Week 1 - Autumn Low Carb Bootcamp

[BIWI]

So here we are! Over 160 of us signed up!

Here is the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness for you to enter your first weight

If you aren't on the list for any reason, just go to the bottom of the list and add your name - the lovely Willie will sort out the alphabetisation later.

From experience of previous Bootcamps, the chat thread can move very quickly! So, if you have a specific or particular question, please post it on the questions thread I will do my best to check it as often as I can, as will other seasoned Bootcampers.

If you have a really burning issue, please feel free to PM me and I will do my very best to help you as soon as possible.

And if you're looking for inspiration for things to cook, here's the recipe thread

Here is a brief reminder of the rules:

We do not eat any of the following during Bootcamp:

bread
rice
pasta/noodles
potatoes
flour
pastry
sugar
chocolate/sweets
biscuits/cookies
crisps

And here are the ten rules of Bootcamp:

1. You must eat breakfast.
2. Avoid processed food
3. Eat lots of fat
4. Make sure you are eating vegetables and salads with your food
5. Be careful about dairy (apart from butter, which is unlimited)
6. You must drink a minimum of 2 litres of water per day
7. No alcohol
8. No fruit
9. No nuts/seeds

10. No sugar or artificial sweeteners

More detail/explanation of these rules is on the spreadsheet ? look at the tabs at the bottom.

One final word from me ? the disclaimer! I am not a doctor, a scientist, a dietician nor a nutritionist. The advice that is given here is based on my own experience of low carbing, as well as the reading I have been doing over the last few years.

If you have a medical condition, or you are taking long term medication, please take advice from your GP/consultant before starting to low carb.

Good luck everyone!

Hello all, just checking in and catching up with the thread, moving fast as always!

B 2 egg omelette made with butter, bacon lardons, eggs and small splish* of cream
L cold roast beef slice filled with Philly soft cheese, small tub FF yoghurt with a little cinnamon
D planning fish with creamy braised cabbage and maybe some runner beans that my friend brought me today from her allotment.

I have a scale for the double cream additions I make:
Splish - tiny
Splash - medium
Splosh - lots

Hope this very technical explanation helps.

tigerchair I just put a teaspoon of coconut oil into a lime and ginger tea. I think it would be nice in any sort of herbal tea.

This morning I made a sort of bulletproof coffee - basically put a teaspoon of butter and a teaspoon of coconut oil in a black coffee and whizzed it a bit with the hand held cappuccino blender. I have been feeling slightly sick all day, but it did keep me going until 3pm (got stuck in big traffic jam and missed lunchtime but I really wasnt hungry!)

Newbie here although did lc 3years ago and lost almost 3stone. Back on the wagon ,
B scrambled egg
L scrambled egg ( had'nt been to the shops)
D stir fry beef in coconut oil with mushrooms, a tiny bit of onion and homemade coleslaw.
S a stick of Gouda , loads of water
Feel ok.

So it turns out drinking caffinated coffee makes me crave sugar more. Not sure if it is the caffine or the fact that i tend to turn into taz and whizz around like a crazy person getting stuff done. But i think for the sake of sticking to bootcamp the coffee is going to have to go :( But not today. Today was going really well until I hit coffee tollerance level and passed it. lessons learnt moving on. Although I would love for some one to proper explain this all to me cos clearly the caffine is affecting me on a huge scale so can't be good for hormone levels and such. I know it is associated with making pain levels significantly worse.

My rooibos tea with coconut oil kept me going from 730 to 330 - tho I did then have sausage, tomato, cheese, yoghurt...anything I could lay my hands on
Dinner will be a burger (minced angus beef!) with lettuce wrap and more yog - Waitrose do a thick greek own-brand one now fullfat and only 3.7g/100g - like Total and tottally addicitive!

Oh NewStart - that really doesn't sound good. It does sound like you have to consider dropping the caffeine

Indeed. Although I knew about the association with pain as there has actually been scientific research into it and I came across it a while back. But yeah going to have to go back to pure decaff with the view to head to dropping the coffee in any form altogether. In the meantime will use the crazy energy for the rest of today and tonight to get some stuff done so can have a few crash days. Will probably struggle tomo due to the associated lack of sleep from this but hopefully will be better for it in the long run.

B Total yoghurt with a dribble of cream and vanilla
L Tuna mayo, salad with homemade vinegairette
D Ribeye steak with mushrooms and buttered leeks

I am measuring the yoghurt and today I had 120g, is this too much? TBH I only have yoghurt if I am in a rush as I find I get hungry before lunch.

Itching for a glass of wine :(

It's OK, MsIng - you will have around 5g carbs in the yoghurt. But your other carb choices will be pretty low, so I wouldn't worry about it too much.

And no wine!

B: Americano with cream (I can't do breakfast, never have, never will!)
L: Pret tuna Niçoise salad (did have a bit of the dressing but not all of it)
D: low-carb sausages with steamed Savoy cabbage and broccoli with lots of salt and butter. Cooked all 8 sausages so will take a couple of cold ones to work tomorrow.

Have drunk too much caffeine today but have been in meetings all day , and not enough water, but not too bad all in all. Amazing how I feel so much less bloaty and knackered even just on day 2.

Nice to see tv adverts for Total Greek yoghurt - and not the low-fat stuff! I love it - trouble is I can easily eat the whole tub in one go...

But I have been lowcarbing for 2 weeks already

OK sorry BIWI, no wine :)

Oh well, you are allowed then. Just don't tell anyone else ...

Had my cholesterol measured a Sainsbury's today (sponsored by Flora! ) my total cholesterol 8.01 mmol/L. Oh dear. My HDL (the good one is over 2.59 mmol/L - they can't tell me the exact result just that it's high. I seem to remember having a test at the Dr's years ago and it was 7.something but most of that was HDL.

It's very high though, which is a bit of a shock.

Why can't they tell you the exact result?

Crabby have a read of this

Were you fasting Crabby there is still a lot of evidence to suggest that fasting cholesterol tests are more accurate then non fasting. Also there is a lot of mistrust with none blood and lab assessed test saying that the accuracy is lower and less helpful. Perhaps a meeting with your doc to get this checked properly?

And have a look at this

I'm very that a company that manufactures products which contain plant sterols, designed to lower cholesterol, would be sponsoring cholesterol tests. And the people doing your tests won't tell you the exact results, but just tell you 'it's high'. Perhaps they might want you to buy some of their products?

having high cholesterol is not necessarily something that is harmful

BIWI......((wails)) have you forgotten the parmesan shortbread for cheese??

It is fabulous!

Cream butter with parmesan, add egg and beat. Add ground almonds and squish to shortbread dough consistency. Put in fridge.

Roll into balls and press down til flat. Bake.

Perfect hot out of oven with cold butter and cheese.

Crabby have a look at this which is about the problems with 'supermarket tests'

They say the tests on their own are pretty useless.

When you use ground almonds can you actually taste the almonds in the end result? Some of these recipes look lovely but I hate almonds.

Ruprekt, do you have exact measurements please? They sound amazing :)

Hi everyone :)
Decided to make a proper go of it this time, so hope you don't mind me logging my food here...
B: Slice of omelette/frittata pizza (5 eggs, spring onion, cheese, pepperoni) and brussels pate.
L: Other 4 slices of the omelette pizza!
Snack: Feta stuffed peppers.
D: Chicken tikka masala (or an approximation there of).
Feel quite good about today, haven't been tempted to tuck into the biscuits! :o

((Dodges Biwi's stick))

Whispers....((we are not allowed almonds for 2 weeks and as I always guess the weights it gives me time to weigh and measure exactly))

((Ducks gain))

Phew....think she has gone.......