Week 9 - Summer Low Carb Bootcamp - Wimbledon Fortnight!

[BIWI]

Morning all.

Come and fill in the spreadsheet

Only two weeks to go before we finish this challenge. Time to drop a few more pounds!

But go easy with those strawberries ...

Some help please fellow LCarbers.. this is the menu for the restaurant we're going to on Sunday...I can't work out what I should stick to in the starters? I know the tart's out as is any potatoes. What about Oysters? Anyone know if they're LC?

Main course is more straightforward I guess.

STARTERS
Skate fillet, grilled spicy chorizo, asparagus & crab 7.90
Watercress soup (hot or cold) 5.75
Warm rabbit confit salad, salsify & hazelnuts, sherry vinegar, hazelnut oil 7.85
Fresh asparagus tartlet, wood blewits, poached egg, hollandaise sauce 7.50
Heirloom tomato & Ortiz anchovy salad 6.25
Loch Duart salmon: Beetroot & fennel marinated, hot smoked rillettes, beetroot coleslaw 7.85
Six Carlingford Lough oysters 9.50

MAINS
Grilled silver mullet fillet, bouillabaisse sauce, crab, spinach, olive crushed potatoes 15.75
Butter roast breast of corn fed chicken, hen of the wood mushrooms, summer vegetables & Jersey Royals 15.75
Calves liver, pancetta, grilled San Marzano tomato, mash, green beans 16.75
Rump of organic salt marsh lamb, borlotti & broad beans, salsify, Dauphinoise potato 17.50
Baked hake fillet, dry vermouth sauce, samphire & spinach 15.90
Globe artichoke heart, hen of the wood. Borlotti bean, tomato & salsify stew, caramelised chicory, green beans, Dauphinoise potato 13.75
Dry aged Aberdeen Angus rib eye , Béarnaise sauce & chips 22.50

Thanks for the book recommendation Crabby, I was just thinking today that I needed another slow cooker cook book as mine, while good, has been done to death. I have ordered that one. I might need to get a bigger slow cooker though now there's five in the family. Last time I made stew I had to leave out the potatoes as thy wouldn't fit. Now I suppose that wouldn't be a problem!

I too am humbled by all the serious pain that some people are in. I am pathetic and my low level chronic pain often sends me scampering straight for the painkillers. Daisy honestly I'd be right back to the Dr's telling her that she needs to give you something in addition to whatever she's saying you should only take weekly. What is it, btw, if you don't mind saying?

Chipping / Buda I had loads of stuff I should have been doing today too but it just wasn't happening. This means we have to do all the panicked cleaning involved in having people over, tomorrow.

Chipping are you off to Glastonbury? I've been several times in my youth but the whole camping thing really doesn't appeal at my advanced age/degree of sloth and comfort-seeking.

MrsH that sounds like a lovely weekend!

Thanks crabby, I love dumplings too Generally not keen on stewing steak (teeth problems at the moment). I keep meaning to do gammon - was it on your blog where I saw gammon in cider mentioned? I used to do the cola version but that's not very low carb I think.

Thanks for the book recommendation too, I don't have a slow cooker book.

Crabby - it was indeed a typo!

It's his birthday tomorrow, so ds and I were out getting him a card and wrapping paper. Ds got me so pissed off that I told him that the present I I had literally just offered to pay half towards (but tell dh that it was from ds), which we had bought on Thursday, he was going to have to pay me back for (on Thursday, we'd agreed that he would get the cleats and I would get the shoes, which were much more expensive). I've still to decide what to do.....

millie It depends what you like I guess - but purely on what you have listed I'd say the Skate, with any dressings on the side for starters (or the Oysters, but you'd need to check what, if anything, they will dress them with??). Main - I'd go for the meat/fish you like the best then adjust the sides to suit you. But then I'm vegetarian and very used to having to rewrite the menu If you don't feel comfortable doing that then I'd say that they are probably all much of a much except the artichoke heart dish. Just leave the bits you know you shouldn't be eating!!

pretty you are givng up a week in Greece so your son can do a bike ride in Ireland? Hmm... words would be being had at his level of ingratitude!! Little sod. But, first day of the holidays is always a bit of a rubbish one IMO.

Oh & prettybird - I would have gone out to dinner with DH and left SS at home!! It sounds like you need a large and for DS to stay in his room out of your way!! Little sods aren't they.

stuntnun that sounds like a lovely treat and not too off piste!!

Crabby - No, not going to Glastonbury sadly/luckily

Words have indeed been had!

To be fair, Greece this year had always been dependent on me (or dh) getting a job (didn't get the one I had an interview for last week I have a strong suspicion that they already had someone pencilled in for it, which I said even before I applied as the closing date was less than a week after it was advertised ) - but going to Ireland won't be cheap and would have gone a long way to paying for our week in Greece (first time in 8 years we've not gone )

It's 3 days of racing on hilly open roads which he will really enjoy and will strengthen him for next year - but he needs to put in some training for it to be worthwhile He refuses to acknowledge that just because we're not cycling coaches, we might know something about the shape of a training schedule - both dh and I have trained for marathons in our youth

....oh - and it's his 2nd day of holiday - yesterday we let him have a jammies day all day.

But dh and I are now enjoying some

chipping Oil pulling is where you put a spoonful of coconut oil in your mouth and swish it about for 20 minutes It is supposed to stregthen & whiten teeth, get rid of bad breath, help sensisitive teeth and help with toxins in the body from swallowing bad bacteria from your mouth. Ive been doing it about a week and a half and already see benefits. My teeth feel so clean & shiney & smooth - I love it! Just dont accidently spit in on your keyboard

Made a surprisingly tasty soup from old odd and ends in the fridge that were going to waste. I fried some courgette, carrot, shallot & celery in coconut oil & butter with a bayleaf. Added stock when all soft & simmered for 20 mins, adding shredded cabbage 5 mins before the end. Kids loved it!

millie anything except the soup (they seem to always thicken with something !!) or tartlets I'd be happy with. Personally I'd choose the skate one!

pretty good resisting skills!

Chipping - I've given in already and had one, thankfully its the weekend and DH can see to kids/dog/food though I do need to go to a BBQ party on Sunday..

Crabby - It's Buprenophine - synthetic morphine apparently...?!

Pretty - glad you've had words with ungrateful child! I have one here as well.... many words were said...(!)

chipping do you put the coconut oil in when it is like Vaseline or do something with it first?

Prettybird - parents know nooooooooothing Such a shame about Greece - and your job :(

Black - hmm, not sure I'm up for that one

Daisy - I'm glad you have taken one, I hope it's better over the weekend x

MrsHP - I think you meant to direct that to Black!

I have just had a lovely dinner :)

A small aubergine (salted and left all afternoon), a courgette (coated in olive oil) and a red pepper cut in half, each half filled with pesto, finely chopped mushroom, garlic, 2 tiny tomatoes & a very little bit of cheddar cheese - all in there for about 45 minutes. YUM.

Ds is not yet 13 - I suspect many more words will be had over the next few years!

.....but I must continue to resist the temptation to dive into the chocolates as a consolation! but not going to try so hard with the

kotinka thankfully I am lucky with TOM. hoping this woe helps the vile mood that I have had in the run up. Not sure it will help with the tendancy i have to pass out during the first few days though.

Chipping thanks. the fog just means my memory and ability to communicate affectively fails. Couldn't take the pain killers as need the amytrip which I take at bed time, and have to be really careful which meds i take if i need to drive. Happily tucked up in the cloud with a ds free weekend now so all is good.

Daisy i find the same thing with the amytrip but can't take it too often as it messes with my mind so only take it when i need it. As for the only take one a week and seriously? Are you lucky enough to have a specialist fibro rheumatology unit near you?

Prettybird blooming heck re ds. You don't happen to know any cycling coaches can have a word kick his ass for you?

Crabby your colourful thoughts on the prefix typo made me

wrt the fizzy water, tbh i will happily drink gallons of plain water. fizzy water (flavoured or not) actually upsets my stomach so i am better off drinking non of it. I find the fibro makes me so sensitive to stuff, that i actually feel better when i just avoid it.

Today has not been so great on the food, a lot of eggs and a bit of cheese. Not really any veg but I am already falling asleep as i type so I am just going to crash and throw a whole heap of veg in the plan for tomo.

NSNS - the advice we're trying giving him is what his coaches and/or the other more experienced parents (who apparently should be coaches but never get round to sorting out the paperwork) have told us he needs to do. The standing joke has been that he'll listen to them and not to us, so I have to keep on asking them to have a word with them and then he'll do it Only problem is that the regular meetings have stopped now for the summer, so he's on his own.

Kids - I love him really.

Thank you all - I managed to step away from the biscuit cupboard, and polished the kitchen counters and swept the floor instead. DD is packed off for a sleepover tonight, so she is someone else's problem at the moment .

Daisy - I thought amytriptoline made people gain weight? I have heard there is an alternative - Nortryptoline that doesn't cause as much weight gain, might be worth checking out?

PrettyBird What cycle race is your DS doing in Ireland? I am doing Lap of the Lough at the end of August, which is 82 miles around Lough Neagh.

Millie The skate, rabbit and salmon all look quite good. The poached egg and hollandaise looks good - you could ask for an extra egg and no tart. The mains are all quite straightforward - just ask for salad instead of potatoes.

Chipping Oil pulling sounds intriguing.

Someone asked the other day where to buy coconut oil - I buy mine at the local Asian supermarket - much cheaper than Sainsburys.

Errigal Youth Tour at the beginning of August. Still need to work out where we're going to be staying (that doesn't cost too much! )

Well done beryl!!!!

Yes, black what do you do the oil first? Sorry for the confusion!!!

B - bacon, eggs and mushrooms fried in butter
L - goats cheese and lettuce
D - pork belly with green cabbage with pancetta and cream
S - Greek yog with vanilla powder, mini pepperami and some emmenthal with butter

Lots of water, two teas and no coffee today!

I had wine. Lots.

Food ok though. Off to bed now so will catch up tomorrow.

I suppose I'd better go and wrap dh's presents.

Don't tell me that Beryl please!! Do you reckon 5mg will cause probs?? I did a quick google and some people say amitryptilline makes them feel hungry... I've not noticed that...

Newstart I think there is a specialist place in Bath... will have to do some research. I've had one tablet and its not done anything.... hopefully I can get a GP appt next week.