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New Year Low Carb Bootcamp starts on 13 January!

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BIWI · 26/12/2013 22:42

Hope you all had a lovely Christmas!

This is just to let you know that the next low carb Bootcamp will be starting on Monday 13 January. As before, it will last for 10 weeks, with the first two weeks being the strictest.

If you want to join us, please sign in below by adding your name, then cutting and pasting it into a new post:

BIWI

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Ruprekt · 26/12/2013 23:52

I love low carbing and am going to be a role model for all of you.

((New mantra))

......panics......GrinGrin

Bimblepops · 26/12/2013 23:54

Oh god, sorry Athelstane!

I wasn't telling you to try again, I was telling me to try again, sorry!

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BIWI · 26/12/2013 23:55

Pseudo - you should be fine, as long as you are getting your carbs from veg and salad, and you aren't depriving yourself of food. And you will be able to ask any question that you want to! I usually start a separate thread for questions, just because the main chat thread can move so quickly. But ask anything you want - and if you don't get an answer, just send me a PM

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Tistheseasontobedramatic · 26/12/2013 23:56

Can I join please?Smile
Tistheseasontobedramatic

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BIWI · 26/12/2013 23:58

Of course!

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BIWI · 26/12/2013 23:59

So you all know, once we have all your names, the lovely WilleWaggleDagger will set up the new spreadsheet, and you can all enter your starting weight, in the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness.

If you don't want to admit to your actual weight, you start with 100. And then for every pound you lose, you drop one point.

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PseudoSanta · 27/12/2013 00:05

Thanks BIWI, when you say veg and salad does that mean I do the full bootcamp or do I add extra veggies in?

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BIWI · 27/12/2013 00:08

Do the full Bootcamp, but just make sure that you are getting all/most of your carbs from vegetables and salad - i.e. the rest of your diet is unprocessed protein (meat/fish). Please don't worry about calories, and make sure that you're eating plenty of fat.

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BIWI · 27/12/2013 00:09

You may want to consider starting with Bootcamp Light, rather than full on Bootcamp, i.e. you can allow yourself nuts/seeds and some berries.

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timidviper · 27/12/2013 00:11

Count me in again!

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Scarletohello · 27/12/2013 00:16

Ha so does this mean I HAVE TO eat all my Xmas choccies before it starts then? In preparation and so I won't be tempted not cos I like it or anything

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BIWI · 27/12/2013 00:17

Oh yes! Get rid of it all!

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ChubbyLittleLoser · 27/12/2013 00:20

Right! I will do this! Even if it does mean I have to buy some scales and face up to the blob that I have become...

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Lovecat · 27/12/2013 00:21

Well, after nearly 9 years of putting off low-carbing, despite me knowing it works really well for me (damn those lovely potatoes!), I need to get back on the wagon. I am rubbish at keeping up with these things, but this has to be done, I'm as large as I was just after I had DD... so please get that big stick out, BIWI!

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Lovecat · 27/12/2013 00:22

Aargh, xpost!

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PseudoSanta · 27/12/2013 00:24

Thanks, I'm going to namechange before then so will post my new name once I've decided :)

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BIWI · 27/12/2013 00:27

Lovecat! You are very welcome. xx

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AthelstaneTheUnready · 27/12/2013 00:32

It's alright, Bimble, I didn't think you were being that peremptory! We just x-posted - have some Wine while I can still offer it.

NotTwit · 27/12/2013 00:48

Have just figured out why I feel so shoite. I Can't do wheat/ gluten either, but have been ok when pg and BF. babyTwit has cut down a lot the last few months and its slowly coming back.
I can't believe how dim I am. Shock Blush

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BIWI · 27/12/2013 08:43

You aren't dim!

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StuntNun · 27/12/2013 08:59

Count me in again. I reached my goal of 133 lb the week after the last Bootcamp finished so now I need to figure out whether to try and lose a bit more or to maintain.

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QuincyMincemeat · 27/12/2013 09:01

Me please. Am total fat bastard again after losing 2 stone on lc. Help me bee wee.

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StuntNun · 27/12/2013 09:04

PseudoSanta I started low carbing when my LO was seven months and still mainly breastfed so I started straight on to Bootcamp Light. I also took a supplement (Pregnacare Breastfeeding) as I had concerns that my nutritional status might suffer due to the demands of breastfeeding - he was feeding frequently at that point. The biggest problem I had was the carb flu hit me hard and I think that's because between dinner and breakfast I might have breastfed my LO three times so I recommend keeping a low carb snack such as some nuts on your bedside table for the first week and eating them before you even get out of bed.

NotTwit · 27/12/2013 09:10

Re the bfing I first did bootcamp when I was still pretty much ebf babyTwit. I was also taking the supplements and got really bad carb flu, but it didn't seem to affect my supply or quality, although he was about 6/7 months old so starting solids.

Methe · 27/12/2013 09:11

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