Week 5 - Autumn Low Carb Bootcamp - Almost half way through!

[BIWIZ]

Welcome to another week!

Here is the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

I have been a carby twat, I have to confess, but I've been making the most of my last couple of weeks without work. Tomorrow I start my new job, which will also be the first time I've worked for someone other than myself/my own company for over 16 years

So from tomorrow I will have to be more disciplined in all manner of ways - working out what to have for my lunch in an office, rather than just rummaging around in the fridge, planning meals that I can easily cook when I get home from work, etc.

There are now 6 weeks left of this Bootcamp (including this week), so I'm really hoping that I can jettison a good few pounds in this time.

However, firstly there is the matter of the works 'annual conference' that I have been invited to join. On Wednesday I'm off to Marrakech until Friday ...

It's a tough job. Obviously.

Good luck everyone for this week.

[KinkyDorito]

WI for me. I've started doing 5:2 along with low carb to try and get some of the health benefits. It's suited me really well this week and I got over my period of staying the same, losing 5lbs in this week alone. It has been tough but astonishing. I certainly think low carb lends itself to fasting as your blood sugar is more stable and hunger is more controllable. I do feel better in myself, but I daren't get too close to people when I talk for fear of knocking them out with ketosis breath. Lots of water!!

This week takes me to 19lbs in 6 weeks. Pleased with that, though about 30lbs still to go.

[Lifeisontheup]

I've lost 1lb this week, Still happy though must drink more water. Think that's where I'm going wrong at the moment.

[JustasmallGless]

Checking in
I'm 2lb down this week so chuffed with that
Tea is shepherds pie with celeriac mash for me and potatoes for DH and leftovers for DC tomorrow.

Keep the faith peeps- can't post much tonight but will check in later

[toomuchicecream]

Help! I've tried to put my weight on the spreadsheet and I think I've just given timidviper a massive massive weight gain. Where am I going wrong? Willie - can you get my 296 to go in my space please?!? (A 296 I'm very pleased with cos it makes 1 stone off, and also it's the wrong time of the month)

[WillieWaggledagger]

OK i think i've sorted the spreadsheet as necessary

holmes you can record whatever you find easiest!

[WillieWaggledagger]

MOSD your menu seems quite varied to me, but i am a weirdo who can eat the same things every day for a week and not get bored!

do you ever have salad, soups? do you have leftovers from the roasts you do? in what way is your dd particular about meat?

i expect you've had a look at the recipe thread - have you tried any of the vegetarian recipes which are often quite cheap and can make a change from meat every now and then?

[WillieWaggledagger]

MsIngaFewmarbles you're not messing it up at all, you're just working out what works for you. 'your mileage may vary' as they say, and remember that regardless of what has happened in previous weeks, you have lost 3lb in the last week.

these do sound like good aims

a. stay away from processed meats
b. make sure I drink all my water every day
c. make sure I am eating enough fat and low carb veg

really, really try and drink the water. simplistically, when your body is breaking down fat, it releases ketones into the blood stream. these are flushed out through weeing. if you don't flush them out, then the concentration of ketones in the blood stream is higher, so your body will stop breaking down the fat.

[Ruprekt]

Have sts this week.

Am not drinking enough water.

Not gained any weight so that is good.

Am still 176lbs....need to get under 170 lbs.

Am thinking of doing ultimate dairy free bootcamp for 3 days. Anyone want to join me?

[Ohfuckohfuckofuck]

I'll do it! I want to break the 190 barrier

[MotherOfSoupDragon]

Willie, dh finds soup isn't filling enough without bread (he is also embracing this woe). Same goes for vegetarian.

Dd doesn't really like any meat, but will eat mince.

I have looked at the recipe thread and picked a couple to try.

We do have salad sometimes, but more at mainly at lunchtime.

[Ruprekt]

Ohfuck.....when shall we start?

[Ruprekt]

I am going to start on Wed with Menu A on ubercamp.

Meat and eggs. Butter. Veg

No cream, cheese, alcohol or fruit.

3 litres water.

[Ohfuckohfuckofuck]

Well I have a bucket of lidl Greek yogurt in the fridge, but it is apparently indestructible.

Shall we say tomorrow if you've not got meals already planned? That way I can have clotted cream and raspberries at the weekend (unless über amp is magical and I want to do it forever!)

Otherwise, when suits you? Lets break these pesky number barriers!

[Ruprekt]

Tomorrow then.....though I do have cream sauce for lunch!

Food tomorrow.

Egg mayonnaise with lettuce

Salmon salad

Cabbage with bacon

[whodunnit]

Hellooooo
glad to report a kilo off this week which is good as I thought I was a nutty twat due to poor lunch planning. And not enough water in the daytime - I am paranoid about keep going to the loo at work.

what is this 3 day uber camp - where are the details? What do people lose on it?

today i ate about 25g of carbs total. does this seem about normal?

well done to us all for loving ourselves enough to lose weight.

[MsIngaFewmarbles]

Ruprekt and ohfuck can I join you please? Also want to get below 190/13st 7lb, I think pshchologically it would help massively.

[MsIngaFewmarbles]

Whodunnit it's on ine if the tabs on the spreadsheet, basically no dairy for 3 days to see if it is holding tou back :)

[BIWIZ]

Morning all! Thank you for all your good wishes. Yesterday went well, although it was exhausting and I felt like I was suffering from information overload by the time I got home!

My first day:

Breakfast - yoghurt with vanilla
Lunch - I was taken out, and only one option for me - beef burger without the bun and salad. I really didn't want to have to start my first day by eating carbs, so I was glad there was something I could eat
Dinner - 2 hard boiled eggs, salad, leeks with a cream and bacon sauce (a bit of a hodge lodge, but the shopping wasn't being delivered until later last night)

Today I'm off up to Leeds for a meeting that is scheduled to take place at lunchtime, so who knows what I will be provided with. Will have a couple of eggs for breakfast so hopefully I'm not too hungry.

Sorry not to be answering your questions but Willie is doing a sterling job!

Will have a bit more time this evening

Hope we all have a good day

[WillieWaggledagger]

fair enough MOSD (i have to admit i don't like soup anyway)

it sounds like you've got about as many permutations of mince as I could think of anyway! i wonder whether adding a few vegetarian dishes e.g. crustless quiches (which could include meat too if you wanted), cheesy gratins etc might help add variety without increasing costs too much?

also including a wider variety of vegetable side dishes to keep things interesting (just add to whatever meat/leftovers you have) - off the top of my head from the recipe thread:

braised cabbage or kale
roasted broccoli with chilli
roasted cauliflower with cumin
leeks wilted in butter with bacon

apologies if you're already doing all these

[Cherrypi]

Lost another 1.25lb this morning. Just worked out only another 2.5lb to go till I'm a normal BMI. Think I'm going to keep going till I'm somewhere in the middle of normal so I can put on a bit of weight but still be in normal. Will my weight loss stop when I reach a healthy weight?

[tenementfunster]

Biwi, glad your first day went well.

can someone help with the issue of gravy in shepherd's pie? do we need to substitute with something else?

2/12 off this week.

[WillieWaggledagger]

cherrypi it's difficult to say because everyone is different

some people find (me included) those last few pounds before the 'ideal weight' are the most difficult to lose and weight loss slows right down, but then of course i want to see a 'round number' on the scales and my body doesn't care one way or the other! so in a sense the body's weight is stabilising itself

other people find they just keep losing until they need to increase their carb levels to the point where their weight remains stable.

well done on your progress - i think you'll just need to hang on and see how your body behaves when you're approaching your ideal weight

[WillieWaggledagger]

tenementfunster - yes, if you have previously included flour/cornflour/gravy granules as a thickening agent you will need to adjust your recipe a bit.

i tend to do the mince in the slow cooker with stock and a little water, and then when ready reduce like the devil on the hob and it does reach the consistency i want, though perhaps a little more jus-like than gravy-like.