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!

Evening all,

B one slice ham with Philly, few spoonfuls yoghurt (woke up late, mad rush)
L small bowl salad with a few prawns n mayo, bit of leftover creamy braised cabbage
D roasted chicken thighs, creamy leeks and spring greens with a drop of mustard and cumin, a few small carrots (oops)

@BIWI: I ate out.. the coq au vin had chicken, some bacon bits, carrots, mushrooms, onions, and some sauce (and it was cooked with wine most likely).

Drank a ton of water today, not sure why I am so thirsty, is it the low/lack of carbs?

My evening was pretty good with fish and broccoli (broccoli again, as I didn't have anything else in the fridge). Planning to drink herbal tea.

Just finished my 7-minute-workput, going for an epsom salt bath now :) Having to eat out again tomorrow for lunch, most likely from a take-away so I think Ill go for a McDonalds bacon & chicken salad (7g carbs).

BlackAffronted and maidofmuss there's not much veg going on in your meals!

alecsa the sauce would have been pretty carby I think - onions, carrots, wine and - no doubt - something to thicken it. No worries though - just make sure you're strict over the next couple of days

I know Biwi, I am usually very good with my veg, but the bag of salad I had in the fridge to with my lamb & keema was off :(

Evening all.

Out for dinner last night, friend had made veg curry, ate loads of it with salad, although there was butternut squash in there. Couldn't have picked it out it would have been really rude. Avoided all poppadoms, naan though, but ate the dips with celery.

Also avoided all pudding, had some cheese with more celery. didn't avoid the pimms, bubbly or gin though whoops

Today:

B - 2 hb eggs
L - salad with iceberg, cucumber, olives, tuna and mayo
Tea - BBQ, sausages, a burger, grilled chicken, asparagus and broccoli
Snacks - 3, count them, 3!!!! Heaped teaspoons of PB. God I love it.

Not looking forward to weigh in tomorrow.

I think we missed some of kikis questions back on page 10. Kiki, to the best of my knowledge..

Cheese? Is fine on LC. But some people do find dairy, or a lot of it anyway, can slow down their weight loss. But as you are just starting out, I would say eat your 3 meals a day and always eat if hungry, and cheese can fill you up. If you find weight loss slows after the initial 2 weeks, then maybe cut down on cheese then.

Eggs? Perfect LC food, no limit.

Supermarket snacks to keep in fridge? Everyone will have their own recommends on this, please add to my list everyone! But some of my favourites are:

Lidl full fat Greek yoghurt
Pâté on cucumber
Ham with Philly cheese and cucumber folded into little rolls
Packs of cooked chicken/turkey/beef - be careful of flavours like BBQ or Chinese, as these usually have sugar in the coatings. Plain is safe!
Bags of pre washed salad (I love feta cheese on salad.)
Cold sausages
Hard boiled eggs

There will be more suggestions along soon I'm sure!

Dosh, I want peanut butter now too! Think my TOTM is due!

Buda thank you for the offer, but I honestly don't think I could give up cheese. At the best of times I eat loads of it, but on this WOE it's my main pleasure. I think I could live on cheese, if I had to.

No carbs, no wine, no cheese - wtf is the point in carrying on?!

I'm thoroughly premenstrual, so maybe that's why the scales haven't moved in a couple of days. I should not keep weighing daily, I know that, as I get despondent if I don't see a continual loss. No patience, me.

Today has been an unbridled cheese-fest...
B - mozzarella, little tomatoes, h/m pesto
S - couple almonds
L/D - cauliflower cheese (can you see a pattern emerging...)
S - mozzarella, tomatoes, parma ham
2 cups tea, loads of water.

Am feeling tired, achey and a little anxious as we have inlaws coming for a BBQ on Saturday and the house is a bloody pit as usual. My MIL is lovely but her house is immaculate and I know she must be shocked at how very far from immaculate ours is.

Can I join in too? I've been eating lc on and off for almost a year but keep losing the plot. I've now discovered I can't have any chocolate as I don't know when to stop!

I have just under a stone to lose and am doing ok since yesterday.

I'd be really grateful for some suggestions for recipes for main meals as I run out of ideas and seem to cook the same stuff each week.

I eat totally gluten free these days as it aggravates my IBS. I have been dairy free for a while but am now slowly reintroducing it to see if I'm ok with it because I'm worried about my calcium intake. And I love cheese and natural yoghurt!

Crabby - not entirely sure I can give it up either! But I'm certainly going to try. Actually with me it is not the cheese that I think is the problem - more the yoghurt/cream/creme Fraiche/odd spoonful or three of cream from fridge that might be the issue!

We bbq'd this evening and I sat outside which was lovely. And I was obsessing about a glass of wine. Had two glasses of water and was still obsessing. So I compromised and made a very weak white wine soda. Half an inch of wine in long glass with lots of soda with ice. Just had one and in fact didn't even finish it but it did the trick. And as I had that treat I didn't have my raspberry cheesefake.

Has anyone got a recipe for crust less quiche with as little dairy as possible?

I was very resistent to giving up cheese but I don't see it as giving up. I just decided on no dairy for 3 days, like ubercamp. being rewarded by seeing the scales go down is enough to make me steer clear of cheese for another bit.

I found that planning my favorite no-cheese low carb meals for the 3 days made it easy to stick to.

Just marking my place.

thebest, look at the lowcarb subsection of the recipes section in "food" (under the very annoying pop-down tabs at the top of the age...)

God I couldn't do this without the cream, creme fraiche and yoghurt, either! [panics] How long is it since the scales showed a loss? I know just what you mean about wine on a sunny evening in the garden - it just cries out for a glass of chilled white, doesn't it.

Thanks Decaff, I'll have a look when on my pc tomorrow.

Sorry that was to Buda

Decaff I might see if I can devise a dairy-free three day menu. Does it mean no cream or anything?

When it comes to dairy, yoghurt is the best tolerated.

Butter doesn't count as dairy, as it is mainly fat.

crabby have you tried burrata? i had it at an italian restaurant and it was amazing

Good grief I've eaten so much today. Just picking, picking, picking. Salami, nuts, the odd chunk of coconut block. Haddock, cheddar and butternut squash fish cake (omg - delicious!); left over Thai squid curry.

I think I need to start with eggs whenever I can because they really help with killing my appetite. I'll be amazed if I've lost anything by Saturday though I do feel my middle may have shrunk a bit. :-)

I've seen some in Waitrose Willie but never had it. I just googled it and it says this...

When the Burrata is sliced open, ritagli-thickened panna (cream) flows out. The cheese has a rich, buttery flavor and retains its fresh milkiness. It is best when eaten within 24 hours, and is considered past its prime after 48 hours. The flavour and different textures of the inside and outside make it go well with salad,[3] prosciutto crudo, crusty bread, fresh tomatoes with olive oil and cracked black pepper, or pasta.

We had some amazing buffalo mozzarella in Naples, I wish I'd had a chance to try the burrata too.

You are right BIWI - looked at my food list again for yesterday and not enough veg tho there was a lot of cucumber in my yoghurt

Managed to zip up skirt of truth this morning (hooray) though still tight around reear so not wearable out (!) Scales still the same as Monday BUT I resisted the rocky road in the fridge
I will keep going. I will keep going. I will keep going.

Well the wii says I've lost 1lb but still saying my weight is 11st 12lbs (same as Tuesday). It's a downward trajectory, anyway. I'm just at the line between 'overweight', where your mii looks and a little reproachful bit of music sounds, and 'ideal', where there's congratulatory music and your mii looks . As absurd as it is, I want that little reinforcement and I'm only a couple of lbs away from being back in the ideal BMI (albeit right at the upper end) bracket!

at maid's 'skirt of truth'. I put on a pair of trousers yesterday that I took on holiday in March because they had a 14 label, but couldn't even bloody zip up (they're a very small 14). Now I can do them up and wear them comfortably, although when I'm driving I have to undo them.

Also, someone who sees me once a week asked me yesterday if I'd lost weight and said she could really see the difference. I could have kissed her.

Keep on keeping on Losers!

Just to report Hollandaise sauce (made in a blender) is the most divine thing ever. Especially with asparagus.