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!

Adding myself to the thread. Will post properly later on. Well done to all the losers.

How much wine is too much wine? When someone opens bottles at your house and leaves them there, you feel obligated to finish them while they're fresh.

Am off to do a BootCamp stock up shop at Aldi. I know everyone is in love with Lidl on account of the yogurt- any Aldi fans out there who can recommend anything?

kiwigirl - sorry to hear about the migraine/fribro

I suspect you're right about the painkillers not helping - but also not eating has probably contributed to matters. And good luck with the swiss ball!

Ok, managed to be 100% today. Onwards & downwards!

B - 3 Black Farmer sausages & mayo
L - prawn mayo salad, 1 square dark choc
D - pork belly, crackling, cabbage cabonara
S - chicken drumstick

Off to Zumba now, but its quite warm and I think I may melt :(

Water, water

B....none

L....none

S....pack of sliced beef
Pack of wafer ham

D...sausages with mushrooms

I've just had yummy roast pork belly with roast cauliflower and asparagus. Would never have eaten pork belly prior to starting this WOE. Glad I tried it as its delicious!

Well I frankly don't deserve it after last week's white wine/dark chocolate consumption but my scales reported a 2lb loss this morning. Weighed myself three times as I couldn't quite believe it ? and have decided to re-weigh myself tomorrow morning to make sure (my scales can be a bit dodgy). Presumably finally registering a loss after the 3 weeks when I stayed the same weight, despite being on bootcamp or bootcamp light(ish). Anyway, it's encouraging and has helped me re-focus, so today:

B mushrooms, splash of cream, handful spinach
L two scrambled eggs in butter
S morsel of cooked chicken dipped in mayo
D will be grilled salmon with home-made hollandaise plus steamed broccoli/green beans and poss some watercress
BUT know I've still not drunk enough water. Need to down 10-12 (my size) glasses a day and am probably doing 4-5 max (though do have a lot of herbal tea). Someone wrote they might pin up sheet on fridge and tick for every glass drunk. Did it work? May try the same.

Well done to all losers/those who have STS and welcome to new joiners!

Bought a big jar of coconut oil at lunchtime - anyone tried in a vegetable stir fry?

Is it Monday already?

Summer weather makes me want to sit in the back garden and drink white wine. I am totally free from the shackles of craving crisps and snackettes but man do I enjoy a white wine on a sunny weekend afternoon.

Today:

B - Scrambled eggs with parma ham and duck fat.
S - Greek yoghurt
L - Salad with chicken, brie and coleslaw
D - Sausages with cauli rice and brocolli smothered in butter.

The requisite water and some coffee.

Ruprekt - where is your veg/salad?!

Aldi fan here Esker.

We like:

Bratworst sausages
Check the carb count on their other sausages too.
Ardennes pate
One of their goats cheeses is lower carb than the other.
Chicken thighs/drumsticks (to roast for lunch)
Big packs of mince.
Veg
Tinned tomatoes carb count is fine
Full fat mayo is good too
Dark chocolate
Milled flaxseed (I put this in Greek yoghurt, dh adds warmed berries for a crumble effect)

Oh, oh and they now do bags of pre-washed baby spinach. So handy.

The extra virgin olive oil is nice.

I just wanted to say thank you to Biwi and Willie and the others who have taken so much time and effort to set this up and keep it going and answer questions, etc. It has given me a much-needed incentive (plus the info) to get on and shift some of the extra weight.

Very much appreciated!

Must keep going. Must keep going.

It is my pleasure, letsseeificandothis!

... and I see from the spreadsheet that you can do this!

Hi all. I have paid for my fall off wagon last night by feeling utterly exhausted all day.

B - ham and egg mayo
L - salad with chicken and mayo
S - pate and a slice of cheese
Dinner - pork steaks with oven roast meditarranean veg tossed in oil, and swede and carrot mash - DH will also have cauliflower cheese but I'll skip that as all accompaniments are courtesy of Tesco as too shattered to contemplate anything else.

Maidofmuss - I started ticking off but keep forgetting! Then I downloaded an app onto my phone which I am supposed to use. But I keep forgetting! Must do better.

I think I have had four glasses so far today. Need to improve on that.

Early night planned. And I didn't do my run. Will do tomorrow.

Have updated the spreadsheet with my 2lb loss after last weeks 2lb gain...

Hi Cider - think I would be the same (re forgetting to tick off water drunk). Think I may try to get into a routine of downing 2-3 glasses as soon as I get downstairs in the morning (3/4 litre), then another before I leave the house (praying that I won't be desperate for the loo on the train!), do the same in the evening, then try to keep a small bottle with me, topped up, during the day...
Good intentions etc...

Once you start with the water, you find it gets easier to drink , esp on a hot day. Your body will start to tell you its thirsty.

Breakfast - greek yog
Lunch - lettuce, stilton, mayo, H/M coleslaw
Dinner - thin omellettes rolled up round leftover chicken and mushrooms in creamcheese sauce.
Snack - none yet, poss some more greek yog!

Maid - I drink a pint of water and a huge cuppa black tea (3/4 pint) in the morning at about 730, have a coffee at 9 when i get to work but don't (now) need the loo until about 10am.

you do adapt

Ok, today's food

Breakfast: black farmer sausages with creamy courgette and mushrooms
Lunch: none
Snack: dry fried courgette slices spread with cream cheese and topped with crispy bits of chorizo (delicious)
Dinner will be pork steak, creamy mushroom sauce, some veg.

I think I've had about 6 glasses of water today so far (I've lost count though tbh)

Thanks captainmummy - will def give it a go.

Queen - hows it going with your DH? Is he coming round to the idea of you LCng?

Thanks for the tips Yama. I was pretty overexcited about going to Aldi as it has just opened near us.
Got some 'ultimate pork sausages' which are 2g carb / 100g (90% pork) and a lovely big free range chicken which is now roasting in a thoroughly buttered state!

captain we haven't really talked about it since then - I'm just getting on with it quietly. I dodged fish and chips last night as there were only two pieces of fish left, so I just cooked that for DP and kids, and did myself something lc :)