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Ongoing Low Carb Bootcamp Chat Thread

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BIWI · 08/07/2013 08:52

Well done everyone who completed the Summer Bootcamp!

here is the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness if you want to continue adding to it

Obviously there are many of us who want to continue, either to lose more weight or just for general support to help with this WOE, so here is a brand new, shiny chat thread.

As for me, having slipped a lot a little when I was away, I'm firmly back on the wagon today.

And can I remind you, that if you haven't completed the survey we would be very grateful for your views/thoughts on how we can improve Bootcamp.

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Secondsop · 13/07/2013 23:42

Here's mine!

Breakfast: scrambled eggs with a little cheddar, half an avocado, smoked salmon.

Lunch: picnicky food: 3 chicken drumsticks, bit of artichoke, 3 little hot peppers stuffed with ricotta, couple of sundried tomatoes and little mozzarella balls, handful salad.

Snack: few salted peanuts and plain almonds.

Dinner: amazingly delicious low carb beef chimichanga: steak, onion, peppers, bit of fresh coriander, spices, stir fried in butter, wrapped in a bean curd sheet (an absolute staple for me) with a bit of creme fraiche and grated cheddar, baked in the oven with more creme fraiche / cheddar mixture on top. Served with salad, tomato salsa and home made guacamole.

NewStartNewStory · 14/07/2013 03:33

BIWI what on earth have you done to me? I went on a chocolate raid mission and got as far as taking the stuff into the lounge before it got put back in the fridge and I walked off with a few mini baby bels and a couple of strawberries. Shock I no longer actually want chocolate. I used to live off the stuff and atm cos i can't promise to be 100% good 100% of the time I am choosing not to eat it. Confused

B: slept through it
L (at nearly tea time): buttered leeks and mushrooms added to 2 eggs scrambled
t: a piece of salmon.

bit light on the veg today Blush

It is still 80F in my room according to the thermometer. But i do reckon it is a bit cooler then that, it feels cooler. Just.

MrsHerculePoirot · 14/07/2013 08:05

newstart woohoo well done for putting that chocolate back!

lewisfan I think BIWI said sept, but if you are ready for for it now, we'll all support you and lots of people also sticking with it. I will be a bit off track this week on occasion but can do the next two weeks superstricy with you?

primallass · 14/07/2013 09:11

I am starting today instead of tomorrow. My pizza and wine binge last night has made me put on 1lb. It had better be gone by tomorrow.

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BIWI · 14/07/2013 09:19

Lewis - the next 'formal' one will be September, but we're all doing it here anyway.

I wouldn't mind a couple of strict weeks, so if you want to start tomorrow, I'll do it with you? Are you ready though? Do you know what you're doing/what you shouldn't be doing?

One of the keys to success is planning ahead, so making sure you have planned your meals, done your shopping, got rid of all those high carb things from the fridge/freezer/cupboards.

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BIWI · 14/07/2013 09:20

Secondsop what's a bean curd sheet? How many carbs does it have?

NewStart - brilliant on the chocolate front! Grin

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daisychicken · 14/07/2013 09:23

OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just weighed myself & then re weighed myself.... 8st12 !!!!!!

Am in shock esp as I had a small piece of birthday cake yesterday! The trick for me is obv to weigh very infrequently and hope for a surprise!

GwendolineMaryLacey · 14/07/2013 09:28

Excellent, I'm in for September. I did Atkins when it was all the rage a few years back. It worked for me and I felt so full of energy. But found it totally confusing and, when I went off the wagon for the inevitable wedding or whatever it was that sidelined me, I found I'd forgotten what I could and couldn't have and it was impossible to pick up the thread again.

loopyloou · 14/07/2013 09:46

Secondsop the chimichanga sounds amazing. What's a bean curd wrap?

BerylStreep · 14/07/2013 10:20

Daisy that is fab news! Am away on hols at moment so hard to keep up with the thread. Had made lc moussaka to take with us for 2 nights dinner and DH bleeding well left it behind on a cool bag. Sticking to it well, except for all the wine.

BerylStreep · 14/07/2013 10:22

Oh, and hello to newcomers!Smile

Elenio · 14/07/2013 11:26

Just de-lurking to ask if any of you have tried greek yogurt mixed with peanut butter?
I am having this most mornings for breakfast and am hoping its ok!

I use fage (nothing else really compares!) and sainsburys basics pb - it's the cheapest and lowest carb I have found.

I never thought this combination would work but it is delicious!

QueenQueenie · 14/07/2013 11:34

Peanut butter?! Can I have that? Really?
Another query... I've seen people talking about coconut oil, so is coconut water / fresh coconut ok?
This thread and the other low carb ones are so helpful. Many thanks to you all.

daisychicken · 14/07/2013 11:55

Peanut butter is ok - just check its got the lowest carbs (some have sugar added). I'm curious to know what PB and Greek yog taste like!

Sorry Queenie, I don't know about coconut water.. am sure BIWI will be a long soon!

Thanks Beryl. What a pita re left behind food.... I'd be mega cross too! Well done for keeping up with diet - I'm sure wine will be allowed just cause you are on holiday! Just stop when you get back!!! Grin

Xenia · 14/07/2013 11:59

I don't know about peanut butter. I'd regard it as a fairly processed food with a lot of things added in rather than pure, natural, straight off the tree/animal. In fact on wiki it seems to suggest it has sugar added which would not surprise me like most processed foods - wiki.answers.com/Q/What_ingredients_are_in_peanut_butter

You can buy coconut oil in Waitrose although I am happy with our usual olive oil or butter. You can buy a fresh coconut, cut it open and drink the juice too although I suspectm ost of the processed ca nned "coconut" liquids are full of junk and you'd be better off confining drinks of water.

prettybird · 14/07/2013 12:00

Not all peanut butters have sugar added.

Secondsop · 14/07/2013 12:00

BIWI and loopyloo bean curd sheets are thin tofu sheets (well they're really made from the skin formed when tofu is made) and you can get it dried from Chinese supermarkets. 1 big sheet (enough for 1 big square double-wrapped chimichanga or 3-4 spanakopitas) has 2.5g carbs.

It comes in packets and I soak it in cold water for a few minutes before using it in recipes. It also makes a decent lasagne / canneloni substitute.

Xenia · 14/07/2013 12:06

May be not (peanut butter) but chek label carefully for dextrose. I have never liked it so I am neutral on it but you don't exactly pick it from trees so it's notlikely to be very natural or good for you. Sunpat:
Roasted Peanuts,Stabilizer (E471) ,Cane Sugar ,Peanut Oil ,Sea Salt ,Total Peanut Ingredients (95%)

So e numbers and cane sugar etc... ugh...

daisychicken · 14/07/2013 12:08

I think if you choose the right PB and only have small amounts then its ok - ie I sometimes have PB on celery but I don't have it everyday. Atkins ( if I remember rightly) doesn't recommend nuts in induction and some people do find weight loss stalls because of nuts so it does I think depend on you as to whether you can have it or not. It is processed but its easy enough to make your own nut butters therefore you can control whats in it - just depends if you wish to go down that route!

daisychicken · 14/07/2013 12:11

Just googled: 2 cups raw or roasted peanuts pref without salt and 1-2 tblsp oil (peanut oil best but veg oil ok) blended to make peanut butter.

prettybird · 14/07/2013 12:12

Ingredients of Whole Earth Crubch peanut butter: roasted peanuts (97%), palm oil, sea salt.

Carbs are 10.1 per 100g. No idea how this compares with other brands - this jar was bought before I started low carbing (hence why it's not been finished yet - no toast to have it on Sad) - but even back then, I chose it 'cos I didn't like the sweetened ones.

Alambil · 14/07/2013 13:15

ahh September isn't a million miles away - what I'll do is eat "healthy" for July / August (haha!) and then start bootcamp when I've got the rules sorted in my head...

It might take a while for me to get my head round it!

I want to cut down the coke again and chocolate; fallen into a crappy trap with those after cutting them out recently. I KNOW I can do it - I've done it before - it's just DOING it!

What do you all do when you're home alone of an evening, bored rigid and have had 20 years of turning to choc/coke/rubbish/junk for comfort?

eek... sign me up for September! (I might start sooner, but not tomorrow as I'm not 100% sure of the rules yet and need it to be "easy" whilst at work etc so I don't fall off the wagon.

I'll shame myself though - I'm 21st 10lbs today... (morning naked) and am horrified...

Alambil · 14/07/2013 13:20

also - allergic to nuts... will that matter?

prettybird · 14/07/2013 13:45

Nuts are forbidden in the first two weeks anyway - and are not compulsory thereafter! Grin

Try and work out some suitable "treats" to have on hand: whether that be cold chicken legs (skin on), babybels/cheese triangles, hard boiled eggs or whatever.

Also, if you're bored tempted, have a glass of water and wait 15 minutes. That'll have the double benefit of increasing your water consumption and checking to see if you really are hungry.

NewStartNewStory · 14/07/2013 13:47

Nope. I don't eat nuts Lewis. Not that i can't but just they dont really bother me if i don't and i find i pick absent mindedly rather then eating because i am hungry when they are in the house.