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Low-carb bootcamp

Join discussions about low-carb bootcamp plans, meals and progress. Consider speaking to a medical professional before starting any diet.

Summer 23, Week 2: the first weigh in

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prettybird · 25/06/2023 23:53

Good Morning Campers Smile or it will be by the time most of you are reading this Wink

Here we are at Week 2 Smile. This is shaping up to be very supportive Boot Camp - everyone sharing their experiences, both the successes and the slip ups Flowers. You are all stars Star. I haven’t had to get the Big Stick out much as people have usually recognised what happened and worked out strategies for future challenges. Flowers

I’ll leave it to @FinallyHere to post the link to the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness as people seem to have difficulties when I link from the App. HmmConfused

I’m expecting to see some great losses which is always really heartening Smile. It's always great seeing how newbies see that it really does work Smile

But don't despair if you haven't lost as much as others. Remember, this isn't a competition Shock. We're all here with different startpoints, and everyone loses at a different rate anyway. We all need to KOKO.

That’s also why we encourage taking measurements - usually if the scales aren’t moving, then the inches are! Grin downwards of course Wink

One more week of strict Boot Camp and then we can choose to go on to Boot Canp Light for those of us who want to Smile

The Rules are still the same: you can find them on the OP of the Week 1 thread and also in the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness.

(I’m now on Week 3 but I’ll avoid talking about any of my Boot Camp Light variations for the moment Wink)

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ListenLinda · 26/06/2023 18:44

Sorry to hear that @Skiphopbump hope you are feeling better soon.

Honestly can’t wait for pay day on wednesday, I feel like i’m scrabbling round to create meals that fit with this WOE due to not having the funds to ‘just go get more…’

June has been the longest month 😁

I feel like i’m doing pretty well though and I only actually feel hungry now in a morning! Does this mean I am becoming fat adapted?

Skiphopbump · 26/06/2023 18:54

Thanks for the well wishes.

@Lucienandjean good to hear you managed to get back to low carb. They think a stone has gone through my bile duct and want to sort that out now and then in a few weeks/months remove the gallbladder.

Okaygoahead · 26/06/2023 19:01

Lost 1.7 lb - I will confess, I was hoping for a bit more of a whoosh, but I comfort myself that a slow loss is a durable loss. Got through hosting the giant family party pretty well - barbecued meat, cold poached salmon, green salad, olives, ratatouille, raw veg and dip, etc etc - lots of options to avoid the inevitable potato salads - but I did have to crumble a little when an 11-year-old cousin asked me to try her lovingly prepared lemon drizzle cake. In that case I think positive reinforcement has to trump even my low carb resolve. But I managed to dodge and feint - one big forkful, enthusiastic response, and then, when her attention was elsewhere, into the bushes. I think I actually drank double my daily water allotment yesterday, it was SO HOT, we were huddled in the shade of various trees or actually taking shelter indoors, but double the allotment on a 30 degree C day is probably just breaking even...

Anyway. Firm resolve for Week 2 of strict boot camp! Got my FFGY, got my veg, got my cream, butter, olive oil and away we go.

Baystard · 26/06/2023 19:20

Well done for not getting carried away @Okaygoahead - in that situation it would be easy to say "feck it, I'll start again tomorrow". It must've felt good having had your willpower tested and succeeding? (I'd have had a mouthful too in that situation).

Ouch @Skiphopbump gallstone pain is horrific, hope they get you on the mend soon.

@ListenLinda there are lots of different factors that mean you're less hungry. One of them is that your gut is linked to your brain (one could argue that it's part of your brain). The bacteria in your gut can exert influence over your brain. When you eat alot of carbs for any length of time you put a carb-loving population of bugs in control in your gut. When you cut out the carbs you starve out the carb gremlins and their calls to your brain to eat carbs diminishes.

HappiDaze · 26/06/2023 20:49

I hope it all sorts itself out for you @Skiphopbump

B - FFGY coffee

L - salad with lettuce, egg, feta, left over salsa, avocado, red pepper spring onion

S - some cheese I bought from Lidl and urm 3 tablespoons worth of different things I shouldn't have and snaffled without thinking from DS. Luckil

D - 2 chicken legs, cucumber and soured cream and I'm stuffed.

Summer 23, Week 2: the first weigh in
Lucienandjean · 26/06/2023 21:12

Popping back in with today's meals.

B: nothing
L: prawns and mayo, rocket, cucumber, cherry tomatoes, rollitos
D: steak, broccoli, fried mushrooms and tomato
S: Greek yogurt.

I went to Lidl today and bought their full fat Greek yogurt. It's really good 🙂.

There are some great losses on the spreadsheet - congrats to everyone!

ItsAsIfWeWereThere · 26/06/2023 21:30

Some yummy salad suggestions on here. I had a nice one yesterday which was spinach, blue cheese, lardons and chicken breast. Served with a garlic mayo based dressing.

I did my first day of IF today. I’m hoping to cut out mindless snacking…

B black coffee
L crustless quiche and salad
D pork chops in a creamy sauce with buttered cabbage.
Snack: a small amount of cheese when I got home from work.
I ate between 12 and 8.

Goodiewhemper · 26/06/2023 22:06

I finally found this week's weigh in. I am down 1.6lbs. I was a wee bit disappointed initially but as I was recovering in bed from shingles and had little or no exercise I have realised I actually did ok. I am here for the long haul so every biscuit or piece of chocolate I didn't eat while bedbound is a victory.

YappyCamper · 26/06/2023 22:24

Strange day here food wise. Builders occupying my kitchen so I hard boiled a couple of eggs at breakfast in case lunch was difficult. Ended up eating on the go during a busy evening of child related taxi duty. Haven't drunk enough water today so I have a big glass on the go now and am resigned to a 5am wee

B: 2 buttery boiled eggs mashed in a cup
L: 2 hard boiled eggs
T: packet of ham and cheese rollitos

No snacks. I don't feel hungry but I do feel unsatisfied. Sticking with liquid refreshment this evening and will make sure I have plenty of veg tomorrow.

EvenmoreDetermined · 26/06/2023 22:37

Breakfast - greek yogurt and herbal tea
2nd breakfast 2 hours later - egg mayo with a small bit of bacon (I cook a pack of lardons once a week)
lunch - smoked mackerel/mayo salad
snack - rollitos
snack - soft cheese on cucumber slices plus a pickled onion
snack - another piece of cheese
supper - green veg smoothy.
Drink - several herbal teas and lots of water

All the snacking is because I have yoga 8-9 so snack either side of it.

Eanair23 · 26/06/2023 23:41

Tough weekend for me. We did a practice run of our triathlon - just the swim and bike part. I. Was. Wrecked. Couldnot face the run. Yes it is possible to do all of this on LC but it is very very hard. And probably not much fun!
Anyway our proper tri is next Saturday so I mean to keep stum on this thread - I'd be happy with just low sugar this week!
I will be baack,, next Monday.

Random789 · 27/06/2023 06:49

Just posting yesterday's food to try and get a sense of whether it was too much

B: sensible portion of greek yog with spoonful psyllium and some cream
L: Omlette with 2 eggs, plenty of cheese, spinach
D: Salad (whole avocado, tomatoes, olives , basil, olive oil); chicken stirfried with kale, spinach, olive oil, large tablespoonful cream cheese.
Snack: small snack-size pack of olives.
3 coffees with double cream

I don't think any of my portion sizes were excessive (which is often a problem for me), I just seem to have eaten so many things, with so much oil and cream/creamcheese

TheOnlyMrsW · 27/06/2023 07:44

I'm completely the opposite, plan went out of the window yesterday, by the time I looked up it was gone 11am and hadn't had anything apart from vats of peppermint tea! Fried some chestnut mushrooms and spinach in butter, added two eggs and grated cheese on top for an omelette which was lovely but then didn't feel hungry at all for the rest of the day. Had plenty of water on top of my tea, well in excess of the recommended and that was me

Need to be a little bit more with it today as I don't want to get derailed so early in the process, IF will probably work for me moving forward as I'm not one for breakfast anyway but want to at least try to get it a bit "right" in the early stages.

Also definitely need new scales, went from 79.1kg first thing this morning to 80kg before a shower without anything actually passing my lips 😮

LadyBird1973 · 27/06/2023 08:23

Hi all.
Popping in with yesterday's meals. Bacon, mushroom and cheese omelette for brunch and steak burger with courgette, mushrooms and half an onion fried in butter with garlic and herb Philadelphia for dinner. And 2 rows of dark chocolate. Plus a few creamy coffees. I think all the food/choc was a reaction to Sunday, which was very busy and I didn't eat very much at all.
I regret the chocolate because it's cheating on bootcamp, but by my usual standards was very restrained - it's not that long ago where a bar of chocolate couldn't survive a week in my fridge and I would be eating the whole bar in one go and if I'm honest it would be more than one bar plus other junk. So I'm pleased that I can eat a couple of lines of chocolate and then stop - it feels like something normal people do, even though I accept it's not bootcamp rules.

prettybird · 27/06/2023 09:33

Lots to catch up on: was zonked yesterday after a disturbed night Sad (ds being sick in the middle of the night and coming down to shower and then being called twice by an automated system saying "press 1 to accept, press 2 to decline" Hmm - turns out we are key holders/nominated by some nearby friends for their alarm company - but they too didn't answer. Who would?) and then a tough Cross-fit session Shock

@Random789 - I know what you mean about sweating and movement. People were always shocked that we cycled on holiday in Greece - yet it's cooler cycling with the air about you than it is to walk Confused

I too am someone that loves being told I've lost weight à la Bridget Jones, but I've learnt via these threads to be sensitive about doing so to others. Blush

Just to reassure you on the fat front: if you're properly fat adapted, the excess should be peeing away - your body recognises that you're supplying it with enough fuel and doesn't need to lay it down "just in case". Often if someone is stalling, the solution is to eat more fat! ShockConfused

@Skiphopbump - sorry to hear you're suffering. If/when you're able to come back maybe without a gall bladder Wink we'll be happy to see you. A friend of mine had a sudden gall stone attack while on a round-the-World cruise and left her gall bladder behind in Hawaii . Her sister has been suffering for a long time with a similar problem, yet is still waiting to be seen in Wales Hmm

@Stokey Hope you cope with the various temptations. Flowers

@Okaygoahead - well done on navigating the family party and the lemon drizzle cake Flowers
Slow and steady loss will do it too - that's what we all settle down to: 1-2lb/week, which is a healthy rate of loss. Smile

@ListenLinda - it does instead sound like you're becoming fat adapted. @Baystard explains one important aspect. Another is that your hormones are now better in balance. Which comes together as your body using your fat for energy rather than laying it down.

@HappiDaze - your photos of your salads always look so colourful Smile

@Lucienandjean - sales of FFGY at Lidl must be going through an upsurge! Grin

@ItsAsIfWeWereThere That blue cheese salad sounds lovely. Good luck with your IF - now that I'm back on to it strictly, I find it really helps me deal with mindless/bored snacking Smile

@Goodiewhemper - as I said to @Okaygoahead , we all settle down to 1-2lb a week which is a healthy rate of loss. If you've been in bed, your body will have been concentrating on recovery. Concentrate on your water now and counterintuitively your fat intake.

@YappyCamper - it's difficult when you don't have a kitchen but you know what you need to do and are doing it Flowers

@EvenmoreDetermined - lovely food choices Smile

@Eanair23 - good luck with your triathlon. Do what you need to do to fuel yourself. Longer term there's a book called something like "The Art and Science of Low Carb Performance". Will check the details later.

@TheOnlyMrsW - new scales required!

@LadyBird1973 Although the Big Stick is twitching, I'll put it down again as you're recognising what happened.

Once you're on to Boot Camp Light, you can have the odd square of high cocoa content chocolate. I often like it just for the "snap". But even though I'm now on BootCamp Light, I still haven't felt the need to have a square. I'm taking that a win Grin

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TheOnlyMrsW · 27/06/2023 09:43

@prettybird on order and will arrive tomorrow, desperately hoping that I won't be heaver 😂

OldandTired66 · 27/06/2023 11:28

Today's wild excitement is a trip to the tip with bags of old bedding and random accumulated crap from the garden. B: boiled egg, L: Smoked mackerel salad (olives, cucumber, pepper, lettuce, dollop of mayo), D: Spag bol with savoy cabbage standing in for pasta. Slivers of cheese for snacks if necessary.

LadyBird1973 · 27/06/2023 11:50

I am also at the tip today. In between sanding down and painting a door. My life is so glamorous!
Still, keeping busy stops me from putting my head in the fridge and burns calories!

LittleMy77 · 27/06/2023 12:33

Peloton class that nearly finished me off this morning, followed by a breakfast of ffgy, lunch of sort of scrambled eggs with a FL mixed veg and cheese and ham and 2 litres of water

Still hungry tho 😑

venusandmars · 27/06/2023 12:40

I'm not usually a breakfast eater these days but my friends were here so we had some lovely creamy scrambled eggs with smoked salmon, and I had coffee with cream. That will keep me feeling full until an early dinner which will be cold meats and lots of salad. I'm focussing on drinking all the water this week. That seems a little more difficult today because it's grey, drizzly and much colder.

Veg box has just arrived so I'll be using that as inspiration for meal planning over the rest of the week.

prettybird · 27/06/2023 17:39

Forgot to post my weight yesterday: down 1.25lb from last Monday to 12st 3.25lb Smile

And this morning I was 12st 2.75lb Grin

So only 3lb to go to my next intermediate goal (I'd already achieved 2 previous goals: to get under 12.5 st and to lose 1/2 stone Grin). I started about 7 June though.

only 17lb to go to my desired target in 77 days time Wink

I've calculated that if I can average 1.5lb/week + 1lb over the next 11 weeks, I'll get there Grin

In truth, I'll be happy to get under 11.5 st but it's good to have a challenging target Halo

Now you see why I volunteered to run this Boot Camp Wink

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dimples76 · 27/06/2023 18:36

Today I have had:

B: Chicken drumstick
L: Prawns, lettuce, toms, avocado and mayo
D: Went a bit wrong- the plan was Thai red chicken curry and cauli rice. But after I had the chicken in the pan and the veggies (courgettes, peppers, babycorn) chopped I looked at the coconut milk label and realised that it had too many carbs. So I added some spices and tinned tomatoes then cream at the end. I haven't had cauliflower rice before and I had bought some fresh from Sainsburys. However, the smell of it cooking in the microwave really put me off - and elicited a lot of complaints from my DC so I decided to go without. To be fair it was enough food without it. Neither of my DC were impressed by my improvised dish though. I made them some toast - I find that very hard but have managed to resist temptation so far.

ListenLinda · 27/06/2023 19:37

Today was an office day, so feel like I have been absolutely non stop all day.
Was really good to not have the post lunch slump!
all the water was drunk too 😁

TheOnlyMrsW · 27/06/2023 21:09

Much better day, 3 big tbsp of ffgy for breakfast, strange combination of cauliflower and broccoli cooked in butter with cheese and ham for lunch (not much planned and wanted to get some veg in!) then spiced salmon fillet with roast veg for dinner - more broccoli and cauliflower, courgette and cherry tomatoes. 2l water by the time I go tobed, 5 cups herbal tea and one cup of coffee.

New scales come tomorrow, secretly dreading what they will say 🤦.

ItsAsIfWeWereThere · 27/06/2023 21:13

2nd day of IF. All good.
ive had
L: Quiche
D: beef burrito bowl. Yoghurt and cream.
Snack: chorizo crisps. 1 coffee and cream

ive just about drunk enough water. Will do better tomorrow.