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Week 9 - Summer Low Carb Bootcamp - Wimbledon Fortnight!
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BIWI · 24/06/2013 08:46
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daisychicken ·
01/07/2013 20:02
Oh.. I'm over in the South West - a bit far 
hopefully Mrs HP isn't too far away from you Chipping
ChippingInWiredOnCoffee ·
01/07/2013 19:43
Daisy that would be nice :) I'm in the South East (of England)...
A few of us had talked about meeting up, but then it went very quiet - maybe I scared them off 
See you over on the week 10 thread :)
WillieWaggledagger ·
01/07/2013 08:01
morning all, have been in a mobile signal/wifi dead zone all weekend
i'm sorry to hear about the difficulties some of you are having thrown at you
loopyloou ·
30/06/2013 23:47
chipping, no, no jobs on the horizon. Has applied for a few but heard nothing back yet. None ideal though.
I have written everything down, done lots of calculations too. Currently trying to get holiday refunded but T&C say can only have 50% which means chucking away £500! It hurts. Can't see how we can afford to go as we have booked for end of August and need to drive from Yorkshire to the channel tunnel and then to just outside Paris. A lot of petrol! Plus eating whilst there 
Sorry for rambling and going off thread.
kotinka ·
30/06/2013 23:06
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loopyloou ·
30/06/2013 23:04
I just breathe my way through them, trying to concentrate on my breathing. It just took a long time to go today and I was really frightened. I'm not sleeping well because in my mind I'm doing sums all the time, wondering how long our money will pay the bills for (not long!) which isn't helping.
Thankfully there is no chocolate in the house 
loopyloou ·
30/06/2013 22:35
Chipping the film was very funny
Having a severe wobble here. I think it's because the scales haven't shown much loss over the week which I'm attributing to eating cheese and yoghurt every day and then it's totm in a week so hormones are making me a little grumpy and then the whole stressful situation re dh's unemployment (had the first panic attack today in ages and it was really scary, thought I was having a heart attack), I'm really struggling. If there was chocolate in the house I would eat it . Instead I'm having the tiniest shot of Southern Comfort, just a tiny drop. I know it's not good but I haven't had a drink today, just Decaff coffee and water.
ChippingInWiredOnCoffee ·
30/06/2013 22:20
I've just tried tea with coconut oil - BLEURGH. It tastes/feels like I've dropped a pot of lipgloss in there... not an experience to be repeated!! The only good thing is that it didn't stain the cup as it normally does!! (black tea)
MrsTidy of course you can!! There will be a chat thread after Bootcamp and many of us just continue as normal :) The only things that change are that BIWI feels less compelled to post (though she seems to post just as much ) and Willie doesn't do the Biggest Loser things she does with the spreadsheet and perhaphs a few less people do it - but most of us are here anyway. Have you read the 'rules' on the spreadsheet? If you stick to all of the rules you should happily hit your half stone for your holiday :)
prettybird ·
30/06/2013 22:16
When it's hot or not very often here I've adapted a non-alcoholic drink my mum used to make, called a rock shandy:
A good slug of angasturas bitters topped up with tonic water and served with ice and a slice of lemon/lime. On this WoE, I swapped the tonic water with sparkling water and it was still a lovely refreshing drink. 
ChippingInWiredOnCoffee ·
30/06/2013 22:15
Black my fat is from butter, olive oil & avocados/cheese/other dairy. I'm glad you had a great day :)
MrsHP - maybe, in the very long run, I will be able to have the odd 'blow out' - but I just want to be 'normal' again and not have diabetes, I Don't Want It :( I have been eating peanut butter on celery which helps with the protein a bit, but not huge amounts as otherwise the carbs go up and given pretty much everything that passes my lips has carbs I have to be that little bit more careful.
kotinka - I appreciate what you are saying, but I haven't changed. I could choose to eat a packet of biscuits or not before (I was never unable to control it, just not willing. Especially after my Dad died I just allowed myself to have what I wanted) and I can still choose now... it's not that I am any different, it's just that now I have to avoid it because of the diabetes. No, my diabetes is not severe (for which I am very grateful) my first HbA1c was 9.3 and my second one (after low carbing and no medication) was 5.8 (which is within 'normal') but I want to keep it controlled by diet not by medication for as long as I possibly can. So no, I don't suppose the odd treat/off piste would be the end of the world - but that's it really, it's the planning/thinking/caring - I want to be able to go back to not knowing/not worrying - and of course I can't. It does make taking metformin seem tempting at times. I don't mean to be harsh, but the next time your Dad goes on about your diet, why not ask him which of you has diabetes
stuntnun - there's a bit more too it than just because it's processed - it's what it is made of and how it is processed. I'm sure anyone reading Briffa would agree he's correct - it's just a problem to know what else to eat for protein?!
loopy - sorrry about the wheat/IBS :( I've never liked F&B's and I'm not at all surprised to hear you had a crap time of it there... how was the film?
beryl - no, I wouldn't eat fish, not even responsibly caught fish. It's still a life I wont take. I've just read your last post re going out for dinner... in that case I'd opt for takeaway, choose whatever you think is going to be a balanced combination of low-carb/unlikely to cause unwanted attention and try not to eat too much. Are you sure you actually want to go - they sound a bit of a nightmare!!
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BerylStreep ·
30/06/2013 21:21
I know, the restaurant option would seem to be better, but there is always a drama about restaurants when we stay with these friends. Usually ends up being at least £100 a head for fairly ordinary food. Last time a waiter spilt a G&T all down my back. The time before, we tried a new restaurant and the bill for 4 came close to £500, because our friends were choosing £50 bottles of wine. Then they said the next day that they would go to the restaurant again, but not with us as we had made it too expensive . And there are always babysitter issues - do you pay half if your kids are there too?
The thing is, if I am going to spend that sort of money, I would prefer to spend it on nice clothes that will last, not on some overpriced meal with sub-standard service.
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