Week 8 - Summer Low Carb Bootcamp - Only 3 weeks left!

[BIWI]

Morning campers.

Come and confess all on the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

So only three weeks left. I know that things have been moving quite satisfactorily for some of you, so hopefully these last three weeks can see a few more of those pesky pounds disappear.

I had a bit of an altercation with some sticky toffee pudding this weekend (at the PILs) so I've got my work cut out over the next few days to undo the damage!

Off for a run shortly ...

Sammi - sounds fab! How did you feel after the carb overload though? Did you feel sluggish and yucky?

loutwenty stay and post though whatever you are doing!

cider different scales give massively different weights - at my parents I am always 5/6 lbs more than here!

Is anybody else giving up dairy? I am going to see if that makes a difference :( I love creeeeeam!
Who wants to do this with me? :)
Just having the last bit of cream in a decaff coffee, avoiding the babybels will be my biggest challenge! We have 3 flavours in the fridge

Hi (feel like a fraud posting now I am on shakes for a month, but dh is still a hardcore low carber!).

I can't tolerate dairy at all. I did Atkins last year and found that out. DH also can't have too much, he limits himself to a slice of cheese a day or he stalls for a week.

A week! Yikes (regrets cheese-wolfing earlier)

Cider I can't remember, how much alcohol are you drinking? Could you do a no-alcohol bootcamp for the last two weeks before the holiday, to get the loss you are looking for?

Buda - find yourself an item of clothing that is currently too tight, and keep trying that on. That's the only really reliable way to see what progress you're making.

Don't be despondent. It will happen for you. But this is a marathon not a sprint, as someone very wise once said.

Lily - other than wine on Monday and the Monday before I haven't had alcohol. And for me that is huge!!!! I will def not be having any now until the holiday. That was my plan anyway until I derailed myself on Monday night.

Other than a sprinkling of feta cubes on my salad at lunch today I haven't had cheese today. I have had a couple of cups of tea and two coffees with milk. And sugar in the coffee! Drat. Just remembered that. No more dairy for me. Will switch to peppermint tea other than my first cuppa in the morning which I love.

BIWI - I know. But I waaaaannnt to lose weight! I will keep plodding on this marathon. I bought a pair if size 18 trousers in monsoon yesterday that are too tight. Was going to take them back. Maybe I'll keep them and try them on once a week. And the running should help. I did w2r2 this morning.

Thanks for all the encouragement you lot. It really helps.

You really must ditch that sugar, Buda! Along with all the other 'little' things, it is all adding up.

Cider sugar in your coffee?? Come on my friend, you can't complain that this WOE isn't working if you are putting milk & sugar in your tea & coffee and drinking wine!! Get thy self up on the wagon and sit in the middle where we can keep an eye on you

Bullet I have vastly cut back on cheese to see if it makes any difference, but I'm not giving up my cream in my coffee yet! I have just managed to deal with that instead of having lattes! I'm not sure about the yogurt, Briffa says it can help weight loss - but I just don't know. I have a new (large) pot, once that is gone I think I'll give it a miss again for a while. That certainy isn't worth slowing the weight loss for that's for sure!

Lou don't feel like a fraud. I don't think there are many of us who wouldn't do whatever we thought would work best to get to a weight where we could have surgery we needed... you are low carbing at heart and will be back doing this before we know it! I'm a long way off a BMI of 28, so thank god I'm not under a strict deadline (only one of my own setting).

What's the general concensus on caffine? Stalling/assisting/not affecting weight loss?

Please don't tell me I'm going to have to give up my coffee :(

Negroni - I have only just started the oil pulling, but it isnt as bad as I thought it would be. I managed about 15 minutes, and use coconut oil. Already my teeth are less sensitive! I use 1 teaspoon, let it melt in my mouth then swish about. Spit it in the bin though, as the oil would clog the drains

Id love to cook for everyone at a proper Bootcamp!!

Chipping - all coconut oil will be like vaseiline as its melting point is quite high. It would have to have something added to it to keep it liquid. Can you warm it up first before you use it?

Bullet, I really couldnt do this woe without dairy, good luck!

MrsHP, Im back on the wagon now too :) Feeling in the zone again.

Timid, I made my ice cream without the alcohol, its really good!

Lou, wishing you all the best with your journey no matter how you do it :)

Menu today -

B - Eggs in coconut oil, pork slices
L - roast beef salad, mayo
D - lamb chops, courgetti
S - strawberries & cream. How delicious are strawberries just now! Mine havent grown yet :( lots of flowers though, so hoping they will be ready soon.

I like my coffee black so I don't mind not having it in coffee tbh, I am however going to miss my little bowl of whipped cream with chocolate extract and a bit of stevia.
And the cheesy cheesy goodness of CHEEEESE! iI am going to stop eating yogurt and flaxseed too. this is starting to feel a bit like a diet.

strike out fail!

I have made those fab pork mince burger things for tonight, not sure who gave the recipe but thank you.

bullet - why don't you give up the stevia and the flaxseed first? Those are things that other people have said may cause a stall anyway.

And, I think it would be a good idea if you listed out what you've eaten/drunk over the last 3-4 days - see if we can spot anything else that might help.

We can't have you feeling like you're on a diet!

Oh I am definitely giving those up! I have only been having them over the last couple of weeks so I won't miss them too much.
Breakfast has been yog, flax and strawbs for the last 3 days, I had ham salad for lunch yesterday, tartiflette and green salad the day before and omelette, bacon and mushrooms today. Dinner yesterday was Frankie and Bennys Salmon citrus salad, with no citrus or sweet corn and Mayo instead of dressing, the day before I had baked cod with basil butter, cherry toms and broccoli. I have had a bowl of cream with chic extract and stevia each night for about 4/5 days. Snacks have been peperami, babybels and olives. Dinner tonight will be duck leg with roasted red cabbage.
I am going to give up dairy for a while as well as I need to shift some fat quickly - swimwear is imminent!

I know the sugar is bad! I actually don't really drink coffee. No idea why i had sugar this morning! Had a friend over for coffee for first time here and i think i was a bit nervous! Last one was just after boot camp started. I do drink tea though. Very strong with a dash of milk. Only have max 3 a day. Will cut that back too though. Super über camp starting here tomorrow.

B today was half the frittata I made yesterday
L was salad with Parma ham, tomato, avocado, cherry peppers and some feta.
S egg mayo
D shepherds pie from last night.

Drinking seventh glass of water of the day.

Had a lovely hour sitting in the garden reading my book this afternoon.

Indulging in chocolate turns out to mean that the scales still stay exactly the same. To the quarter pound. I am somewhat pleased I got away with it but still confused as to what is causing this stall. Giving up yoghurt has done nothing so far so may give that a few more days and then go back on it and exclude something else . God I enjoyed that chocolate thoroughly though

bullet - most of your protein is actually relatively lean. How about upping your fat through the meat that you are eating? You may not have to do without dairy altogether, but I think it's definitely worth cutting it out for a few days to see what happens. Why not do ubercamp? It's only for 3 days, but it will help you see if it's making a difference.

And what have you been drinking? And how much water?

decaff - glad that the scales have stayed the same! Have you given up other dairy?

Quick thread hijack sorry.

Quick thread hijack sorry.

I am on a low carb diet but I struggle to get the water intake I need.

I am drinking a flavoured water in order to drink enough as I hate normal water.

It has no carbs in but is sweetened with Sucralose. Could this prevent me from loosing weight?

I really hope not but I'm worried about it.

I drink 3l water a day, and a bulletproof coffee in the morning. Very occasionally I have a decaff coffee with cream later in the day. Yesterday I had a diet coke, the first one since I started bootcamp I used to drink it every day!

I am religiously recording all my daily food/drink on My Fitness Pal which has been really good for me. Do any of you have a "carb limit" which you try and keep below. Wondering how few carbs you need to eat to promote weight loss.

Second day for me and I have lost three pounds already! Bye bye glycogen. I also felt a bit headachey and tired today but I'm having a mad period so it could just be the blood loss

I made a few discoveries today - M&S sell gourmet pork scratchings so I got a packet for emergencies. They also have 97% chipolatas with 0.6g carbohydrate per 100g so I got a couple of packets of those (reduced as well, even better). Then I detoured into Hotel Chocolat and bought some 100% chocolate, 11g carbohydrate per 35g 'serving' but I only are a quarter of a that so I think that's 2.7g of carbohydrate well spent. I can't seem to find celeriac though, is it out of season?

B: proscutio salad with homemade dressing, Greek yoghurt.
S: 10g very dark chocolate.
L: trout baked in butter.
D: pork stir fry made with pak choi, green pepper and bamboo shoots. Is soy sauce okay or should I limit/avoid it?