what can i tell you about the so-called 'spreadsheet of fabulousness' @DrBlackbird ? It is so many things to so many people, including
- a weigh in sheet with all the names of the people who have signed up for the bootcamp, a handy reference guide for BIWI of each person's dietary preferences (e.g. V for vegetarian) and record so far, so that advice can to some extent be tailored to individual circumstances as well as providing an overview of how many bootcampers originally signed up and, as the weeks go by, are still recording / participating
- a repository for lots of information and background of this low carb high fat way of eating, including 'the rules' and known variations, such as for vegetarians, 'lite' for long term maintenance strict and a short term 'ubercamp' blitz approach; carb counts for veg, fruit & nuts; recipes for a sample week and four weeks, for economy and meal ideas; 'allowed foods'; links to resources, conversion between kgs & stones/lbs; acronyms; results of previous bootcamps
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On a personal note, i love 'being spreadsheet monitor' and am happy to populate the sheet with their results. Anyone who doesn't feel comfortable around spreadsheets is very welcome to post their results in the thread or in private message to me.
It's no secret that I also absolutely get how the weigh in process and its record, the weight in sheet, can be confronting. I did not really start to fill it in until I had lost a significant % of my bodyweight and this way of eating had become ingrained a my new 'normal'. I absolutely get that not everyone who benefits from bootcamping will want to record their weight, whether weekly or monthly other at whatever interval.
The spreadsheet currently works best with an entry each week, please anyone enter the same number as last time any week you prefer not to record a new weight. A more elegant solution is in development ...
Even when not weighing in, I found it helpful to have some way to track: my way has been to trust the bootcamp process that I would finally be rid of the extra fat I had been carrying for so long, as long as I stuck to this way of eating, also known as Keeping On keeping On (KOKO). A reliable (metal) tape measure tracked the shrinking circumference of my belly and hence belly : hip ratio.
Deciding what to eat is ultimately within my own control in a way that what I weight at any particular time is not so easy to control. There are many other ways of dealing with fluctuations such as daily weighing and recording averages (means, medians modes etc)
Seeing my weight expressed as a simple number still tends to throw me off track, with my thoughts jumping immediately either to oohh, I've lost, i can afford a splurge or oohh I've stay the same or even gained and might as well check in the towel.
Goodness, I meant just to list the tabs on the spreadsheet and here I am on a Bank Holiday, pouring out my heart to you lovely people. Have a good day everyone and I look forward to your company eating low carb high fat. I'm still a tad surprised by how well this works for me after many, many years of thinking there was nothing i could really do long term about gaining weight. Now in my sixties, it is no exaggeration to say it has given me a new lease of life.