Week 6 - Summer Low Carb Bootcamp - We've Passed the Halfway Point!

[BIWI]

Morning campers!

Lovely weather at last.

Here's the spreadsheet of fabulousness

Come and confess all.

The last couple of weeks have seen quite a lot of slippage and falling off the wagon - a euphemism for cheating! - so I'm not expecting that we're going to see many fabulous losses this week. Indeed, I think many of us are going to feel a bit downhearted when we step on the scales today.

BUT NEVER FEAR!

There are still 5 weeks left, which is plenty of time to get properly back on the wagon and shift a few more of those pesky pounds.

Good luck everyone!

Mygrain - gravy is perfectly fine, as long as it's just the juices from the meat. When I roast a chicken, I slice up a couple of lemons, put a few slices inside the chicken and the rest on top of the chicken. I season with salt and black pepper, and then give it a good drizzle of olive oil.

I roast it at the highest temperature for 15-20 minutes, which renders some of the fat off the bird, and gets the skin nice and crisp. After this period of time, I also pour about a litre of water into the roasting tray, and then turn the temperature down to 150-170 for the rest of the cooking time.

Keep an eye on it, and keep topping up the water if you need to (you could also sloosh in a bit of white wine if you want, although this does add carbs). You're aiming to have a reasonable amount of liquid that you can use as a 'jus' - i.e. a thin gravy

If you want to make it more concentrated, when the chicken is cooked, take it out of the roasting tray and cover with foil - this is good as you need to rest it anyway - and then put the tray on the hob and boil the juices until they taste right to you.

Use of flour/cornflour/thickeners isn't great from a carb point of view.

I had coq au vin with broccoli for lunch, does that constitute cheating? :(

Hello all. I've fallen off the spreadsheet as real life got a bit stressy. If I was on the spreadsheet I would be putting in 9 stone 2. Really 9 stone 2. I checked it twice.

It's made me reflect on the last six months. I don't even think about eating sugar and grains any more. I eat tons of veg, more green leafy stuff than ever before. My treat now is roast chicken skin (by the handful, before the chicken gets to the plate ). DH is very happy now his BMI is 22 and his abs are re-appearing. We're both 45 and we look, well, there's no other word for it, fit.

MyGrain - veg! loads of it!

Kiwi I have a chronic pain condition and it's got so much better since I cut sugar out - sugar seems to cause stomach pain, so it adds to any other pain you might have. Good luck.

I add a swirl of gravy to my reduced meat juices to make gravy.

alecsa - why do you think it constitutes cheating? What did you put in it?

I tried on a dress I made 2 years ago. I am currently 4inches smaller then it. Including on my chest Even the dress that was made for me a year ago is about an inch -2 inches too big.

Crabby I don't know, tbh. But - could it also be possible that you have an issue with dairy?

Say not such things BIWI, it cannot be so!!

My food for today:
B- 2 scrambled eggs, coffe with cream
L- IPD moussaka (it's all gone now :) )
D- IPD butter chicken and cauliflower rice
I've also had an inch square piece of fresh pineapple

Well try dropping the flax first and see what happens. Then you could always try ubercamp, which is three days of low carb/dairy-free eating.

Not much veg there, couch25cakes ignores mention of fruit FOR NOW

Weighed myself: 9st6 Am aiming to get back to 8st4-7ish - my roughly comfortable level!

B: asparagus crustless quiche & small pot Greek yog with berries
L: last piece of quiche with salad leaves, bacon x2, fried cherry tom x2, fried mushrooms & mayo
D: leftover meatballs with tomato & olive sauce & green beans
S: handful peanuts

No you're right BIWI, I hadn't noticed. Will remedy that tomorrow .

Always watching, couch ...

Crabby - I'm thinking of ubercamping next week from Monday. We could do it together? I think I'm having too much dairy (although I have now stopped sneaking spoonfuls of cream straight from the pot!). I'll just finish the clotted cream and double cream first! I'm interested to see if I do have an issue with dairy. I know I definitely lost weight quicker on Atkins and I wouldnt have had much dairy on that - although it was a long time ago so can't quite remember.

Scales stuck at 14 7 here. Really want a boost in the loss. Going on holiday four weeks from today and would love to be under 14 stone but can't see it happening with current food so need to shake it up a bit.

Food today
B - egg mayo and a cheesy sandwich filler from M&S.

L - was in town and found a cafe that does a chicken and bacon salad with Parmesan crisps - the same as the LC ones - just Parmesan.

S ham with some of the cheesy filler
D will be BBQ and salad.

Was supposed to do second c25k run today but didn't manage it for various reasons so will do tomorrow.

I'm glad you are watching. I was annoyed at getting stuck and became obsessed with getting more fat and water. But salmon salad is on the menu for tomorrow lunchtime.

It's like having a life coach on hand

Eyes everywhere BIWI?

Oh yes!

Haven't been able to update spreadsheet, stayed the same last week, but scales have finally moved and down 3lb this week, could somebody please update me.

Have cut down on the cheese and diary, and less of processed meat which has seemed to help.

Does mayo come under dairy

Lunch: courgette, asparagus, chorizo and a couple of baby tomatoes fried up and a little bit of cream added, served with half an avocado on the side

Snack : slices of boiled egg spread with butter.

I stayed the same for 4 weeks, then cut out cheese, cream and creme fraiche and finally saw a pound loss again after a couple of days. Finally in the right direction. Cutting out dairy also seemed to solve constipation issues.

AFAIK yoghurt is less of a problem than other dairy? And butter is fine.

B - eggs benedict (minus the muffin)
L - lamb chops & pink coleslaw
D - keema
S - chciken, 85% dark choc

Can anyone recommend a good place to eat and stay on the wagon in Brighton? I've never been there before and DP is insisting we eat out rather than picnic... We're going for the day Saturday :)

Didn't make it to Sainsbury's for lamb steaks so changed today to:
B (still) eggs and sauteed mushrooms
L roast beef slices with hot horseradish and watercress
D Cold salmon with cucumber/mint yoghurt
S handful almonds

Trying to ignore huge tray of Rocky Road DD has put in fridge to set. No physical cravings for the sweet taste/carbs but in my head another story...

Willie Don't apologise - it's my own fault for skiving! Thank you for adding me back on. I'll be good now, promise

Chipping I wouldn't know where to begin, but if you are in the NE I'll have a bash at LC vege meal! I would appreciate a meal with someone who "gets" LC and isn't constantly pressing me to have rice, bread or low-cal options with my meal - it drives me nuts!

I've been OK so far away for work but I have brought my own eggs, cheese and total yoghurt with me! Therefore eggs for breakfast, yum. The non-carb bits of lunch option provided would have been a bit of a small meal on its own so I added some of my own cheese. Cheese (which you've slightly warned me off) yes; but falling off the wagon no.