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
Stayed exactly the same but am actually on week 3 as started a week before bootcamp so I'm glad to read about week 3 weighing issues above!
Would like a whoosh shortly but am happy with the way my body is visibly changing for the better too.
Hi Willie many many thanks for doing the spreadsheets for us. Could I please ask you to add my initial weight loss on the spreadsheet for me, I tried doing it myself but it doesn't seem to accept it, I'm 3 weeks ahead, I started lc on 8th April 2013 at 188lbs, by the time bootcamp officially started 3 weeks later I had lost 10lbs, it would be lovely to see my efforts on your all singing all dancing spreadsheet
. Thanks very much.
oh decaff that sounds like a good idea, might give that a try! The DC are after tortilla wraps, so I might have same but with omelette wraps.
and thanks willie for spreadsheet of fabulousness. 
oops, just posted on the questions thread instead of here 
12 stone 10 bang on this morning, so a little bit back on,but hey ho.
Off work today as still feeling crappy; lupus has flared and with it either costocondritis or plueritis; they both feel much the same 
. Haven't eaten much at all today, and DH did tea which invariably involved carbs 
. I did only eat a little though.
I may be awol for a few days, but am doing my best under pretty miserable circumstances. Hopefully I'll be back on form, refreshed and raring to go by the end of the week.
As an aside though, DS's school are providing a breakfast club for them as it's SATS week. The "healthy" choices were either coco pops or toast with jam or nutella . DS said it was wholemeal bread though and several children refused to eat it!
L chicken and avocado salad
D plaice with buttered cheesy leeks and broccoli
Water
Blueberries with Jersey cream and yoghurt
mmm food glorious food
B 2 hb eggs mashed with butter
L chicken curry and boiled broccoli/green beans
D prawn cocktail, a lamb chop with roast cauliflower & broccoli sprinkled with chili flakes and buttered cabbage
have made a note of the omelette wrap decaff , something new!
is the IDP book worth getting?
why have I not cooked anything out of my atkins cookbook?
Someone mentioned PLJ upthread and I'm also interested to know whether that's verboten or not. I was given some by a friend of BIWI's (she knows who I mean!) today and she swears it's ok for low-carbing. It was delicious but I did get a bit palpitationy (i know that's not a word) afterwards and I wondered if it was too carby (it's 5g per 100g). Mind you I did attempt to resuscitate someone who wasn't actually dead earlier today, so that may account for the feeling shaky.
B/L - heavenly salad, now with pork belly instead of chicken
S - smoked salmon bits in creme fraiche. It almost feels like a dessert.
D - cauliflower cheese with leeks, shallot, garlic and mushrooms, all fried in butter. Added mozzarella, gorgonzola and double cream to make the sauce, although it didn't have that thick coating quality of a white sauce. Topped it with bacon, gran padana and cheddar and browned under the grill (normally would top with breadcrumbs and cheddar, best not to dwell on that). Cheese overload!
B yoghurt
C salmon and broccoli omelette with salad and mayo
D meatballs with French beans and broccoli and lots of butter..........
Um, and a sherry and 3 glasses of wine with two large handfuls of salted almonds Don't ask!
Good morning.
I am too lazy to go down and make my bulletproof 
. Instead I am trying to finish my last Maths assessment. I really need to stop weighing myself every day. I was one lbs up this morning, which I know is normal especially as I have my time of the month etc. but I really really wish it wouldn't be happening.
I am running out of things to eat. Ocado isn't due until tomorrow morning. Still got a few eggs though and I am out for lunch anyway. Just need to get a salad for tonight.
How is everybody doing?
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l had a delicous Indian meal last night, was so impressed with myself, no rice/naan so I had lamb shashlik, cauliflower bajee and spinach bajee - had left overs for breakfast this morning, much to the rest of the households disgust! But I loved it, cold, tasty and I am stuffed.
I can feel my appetite decreasing which is good - obviously means that I am satisfied. I was in a health food shop yesterday and overheard one of the shop assistants trying to give advice on healthy eating, carbs etc and it was all I could do not to butt in and tell the lady customer that the bloke was talking absolute shit and not to fill herself and her DC full of dried fruit and other crap... but I didnt.
Morning all.
I know you are all probably fed up of me talking about my bowels but think I may have overdone the vit c and magnesium yesterday! Either that or I have a tummy bug of some description! Very over active this morning. Wondering if I can go to Tonacise and am supposed to be going for a coffee afterwards. Will see how I go over next half hour or so. Or not go as the case may be!
BIWI your dinner last night sounds fab and may well be my birthday dinner for tomorrow. If I can get DH to cook it! He does cook but may well say he doesn't know how to do the veg accompaniments.
Blogging - I know what you mean. I keep saying I won't weigh every day but still do. And get fed up. I desperately wanted to get down to 14 7 by my birthday which is tomorrow but don't think I will manage it. So trying to decide whether to actually weigh tomorrow or try to hold off till Monday.
Millie - what is the Nigel Slater pork recipe please? We like his food here!
Have just had a Greek yoghurt for breakfast.
L - no idea yet
D - no idea yet.
I have some cold roast lamb, half a celeriac and half a cabbage. Any ideas?
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