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, hope everyone having a good day.

Well, drama at work today meant I didn't get any lunch and basically went from 2 scrambled eggs at 8am on nothing until I got back home after collecting Ds from school at 4.30pm. Yes I was a bit hungry (but actually much more thirsty of course. And on this WOE I can actually tell the difference!)

But there is NO WAY IN HELL I would have managed 8 and a half hours "fuelled" by a bowl of Special K or a croissant, especially as I have a physical job.

I luffs eggs, I do. Shoulda married a farmer for his chooks.

toomuch get some chooks yourself. My MIL keeps some and she gave me some eggs a couple of weeks ago. They were delicious. I might have to go round to hers and mug her chickens in the night

I'd love to get some chickens, but my MIL (who also would love some) reckons they attract rats, so it sort of put me off a bit. That and they probably wouldn't stand a chance with my 2 cats. We have relatives though who have a farm, and every so often they appear with armfuls of eggs, which taste so much better than you get in the supermarket.

Talking of which, I have just used some of the yummy farm eggs in MiddleAged's amazing hollandaise sauce, with barbecued salmon fillet, bbq'd courgettes (sliced lengthways and brushed with olive oil) and home grown rocket. It was to die for, and so easy to make!

You actually look in mirrors middleaged I managed to do make up and hair without actually seeing what i am looking at and that is after putting contacts in.

I am feeling very virtuous as I have been fairly good today and have just tucked into a salad for tea. Have managed to drink my min water no problem. The sun and temps over 20C really helps you drink the water without thinking about it.

Really tired and have a busy day tomo. think i am going to go find some sleep. night.

Duck eggs are also lovely. Richer taste then chook eggs. I also want chickens but can't cos of where i live atm. :(

NewStart - something you posted earlier also reminded me about one of the things Dr Briffa spoke about on the Mumsnet Academy course, here is a blog post about how important sleep is in controlling weight

NewStart only face height one with one of the bulbs blown. Couldn't do a full length mirror unless in bulky dressing gown.
I'm wondering if I could purchase a rose tinted mirror with the shape of the ones in Gap that make anyone look like Elle McPhearson. Until you get home.

Just wanted to let everyone know that Aldi have a new cheese coleslaw. It's 99p for 300g and it's carb count is only 3.1g so lower than the Sainsbury's basics one which has a carb count of 3.7g.

What do you lot all have on a picnic? We are having one tomorrow and trying to think of some extra things to take.

So far have got:

Salad - spinach, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, giant spring onions, peppers, grated carrot

Cheese coleslaw

Olives

Parma ham

Prosciutto

Spicy chicken wings

Gluten free sausages

Hard boiled eggs

Brie

Strawberries and blueberries with cream

Middle I was teasing. Sorry But i like the sound of the Gap mirrors.
Biwi the only other diet that I have really thought makes sense and has even remotely worked for me was one called the duvet diet and that was basically the importance on sleep on hormone balance and the body's ability to process food. Might return to that book actually cos there is loads of tips for sorting out sleep patterns. But will probably ignore the chapters on food. I can't remember what the stance on food was. Although i seem to have some recollection that cheese isn't a cause of nightmares. Bloody good job really ;)

Clearly i meant

newstart, I realised
You must try Gap mirrors, they're like a fun fair.
In front of you is a 6' size 8 goddess, with shiny hair & clear skin.

I don't own scales. I'd get obsessed. I'm weighing myself once per week in Rowlands Pharmacy!

rather late in the day i'm afraid, but i'm only just home from work

biggest loser of the week: timidviper
biggest loser so far: Maidofmuss
biggest %age loser so far: Maidofmuss

well done chaps!

Checking in.

B - 3 little tomatoes, slice mozzarella, slice parma ham
L - leftover cauliflower cheese with bacon, mushrooms and pesto
S - olives
D - black farm sausages with roasted celeriac mash, roasted shallots and savoy cabbage - shredded and fried until crispy
P - my yoghurt "ice-cream"
1 glass of red wine. Very pleased with myself.

Just logged on and amazed I got a biggest loser mention! Now wish I hadn't consumed three exceedingly large G&Ts, olives, several handfuls of nuts and what was left in the Philly tub this evening...

morning. awake very early this morning so got up at 4.30am and had a nice cup of Nespresso made with milk (used to have this every morning but its a very occasional treat now - poor nespresso machine. I adore him too. DH used to laugh because every morning I would say 'I love you Nespresso machine')

Had a lovely rump steak with mushrooms last night. Felt a bit guilty eating £4 of meat in one meal for some reason but it was yum.

DH told me yesterday that he could really start to see the weight coming off and that he was proud that I'd stuck to this WOE so well. Didn't share with him how blimmin' easy it is when you are never hungry and always able to eat something if you are.

have a good day everyone. I've got some lovely sausages and pork medallions to think about later as well as lots of green veg (thats so BIWI doesn't smack me with her big stick )

Maidofmuss that is the curse of the biggest loser, it often seems to happen!

@ 'I love you Nespresso machine'.

Maid Sainsburys were doing an offer on lamb rump steak (I prefer beef tbh, but just in case you like lamb as much); half price so £7ish a kilo. I got a pack of 7 for about £7.

Feeling fairly fresh and positive this morning but have a creeping sense of inevitability about the fact that I'm going to drink way too much today. We have MIL, BIL & SIL coming for a BBQ. Normally we go to MIL's so at least this way I can control what I eat. It'll be a boozy affair though.

Thanks for your wishes vis-a-vis car accident ..I finally feel less shaky although still bit nervous about driving which I hope melts away soon.

Yesterday I was on the go and was sooo hungry so went into Morrisons. I bought the ready roasted "ribs of fire" pork bites as the other ready-roasted meats seemed to have a sticky glaze which I figured would be loaded with sugar.
Anyone know whether these are okay for LC?

Made up last night with lots of water, buttered veg (aubergine and peppers) and roast chicken.

Enjoy the sunshine all.

maid, I've just been looking at the spreadsheet. Have you lost 12lbs? That's fantastic, well done.

middle yes! Well, I had - but 3lbs up this morning (no doubt a result of drinking more gin than water yesterday) so no idea whether that will have gone by my Monday morning weigh in so I at least STS this week!!!
It's strange ? I sometimes feel frustrated on this WOE as the weight seems to come off so slowly (I confess, I have been the queen of the fad fast diet a couple of times in the past where I've seen ridiculously quick results) but I feel I'm finally waking up to the fact that I've got to make fundamental changes in my mindset and that those fast diets/deprivation diets just don't work long term as the weight simply piles back on (which it does/has).
So a big thank you to BIWI, Willie for starting and running the thread and everyone who's posting food/sharing ups and downs and keeping each other motivated
If someone had told me a month or two ago that I could survive for 5 weeks without bread (or muesli or loads of fruit, etc etc) I would have been incredulous.
Got to dash out so thanks, middle
Have a great day all.
(Glad you're feeling bit better "Millie* - it's great you're back driving again and am sure the shaky feelings will pass.

millie good you're feeling a bit better. I'm not surprised you were shaken by it.

I'm another lb down this morning. This means I've lost 10lb since bootcamp started. I'm now dead on 11 stone! In a few days I should be in the 10s. So exciting!

We've eaten some of our grass fed meat and I can report our findings so far: Grass fed beef is amazing. you can really tell the difference. The pork is less noticeable. We'll be having lamb tonight and tomorrow so we'll see if I notice a difference there.

I've explained to DP that I plan on carrying on with low carb. I said that if I tried another way of losing weight I'd either have to get him to eat the same or cook myself separate meals, whereas with this woe I can just substitute potatoes/pasta/rice etc with some veg so it's much easier to stick to. I think he's fine with it now as he can see how much weight I'm losing. Sister says she's convinced her DH about going Primal, but he wants to see a sample menu before they start. I've been relaying my meals to her so she can see what kind of stuff I eat :)

Maid - well done - that's a great loss. And Queen.

My scales and I are on speaking terms again. I think its trying to keep me on the straight and narrow by showing me what I COULD be if I don't mess it up! So this morning fluctuated between 14 5 and 14 6. So if I am good over the weekend I should hopefully be 14 5 on Monday. And I would be very happy with that.

B today was Greek style yoghurt - which I have just realised is quite high in carbs so I won't be having that again - with raspberries, flaxseeds and cream. Yum. Very yum.
L will be cold meat and salad
D will be BBQ and salad

And will be gardening all afternoon so should work some fat off! Just been to garden centre and have loads of weeding to do and plants to plant.

Hi all, congrats on the losses, it's really motivating to get past that week 3/4/5 hump and start to see things moving again. My scales tried to tell me I was 150 for a second this morning and I nearly fainted, but then tries 2/3/4 all declared back to 153 so I think mine have the same evil teasing penchant as crabbys.

After wine (and possibly gin) last night, I really deserve a belter of a hangover this morning. BUT when I got home about 1am last night, I drank a couple of big glasses of water and made some creamy scrambled eggs to get rid of the wine munchies. I woke up at half seven this morning and feel absolutely fine! Drank more water, didn't want breakfast as wasn't hungry, took Ds to his football training, went to work for an hour and a half, then finally around eleven had some breakfast and coffee. My love affair with eggs continues ... The new hangover cure!!

Was very proud that I easily ignored all the party food last night: crisps, sausage rolls, mini pizzas, sweets, cupcakes (yes it was an adult party, not a kids one!). I am not even going to say "resisted" the food as I looked at it and thought nah, don't need it, won't feel good after it, won't bother. Not a problem.

Yesterday's food
B 2 eggs scrambled with butter and cream
L (at 430pm!) salad with feta and oil, prawn mayo, slice of ham with Philly cheese roll up.
D Spanish chicken with salad, cucumber, pepper and garlic mayo.
S (at 1am) 2 eggs scrambled with butter