Ongoing Low Carb Bootcamp Chat Thread

[BIWI]

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.

Another hot day by the look of it.

Yesterday I had scrambled eggs with fried courgettes for breakfast, chicken drumsticks for lunch and pork chop with fried leeks and buttered cauliflower with a little grated cheese for dinner and a snack of one Babybel, a tsp of natural yoghurt and some pork scratchings (bit rubbishy though).

Don't know if I'm drinking enough water, really struggling to get more down me. I had four black decaff coffees and probably 1.5 litres of water.

Lost another pound this morning. Woo hoo. Lost six in four days now. Love this WOE so far.

I know everyone else already knows this but I have been drinking a lot of water (3 litres a day) on top of the bulletproof coffees I have in the morning in my bid to get back on track ie lose poundage following stupidly going off track

Normally I do try and drink lots but I have been really strict this time, ie measuring it out in plastic bottles and keeping note. It seems to be working, thank goodness! Was 2 pounds down yesterday from Sunday and another 2 pounds down this morning - so only a pound and a half to get back to where I was on Saturday 6th July (a new low) when I accidentally veered off course into a world of handful of chips and sweetened strawbs and cream puddings.

Drink water everyone!

Oh and not wanting to put a dampener on it but I have been cutting out dairy apart from odd bit of milk in tea - but no yoghurt or cream - and it really seems to kick start things for me unfortunately as I would love to be here eating chunk of cheese, followed by double cream and berry extravaganza

Hello posted this n another thread but realised this is the one i need to be on. Desperate to lose 1/2 stone min n 3 weeks before hols!!?,

Hello could I jump in as I started this week after trying lots of other diets? On Friday I was down 4lbs - good start I thought! Had a bit of wine over weekend but not more than 3/4 bottle! Am not othered by sweet things so that bit is easy and im managing to drink close to 2 litres a day.

I went down to 10.13 on Mon but today am 11.2!!!!! Disaster! I had a beef Thai curry without rice obviously last night but am certainly feeling very clogged up in the gut area. Where did I go wrong? Are there certain meals I should stick to in the next 3 weeks to guarantee dropping more lbs as I'm on holiday and need to look halfway decent n the beach!!

Thanks for any help. I'm off to scan the rest of the low carb threads!

Negroni - well done! It's amazing how many people are affected by dairy. I'm actually considering making Bootcamp dairy-free as well. Or maybe introduce a really strict first three days that are dairy-free.

looppylou yes, you do need to drink more water! Especially in this hot weather. Bootcamp is a minimum of two litres a day. I know you're drinking coffee as well, but add more water.

cherry - brilliant! Just don't expect the same rate of loss every day/week!!!

Queen - you should only suffer for a couple of days or so. Hopefully by now you're through the worst of it

OhCobblers

Hello posted this n another thread but realised this is the one i need to be on. Desperate to lose 1/2 stone min n 3 weeks before hols!!?,

Welcome! But low carbing isn't a crash diet. You may lose a lot of weight in three weeks, but if you revert to high carb eating on holiday, you will put it all back on again!

Hello could I jump in as I started this week after trying lots of other diets? On Friday I was down 4lbs - good start I thought! Had a bit of wine over weekend but not more than 3/4 bottle! Am not othered by sweet things so that bit is easy and im managing to drink close to 2 litres a day.

If you're a constant dieter, switching from one to another diet, you do need to give your body some consistency. 4lbs was a good start, but if you do need to realise that if you're drinking alcohol, your body will use this as the first source of fuel, and while it's doing that, you won't be burning any fat. Glad you're not bothered by sweet things, but just bear in mind that wine - as far as your body is concerned, as well as other carbs, is sugar! And you must drink a minimum of 2 litres of water, especially in this hot weather, so make sure you glug more down.

I went down to 10.13 on Mon but today am 11.2!!!!! Disaster! I had a beef Thai curry without rice obviously last night but am certainly feeling very clogged up in the gut area. Where did I go wrong? Are there certain meals I should stick to in the next 3 weeks to guarantee dropping more lbs as I'm on holiday and need to look halfway decent n the beach!!

Thai food is one of the worst you can eat on low carbing, even if you avoid the rice. They use sugar in almost everything.

If you're very clogged up in the gut area, this is a sign that you're not drinking enough water. Also, are you eating enough fat? A low carb diet is a high fat one. If you try and do low carb, low fat it won't work.

In terms of what to stick to, you should be basing your meals around fatty protein, with low carb veg and salad - and using lots of oily dressings, adding butter to veg and using mayonnaise. Have a look at Bootcamp Recipe thread for lots of good ideas

Hope this helps.

Thanks BIWI. Having scanned other threads I thought the paste and coconut milk were going to be ok in moderation?! I shall avoid like the plague. Only other diet I'd had a go at was the 5:2 and was ok but find low carbing makes me feel better.
I've been having lots of eggs, salads and meats but shall scan the recipes too. Thanks

Hellloo! I'm back after a long weekend of carby, boozy goodness badness. I've have spent a sunny weekend by the pool with lots of Pimms and cider and had a cream tea, fish and chips, homemade cakes, cheese and biscuits and lovely wine.
Not feeling it today but I know I've got to get back into it and shift this stone!

Thanks BIWI, I think I'll have to drop the coffees and substitute water instead. I just feel like I'm sloshing around inside, struggling to get more down! Even with a slice of lemon and ice ...

Otherwise I think I'm doing okay. Trying to up the veg a bit.

Back to work tomorrow though for just over two weeks fulltime, which is going to KILL me in this heat! And it's difficult to drink enough water there - no water dispenser/cooler, fridge upstairs up tiny little poky HOT stairs (very old narrow building!) ... Think I'll take 3 500 ml bottles of water in a cool bag and have them next to me. Unfortunately the loo is up the tiny poky hot stairs too .

Good exercise, loopylou

Too hot for exercise BIWI

Cherry well done - that initial loss is great and should give you a boost to carry on and lose more

BIWI Thanks - am just relieved to be finally losing weight again (well losing having bounced up). I began to think that my body had just decided to gain weight forever, which is obviously ridiculous....

With dairy I am not sure if dairy itself stalls me or it is quantities I start to eat it in once I let it creep in. Either way, I think I just have to be pretty strict on this WOE to lose weight. if on one day a week I have either 2 glasses of wine or berries and cream or chunks of cheese then I think I will continue to lose but once things get more relaxed I probably eat too much of those things. Still at least I can do that when I have reached my goal and want to maintain! Before then I think that a relatively strict bootcamp with lots of water is the only way to go.

Beryl In answer to your earlier question on the restaurant I am going to later this week. There isn't a menu online but I think as it is quite a fancy place I will be able to avoid carbs, though will probably have a couple of glasses of wine. I am thinking about dessert at the moment. I can definitely have cheese, in that it will def be on offer but my normal preference would be to have something sweet. I am so relieved to be losing again that I just don't want to do anything to ruin it and am tempted to have small amount of cheese. On the other hand, it is a v fancy place and will probably never go there again! I may have to assess the pudding menu when I get there and decide then. Though obviously it would be better to turn up with a strategy in mind. Decisions, decisions.

at Bullet's delicious badness. And yes that was envy not nausea!

loopy that sounds like a nightmare in this heat!

Negroni if it's a really good restaurant then I think I'd have a fuckit moment and enjoy a pudding. Having said that, if you stuff yourself on lower-carb delicious starter and main, you might not really want one anyway.

Anyone seen Chipping?

I'm going to start recording my meals every day again, after I was a bit off road over the weekend.
Yesterday
B/L - left over lamb curry with spiced cauliflower and spinach
D - courgette 'pasta' with chicken, chorizo, mushrooms, shallots and creme fraiche
S - too much of this almond butter. Goddamn it's sooooo good I could just eat the whole jar!

Is it me or is it not quite as swelteringly hot today?

Crabby funny I have been on the look out for Chipping since I posted a couple of veggie egg free recipes.

Hello

Can I join please? I could do with shifting a few pounds before my holiday, in a few weeks time but due to my disability, I am unable to exercise. I can't even make a bed. That's how bad it is. I drink about 3 pints of larger water a day and try to eat a varied diet of many different cheeses, just to keep it interesting........

But, I'm not looking for sympathy, I need BIWI to kick my ass for 2/3 weeks.

Chipping has been busy, busy and had problems with her phone/internet/accessing MN and this thread etc... I think I saw her post on a thread the other day somewhere as well. Hopefully she'll be able to return soon when she can get easy access again!

Welcome, Mouseface! You are very, very welcome. And don't worry, you can see good results without having to take any exercise. Ignores reference to lager

Thanks BIWI - I don't really drink larger, I'm an ex Stella drinker and only now tend to have any beer with curry and now drink Becks Blue. :)

I shall weigh in tomorrow and post more about my goal. Thank you xxx

I suspect that Becks Blue will still be out of the equation though - will look it up for you

Yep. 6g carbs per bottle. That's an awful lot!

Evening all. Welcome mouse.
B: Greek yog with a couple if spoons of flaxseed/brazil/almond mix. Coffee with cream
L: big salad of roasted veg and feta.
D: a very winters but lovely steak and kidney casserole with braised cabbage and spinach.
S: pork scratchings. A square of 70% choc
Loads of water - kept a jug in the fridge of sliced fruit and cucumber topped with sparking water (assuming this is ok if I don't eat the fruit?)

Today is the first day I haven't had something eggy for breakfast and I'm sure I was more tired and hungry for it. Really enjoyed the yoghurt with flaxseed etc but think I need a small portion of this and a hard boiled egg.

Weighed this morning and am still 9 stone so no change from first week yet.

Am down to 169lbs! I was 196 lbs when I started in January.

Am also doing 5:2 which works for me. Mon and Thu are my fasting days but I need to eat more tomorrow as I fell into the biscuit tin last Thur as my blood sugars were low.

Fat and water are the key to this.

Fat and water
Fat and water

Flush the water through your system.

Tis the best WOE ever!

Brilliant Ruprekt well done

Would you mind if I post my planned meals before I go shopping? (I've not done it yet!)