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!

Day 2 done.
B. egg mayonnaise
L. Cabbage and leeks with cheese
D. belly of pork
Snack 2 boiled eggs mashed with butter
4 litres of water drunk plus one cup of coffee with cream and one large cup of fennel tea.
First gym visit for months done too- feels good.

What do you have in the house, dementedma?!

Have you had a read of the recipe thread? Some fabulous recipes in there for inspiration.

Tonight I made mince and onions (although I used shallots instead) and served it with mashed celeriac. It was fabulous, even if I say so myself.

I was only ever going to start Boot Camp properly tomorrow as today is ds' 14th birthday

Started off the day well with creamy scrambled eggs (at ds' request) - but then made a (Nigella's buttermilk) birthday cake and had to have a slice and also had to have two glasses of one of dh's lovely pink bubbly .

Was very good when we went out for a meal at our favourite Glaswegian Italian. Instead of pizza or pasta I had rolled slow roasted spicy pork belly and got them to substitute the roast potatoes for a salad. I also only had a sip of dh's large glass of red wine (I chose to drive) and had most of the bottle of fizzy water.

Yeah, need to go shopping g for some stuff to make more varied meals...think will have meatballs tomorrow. Lunch is looking like a very dull box of chopped ham and cheese and an avocado.....
Thing is, can't really afford things like salmon or lots of meat.

Thanks BIWI - definitely no wine here!

Cauliflower rice is a revelation! Who knew?? Even had seconds with my beef & veg curry. Lush.

Hi everyone.

Good day here.

B - hard boiled egg and a slice of corned beef
L - salad with tuna and mayo and cherry toms and some chopped cucumber and peppers and some cherry peppers stuffed with ricotta
S - slice of cheese and slice if corned beef
D - gammon steak with cabbage fried with chorizo bits and some creme fraiche

Lots of water but not enough. 3 teas. 1 peppermint tea.

Also had a parents welcome thing at DS's school and successfully avoided the wine and just had water.

Also did a C25k week 2 run this morning.

Did an M&S shop and stocked up on lots of nice food - all bootcamp friendly of course!

Tried to convince myself I am feeling bloated but have had to admit its just that I am too fat for these jeans! The fitted perfectly in July.

They'll soon fit again, Buda.

Re meatballs/mince, remember that you can - or rather should use the cheaper, fattier mince rather than steak mince.

I buy the cheap 800g pack in Lidl and then make meatballs and/or burgers with variations of egg, olive oil, Parmesan, cumin, coriander or oregano.

Purple2013 I'm v impressed with your efforts to include meat after being vegetarian for so long

There are lots of nice vegetarian low carb recipes in the recipe thread if you don't want to eat chicken/turkey at every meal (not all containing eggs either!)

Well done everyone on day 2
B boiled eggs and mayo
L tuna salad
Baby bel and cup
Of bovril
D chicken and veg soup

what is cauliflower rice?

cauliflower rice

There are lots of different recipes for cauliflower rice. I've never made it, so don't know if this one is good or not!

why all this talk of ground almonds when we're not supposed to eat nuts????

You are all being so good! Well done. Didn't know whether to confess my transgressions or just keep quiet so as not to distract you all. Well...

B (at 5am before work journey) - scrambled egg
S - a home-made custard tart (I knew this was coming, decided not to cause offence by refusing!)
L - (at work event) quiche (scraped off its pastry base) and salad
D - (at restaurant) smoked salmon, roasted aubergine & tomato thing
1 chocolate truffle

So - definitely not bootcamp. Sorry! Not massively terrible either for a couple of off-pistes given I've been low-carbing since May. And I made sure to really enjoy the treats. However I'd better knuckle down now because the scales won't lie next Monday.

We will be able to in a couple of weeks' time, stinker!

But yes, you are quite right to remind people who are still in the first two weeks of Bootcamp, that nuts are not allowed.

B - pepperoni fried in butter with spinach
L - chicken
D- chicken bites, pepperoni, 5 macademia nuts, 1 small finger peanut butter
snack - 2 boiled eggs, celeriac crisps, 2 pieces sugarfree chewing gum
lots of water n three cups of regular tea ( weaning myself of it)

need more veg, don't I?

Hello everyone

Nigella's meatzza for lunch and chicken casserole for supper. Plenty water.
Some coffee. Black tea. No wine .

Overall a good day. Weeing for Britain of course but that is to be expected.

whodunnit - be careful with the amount of processed food as well - Pepperami and chicken bites - and what is a peanut butter snack?!

Hi all!
Reading/posting on phone in bed so I don't consume the contents of my fridge. (Even the celery is calling to me...)
I probably ate my main meal a bit early as I had to go out again.
B none again. I know! I know!
L roast beef slices 'buttered' with horseradish then wrapped round watercress and avocado chunks
D chicken fried in butter with home-made coleslaw
Herbal tea x 3
Water - Not enough again! (criss-crossing London on overland and didn't want to keep having to pee!)

googoogoggles - apart from the lack of breakfast and the lack of water, it doesn't look like you're eating enough at all.

And if the contents of your fridge are calling you, then you should eat something! This WOE isn't about deprivation.

Go and have a chunk of cheese with that celery - and while you're about it, wash it down with a litre of water!!!

Hi everyone,

B: egg mayo with HM mayo and 3 low carb thin sausages
L: crispy skin from one of dh's chicken drumsticks!, salad with 2 sliced of Brie and 3 slices of salami
D: small rump steak with wilted spinach in butter, baked large flat mushroom and cream and Stilton sauce
S: yoghurt with double cream and cinnamon - yum!

Not drinking enough water today, but will try harder tomorrow.

I made myself some 'canapes' tonight.

Slices cucumber topped with cold butter and marmite.

Glass sparkling water. Perfect.

Hi BIWI Well, did have a LOT of chicken/coleslaw but fair point; I could have done with a bit more food today....
Also am going to try to switch to decaff coffee over the few days or so - honest! Do find it hard to drink 2.5-3 litres water a day. When I'm working from home, thought I'd make up a big jug of water with slices of cucumber (and tangerine or grapefruit slice)- as someone recommended last bootcamp. May make it easier!

Hi everyone! I actually started Bootcamp alone 13 days ago - I last weighed myself a week into it and had lost 8 1/2 pounds, if any of you would like some encouragement! And it feels, generally, pretty good.

However, I had a friend round tonight for dinner. I thought it would be perfect as I could cook, and so had very good chicken drumsticks and roasted broccoli - however he brought round Ben & Jerry's Phish Food and I had two scoops. I just feel like shit, like I've caved and I'm worried I've undone my good habits from the previous few weeks.

I'm not really sure why I'm posting, just that along with some fudge I had at the weekend (again I felt pressured in the presence of a friend!) I feel like a big downfall might be "peer pressure", as I don't want to bang on about or even mention that I'm LC'ing. Does anyone have any tips for eating well around other's when they are treating you/themselves?

Good luck to all you ladies on the new bootcamp! We will all be looking and feeling fabulous in no time.