Week 8 - Jan 22 Low Carb Bootcamp

[BIWI]

Evening/morning all

So here is the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness for it's penultimate outing

It's been a funny old week ! Hopefully most of you have been able to keep going, and keep focused. I have to confess that my own food has been all over the place - largely because I just haven't been hungry

Thankfully I've had two consecutive negative Covid tests, so food/cooking will be back on track from tomorrow.

Because I've been ill, I've rather lost track of who is doing what and how everyone is doing - but I hope that this last week will see everyone finishing up well

2stone 9lbs off for me, which is fantastic. Have got the same to go again to get to where I really should be, so will be carrying on, with a couple of moments off for a holiday, a hot cross bun and an Easter egg. Would really like to not let this slip away from me though. Thank you to @BIWI and everyone whose posts I’ve read to keep me going!

So thrilled to have completed my first bootcamp! Very happy with the figures shifted on the scale but also very proud of myself for learning the rules and pretty much sticking to them for a whole 8 weeks (low points were too many drinks at some celebratory events) based on a last minute decision in mid January. Thanks everyone for posting, I have often started a post but didn't feel I had anything interesting to add but seeing all the honesty from everyone about the various challenges whilst doing this has helped keep me focused.

I'd love to carry on losing weight so I plan to carry on and will look out for another thread to continue the chat. Thanks @BIWI for all the information and keeping us on the straight and narrow.

Have a great week everyone!

Hello people 😊
Is this our last thread? I have started with 69.1kg and now 63.5, thats 5.6kg in 9weeks, I started a week early. I am hoping to continue this for another 2-3 weeks until Easter Holidays and I have another 6kg to loose, so would love to join next bootcamp as well. I would stopped and sulked ages ago, if it was not with you all. I think I stayed on and around 65kg for 4 weeks, which is very de motivating. Thanks Biwi and everyone else to keep posting and helping me to stay on!! Good Luck everyone ❤️

Morning all, I can't weigh in this morning but will update the sheet when I get back from France. Doing okay so far, managed not to panic poor MIL too much. Found some creamed spinach in the freezer so had that with some eggs for breakfast whilst everyone else had croissants with jam. Soup for lunch with cheese, and steak with salad. Struggling for vegetables and my system is grinding to a halt but that's normal for me, my intestines hate being abroad. So keeping up with the water and some tablets to help things along.
I'll continue to lurk for a bit, I've got another 6lb or so to lose.

Morning all, annoyingly have STS, after seeing another 1lb loss late last week. Have spent the weekend taking painkillers for horror headache and feeling nauseated, convinced I had covid as 2 of 3 DCs have it. PCR yesterday was negative though, so back at work today, headache mostly gone.
I had a bowl of chips last night as I felt so ill and was convinced I needed carbs, so maybe (probably) that's why I'm back up a lb today. Will KOKO and attempt to drink more water, which I am still struggling with.

OK technically 1/4lb less than last week. Total loss in 9 weeks, 12 and 3/4lbs. So close to that 1 stone... I do weigh at work, in clothes, and I'm likely a lb less than my work weight which means just under 15 stone. I was 16 stone at my highest last year. My uniform fits a lot better now!

Here's the final weigh-in thread

@ShagMeRiggins

queenofcauliflower (and everyone else) — any ideas how to take the Jamie Oliver gnarly chicken recipe and apply to a toasted whole chicken rather than just using chicken breasts fried in a pan? Other than the obvious—just coat with the peanut butter, garlic, and chillies.

I’m desperately looking for something interesting to do with a whole chicken that I haven’t done before. I have some great roast chicken recipes—including one from Leon, I think, that uses one pot with bacon and carrots and potatoes and celery and a wonderful white wine/bouillon powder mix that I easily adapt for LCHF (swede, celeriac chunks, avoid eating carrots)—but my family has seen it all before.

Having asked this, it occurs to me that my plan, as always, is to make homemade soup with the remnants, and I’m not sure how that would play out with peanut butter and lime and chillies. Hmm…

Back to the drawing cooking board. Sigh.

Oh, and as ever, WATER WATER WATER, especially now the weather’s improving somewhat. Every day, all year round. Strive to achieve this; it makes a big difference.

Happy to see many are through wretched covid. Hope everyone is well.

We love the Leon one pot chicken, easy to make it low carb. Sorry I've had a name change and a lot of catching up to do. I have a lot of roast lamb left from yesterday,not sure what to do with it.