Week 5 - Low Carb Bootcamp '22 - we're half way through!

[BIWI]

Morning all

So this marks the half way point.

Hopefully by now you're adjusting to a low carb WOE. I hope, very much, that you're enjoying your food and you're not feeling deprived in any way.

Carb flu should be way behind us.

And now, now that we've got past the infamous weeks 3 & 4, weight loss should continue, in a slow and steady way.

This week's challenge

We have four weeks left, and the key to success is not only KOKO but also enjoying our food. So this week's challenge is to post a low carb recipe that you think that others will really enjoy

Good luck to us all

Hello all, just catching up after a couple of work days-from-hell.

Congratulations @SummerSazz on the NSV!

@UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea would the minipill (progesterone only) have the same effect on your periods but without the oestrogen? Holiday sounds good!

@BaconOmelette well done for KOKO so far. Remember that even if weight loss isn't apparent on the scales yet, by eating like you are you'll be doing really good things for your overall health and wellbeing - reducing chance of developing T2 diabetes, reducing inflammation, better hormone regulation, etc.

I'm watching these recipes with great admiration @prettybird i think you should start up a business sending LC Bootcampers meals by post!

I've reached the point where I could happily do OMAD every day but I'm trying to be disciplined and only do it every other day in an attempt to reduce the chances of my metabolism slowing down and thus sustain the weight loss for longer before I plateau again. It takes a bit if mindset change though - "I'm fat and I'm not actually hungry but I'm going to eat this high fat lunch because it will help me to become slimmer and healthier"

Ooh new NSV here - went to loo and didn't have to unbuttoned my jeans before I pulled them down!

@Baystard that is a NSV and a half!! I have to lunge and wiggle into mine 😂

@Wilkolampshade are you taking magnesium supplements? Or adding electrolytes close to bedtime? I take mag tablets but I have to take them in the morning and even then my dreams are a bit insane

@AThroneOfLies, no, no I'm not but good call. Hadn't thought of that.

@Baystard that's quite a NSV!

Will need to ask about the mini pill. The
grapefruit is growing at an alarming rate but it's still 3 weeks' wait for a GP appointment. (And 41 weeks' wait for a gynaecology outpatient appointment!)

Sorry for being AWOL! SIL has just returned from Oz and so we're busy entertaining and travelling to return her home.

Normal service will be resumed on Friday!

And welcome @coffeealldayandnight. Glad to see your questions have already been answered

@AThroneOfLies and @UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea they are my 'very fat jeans' to be fair, I'm reluctant to try my 'a bit chubby' jeans in case they get stuck half easy up my thighs and my hopes are crushed

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@Baystard

@coffeealldayandnight this way of eating is how our ancestors ate - and they (and their babies) seemed to do OK, after all the human species is still here. It's been more of a challenge for our bodies to cope with a diet that has frequent wheat and sugar, hence the high incidence of metabolic disorder such as type 2 diabetes, high blood pressure, and some allegies. You can only be doing your child a favour by cutting out additives, reducing ultra processed food, avoiding corn oil and sunflower oil.

If you look at a recipe for keto bread (home made) it has 5 or 6 ingredients. Look at the ingredients in any branded sliced loaf. There's about 20 of them, including one for which the sole purpse is to clean the bread mixing machines and stop the ingredients sticking to it. It is supposedly inert, but WTF!

I hope you enjoy this approach. Some people report improved brain functioning / alertness (after the first week or so) - anyone with a small baby could use some of that

@Baystard excellent NSV!!

@UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea that is terrible about the delay to see a GP / specialist . My dh has a slightly worrying skin lesion. He phoned the GP, got a call back the same morning, sent photos as instructed, and got another call back that day and a referral to dermatology. He's now got a dermatology hospital appointment, which will be within 3 weeks of his initial phone call. And I do think (fingers crossed) that it's a slightly worrying issue, doesn't look like galloping melanoma to me or the GP.

@BIWI when I frist read that you were travelling to return SIL 'home' I thought, bloodly hell, that's a long drive back to Australia

Had friend staying yesterday:

B - boiled egg (with butter)
L - squash and red pepper soup (made with duck stock)
D - butter poached cod, broccoli, green beans, cavolo nero

Today:
B - boiled egg (with butter)
L - ham and avocado salad (with mayo and olive oil)
D - steak, mushrooms, broccoli, green beans, cavolo nero

Tomorrow dd is here:
B - avocado
L - green veg soup
D - madras spiced cauliflower 'cous cous' with prawns and red pepper, with salmon and a side of spinach.

@venusandmars such a great way to think of it, how brilliant, of course it is how our ancestors ate, I don't know why I didn't think of that before - and that's utterly gross about the bread!!! BRING ON ALERTNESS! (Sleep deprived mum!) Thanks to all for the real support and pep talks, what a great group.can't wait to start! Xx

My 'recipe' is from tonight's mish mash dinner

Cheesey Leeky Chicken Casserole

Fry chicken sausages until cooked and remove from the pan
Saute leeks and any random greens in the fridge
When cooked enough add the chopped sausages, a generous helping of boursin and a dash of cream. Season with salt and pepper
Cook until saucey

4 sausages, one big leek and a handful of Kale has done me for dinner with leftovers for lunch tomorrow

@Baystard thats cool NSV there. I have size x xx and xxx jeans/jeggings. Despite gaining 2lb this week, the xxx ones are reaching all the way to cover my belly, but as you say, I don’t think my size xx would be loose. Can’t get hold of any old clothes, all packed and ready to move since Nov 😭 Saying that I will have to loose 4lbs to reach the weight I started on keto last time(ages ago). So I may not have anything exciting to try yet!
@UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea 41 weeks to see a consultant? Thats a loong wait with something growing inside. Only if LCing could reduce its growth. Good Luck x
Trying to drink enough water since Monday, and going well. I am tweaking recipes here and there, so can’t upload anything!
Eg: I made a chicken curry yesterday that has lots of gravy and fat left in the pan. Then for dinner tonight, I was going to make cauliflower cheese, instead I have thrown it in to the same pan, after removing the chicken pieces. And a little bit of cheese to cover it. It tastes like chicken but with added fat. Whatever I am trying to cook properly end up not tasting nice and my son is eating it !! Need to try new recipes.

That sounds nice @SpottyBumPony might try that one.

Hopeless day today but I’ll post for accountability…

B: none / IF
snack: celery
L: chicken with carrot and broccoli
D: none

Had very little suitable in the fridge to take to work today so set off with just my sad box of celery. Thankfully the work canteen was doing a roast dinner today so I managed to get some chicken & veg (very proud of myself for swerving the roasties, yorkshire puds, and all the biscuits).

Determined to be more organised tomorrow so dragged two tired children round the supermarket. Picked up plenty of nice things to look forward to but by the time I’d got home, put it all away and got the children to bed j just couldn’t be bothered eating anything.

Much better organised for tomorrow. I’ve made up a chicken, halloumi and spinach salad to take to work.

Definitely not feeling hungry on this WOE, so finding it easier than expected ti avoid old favourites.

I STS this week at 11st 9.25lb (finally weighed myself officially ) but I'm happy enough with that given all the wine I had over the weekend/Valentine's Day

@SpottyBumPony I read that as Cheeky Leeky Chicken and thought YES

My covid test was negative so I just have some other kind of chesty cough bug (one of those regular illnesses we used to get before covid!) Any tips on how to manage medicines that have sugar or sweeteners in? Even the sugar free cough syrups have something (clue is in the name…)

I am taking the meds, but don’t want to undo my hard work. Thoughts?

Thanks again everyone. 41 weeks is indeed shocking. In fairness I was checked out for cancer v quickly but once it was "only" a fucking massive fibroid I was put on the general gynae list.

One pound down today from Tuesday

NSV this week: Am still going!!!!
Spurred on by pushing forward with daily weigh-ins that have revealed my plateaus occur in the second part of my HRT, and today, hooray! Plateau broken, another pound off and 1st stone off!

Daily weigher here and this morning I saw 11st 7.5lb on the scales . That's down a further 1.75lb after having STS this week.

Now, if I can just keep up the focus and off too much wine until Monday......

Awesome milestone @Wilkolampshade and brilliant progress @prettybird.

I'm just back from a swim so am feeling very motivated today.

B: boiled eggs and butter
L: homemade broccoli soup with cream and Parmesan cheese
D: some lovely posh Italian sausages and sautéed cabbage, plus another veg tbc.

Water on target.

Hi everyone well done on lots of success.
I'm now 9st 12, I'm trying to get into doing weights and strength training which seems to be wonderful for releasing endorphins!
Got TOTM coming early though so feel rubbish today.

@Wilkolampshade and @prettybird excellent work!

i am on the train back and just had a pack of M&S rollitos for breakfast whilst watching Love Is Blind- luxury. Though I think i need some vegetables! I had a good day in London food wise although i went to wholefoods and bought some random keto desserts which I need to be wary of.

Yesterday
B mushroom spinach cheese omelette
L cod and lots of veg, plus KetoKeto cherry bakewell bar. Really delicious but def treat territory.
D my kind friend cooked a special meal as my Vietnamese meal was cancelled and made a roast chicken, garlic butter caul rice with shiitake mushrooms and truffle oil with a chorizo olive and pepper salad. We also had cheese and berries with cream. One slimline G and T and small glass of wine.

All the water!!

So i have been eating a bit too much of the allowed treats and am going to scale back the berries and up the green veg.

Today
B rollitos and pork scratchings on the train home
L veg soup with stilton
D something with mince and veg

Spring is on it's way folks 😊even on the mean streets of North London! KOKO ❤️

@UnexpectedItemInShaggingArea that’s shocking. 41 weeks wait? Your grapefruit will be walking by then 😉

I also read Cheeky Leeky Chicken. Sounds good to me 🙂

@Wilkolampshade with you on the dream front. I don’t know what the heck goes in my mind but sometimes I wake up in the morning and think WTF (the last one being some surreal dream about RF, Epstein,Maxwell and their “social” circle- not people I’d like to hang out with)

Wow @Baystard,that’s some achievement,well done 🙂

Nothing to report here. Managed to finish a bag of wonky avocadoes from Morrisons,think I’m going to have a break from themas ate enough of them.
Creamy coffee is getting a regular mid-morning snack.
Ate half a big jar of pickled herrings in oil for lunch.
Dinner will be pork fillet cooked the other day as still in the fridge.

Keep on losing 🙂

@FrenchBoule I'll start researching local schools.