Of course @Bumpsadaisie!
In brief - for the full length of Bootcamp (which will be 8 weeks long this time around), you don't eat any of the following:
- bread (of any description)
- pasta/noodles
- rice
- potatoes/sweet potatoes/sweetcorn
- flour/anything made with or thickened with flour
- cakes/biscuits/pastries
- fruit juice
- full sugar fizzy drinks and squash
- sugar, in any form (which includes honey/agave syrup/fruit sugar)
- balsamic vinegar (because unlike other vinegars, this contains sugar)
Bootcamp has been designed to be easy to follow (although that doesn't mean it's easy to do - it's not called Bootcamp for nothing!), so there is no need to count or weigh anything. We don't count carbs and we certainly don't look to count or restrict calories.
It's important to note that it's a high fat diet - we don't eat anything that says 'light' or 'lite' or 0% fat.
The first two weeks are the most strict, but after that you can relax a little and start to include a little fruit (mainly berries), some nuts/seeds and a little alcohol - all in moderation though!
There are just ten rules, and as long as you follow these you should lose weight. In brief, the rules for the first two weeks are:
- Eat three meals a day (breakfast, lunch, dinner)
- Avoid processed foods as much as possible
- Eat lots of fat
- Make sure your carbs are coming mainly from vegetables and salad
- Be careful how much dairy you're consuming - especially milk (butter is unlimited)
- You must drink at least 2 litres of water a day
- No alcohol
- No fruit
- No nuts/seeds
10. No sugar/artificial sweeteners
When we start the first week, I'll post a new thread and we have a spreadsheet that is used to record our weight each week (it's not compulsory to be on it!); there's also a huge amount of information on the spreadsheet, including the rules in full, a veg carb counter and a list of resources about low carbing.