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

My food for today:

B: FFGY with cream
L: Egg salad with mayo
D: Chicken legs roasted with peppers, courgettes and broccoli

Had a meeting over lunchtime where lunch was served but unfortunately it was just sandwiches and crisps. I had meant to take my salad along but forgot so had a v late lunch. Whilst everyone was eating I drank a lot of water.

Well done everyone that's stuck with it today and koko to those that have struggled. Tomorrow is a new day and all that.

@fruitstick your post really resonated with me, I definitely struggle with emotional eating and I don't really remember what it feels like to recognise that I'm full. I've lurked on past boot camps where people have said that you can't really overeat fat because it will make you feel ill but I definitely can!

Thank you for the posted advice @BIWI I'll have to reread again and have a good think about how to manage the impulse.

Stuck to plan, although I think my portion sizes are probably far too big and also drank all the water!

I forgot to list my meals yesterday but it’s the same as today.

B: FFGY
L: feta salad
D: omelette with red pepper and spinach

Is it okay to pretty much stick to the same thing for two weeks (obviously it would probably get boring for more than that).

Also has anyone got any experience of Inositol supplements? I know previously some bootcampers have been fellow PCOS sufferers and it's something I've recently been reading about as helping with insulin resistance as well as other symptoms. Just wondered if anyone had tried it and seen improvement.

I tend to eat the same things over and over @Gnomegnomegnome sometimes I just don't have the mental space to think of new things or persuade the family to try something new. I can't see why it would be a problem as long as you're getting plenty of green veg in there. I like to think of it as being consistent rather than boring

So this is exciting. I started low carbing 2.5 weeks ago as part of a drive to lower my blood pressure which I discovered through a random check was sky high. I had to wear a monitor for 24 hours (two weeks ago today) - all readings were in the stage II hypertension or the crisis category. As well as LC I’ve started doing some gentle exercise (except last week where it was just too bloody hot so I doubt it’s made too much of an impact). And have drastically cut down on alcohol over the last couple of weeks, not that I was a huge drinker to begin with. So the main difference to lifestyle is diet.

Had to go to the docs today and my blood pressure is pretty much normal! Bottom number still very slightly high but ‘nothing to worry about’, and just needs regular monitoring for now. I am amazed, I’ve had a very stressful week the last week so I was expecting it to be worse than before. Literally every single reading 2 weeks ago was waaaaaaaay higher than today’s readings.

Thanks @MyShinyThing . My shopping list is definitely much cheaper without lots of crap food and alcohol!

B - scrambled eggs with butter, big teaspoon clotted cream,celery and tomato
L - lettuce, cucumber, belly pork, cheddar, olive oil. Greek yoghurt with cream
D - broccoli with butter, home made turkey meatballs cooked in crushed tomato with chili.

cleaned my teeth and put my Invisalign in until tomorrow. Not too much cream I hope!

That's amazing @VeryGoodVeryNice

don't have that 'sated' feeling

@fruitstick

One of the things that got me interested in low carb high fat way of eating was wearing a continuous blood sugar monitor, as part of the Zoe project food tests.

Main take away was how much my blood sugar goes up by when I eat any starchy carbs, whether sweet or savoury. And drops back down again as insulin is released to clear the auger out of the blood.

It makes sense to me that that sated feel you mention is linked to fast rise in blood sugar. The low carb alternative is that my blood sugar stayed pretty stable so while I don't get the sated feeling I also don't get the hangry got to eat NOW feeling

Stepping off the blood sugar rollercoaster has been really helpful for my well-being (and my weight).

Low carbing has significantly reduced my blood sugar levels from pre-diabetic to perfectly normal. Phew.

Having stable blood sugar (and drinking all.the.water) enables me to address the many, many reasons I used to eat for entirely non hunger related issues.

After years of falling off the waggon, Gillian Riley's approach to eating less worked for me, in conjunction with eating low carb.

https://www.eatinglessonline.com

Hope others might find it useful

B coffee FFGY
L half a corn on the cob
D chicken and veg

No exercise at at because I've got work to finish and got side tracked watching Jaws with DS

The veg was cabbage, broccoli and spring onion

No I eat chicken and veg pretty much everyday which I love

Clearly I mean yes

You're back! 🥰 oh frabjous day. I actually left mumsnet as there was no boot camp and checked today for the first time in ages. Fate is trying to tell me something.
I'm definitely ready to get back on the wagon. I got a stress fracture in my foot over the summer so was in a boot, but that's aggravated plantar fasciitis so I'm still hobbling around two and a half months on. Deeply frustrating as it happened at the start of the summer holidays. I've been swimming and did one bike ride but paid for it the next day sk I'm feeling horribly sluggish and have slipped into bad habit again.
Please could someone add me to the spreadsheet, thank you

Thank you - super helpful

Hiii,

I have a confession and I was actually going to start the cabbage soup diet because I'm just not happy with my weight at the moment and I felt desperate.That is until I found this thread and it really drew me in because I can't face eating cabbage soup for seven days straight and this way of eating seems much more sustainable. I'm excited to be part of LC bootcamp! I am also a long term intermittent faster so skip breakfast with my last meal being dinner.

B:coffee
L:Greek style salad (cucumber, toms, radish, cheese, olives and basil.) And chunky veg soup.
D:Pork steak with brocolli and veg soup. (So much soup Because I have alot of veg from original cabbage soup plan).

@HappiDaze

Sweetcorn isn't allowed on Bootcamp! (I did post that up the thread)

Baby sweetcorn is fine, but not corn on the cob.

@VeryGoodVeryNice that's brilliant news! You must be very pleased and also very relieved.

@FinallyHere thank you. That makes sense. I'm also pre-diabetic so hopefully this is going to make a difference.

I thought about Zoe but it seemed very expensive when really I know what I need to do (not eat a whole packet of biscuits in one go)

Welcome back @Smorgs

If it works for you, I'll add you to the spreadsheet when I fire up my laptop tomorrow morning. Had a go on my phone and totally failed.

I'm now in awe of anyone who uses the spreadsheet on a phone.

Thank you 😊 yeah I’m super chuffed, I can’t believe how dramatically and quickly it’s come down. Definitely gives me the incentive to keep going, even though I seem to have hit a bit of a plateau weight loss wise.

Stick accepted @BIWI 😄. It was leftovers and I forgot 🙈

Lame excuse and I shall forthwith ban the beetroot again!

Omelette was delicious but I've just realised I've eaten 5 eggs today. That feels like a lot!

Not a problem re the eggs! You can eat as many as you like