Week 3 - Jan 22 Low Carb Bootcamp - Bootcamp Light or not?

[BIWI]

So now you have several choices:

• move on to Bootcamp Light for the next 6 weeks, which means allowing nuts/seeds, fruit and alcohol all in moderation!

• a hybrid, where you do Bootcamp during the week, but relax and follow Bootcamp Light at the weekend

• stay on Bootcamp, if it's suiting you

Bear in mind that weeks 3 and 4 (and sometimes 5) are infamous for seeing little or no weight loss - indeed sometimes you may see a gain.

Whatever you decide, here's the spreadsheet for you to declare all!

I hope very much that you will see good results from the last two weeks (or the last 3 or 4 weeks, depending on when you started!)

And now this week's challenge!

Like me I'm betting you all have several cookbooks that you rarely use. Go and find one that you haven't used for ages and choose a recipe that is or could be low carb and post it here.

You may have to change some of the ingredients, but that's fine! Let's all look for something that inspires us to cook something new/different.

Here's to a successful week 3

I definitely see improvement @NigellaAwesome - the legs deffo

Please do remember that each of us will lose differently. Remember that the scales aren't the only gauge of success. When I LC I have more energy, sleep better, feel less bloated, can think more clearly etc.

Plan for today:

B - coffee (IF)
L - bacon, eggs, mushrooms
D - chicken wings, salad, homemade blue cheese sauce

Got the dreaded news today that we are going back into the office (albeit gradually). Will need some new LC strategies as I've gotten used to being able to cook my lunch at home!

Big treat today! Sashimi for lunch from Sainsburys sushi to go unfortunately I then spoiled it by liberally pouring over a mini bottle of soy sauce faithfully bought from sushi to go, then when as soon as I tasted the soy sauce covered sashimi, realised it was far too sweet and turns out very carby. The sushi was far too expensive to waste so I ate it, but was gutted

I'm still hanging in there, very glad to be reading about everyone's experiences.

Weighing is not so my my thing, I notice (TMI rolls of fat) and how a pair of white shorts fit me and relying on following bootcamp to the letter, knowing that the results will come in time.

All the water, sometimes with a herbal tea bag. The lemon, turmeric and pepper bags were interesting

B IF
L spinach, butter and nutmeg, three sausages.
D dance classes tonight, have been known to come home exhausted. Lots of interesting low carb in 'fridge in case

That sounds tough, @queenofcauliflower , I'm by a big fan of salmon sashimi.

The https://www.kikkoman.co.uk/product-range/original-soy-sauce/ is 3.2g/100g carb.

@UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea (what a fab name) thanks for the encouragement,much appreciated 🙂

Thank you for recommendation @prettybird, maybe @GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal will be kind enough to point me in the right direction

@BIWI

I completely cut out the carb fest items mentioned above.

My breakfasts are usually a couple of fried eggs with avocado or mozzarella,sometimes ham. Today I had 2 eggs with whole mozzarella and slice of smoked salmon ( I was very hungry).

If it’s not eggs it’s full fat curd cheese (about 3rd of 250g pack) with spring onions, a dollop of creme fraiche and some cream.
Sometimes tinned mackerel on it’s own ( in tomato sauce or brine, still low carb)

I’m not a coffee drinker so mainly tea (black)and water.

Lunch is vegetable soup (there is literally a few slices of carrot in it) or cauliflower soup either on chicken stock(boiled up carcass,not cube) or butter with creme fraiche.
Sometimes boiled cauliflower/green french beans with butter.

Dinner:

Roasted chicken or naked fried pork fillet or steak with salad (toms,pepper,onion,lettuce with mayo& full fat yoghurt)

Curry made from scratch (onion,garlic,ginger,chopped toms, cream or yoghurt), no rice

Steamed salmon with French beans

No fruit.

I struggle in the evenings when I have pangs of like wolf hunger- I go to the fridge and gobble up some cheese or/and ham. I’m not really into bacon or sausages.

I drank a bottle of wine last weekend because i received the news of a friend possibly not making the way out of the hospital. It was a shock to me and I opened the bottle.
Elderly relative fell twice possibly injuring themselves so another stress.
I have ASD son with his medical issues on nearly daily basis
I was a bastard week last week that’s why I opened the bottle.

On a plus side as somebody mentioned in last thread I’m less bloated and tired.

I’m going to work tomorrow and day after. I work 2 12hr nightshifts a week plus commute I’m nearly 14hrs out of the house so I disappear off the radar.
The weekends are taken by kids if I’m not working so apologies if I dip in and out of the thread.

I NEED to lose weight and I’m trying my best.
Hopefully garden will start soon,that is going to be my work out 🙂

I quite understand re the wine . Sounds like it was, indeed, a shit week . But unfortunately it does have an impact.

Your food looks fine - but I do wonder if perhaps you have an issue with dairy? There is a lot of dairy in each day.

And if you're still hungry in the evening - assuming it's real hunger rather than emotional/boredom hunger - are you eating enough fat? Your protein choices are all relatively low fat, and you're steaming things rather than frying.

Try upping the fat/protein and cutting down/out the dairy for a few days and see what happens - and also the water! Are you getting your full 2.5 litres?

Hi @FrenchBoule, beef recipe:

Fry 4lbs of beef and 2oz pancetta in OO. Don't remove excess fat. Add 2 chopped garlic cloves, 6 anchovy fillets. Let them dissolve. Add one cup dry white wine. Don't drink the rest of the bottle Put it in the slow cooker or Le Creuset in the oven with a 3 inch rosemary twig. Low for 6 hours.

I'll eat it with buttered cabbage.

After 2 weeks of 1/2 lb off a week.... 1lb off in a day. Hopefully that's the weeks 3 & 4 curse lifted but I won't count my chickens.

I'm with @UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea with the scales self-idiocy. I'm a grown bloody woman who knows how this works and still I fool myself with exactly that, 'I can get away with anything' and 'this isn't working'. Must stop fooling myself.

Thanks @FinallyHere, it was one of those tiny grab'n'go bottles (kikkoman is my usual brand) to help eat on the move - I'll live & learn! I absolutely adore sashimi, I think it would be my death row last meal (well that, or homemade Scottish tablet).

With you on the sashimi @queenofcauliflower not so much on the tablet. A Scots friend made me some, warned me to take it easy and I ate the lot.

I think I was honestly high, then slumped into sleep.

Come to think of it, not back for a 'last meal' scenario. Hxll, I'll join you with the tablet, too 😀

@SpottyBumPony - I had exactly the same experience with a packet of cheesies last week. In fact, it took me THREE attempts to eat them all. I have never ever ever ever left a single crisp in a bag in my life! And the cheesies were absolutely delicious so it's not even as if there was anything "meh" about them to explain me not inhaling the bag (and going back for the crumbs )

I put yesterdays weight into my Fitbit app this morning and it informed me that I now have 8.7kg left to get to my goal weight, and have lost 8.8kg since starting my first bootcamp in August last year (and putting a reasonable amount back on between bootcamps) Which means I'm (just) over half way!! It really brightened my morning. And has motivated me to keep chugging the water.

I'm working from home today and my lovely husband made me a salad for lunch with two types of cheese, cocktail sausages and lashings of mayo. I'd have made do with one type of cheese and no sausages. He might be rudely eating chips and other carbs with his dinner, but he's a good 'un in other ways!

Had a wobble of wine at the weekend and politely ate a delicious scone with cream and jam yesterday because my friend bought us both one and i couldn't say no... so down less than a pound this week.

Aware that it doesn't work if I cheat so making a concerted effort to stop mindless snacking (even if cheese is technically allowed the amount I can put away is NOT GOOD) and have a drink of water to distract myself until teatime.

Had leftover cauliflower cheese for lunch which was soooo yummy. I make my cheese sauce with half greek yogurt and half double cream boiled together then buckets of cheese added.

[quote FrenchBoule]@UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea (what a fab name) thanks for the encouragement,much appreciated 🙂

Thank you for recommendation @prettybird, maybe @GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal will be kind enough to point me in the right direction[/quote]

Hi @FrenchBoule and @prettybird, nice to be thought of!

I'm afraid I can't be much help - I dealt with my DR by months of physio. It was severe - I could get my whole fist in the gap - so I started with two sessions a week, dropping down to one once it started to improve - but it still took about 6-9 months to "fix".

I can vaguely remember some of the exercises, but really wouldn't be comfortable with anyone going my vague recollections to try and solve a medical issue! I could end making things worse. So I'd suggest consulting a physio and taking it from there.

On a day-to-day basis, I do Pilates 3-5 times a week to keep everything taut and where it should be - but I wouldn't start that till you've got the go ahead from a medical professional.

Sorry I can't be more help. But do get it sorted if you can, it's made such a difference to me. I no longer get the lower back pain that had troubled me for years, and I'm much fitter than I've ever been.

I feel all sorted now - got buttermint tea, konjac noodles and finally managed to find schneider brot protein bread in the big Asda - the pack is tiny!

L: sashimi (& carby soy sauce )
S: 3 x boiled eggs (out over teatime taking kids to multiple activites)
T: halloumi fries & homemade salsa

@venusandmars, I make the JO salmon nicoise quite a lot, its absolutely brilliant! I second your recommendation.

Has anyone froze the cheese sauce? I have lots of cream to use up but won't be needing cheese sauce until the weekend. Will it split?
Thank you 😊

You can just freeze the cream, I think.

@queenofcauliflower I think the shneiderbrot is best with an scandinavian style open sandwich - smoked salmon, cream cheese and gherkin; or pastrami with avocado salsa; or toasted to go with boiled egg mashed with butter.

Tomorrow night dh is making the JO gnarly peanut butter chicken 6g carb if you use the right kind of peanut butter. We'll have it with salad. dh isn;t much of a cook but he can usually manage to buy and prep 5 ingredients, I just turn the book to the page I want him to make otherwise he'd probably be off down some pasta or risotto route

Thanks @GreeboIsMySpiritAnimal. Looks like I need to find somebody first to evaluate my DR and take it from there.

Thanks @MrsTerryPratchett for the stew recipe. Both chest freezers are full to the brim so will be eating out of them this month(and next and next month…)

@BIWI thank you very much for all advice,I find it invaluable.
Roast chicken is eaten with skin(none of the buggers in the house likes it so it’s all mine)
I’m not a stranger to cooking with lard but I’m not a fan of fatty meat.
I actually have “boczek” on my shopping list- it’s in Polish section of chilled stuff,it’s smoked pork belly and is fab substitute to pancetta.

I never thought that I might eat too much dairy or not enough fat but will look into it.
Drinking- strangely enough since starting on 17th I became more thirsty so I drink more water with occasional peppermint tea.

The hunger I feel in the evening is very rapid and I feel like IHAVE TO eat something.

Haven’t decided on my dinner yet, probably salmon as have heaps to use and easy to defrost while cooking.

Thank you everybody for your input,we WILL get there! 💪🙂

@Kirstyr455 is it double cream? It's quite easy to make butter from double cream and it will freeze better than cream will (I find cream can be temperamental in the freezer but it might just he my ineptitude!).

@Frenchpoodle increased thirst despite increasing water intake generally means you need more salt

Evening everyone. I have finally caught up with the thread. There are some fantastic losses reported.
This is my week 4. I'm waiting for the surge of energy but as I'm full of cold, it's not happening yet.
KOKO

Awesome milestone @pinknsparkly 😎

I arrived home from Pilates to find DH drinking beer, eating crisps and making a pizza for DD. That's the LCBC evil triumvirate!

Eyes on the goal...!

Please tell me this is more book camp suitable than taste suggests!

Only 1lb lost last week but did host an outdoor pizza oven party which messed things up considerably on Saturday evening (horrible cravings all day Sunday)
NSV is now waking with a flat stomach.

Posting for accountability

2 small chocolate biscuits and a chocolate mousse eaten this evening.

No defence. I feel Ill and low with Covid so was pure comfort eating. I definitely did not need them.

Tomorrow is another day.

On the very vague plus side - I managed to stop short of eating more