Week 2 - May 22 Low Carb Bootcamp - our first weigh-in thread

[BIWI]

Sorry for the late start.

Here's the spreadsheet for you to confess all!

A quick peek shows some really good early results, with @UnOeufIsEnough and @loopylou3030 both hitting the half stone mark. Brilliant!

You look lovely @prettybird enjoy your evening!

Wow@prettybird
looking good girl ! Have a fabulous night

B: greek yog and cream again this morning, thought I had eggs in but DH had used them in something
L: 1/2 steak with rocket, parmesan and olive oil, romaine letter with caesar dressing
T: having a takeaway so getting a cheeseburger and having with no bun and some shoogled broccoli
Had all my water

Myself and DH live eurovison and usually get a takeaway every year and make cocktails, espresso martini usually. Going to try grated ginger and lime juice topped with sparkling water tonight instead.

@prettybird you look absolutely lovely!! I can see why you persevered with the red dress - so beautiful.

Me today:
B - Greek style yoghurt and double cream
L - salad leaves, ½ avocado, olives, baby plum tomatoes, 2 hard boiled eggs, mayonnaise.
D - Roasted leek, broccoli, yellow pepper, mushroom. Fried halloumi and bacon lardons.

Fluids - 6 cups decaf earl grey with almond milk, 1 cup decaf earl grey with full fat milk, 2 cups normal earl grey with almond milk (@ Costa - I'm sure it was sweetened because it was horrible!)
2 X 750ml water. I need to add one more this evening.

I was wondering if you'd managed to get into the dress @prettybird! You look lovely . Well done!

....lots of talc, doing the zip up st the front with me pushing the sides together and dh inching the zip up

Then, a few mm at a time, me swivelling the dress around, pulling it up over my boobs and then dh yanking it up the final few cm.

Took about 15 minutes

Worth the shoogling, @prettybird! You look gorgeous!I do have mental images of Ross Gellar and his leather trousers

A naughty missed breakfast today in favour of a large brunch

Brunch: bacon, sausage, scrambled egg, mushrooms, tomato

Dinner: chicken, bacon and broccoli bake, topped with parmesan

Successful night away in Manchester for me which could easily have gone wrong. No time for tea (due to dashing to a gig straight from work) so we ended up in Five Guys at 11pm. And, readers, I bloody well went bunless at 11pm on a Friday . Not a chip passed these lips. Brunch this morning, in possible the most beardy, hipster place I've ever been and I ordered Shakshuka with halloumi and told them to leave out the bread (sourdough, naturally). There were moments that i thought I should just enjoy myself and eat the bread, but I decided to care about myself and still really enjoyed both meals.

Evening all, I’m on week 7 of the low carb diet and it’s going ok BUT I’m feeling really miserable! Is it just me?

I’ve lost a few pounds - but I’ve lost my mojo somewhere on the journey!

Can anyone relate?

Are you actually keto @ketoonfire ? Are you eating enough maybe?

baystard yep I’m doing keto, I’m eating 3 biggish meals snd a 1/2 snacks a day and I don’t feel hungry.

Gorgeous dress @prettybird , you look fabulous.

How can I join this?

Of course you can @carrotcruncher81! You're very welcome.

Add your name on to the spreadsheet, make sure you've read all the rules and just jump in!

@prettybird you look amazing

@IveNeverTriedThisBefore I think your drink sounds amazing, ginger, lime, a bit of fizz - why on earth would we want anything else?

@prettybird shoogled red dress or shoogled sprouts? Shooglin' is the way to go on this woe. (you look great - have a fab night).

@glamourousindierockandroll OH WELL DONE!! It is so easy to just say 'yes' to the stuff we don't want, and as well as being great and caring about yourself, I bet you did not miss even a mouthfull of that doughy crap! And it is wonderful to enjoy yourself without compromise. That is JOY.

@ketoonfire Are you on week 7 of 'this' approach, or are you following another keto diet?

Can you tell us a bit more about how much weight you want to lose, and give a couple of days examples of what you have been eating?

@prettybird - a WOW dress! You look AMAZING

Would like to join up too. Am used to keto and IF. Just need to refocus and have some accountability! I will attempt to add myself to the spreadsheet. All new to me.

Cheers venus

so my Keto meals today:

B: egg bacon spinach and mushrooms (& butter)

L: chicken breast with onions garlic in tomato sauce + kale carrots
3 squares of super dark chocolate

D: dinner was sausages, loads of veggies in coconut oil… more super dark chocolate…

This ^is a good typical day…

I’m losing the weight gradually - Im just not sure I care anymore! Feel like I’m in the minority though?

Oh I missed off nuts and Greek yoghurt for a snack

@venusandmars - I was definitely shoogling as I tried to swivel the dress around

Pretty - you are beautiful. The dress is fantastic.

@ketoonfire I get a bit meh about low carb. I find the scales motivating. but.
Carbs are like a drug. I think they actually are. Some part of our brain fires off when we eat carbs & fat. This is an immediate reaction, that our brain wants. The later reaction to eg. bread - the bloating. the hunger later, the weight gain - is not as instant, so our brains don't make the immediate connection.
So our logical brain does not want carbs, but our addicted brain wants the carb 'high'. I find I want carbs more in the evening when I am tired. When I 'play it forward' though, I realise I can eat enough carbs to feel unwell in one sitting.

KOKO folks and WATER!!

Simply beautiful @prettybird

Have a lovely time