Week 1 - Back-to-school Bootcamp!

[BIWI]

Morning all. I hereby declare this Bootcamp open

Here is the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

... with many thanks to the lovely @FinallyHere for creating (and managing)

I know you're all keen to get going, so will post this now and then come back with some important housekeeping notes

@BIWI thank you! I hadn’t considered that. It’s a minefield. I’ll look to see how much protein I’m getting from it. I don’t eat meat so doubt that I’m getting much from my diet alone which is why I use the powdered option.

B - bacon and mushroom fried in butter
L - Greek yoghurt with double cream. 4 babybels
D - belly pork with cabbage in butter

good day but more veg tomorrow

I just tried the mashed celeriac with leeks and it was delicious. Well it was more mushed with a fork because I use my masher to shut the windows in the kitchen and it broke last time and I'm yet to replace it #shortarse #amazonprimehereicome

Great day today, feeling really positive..

I have a question about fat, and specifically the Importance of Butter.

Apologies if this is answered elsewhere, I have read the FAQs and couldn't see a relevant response,

Does butter have any particular magical weight loss property, or will any fat do? For example, this evening I did Asian-style fish with stir fried veg. Was sesame oil an acceptable fat source, or should I add butter to that meal too/instead? Thanks for your help!

Evening all.

My tip for anyone struggling with water.... I've recently started drinking soda water in the evenings. A bit more interesting than tap, cheaper than most bottled waters (80p per l in Sainsbury's this week)
And I can easily drink a litre (or more) during the evening.

I've logged on the spreadsheet. I do have my own one (although it's been a bit neglected this summer) where I weigh and measure and I'll do this weekly from now.

I actually started last week because I do work in a school, so as it was back to school for me last week, I started then.
I'm doing ok-ish. My issue is craving food when I'm sitting at my desk. I know I need to embrace it, but I'm struggling (I also go dry in term time, and I think my body is missing the sugar in booze - I'm currently 9 days dry).
So today
B - hard boiled eggs in 100 island (cos I don't like mayo) eaten with celery
L - chicken salad
D - Greek salad with courgette fried in butter.

I snacked on a pack of cherry tomatoes throughout the day AND had a tub of cottage cheese. BUT (I'm so sorry) I also ate some squares of 70% chocolate. So, not great.
I didn't lose any weight last week, and I think the chocolate is the reason why 😥
I will try and work on this.

Also, some of my exercise classes were cancelled last week (the instructor was sick) and I took that as a sign to sit on my arse instead. I very much want to get back to where I was at the end of April/beginning of May, which is 1/2 stone lighter than I am now, (and then go from there) and I am prepared to put the effort in.
I think I need to be in the headspace to remember that feeling hungry (I know you're not supposed to feel hungry. Maybe "craving food" is better wording). NOT giving into those cravings will equal losing. I'm just not quite there yet 😔

Any words of advice for the weak willed much appreciated!

Sorry. I didn't mean for that to be so long.

Two weeks in and I don’t think a day goes by where I don’t eat some kind of incarnation of cauliflower 🤣. Perils of being a low carbing veggie.

Today I had:

B - strawberries, Greek yogurt and chia seeds (I know fruit isn’t part of boot camp but I started 2 weeks ago and didn’t know that then, and I seem to have got over my sugar cravings now so I’m buggered if I’m stopping now 🤣).

L - taboulleh (home made) and a Babybel

D - cauliflower and cheese bake (made with soured cream and Tabasco sauce - delicious) with salad

I did have a glass of wine 🥺 with dinner, it’s been a shit day and at least I stopped at a glass.

No fruit
No nuts/seeds

These are the two that I’m worried about fruit, nuts and seeds are usually what I live on (Dh thinks I’m a squirrel).

Water I’m absolutely fine with, I think a lot of water and a lot of peppermint tea. Love veg and salads
I don’t eat much processed foods and can’t have sweeteners. I can easily not drink alcohol.
I will need to make myself eat breakfast and incorporate lots of fats.

We can do this!

I'm currently 9 days dry

Congratulations @ Rogue1001MNer

p.s. ten rules of Bootcamp say nothing about limiting the length of posts :-)

I'm trying to get my water quota, but 3 litres seems an extraordinary amount.

Reckon I've probably had my 2litres today so I'll work my way up.

I'm visualising weeing the fat out.

It's so hard isn't it? I've managed about 2.5l today and that's only after forcing myself to guzzle it back. Dread to think how little I have in normal times 😬

I just found you guys. I'll weigh tomorrow.

Slightly sensitive issue but any tips for low carb constipation? I’m only crapping once a week, twice if I’m very lucky, which can’t be good. I’ve had a few swigs of milk of magnesia here and there but that’s not shifting it! I’m drinking bloody loads of water, best part of 4 litres per day I reckon.

Hello hello checking in for day one, excited to get started. I don't normally manage past a few weeks but am feeling determined to last all of bootcamp this time round. Tough day ploughing through secondary school assessment application stuff for my SN DS. and triggering but resisted the urge to eat my feelings and stayed off the chocolate so I'll take that as a small win

B - boiled eggs with butter
L - chicken salad with Brocolli and coleslaw
D - chicken thighs with bacon cabbage and mushrooms
S - babybel, Greek yogurt and cream

Probably too much food...hopefully urge to snack will pass

Hi 👋 just placemarking, will RTFT tomorrow and get cracking 😊

Hello everyone.

Really gonna try this time round. Boot camp worked really well for me a few years ago, so am hoping I can do it again.

B- boiled egg and smoked mackerel
L- chicken salad
D- steak and salad

Cup of tea x3 and lots of water

@VeryGoodVeryNice taboulleh is made with bulgar wheat, isn't it? Which isn't allowed on Bootcamp I'm afraid. At 17.9g carbs per 100g it's way too carby.

re the constipation - it's really only constipation if you're having trouble going, or you're in pain. If you're eating plenty of veg and salad, getting all the fat and drinking all the water then you should be fine.

Things that can help, rather than having to resort to laxatives, if you really are constipated:

• high strength vitamin C
• strong coffee
• exercise/more exercise

@bella1426 yes, the urge to snack will pass, I promise! Just be careful - we often snack out of habit, or for emotional reasons, rather than because we're actually hungry.

@VeryGoodVeryNice

DH laughs at me because I tend to plan my meals based on making sure I swallow enough of the things that keep me regular, which are in increasing order of effectiveness raw cabbage, cauliflower/broccoli, spinach and absolute tops celeriac.

A seriously good portion of at least one of those each day as part of my main meal, followed by a proper espresso coffee and being really well hydrated and I'm as regular as clockwork once a day.

If I'm travelling or anything else messes up my regime, I add a big mug of senna pod tea made from three pods before I go to sleep.

The first time ever I did this way or eating I did not pay any attention to the need for basing meals on vegetables (FLGV) and ended up really very uncomfortable indeed. It only solved (and I do not recommend this) by eating a whole packet of those sugar free sweets you get in the chemist and being extremely uncomfortable for quite some time just as soon as I arrived home.

If ever anything encourages me to eat lots of greens, it was that experience.

Apologies to anyone for whom this is TMI

Thanks for the info, I’ve been mainlining vegetables (being veggie there’s not much else I can eat on this diet 🤣) and would really expect a bit more toilet action than I’m getting. Will try vit C and senna. I’ve had this problem before when low carbing.

@BIWI ok no more taboulleh for me then! It was made with just a hint of bulgar wheat (15g) but I won’t do it again 🥺🤣

Thanks @BIWI and @prettybird for the sparkly new thread and SOF

I started low carbing (bootcamp veteran!) in March after a 3 month period of illness where I ate ALL the food.

Went from 12.3 to 11 stone. Sadly back to 11.8 (@prettybird I think we are still tracking one another!) after 4 holidays and drinking beer 😣. So back and focussing on a downward trajectory.

Not quite enough water today - will do better tomorrow as this has a huge impact for me.

Ff Greek yog with cream

2 boiled eggs with a salad of rocket, aubergine and beetroot tzatziki made with roasted cauliflower (from the fast 500 Keto recipe book)

Salmon & creamed leeks with more rocket

1.5 litres of 💦

I really enjoyed the last BC and was fairly strict

Things have started to slide a bit as they do the last week or so. I blame it on the heat

So I'm delighted to start a new BC

I have everything I need in the fridge as I always do anyway now

B - coffee and FFGY
L - pork with veg
D - chicken curry

I felt very full after 2 protein heavy meals. But at least I'm not hungry

For lunch I did add a spoon of sour cream and mustard to the pan to make a zingy sauce

I think one of the harder things for me is going to be drinking lots more water. And pressure from my teen kids....."You're not going to have a donut? Like, not even half a donut?"

Since getting a hemoglobin A1C level that is borderline diabetic, I have been laying off all the "white stuff". I do have a very small bit of rice or potato because I still make that for the kids, but that's it. And lots of meat, broccoli, avocado, cabbage, cottage cheese, full fat yogurt (which was very hard to find, btw). I LOVE salmon, I started buying chicken thighs instead of breasts, and I make chuck steak quite a bit. I would prefer ribeye but the price is ridiculously high.

Also I'm only eating twice a day, and not after about 6PM, so my body can burn fat until the next day's meal.

Since changing what I eat about a month ago, I no longer get bloated after eating, and I'm no longer hungry between meals. It's been great so far.

I do drink coffee with half and half about twice a day.

Good luck everybody!