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 ...

[decaffwithcream]

Chipping, I reintroduced dairy at a reduced overall level and no cheese, so less creme fraiche, less cream, less yoghurt and no cheese.

I do not enjoy this and seem to be stalling again - for about 10 days. I object to stalling while not eating cheese for a week!

So I will try cutting out yoghurt completely, and cheese and just have cream and try and isolate the culprit that way. I am willing to put some time into experimenting if it means I only have to cut out one dairy product in the end!

I switched to decaf when biwi said caffeine could provoke an insulin response or something similar. Please do not shoot the messenger if you we're not aware of this...

[prettybird]

I am in awe of the deals you manage to find Rupekt !

[Ruprekt]

Thanks Prettybird.

I think it is a skill!!!

[BIWI]

Today for me:

No breakfast - went for a run
Lunch - cheese omelette
snack - some mixed nuts
Dinner - fresh tuna steak, marinated in olive oil and lime juice, griddled; mixed salad leaves with garlic vinaigrette; asparagus with butter. Served with harissa mayonnaise

[prettybird]

Had a lovely meal tonight of chicken breasts stuffed with pâté and garlic cheese wrapped in Parma ham, served with roasted cauliflower florets drizzled in olive oil plus cumin and coriander, plus roasted asparagus spears and two glasses of red wine

Then had a yummy bowl of strawberries and cream - no sugar of course! . Ds had 4 refills!

[StuntNun]

Thanks BIWI, I started straight into Bootcamp light because I'm breastfeeding. The beetroot was unintentional (Tesco grocery order substitution) but a very small quantity so I'm not too concerned. The cashews were the one thing I didn't manage to use up before going LC so maybe I'll get DS1 to finish those up so I won't be tempted.

I didn't realise fruit was quite so carby, I'll tell DH where he's going wrong. I have read Escape the Diet Trap so I knew fruit was to be limited but I couldn't explain why not convincingly enough for DH. Also he had two glasses of red wine this evening. I hope he doesn't end up putting on weight! He doesn't have any way to keep things cool at work so he won't let me make him, e.g. trout salad for his lunch. And when I suggested cheese salad he said he'd never heard of such a thing and didn't believe you could have cheese salad!

[ChippingInWiredOnCoffee]

That's good Sam :)

Rup did you see my post to you on another thread? I didn't realised you lived in Berks - how did I not know that?! Let me know if you fancy a low carb lunch sometime!! :) you can take me food shopping as well

decaff - Oh yes, I think I may have read that ages ago. I just refuse to believe it's true Seriously though, I thought that had been proven not to be correct. Briffa or one of the others??

I have tried eliminating things - one at a time, all of them then reintroducing etc but I just can't find a pattern to weight stall/weight loss... I wish there was some way to test it.

Is there anyway to test your own insulin levels?

[ChippingInWiredOnCoffee]

StuntNun

Didn't believe you could have a cheese salad

PMSL - did he really say that?

You have got your work cut out

[Ruprekt]

Ooh Chipping! Yes, let's do lunch! Whereabouts are you?

[CrabbyBigBottom]

Stuntnun I was writing a recipe for slow roasted pork belly tonight, but that's for a slab of it rather than slices. I think you could still slow roast it though, it just wouldn't take as long. How thick are they, and are you at home during the day to put them in the oven?

Food yesterday:
B - yogurt, berries, flaxseed, cream
L - mozzarella, tomatoes, pesto, parma ham
D - slow roasted pork belly, fennel, celeriac mash and roasted broccoli
Half a bottle of red and a small glass of port again. Loads of water.

Today:
B - yoghurt etc
L - puttanesca sauce with courgette pappardelle
D - cauliflower cheese
P - more yoghurt etc
S - red leicester cheese with some little tomatoes
Loads of water, 2 teas

Every time I started feeling bleurgh today, I made myself eat something. I felt better.

[tigerchair]

Hi everyone, hope you all had a good day

I'm back in the zone, thankfully!!!!

B - green tea, wasn't really hungry.., prob too full of Quavers from night before

L - slices of ham,cheese, salad

D - salmon, broccoli/cauliflower cheese

See you all tomorrow

[MrsHerculePoirot]

Waaaaaaaahhhhhhhh FFS - pull me back up

[MrsHerculePoirot]

Onto that wagon!!!

Look I can't even bloody type properly due to all the carbiness grrrrr.

[CrabbyBigBottom]

Up you come now, back into the low carb bosom of your Bootcamp family.

New day new start tomorrow.

[StuntNun]

The pork belly slices look lush, like spare ribs with crackling. I'm going to follow Nigel Slater's suggestion to flavour them with five spice.

[MrsHerculePoirot]

I am back - thanks Crabby! Damage is 4 lbs on, reckon I can dispose of most of that within 48 hours with some serious water chugging...

[maidofmuss]

Welcome back Mrs HP! I will join you with water chugging. Don't think I drink anywhere near enough water...

[AngieAir]

Phew 1lb off overnight, hoping the rest will disappear over the course of the week. Feeling resentful towards circumstances that led to this gain.

I wish I could go on a low carb bootcamp retreat for a week or two. Lots of delicious low carb food, daily exercise, no stress, lots of reading and sleep. I'm sure the weight would drop off.

[couch25cakes]

Morning all.
I've had a quick read of the dairy debate. I don't think I could cut dairy, it would start to feel like a diet to me. But I have reduced the milk in my tea and coffee, so just have cream in coffee at home and black tea at work. Haven't the time to drink much tea and coffee at work with all this water .

Yesterday was a good day that saw a 1lb drop this morning as my reward :)
B - 1 egg and bacon, fried of course
L - feta and salad
D - spanish chicken from the recipe thread, with cream added to te sauce to make it nicer, with fired courgette strips

This morning I've had scrambled eggs and a little greek yoghurt with a mashed strawberry stirred in. I have leftover chicken and a salad for lunch and tonight I'm doing some sort of chinese pork lettue wrap.

Have a good day losers.

[BIWI]

It would be brilliant to run an actual Bootcamp, wouldn't it?! Sadly I think the cost would be prohibitive.

Although maybe I should try and work something out ...

[BIWI]

StuntNun - have you read Bootcamp rules? More importantly, has your DH?!

If you follow the rules then you will be fine. It's obviously better that you both have a bit of an idea about the science behind low carbing, but the rules will work for you.

And what on earth does your DH think will happen if he eats a cheese salad?!

Make sure that you are both eating plenty of fat. It looks - from what you have posted about your menus - that there is not enough in your diet, and certainly not enough in your DH's.

[Negroni]

Morning! Much empathy for all those who have fallen off wagon - do climb back on!

Today I feel is going to be a hard and dangerous day. I have woken feeling groggy and hungry for carbs. Yesterday we had chinese takeaway in the house and I was relatively good only eating a satay chicken skewer, satay prawn skewer, crispy duck and pak choi ( and a few silly slurps of diet coke that came free with said takeaway ).

Now I have awoken and feel very tempted by everything I should not be having. While making DD1's packed lunch, breakfast and coffee for myself and DP, I had to seriously hold back and almost snaffled a piece of heavily iced birthday cake, a chocolate biscuit, a few prawn crackers. I escaped with only a small chunk of brie (ignoring all potential bad-ness of cheese). Now locked in office upstairs with coffee and cream and trying to re-programme body/ brain/ anything.

Argh! And only a couple of days ago I was so proud that this WOE meant I no longer craved carbs. How the mighty have fallen!

[BIWI]

But it's a really useful lesson, isn't it? The power that carbs have over us.

[maidofmuss]

Oh Negroni - I often feel that could be me ? one small piece of bread or some sugary cake and I'll plunge back into carbdom. That's probably what's kept me reasonably on the straight on narrow (excepting wine, nuts, straw/yog combo as my treats). Can you distract yourself with work then plan your favourite low-carb lunch?

[maidofmuss]

OK, am working at home today. Have got a 750ml bottle and plan to drink four today. Am already two down and have wrapped two elastic bands around the base to remind me that I have to drink two more (Idea shamelessly copied from water chat thread I found last night)
Will this counteract my caffeine intake? Haven't bee able to give up my morning coffee(s)...