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 ...

pork rolls, obviously!

I have to get some of these recipes, pork rolls sound delicious.

Today I had...
B: Greek yoghurt with a few strawberries, portobello mushroom sauteed in butter
S: three tinned sardines
L: grated cheese in mayo with leaves and beetroot (salad 4.1g carbs per 100g so not too disastrous)
D: salmon baked in butter flavoured with lemon peel and coriander, buttered green beans and pak choi fried in butter
Emergency midnight snack: olives

Why the about the sardines, StuntNun? They are perfect low carb food!

pork rolls

are the tinned sardines in tomato sauce ok? what would you eat them with? I just recall eating them grilled on toast (yum)....

The ones in tomato sauce will be more carby - although they are still very low in carbs. John West sardines in oil are only a trace of carbs per 100g, whereas the ones in tomato sauce are 1.5g carbs per 100g.

Oh sardines are good?! I was worried they didn't have enough fat in them.

What about trying to take over a youth hostel? (Possibly with families?) Then we could plan to cook and eat our own low carb feasts and go for healthy walks/ zumba sessions/ spas etc locally. (I live in the New Forest for example, there is a hostel in the next village, possible local activities include horse riding, cycling, sailing, hiking and there are several swanky hotels with their own spa)

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Well, they were canned in oil were they not? And they are an oily fish too.

Hello, hello!

Welcome LouTwenty sorry to hear your news, I don't know your full situation, but I had a mc 18 months ago and it sent my eating/ability to burst into tears at random moments all over the place - big hugs. Well done for doing so well so far. Stick with it - like the others say it is likely to come off again very soon.

I have managed to stay on the wagon thanks to you lot - didn't want to post and let you down!!!!

L (well Brunch really) - salad comprised of lettuce, cucumber, tomato, chorizo, mozzerella, chicken, roasted vegetables
D - BBQ lamb, chicken, asparagus, served with more salad and mayo
S - mini-pepperami, babybel and two coffees

Water - lots so far and more to come as I write reports... joy of joys.

LouTwenty, also very sorry for your loss, having had a small number of miscarriages before I had my 2 children. It is a remarkable and very sad pain and I remember that it was almost like having a hole inside of me (and how tempting it was to try to fill the hole with food/ chocolate). It is a shame that you are under so much pressure as well to lose weight to a time frame, it all sounds very tough on you. I hope it all works out the way you want it in the end.

Black - I have just Googled oil pulling as had never heard of it! Do you just do it or does someone help you. I think Wikipedia mentions 15-20mins of oil in the mouth - how is this even possible?!

Went out today to buy dress for do at the weekend. I really wanted something with at least some kind of sleeve which cut out about 75% of the options - honestly I know it is supposed to be summer but do all other British women want to be sleeve-less? I do not as my upper arms are not lovely and didn't also want to buy a jacket as well. Anyway, I found something very reasonably priced and then went and spent £££ on new bras - as thankfully there has been some shrinkage post b/feeding and having lost weight. Reasoned that bargainous dress can only benefit from new and correctly sized undergarments.

Fibro low-carbers... have you tried not eating any of the nightshade veg ( tomatoes, peppers (sweet & hot), aubergine....)? Just wondering if any of you have noticed any improvement in your Fibro? I can't imagine not eating tomatoes or peppers... would be difficult... I use them all the time in sauces....,,

Negroni I think it must be because its so much cheaper for the shops to make sleeveless dresses. They don't care about us!

B - greek yoghurt, avocado, cucumber. (Odd-breakfasts-are-us)
L - broccoli and stilton soup
D - tuna mayo salad

Hooray for staying on the wagon MrsHP ! That's what we want to hear.

I cheated for the first time today although I know exactly by how much - 50g of carbs - this was chocolate so unfortunately sugar.

I am hoping that seeing as my breaking - the - stall techniques have not worked, reverse psychology may work on the ketones?

Has anyone employed a similar experimental technique with any success?

Good day!

B .....sausages, mashed swede and fried courgettes

L.....2 poached eggs with coleslaw

S...sliced cheese

D.....chilli without beans or rice and half an avocado

Water, pork scratchings

decaff - there is a theory, apparently, that upping carbs can help. I'm never sure about it. But there's one way to find out!

Evening all, and very sorry for your loss loutwenty I hope you stick with low carbing/fasting as I would think this would be better for your mental and physical health than a VLCD. However I see the pressure you are under, so I can understand if you go,for short term quick loss. You will always be welcome here for support whatever!

B 2 eggs scrambled with butter and a swoosh of double cream
L (out) chilli with salad (I asked if the rice on the menu could swopped for salad or veg and got a lovely green salad with cucumber, tomatoes, and a nice mayo dressing)
D two small salmon fillets with mozzarella melted on top, salad, a few peas (force fed by Ds, I can resist everything except my child)
S strawberries and cream

The strawberries are a real seasonal treat. I live in a fairly rural village and there is a farm a few miles down the road where they literally pick the best berries each morning from their little tents and then sell them from a wee barrow right next to the field. They. Are. Divine. Late this year because of the crappy cold spring weather but now absolutely delicious. What a difference compared to forced fruit that has been chilled, in lorries then sat in a supermarket warehouse for days. I have been known to buy two punnets cos the first one is finished before Ds and I make it home .......

impressive breakfast Ruprekt

Hi all. Have to confess to falling off wagon big time last night. Red wine. Biscuits. Crisps. Cream crackers.

Bad.

The stupid thing is that I did it because I was fed up that my scales weren't working and that I would have to get new ones which might weigh differently! So talk about self sabotage! I'm such an idiot.

Anyway. I was good today. Back on that wagon. And I bought new scales. Weight Watchers heavy duty ones! Will see how tomorrow mornings weigh in goes. Had a sneaky try just now and very pleased!

Food today
B - Greek yoghurt, flaxseeds, strawberries and cream
Went for coffee with a friend and then went shopping and did what I never ever ever thought I would do. I forgot to have lunch!!!!!
Got home around 3 and had some egg mayo
D - shepherds pie from recipe thread. I had some peas with it which is not great I know
S - cheese

While making the shepherds pie I decided I had too much leeks and celery fried to add to the pie so used some to make a frittata so will have that tomorrow for breakfast.

Welcome Loutwenty. I hope the scales start to move for you.

Biwi - a residential boot camp sounds great!

Evening all. Welcome Loutwenty and I'm sorry to hear of your loss.

B - smoked salcon in creme fraiche. Just found out it's got sugar in.
L - pork belly with salad leaves
D - pork belly, mushrooms, broccoli, fennel
P - greek yoghurt with berries, cream and flaxseed
Had a third of a bottle of prosecco to commiserate with a friend over her not getting the job she wanted.

Salmon not salcon, obviously.

Decaff - if you discover that a bar of chocolate is the route to weight loss, please don't tell me. I will be tucking into a giant toblerones every time my weight loss stalls!

Lily - you are right! The shops are just making micro dresses with no sleeves because it is cheap and easy. They have no interest in non-slim upper arms. Anyway I got my dress in M&S ,but am only admitting it on this thread in the company of other M&S shoppers.