I'm starting this thread a little earlier than usual, as I have to be at work at dawn's crack tomorrow 
Come and confess all on the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness
So from tomorrow, you can move on to Bootcamp Light, if you want. (Rules on the tabs on the spreadsheet). That means that you can introduce fruits (berries only) and nuts (in small quantities), as well as alcohol (albeit in moderation!)
You don't have to, if you don't want to. You could continue to do Bootcamp if it's suiting you - or do Bootcamp during the week and Bootcamp Light at the weekend. Whatever suits you.
Whatever you decide here is something really important that you need to know about weeks 3 and 4 (and possibly 5):
It is very common for weight loss to stop at this point in the diet. You may even find that you gain a pound or two. DON'T PANIC! It is entirely normal. Your body is switching from carb-burning to fat-burning, and is re-adjusting to your new WOE. You have jettisoned a lot of water weight, and have emptied your glycogen stores. You will also have lost some fat. Now, your body is working on just burning fat.
PLEASE DON'T PANIC AND START TO TRY AND CHANGE ANYTHING. THIS IS ENTIRELY NORMAL AND HAS BEEN REPORTED BY MANY LOW CARBERS BEFORE YOU. STICK WITH THE KNITTING, AND YOU WILL BE REWARDED BY SEEING THE SCALES MOVE AGAIN IN THE NEXT WEEK OR SO
Good luck for next week. As ever, post any questions on the questions thread, and keep us all updated as to what you're doing/eating.
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Low-carb diets
Week 3 - Summer Low Carb Bootcamp - When the Going Gets Unexpectedly Tough
BIWI · 12/05/2013 22:49
Yesterday was a bit of a disaster, I just didn't fancy anything I was allowed to eat! My heavenly salad is now boring, I'm eating too much cheese and processed meat, and I'd be happy never to see an avocado again! 
i also felt sick all day. The result was that I didn't eat enough (although I did drink loads of water), was decorating so lots of physical exertion, loaded up on painkillers for my back and started feeling really ill and peculiar. I did feel better when I finally had dinner, but lost the plot a bit and had too much wine. Feeling slightly hungover this morning and cross with myself. I've got a stupidly heavy period too which probably wasn't helping.
Friday
B - ham and cheese
L - usual salad
D - shredded pork belly with shredded savoy cabbage, spring onions, ginger and garlic, fried in loads of butter and sesame oil until crispy. I made up a chinese 5 spice mix - fennel seeds, star anise, nutmeg, cardamom and allspice, all toasted then ground, which went in at the frying stage. It was bloody amazing!!
Saturday
B - ham and cheese
L - didn't really have any, just picked at things - olives, tomatoes.
D - spatchcocked chicken cooked on BBQ, sweetcorn on the cob (i thought I needed something a bit carbier because I was feeling so ill), asparagus and little tomatoes.
Loads of wine. 
Buda here's a parable for you that I often think of after all my good intentions melt into nothing in contact with wine... 
I've cut and pasted it here...
A buddhist monk was out begging from house to house in a village. One door was opened by a beautiful woman who was the wife of a wealthy villager. She decided to see if the monk could be tempted to break any of his vows so she invited him into her home under the pretense of being a spiritual seeker. There she engaged him in conversation. After some time had passed, the monk said he needed to be on his way, excused himself and went to the door discovering it was locked.
?Please open the door,? he asked the woman.
?Not just yet,? was her response. ?I will let you out of this room only if you do one of the following: Kill the goat who is tied up outside the back door; have sex with me; or drink this jug of wine.?
He was in a dilemma. As a Buddhist he could not resort to violence by fighting with the woman to get out of her house. Furthermore, her three conditions all violated the vows he took to become a Buddhist monk. Slaughtering the goat would mean breaking the precept against killing. Having sex would be breaking his vow of celibacy. Drinking from the jug would violate the precept of avoiding intoxicating drinks. Eventually, the troubled monk decided that the least offensive thing he could do would be to drink he wine which would harm no one but himself.
Because he wasn't used to drinking liquor of any kind, the monk got drunk. Because he was drunk, his resolve was weakened and he became mindless and careless. Furthermore, the liquor made him hungry so he killed the goat. While it was cooking he had sex with the woman.
The next couple of days are going to be a bit difficult willpower-wise, my Mum is coming tomorrow and we are going to IKEA so she will be like 'haveacakehaveacakehaveacakeitwonthuuurtjustone'.
And then SIL is coming the next day and staying overnight - wine fags and crisps will all be testing me! I'm going to get some more almonds and crackles and I have a bottle of red so I will just try and be sensible. I'm more likely to smoke than eat badly though
Problem is, Middle that once you've depleted your glygogen stores, you start to burn fat instead. One evening of high-carb will see your glycogen stores stocked up again - adn possibly cause weight gain.
Having said that, it's not worth lilving if you can't eat what you like once in a while.
Have a lovely time.
Breakfast today - soya yoghurt
Lunch - salad with smoked salmon and mayo
Dinner - roast chicken, buttered green beans, roast cauli, roast half leek, lettuce with mayo
Greek yog.
Also did loads of gardening, which should help me lose the last half-stone...
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