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!

Recipe please, middleagedspread!

Well done to all the losers.
Sleep is amazing. Beginning to discover that sleep actually does have a correlation to pain. more sleep = less pain, little sleep = hideous pain. So will have to bear that in mind and accept i am simply too old for partying all night until the next opportunity which will likely occur after the point at which i forget this

Yesterday was a bad day exercise wise. Physio only kinda day. But feeling so much better today. Promised to take ds to do some sport specific training this morning. So that is the plan for his last day of half term hols.

B: scrambled eggs and 2 cups of coffee, milk and sweetner (i know about the sweetner and working my way down to non from 3 per cup)

Water: 500ml

bulletwithbutterflywings Theree's a Brazilian barbecue place in West St, Brighton (the main road that leads from the station down to the sea, below the clock tower) - it's on the left as you go down - can't remember the name off-hand. It's not a 'romantic dinner for 2' type place, it's a huge room, but for around £20 a head you get as much meat as you can eat - the waiters come round with it on skewers, all sorts, steak, pork, lamb, chicken hearts! You get a disc, red one side, green the other, that you put on your table - turn it red side up when you want a break from meat delivery, green side up and they just keep on coming :) There's a big 'help yourself' salad table as well - also dishes for carb eaters :D

As I said, not an intimate restaurant, but brilliant for low carbers :D I'm planning another visit at the end of the month.

Hollandaise

Blitz 2 large egg yolks in blender
Add tbs white wine vinegar
Tbs lemon juice & blitz again
Melt 4 oz butter until just bubbling.
With blender running slowly add the butter.

Eat immediately ( def doesn't keep).

Fab with asparagus, salmon, or chicken.
With poached eggs & bacon is the best ever breakfast.

Brighton should be lovely.

at skirt of truth

Hello happy lc-ers! I am a former bootcamper who has fallen off the wagon a bit. Last summer I went from 11 stone 5 to 9 stone 8 on Bootcamp, which was amazing. I then maintained for a bit, slid back up to 9 stone 12ish, kept meaning to lose another stone but had lost all motivation. After a week away I weighed on on Monday at 10 stone 2, and have been low-carbing all week. I'm now 2.75lbs down, hurray! DH is finally back on it too - I thought he was looking tubby and he weighed in at 16 stone 1! He's already 4.5lbs down but he really needs to lose 3 stone and I really want him to stick to it. Previous pattern is that he loses a stone and calls it quits, but he really does need to lose a lot more! Still, maybe this will be the time for him...

Thanks Furry that sounds good! DP found a place called Smokey's, is that the one? The only thing that concerns me about BBQ is the marinades usually have sugar in, is that something to be worried about or would the amount be negligable? Obviously I will still to dry stuff and avoid the delicious sticky sauces.

I'm excited!
On a less fun note I'm really struggling to eat my breakfast but I'm really busy from 12 til 6 so I won't be able to get any proper meals in that time :( so I have to get what I can in now or my trainer and BIWI will shout! Cold roast chicken and coleslaw is not going down too easily.

morning. just out of bed - another sore head
good news is that I'm at my lowest weight yet - have lost the 2kg I inexplicably put on last week (CAN'T have been due to almond crumble, BIWI!). Can almost see my hip bones . I remember when my stomach used to hang between them though.

escentual.com have got 1/3 off French cosmetics etc so have just bought some more Effaclar (duo for son this time - I use K, it completely stops spots appearing like magic, can highly recommend it)
as well as some dermablend foundation and setting powder. I have a lot of freckles from growing up in NZ and also other dark patches and have heard good things about this foundation. I've got my friends wedding on 15th so want to look good (so far have bought heated rollers, waxing strips and fake tan - DS says I'll look like a Mafia wife )

so not hungry at moment. I've discovered the joy of mixing double cream into Total - yum. Roasted butternut squash last night with some waitrose juicy sausages which are 1.8g carb each. I really love them. Had asparagus too [yum]

hope everyone has a good day

bulletwithbutterflywings - found the website, the place is called Rodizio Preto, and here's a link to the menu - I don't think the meats are marinaded, well, not from what I could taste - and eating there didn't affect my weight loss, so it's all good!

furry - that looks really good! I was planning a trip to Brighton (Straight down on the train from me!) as tghe weekend was looking good - but it's thundering and bucketing down here at the mo!

Still forecast sunny tomorrow and sunday tho.

holy crap. Just mashed up some butternut squash with butter and cream and was going to have a bowl for lunch. My little GI books says its 1.2 carbs 75g cooked. Luckily I put it into MFP first as it comes out at 8 carbs/ 100g there. Put half of it back in fridge for tomorrow
was delicious though.

I am going to be joining it with this next week. I am a long-term on/off low carber with a very defunct thyroid. LCHF definitely works best for me. Am going to read and catch up this weekend.

Afternoon all.

Had to have words with weighing scales this morning. We are now not on speaking terms. If it behaves tomorrow I may relent. I hopped on scales first thing. Showed 14 4! Was 14 7 yesterday. Very happy face. But thought probably not real. Try again. 14 7. Try again 14 6. After a few more goes we settled on 14 6. AIBU to think said scales is a bloody tease? Or maybe it is seeing into the future and I will see that on Monday?

Took DS to school and then went straight out and did my second c25k run. Was planning on doing 6 of the 60 second runs. Did all 8. Very pleased with that.

Came back and had yummy breakfast of Greek style yoghurt with raspberries, flaxseeds and cream. Delicious.

Just had a big salad with a cold sausage and a cold lamb steak left over from BBQ last night.

Dinner tonight will be a chicken curry. DH does a really nice one. And I bought a cauliflower to do cauliflower rice.

middleagedspread - thanks for hollandaise recipe. Sounds good.

Managed to have some food at last!
B: none
L: rolled smoked salmon/cream cheese/lettuce, boiled asparagus, hb egg, half an avocado.
D: pork chop, creamy mushroom sauce, some veg.

I have also just tried making a dessert - we shall see if it works! I heated up cream cheese, double cream and some blueberries in a pan and thickened it up some, then added an egg and tipped into two ramekins. We'll have to see if it sets though as the mixture was quite runny

I'm also another pound down this morning according to my scales. Getting so close to going down into the next stone!

cider scales can be evil and spiteful and hurtful. sometimes when i weigh exactly the same for days on end (as in, to the exact decimal the same) i am almost sure that they are just sort of 'remembering' the previous day's weight! so i stand on them holding the washing basket, then put it down and stand on them again. then i realise i am getting a bit obsessed so i have a word with myself and don't weigh for a few days.

I realised I was getting a tad obsessed with the scales, the very first time I dieted (evil, 1000-cals-a-day-type diet), when I wondered if I should get on them without my contact lenses in ...

Oh, well done on the run, Buda. The C25K programme is really amazing - I never, ever thought I would be able to run 5K in such a short period of time.

It's amazing the power the scales have isn't it? I knew full well I wasn't 14 4 but am still sulking that the scales made me see it, be happy and then took it away. Evil is right!

BIWI - contact lenses are very heavy surely??

Am very pleased about run. Will do week one again next week. Am taking my trainers to states on holiday and am looking forward to some fab runs there. Golden gate park etc etc. Hopefully running on holiday should hopefully limit some of the inevitable damage!

but if you take the contact lenses out how do you see the scales. Cos glasses clearly weigh more, and clearly there is no way i am letting anyone else see the number on the scales. has obviously also given this too much thought

Exactly, NewStart!!!

We were talking a few days ago about high levels of protein and whether or not they can cause us harm. A really interesting piece here saying that high(er) protein can be good for osteoporosis.

The whole scales/contact lens thing is a conundrum.
So, 1st thing you hop on the scales (with fingers crossed) then you peer hopefully in the mirror to inspect wrinkles.
Wrinkles should never be inspected with contacts in too scarybut scales shouldn't be stood on in heavy specs.
Oh, the stresses of daily life!

Hi, I'm on week 9, and was wondering if any of you lovely ladies had any advice for me? I'm going to a leaving do tomorrow, which is an Afternoon Tea, there will be sandwiches, cakes, warm scones with jam and cream, and of course tea. I think the best thing for me to do is to just enjoy the whole experience, then get back to low carbing as soon as I leave, but knowing me, it will probably continue with red wine and dark chocolate when I get home .

Afternoon tea! How lovely! The thing is, life will always get in the way. Enjoy, don't eat too many cakes, and get back on it sunday.

Strict few days and lots of water....

I went to Iceland today (I know, I've let you all down etc...I cba to walk down to Lidls ) behind a errm, rather large young girl. Checked out her shopping, as we all do, and was not surprised to see pizza, croissants, crisps, pork pies (!) and a WW Chocolate Brownie! That right there is the reason I am on this WOE!

Lol at WW chocolate brownie. That's like pissing on a wildfire to put it out isn't it? While simultaneously throwing petrol on it I might add.

My seriously obese sister has started looking into LC/Primal eating for weight loss! Yay! I really hope she sticks to it and gets some of the weight off because I worry about her. She's already insulin resistant, so on the path to diabetes. And our Dad is diabetic as well, so we're definitely at risk. it's been a big factor in me choosing to go LC as I want to control my blood sugar and reduce my risk of becoming diabetic.