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!

bullet - why aren't you eating breakfast?

MsRinky - ditch the cider - way too carby! Please, please, please - you aren't doing yourself any favours. Wine or spirits would be a much better bet.

MsRinky

500ml/half a litre of cider:

dry - 13g carbs
sweet - 21.5g carbs
viintage - 36.5g carbs

If you're drinking cider, you are not low carbing!

alecsa you are on there now, just add your weight in column W

I know, I know. It's why I've not been posting

Because I can't eat early in the morning! I do eat it about every other day. Quite often I get up, drop the boy at nursery and go straight to the gym, I then have a shake at the gym after training and eat lunch as soon as I get in.
I am really finding I have very little appetite atm, I had to almost force down my omelette at lunch time. :(

Thanks hope it got recorded. A long way to go to 130ish.

Logging in to note my eating!

B: asparagus crustless quiche slice with small pot of Greek yoghurt and a few blueberries
L: large salad (leaves, mushrooms, radish and a smidge of mayo (ran out!)) with piece of asparagus crustless quiche, piece of beetroot (not 100% sure if that's low carb but it needed eating) and a cold burger. Small pot of yoghurt and blueberries.
D: meatballs in a tomato, pepper and olive sauce with green beans
S: small pot of roast peanuts

Drinks: water and tea

I'm in ketosis and I know I'm not drinking enough so working on that, my tum is also noticeably slimmer so despite the fact I still haven't weighed myself.. I know I'm going in the right direction

Anyone know whether medication can affect weightloss? Just curious to know tbh...

Also... I often make my own yoghurt - will yoghurt made with whole milk and a smidge of starter be as low in carbs as the Greek yoghurt? I don't add anything else...

Back on track this week.
B Total Yog with rasps, bluebs, sprinkling of flax
L Waitrose prawn cocktail, avocado, boiled egg & watercress
D Spag bol without the pasta, mozzarella & salad
Stewed rhubarb (no sugar) & Total.
Gallons of water.
3 hours of exercise.

not sure re your own yoghurt daisy, i'm not sure how you'd check

medication can definitely affect weight loss, but obviously you wouldn't want to stop taking it on that basis

Snorting at kiwis steak description, excellent. An old customer of mine, when asked how he would like his steak, always said "wipe it's nose, wipe its arse, walk it through a warm room" he was ancient and as mad as a box of frogs but we loved him. No offence to any veggies reading, sorry!

B tuna mayo in little gem lettuce wraps
L 2 egg omelette with bacon lardons
S a few walnuts
D salmon roasted in oven with mozzarella melted on top, wilted spinach and the world famous creamy braised cabbage.

Hadn't made the cabbage for a while, it was utterly lush. I used an organic white cabbage, and heaps of butter and cream, luvverly.

hi, am I too late to join this thread?

Def not kikilondon, welcome anytime. Each bootcamp runs for ten weeks but you can join anytime, and there is usually a between bootcamps chat thread to keep us all going!
If you look at biwis first post at the start of the thread, you will see the link to our glorious spreadsheet. Have a good read of the info in the tabs at the top, the rules, allowed foods etc and come on in!

I've been really bad and not weighed or anything in weeks, and appear to have dropped off the spreadsheet - do we get culled for being slackers?

But I've lost weight anyway! So happy! I'm down to 10.9stone!

Welcome, kiki!

VikingLady - you should watch out for that Willie - she culls people all too easily ... at your loss

TooMuch - I'm veggie - but managed to retain a sense of humour and some never had one to start with

Well, the extra lbs have buggered off and taken a friend with them - so that's good. I really don't know why 3 strawberries and 2 glasses of wine (one red, one cava) make me gain weight (I would understand not losing, but gaining seems a bit harsh!). It does make me worried that maintaining is going to be a nightmare - but given that's about 10 years away I shan't start stressing

Kiki Of course not - read the 'Rules' and wade in :)

Viking - yes, you get culled and you have to have me over for a veggie low carb dinner before you are allowed back on - doesn't she BIWI.

Hey ladies. And welcome to the newbies

Breakfast: Scrambled egg and smoked salmon
L: courgette slices spread with cream cheese, topped with chorizo plus lettuce and two baby tomatoes
S: egg/mayo/chorizo wrapped in lettuce leaves
D: Steak, salad, green beans.

I did make a mistake. DP had a jar of herring, and I ate a couple of pieces. Only checked after I'd eaten to realise it's actually quite carby :( 27g carb per 100g. I can only have eaten about 20g of it (if that), but still.

Feeling really good at the moment (apart from just realising that I forgot an important appt tonight - I've got early onset dementia or something, I think!) Been feeling ever so much lighter and brighter the last few days, helped by the gorgeous weather (and not drinking!) I reckon.

B - total yoghurt with berries, flaxseed and cream
L - leftover chowder
S - mozzarella, little tomatoes and pesto
D - more chowder
2 teas, lots of water

Veggie low carb dinner with no eggs, ChippingIn - the true test!

thanks all! think I will aim tomorrow to have some tuna mayo in lettuce for lunch and am out evening, so prob some fish and green veg

my difficulty is my wine habit!!

Sorry vikinglady, I remove people who haven't weighed in for two weeks so that my averages are more accurate, no one's culled at all, promise!!

I'll reinstate you when I'm on a computer tomorrow

BIWI - that would be fab. I would really really love someone to cook for me (viking/restaurant/friends/anyone) and just be able to do it without me having to 'ok or not' every ingredient - it's getting a tad frustrating tbh. This weekend I had to eat out a lot - but I really couldn't find anything to eat in most of the places we went , so ended up mostly drinking coffee instead . I don't want (and never would) eat meat/fish, but by god it would be so much bloody easier!! Eating out is no pleasure at all anymore :(

However, at home it's fine and when I can take food it's 'ok' (though getting harder as the weather is improving) but all the while the scales are going down down down I'll live with it.

Morning all!

Can I please have a recipy for the creamy braised cabbage?

MrsHP, captainmummy - thank you for your advice, I'll try to change dairy esp. cheese for meat/green things.

I can see the pattern - cheese is ready and available, meat needs preparation. I was a bit lazy.