The Low Carb Bootcamp Continues!

[BIWI]

The other thread was almost full, so here's a bright, shiny new one.

And here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

And just in case you haven't discovered it yet, here is the recipe thread. Some truly lovely recipes on here that are worth a try.

Aargh DH is eating a peach. Should I stop him?

Depends whether he is doing this woe, depends whether you are feeling competitive and want to allow him to hinder himself. yeah probably.

Renovating -welcome. Have you read the rules?

Black - good to see you back - i've missed your cooking !

Stuntnun - I've done the lasagne and really liked it. I am going to do that for tomorrow dinner!

Breakfast - lidl yog and 2 raspberries (last of my harvest ) Black Rooibos tea with coconut oil
lunch - salad, 3 cherry toms from greenhouse, bits of Mattesons 'hot and spicy' sausage
dinner - cauliflower cheese, last tomato, rest of hot and spicy sausage.

Might do a coffee-and-cream to use up the dairy, then go non-dairy for a few days. (apart from the cheese in the lasagne.....)

Hello Renovating.

Hope everyone else is doing ok.

Today I had bacon, egg, fried left over cauliflower and mushrooms for breakfast, egg mayo and salad for lunch, for dinner chilli con carne without beans with grated cheese and snacks of pork scratchings, 2 tbsp of yog, 3 slices of salami and a Babybel, 4 black decaff coffees and not enough water, just 1 litre so far.

I'm quite pleased though, as my period started today and I worked all day, normally I would comfort eat to the max!

Hello captain, what rules do I need to read?

Renovating In BIWIs original post is a link to the spreadsheet where people record their weights should they so wish. Along the botom of it you will see tabs that give you loads of info; carb counts of veg, bootcamp rules, veggie rules, etc. Have a browse through and give a shout with any questions. There's always someone around to help.

The hardest thing is getting your head around things like eating full fat stuff, cheese, cream, etc as it goes against the advice we've all followed for so long. There is links to lots of articles and things justifying it though when you have time to read.

can we eat leeks? the hairy bikers do a great leek lasagne Stunt

And - am I allowed yoghurt on the first 2 weeks? (stupid question alert!)

Also - wtf am I going to do when I get my monthly carb craving?

Yes you can eat leeks - they are 3.7g carbs per 100g

Yes, you can have yoghurt!

Hopefully once you are into low carbing you will not be hungry - you may also find that all/most of your pre-menstrual symptoms will disappear!

How has day 1 been, Lewis?

um, well - I decided to post pone it a day.

Just had my kitchen renovated (as in completely) and ALL my crockery/pans etc were under my stairs, covered in an inch of sawdust... so today was spent washing it all down and organising my new cupboards...

I'm now ready and set to go; I'm going shopping tomorrow, woo!

I also had a "last supper" meal tonight; Chinese take away and diet coke!

Thanks Negroni and New. No it wasn't that he wanted to watch it with them - they'd already seen it, they just wanted to watch it again because DD had only seen the first one and they spent the whole day talking about how much they all love Legolas and who their favourite characters are. Anyway I ordered it from Amazon on Saturday and it arrived today so they watched it this afternoon.

Well I've been totally off-piste so I'm not going to list my food over the last few days! We had a wonderful day on the canal boat yesterday with lots of food, so a treat worth putting a few lbs on for. Today I've had fried bread and toast with jam, then went completely haywire this afternoon and made an improvised version of cassoulet, with sausages, bacon, leftover chicken, shallots, herbs, three types of beans and breadcrumbs, all drenched in goose fat! I blame the hangover.

One thing I've really noticed is how much my tummy bloats when I eat bread. I'd never noticed before doing this diet, but I really notice now; there's a big difference.

Welcome to the new joiners btw.

I get stomach cramps if i eat anything that is heavy in starchy carbs now. It is not a pleasant experience. Need to go cold turkey on the coffee to kill off the sweet cravings bumping off the wagon that seem to be linked to the lack of sleep caused by caffine and the sweetner in the coffee to make it tollerable. Need to get caffine free. I think ds being away again is the perfect time to do it. And reduce between now and sat. There may be much wobbling on sun. And i reserve the right to throw a toddler style temper tantrum just because

Thanks Lewis the [[

Thanks Lewis the leek lasagne looks lush!

Been away for the weekend, so just marking my place

Good morning and welcome new joiners!

LEWIS my new kitchen will be finished until Friday (I hope) :)

I tied Lidl yogurt this morning again. I only had one big table spoon so I feel good about it. As I never was keen on sweets I made my yogurt a bit different - I added olive oil and salt and it tasted heavenly to me :) Creamy fat and salty.. yum :)

Nun Thabks for lasagne !! it looks lush, you are right!

I can do up a pair of size 12 trousers! Okay I can't breathe and I wouldn't want to try bending over but they do up! I'm equally disappointed by the fact that my favourite dressing gown is now too big for me. Never mind, I'm going to stay with my mum next week so I'll probably pile some weight back on.

Yay!

and noooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!

Make sure that you have a contingency plan in place for being at your mum's - it would be such a shame if you were to put it all back on again.

Do the shopping for her. Do the cooking. Take stuff with you. Go out to places where you know you can low carb .....

Stunt - I'm sorry you didn't like the emmental lasagne. It's one of my favourite low carb dinners (I add more cheese & cream though ). Great news about the size 12's though - breathing & bending is overrated

I made Butter Chicken curry in the slowcooker over the weekend - had it for dinner on Saturday & Sunday. It was delicious & I'll def be making it again. I have paprika pork in the slowcooker now, looking forward to that!

Yesterday I was busy all day & didn't have a bite to eat until 5ish by which stage I was starving. So I had a takeaway . I made the lowest choice available to me locally - chicken kebab with salad & garlic mayo, with no bread. Still quite carby though, I think. Better prepared today now.

I also finally weighed on Sunday. Much higher than I thought, but at least I now have a figure that lets me know if I'm losing.

Good luck to everyone else & hope you all have a great day.

Hurricane - also a good idea to find an article of clothing that is currently too tight, and use that as your 'yardstick'. Sometimes the scales don't accurately reflect what's going on with our bodies. It's also much more rewarding, IME, to see your clothes fitting you better.

timid, I find the same thing, this is so easy to return to and even when I fall off by the wayside, I dont pile on all the weight & give up. I imagine I will be returning a lot

Getting so excited to start college, my start date is 4 weeks today! The college canteen has a salad bar & does fry ups (already chacked hee hee) so should be fine to stick to the woe.

Hi all. I'm bootcamp lighting now and doing okish. Been cheating a bit but have noticed my face bloats up when I eat carbs now. Today I've had:

B yoghurt and raspberries
S babybel
L bacon fried egg and salad
S a bit of coconut milkshake
D lamb curry and butter fried leeks

3 cups of tea and 2 glasses of water.

I've cut down on the dairy a bit today after yesterday's cheese extravaganza.

B: two slices bacon and fried mushrooms
L: beef salad with homemade vinaigrette
D: roast pork belly with amazing roasted broccoli and courgettes fried in butter. Omg it was delish.

Ooh that roasted broccoli sounds good. Might try that.

Had left mince I needed to use up for dinner tonight and I found this scrum-diddly-umptious recipe. I could have eaten 6 but my belt only allowed room for one! Substituted shallots for the onions to de-carb further.

I hope you didn't use low fat cheese though!