eating roast pork with carrots and broccoli for lunch and assume that at least the carrots wouldn't be allowed?

prettybird · 21/07/2021 14:32

@pinknsparkly : the Speadsheet of Fabulousness is linked to in the OP of the thread for each week of Boot Camp (including this one) Smile

It has The Rules as one of the tabs and other tabs have resources like articles/books that will help, carb counts of veg and fruit, a 3 day "UberCamp", a Stones/pound/kilos converter, as well as the tab with all the weights of the participants on it (those that want to track their weight). It is that last tab, the weights tab, that is the only one that specifically changes from one Boot Camp to the next.

Although some of the other worksheets may be amended or added to as we learn new things (like supporting scientific articles Grin).

ToffeeNotCoffee · 21/07/2021 14:37

@venusandmars

Thanks

prettybird · 21/07/2021 14:39

@pinknsparkly re your concerns about juggling Boot Camp and the other members of your household, your plan is feasible. I like to add flakes of sea salt to my veg. I also make every 2nd pint of water an electrolyte one, with a generous shake of Lo:Salt and a squoosh of lemon juice. Dh gets chips, rice or pasta alongside his protein (although he's often happy without).

Maintenance is a whole other topic and we all have slightly different ways of doing it and tolerances of how many carbs we can introduce. But essentially yes, it means continuing to eat lower carb for life or all that weight will pile back on again, as well as your appetite Shock

Anyway, I need to get back to my decorating. I'm painting a bathroom dark blue Grin

venusandmars · 21/07/2021 17:26

@pinknsparkly you might also find that if you're making some of the delicious low carb dishes such as celeriac dauphinoise, or cheese and almond muffins, or cauliflower rice, that you dh realise how delicious they are, and you have to make extra for him too!

venusandmars · 21/07/2021 17:26

'your dh might realise...' doh!

MsAwesomeDragon · 21/07/2021 17:44
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I did bootcamp before Christmas and did really well, losing almost a stone but more importantly getting my blood sugars down to almost prediabetic numbers. Then Christmas happened, and lockdown happened, and family/work life got stressful and I fell off the low carb wagon big time. So I'm back to the beginning, but fully prepared this time, and I know that if I stuck to it then it suits me brilliantly.

Kerplunkk · 21/07/2021 20:29
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I did just try to access the spreadsheet to have a look but it said I needed permissions, will that automatically happen on the 2nd?

Onelittlepiglet · 22/07/2021 14:52

I’d like to join too please. I was supposed to join the last bootcamp, but just after it started I had a very low period due to health issues and some other things and it all went wrong. Sad So I’m picking myself up and starting again. I started LC on Tuesday and plan to carry on with that on my own before the mini bootcamp.

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JimHairy · 22/07/2021 20:04

Day 4 here and URRRRGH.

I’m drinking loads but headachy and tired. The baby is down for the count so I’m off to bed.

Food today:

Creamy coffee, chorizo crisps, soft cheese and spinach for breakfast

Left over cottage pie (celeriac top) for lunch

Oven roasted chicken pieces with hot sauce and skin, feta cheese salad and home made blue cheese dip for tea.

50FootWave · 22/07/2021 20:06

Place marking 😀

Howdidthathappen1 · 22/07/2021 21:08

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10. BestisWest (no need to add me to the spreadsheet) 11. Cheeseisthebest NO SPREADSHEET 12. JimHairy 13. Sunshineandlollypops 14. Pangolinfan 15. Morecoobell 16. Untradwife (no spreadsheet please) 17. oscarandelliesdad 18. HaggisTheGreat 19. FusionChefGeoff (no spreadsheet pls) 20. Aliensrus 21. ToffeeNotCoffee (no spreadsheet please) 22. Pleaseandthankyou 23. pinknsparkly 24. Venusandmars (no spreadsheet please) 25. Ifeelmuchlessfat 26. Bettybigballs (no spreadsheet please) 27. TheBuriedGiant 28. MalFunkshun (no spreadsheet please) 29. CrispyChickenThighs 30. Andi2020 31. ZiggZagg 32. Latebloomingleo 33.Dellabob123 34: JB7445 35: naemates 36. TurquoiseBaubles 37. Burnshersmurfs 38. MsAwesomeDragon 39. Kerplunkk 40. Onelittlepiglet (please don’t add to the spreadsheet) 41. Howdidthathappen1 (no spreadsheet)
Howdidthathappen1 · 22/07/2021 21:11

Oh this has come at exactly the right time for me - thank you!!
Got to almost target weight at last BC and been drifting - to the point I've been using Hello Fresh - using the most lc options I can find but need to get back to focusing. I'm not really vocal on the bc threads as they go so quick but catch up reading at the end of the day really helps me stay on track

potas · 23/07/2021 08:06

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