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A space to talk openly about weight loss journeys and challenges. Mumsnet hasn't checked the qualifications of anyone posting here. You may wish to speak to a medical professional before starting any diet.

At last - here it is! BIWI's 2 week Low Carb Bootcamp - starts tomorrow - sign in here

999 replies

BIWI · 15/04/2012 22:36

Lots of you have said you want to do this - now it's time to put your money where your mouth is, so to speak.

Oh, alright, it's free. Grin

The plan is that we have two very strict weeks of low carbing. Which is why, doh, it's called a bootcamp.

There are 'rules of engagement' for the fortnight - but they're different if you're carnivore or a vegetarian. I shall post the rules for us carnivores, and flipflopflap will post the rules for those of you that are vegetarians.

Sign in with your starting weight - in pounds, stones and pounds, kilos or - if you don't want to reveal your weight, with 100 as an index - and what you're wanting to achieve in the two weeks. I know that not everyone is doing this for the purpose of weight loss, so you don't have to do this if you don't want to - but tell us what you want this fortnight to help you achieve.

The Carnivore Rules

1.Eat three, proper meals a day.
You must eat breakfast. It doesn?t have to be a lot, but you must have something. For the rest of the day, if you?re eating enough food and you are in ketosis then you shouldn?t be hungry. But if you are hungry, eat something. (Hard boiled eggs make a great snack)

2.Avoid processed food
Focus on pure, natural protein as the basis for your meals ? meat/fish/eggs. Things like sausages, ham, bacon, pre-prepared burgers etc should be avoided as much as possible. You can have them, but just not every day. Avoid foods marketed as low carb, e.g. Atkins Daybreak bars.

3.Eat lots of fat.

Eating fat helps you to burn fat. Honestly! Fry in butter, add butter to vegetables, eat salad with a home-made vinaigrette dressing (not made with balsamic vinegar though, as this is too sweet), add mayonnaise where you can (just check the carb count on your mayo first). Eat fattier cuts of meat ? e.g. pork belly, roast chicken with the skin on and/or eat the fat off your lamb chops. Absolutely no low fat/light foods of any kind!

4.Make sure you are eating vegetables and salads with your food ?
This is where your carbs should come from, and this is non-negotiable. But choose only those vegetables that are on the allowed list. You don?t have to weigh/count carbs ? this is one of the great joys of this WOE (way of eating), but if you?re new to low carbing it can be helpful to weigh your portions of veg in the early days, just so that you know how many carbs are in the sort of portions that you like to eat

*5.Be careful about dairy (apart from butter, which is unlimited). It can impede weight loss for some people. If you are still drinking tea/coffee with milk or cream, try to restrict yourself to max 2 cups per day. You may eat cheese, but don't overdo it. Full fat yoghurt is the best way to include dairy in your diet - but beware, it does contain carbs. Total Full Fat is the best.

6.You must drink a minimum of 2 litres of water per day.
The more weight you have to lose, the more water you should drink

7.No alcohol
If you really can't do this - at least try and restrict it to the weekend. Vodka with soda is the best thing to drink. Or Champagne, red wine or dry white wine.

8.No fruit
Really. Seriously. Honestly. None at all. Zilch. Nada.

9.No nuts/seeds
Whilst these are really good to snack on later - it can be too easy to start snacking on these - and before you know it, all your carbs have gone on nuts. Seriously - in bootcamp - don't do it to yourself.

10.No sugar or artificial sweeteners

OP posts:
BIWI · 16/04/2012 08:04

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs
Schnarkle - current weight 157lbs
GreenEyesandHam - current weight 9st 12lbs
Fourthousandholes - current weight 100
LoopingLizards - current weight 130 lbs
Custardoguiltybyassociation- current weight 9st 7lb
Bettybathroom - current weight 61.7kg
Onthecouch - current weight 182 lbs
MNP - current weight 15st 12lbs
Pistey - current weight 10st 7
cardoon - current weight 10st 12
Renaldo - 78.5 kgs - eventual goal 65 Kgs but 75 in two weeks would be fab
JaxTeller - 14st 13lbs, eventual goal 12 stone.
WillieWaggledagger - current weight 11st 4lb
Moonmother 10st 8 lbs goal 8st 7lbs
NotMostPeople - 12st 0lbs - 11st 7lbs first goal
noddyholder - 9st 9lbs - wants to be 9
MariaCallous - 9st 10 and want to get to 9st.
MariaCallous' DH is 14st 8 and wants to be 14
SharonGless - 13st 4lbs
BIWI - 10st 6lbs - would like to be in the 9s as soon as possible, please!

OP posts:
BIWI · 16/04/2012 08:06

SharonGless - you will be fine with bacon and eggs - no carbs at all! Eggs of any kind are perfect low carbing food. Bacon is less so, given the processing/ingredients it contains, but it is carb-free.

OP posts:
wohmum · 16/04/2012 08:12

BIWI Mon 16-Apr-12 08:04:53
slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs
Schnarkle - current weight 157lbs
GreenEyesandHam - current weight 9st 12lbs
Fourthousandholes - current weight 100
LoopingLizards - current weight 130 lbs
Custardoguiltybyassociation- current weight 9st 7lb
Bettybathroom - current weight 61.7kg
Onthecouch - current weight 182 lbs
MNP - current weight 15st 12lbs
Pistey - current weight 10st 7
cardoon - current weight 10st 12
Renaldo - 78.5 kgs - eventual goal 65 Kgs but 75 in two weeks would be fab
JaxTeller - 14st 13lbs, eventual goal 12 stone.
WillieWaggledagger - current weight 11st 4lb
Moonmother 10st 8 lbs goal 8st 7lbs
NotMostPeople - 12st 0lbs - 11st 7lbs first goal
noddyholder - 9st 9lbs - wants to be 9
MariaCallous - 9st 10 and want to get to 9st.
MariaCallous' DH is 14st 8 and wants to be 14
SharonGless - 13st 4lbs
BIWI - 10st 6lbs - would like to be in the 9s as soon as possible, please!
Wohmum - 10 st 14, aiming to get to 10 eventually. Would live to lose 6lb these 2 weeks

noddyholder · 16/04/2012 08:17

Thanks biwi.

BIWI · 16/04/2012 08:19

My pleasure, noddy Smile

Off to get my breakfast. 2 boiled eggs this morning.

OP posts:
lemniscate · 16/04/2012 08:20

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs
Schnarkle - current weight 157lbs
GreenEyesandHam - current weight 9st 12lbs
Fourthousandholes - current weight 100
LoopingLizards - current weight 130 lbs
Custardoguiltybyassociation- current weight 9st 7lb
Bettybathroom - current weight 61.7kg
Onthecouch - current weight 182 lbs
MNP - current weight 15st 12lbs
Pistey - current weight 10st 7
cardoon - current weight 10st 12
Renaldo - 78.5 kgs - eventual goal 65 Kgs but 75 in two weeks would be fab
JaxTeller - 14st 13lbs, eventual goal 12 stone.
WillieWaggledagger - current weight 11st 4lb
Moonmother 10st 8 lbs goal 8st 7lbs
NotMostPeople - 12st 0lbs - 11st 7lbs first goal
noddyholder - 9st 9lbs - wants to be 9
MariaCallous - 9st 10 and want to get to 9st.
MariaCallous' DH is 14st 8 and wants to be 14
SharonGless - 13st 4lbs
BIWI - 10st 6lbs - would like to be in the 9s as soon as possible, please!
Wohmum - 10 st 14, aiming to get to 10 eventually. Would live to lose 6lb these 2 weeks
lemniscate - 12st 5 - would like to get to the 11s asap.

FiddleDeFat · 16/04/2012 08:21

Been lurking on the other thread. The time has come to out my weight and commit to this.

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs
Schnarkle - current weight 157lbs
GreenEyesandHam - current weight 9st 12lbs
Fourthousandholes - current weight 100
LoopingLizards - current weight 130 lbs
Custardoguiltybyassociation- current weight 9st 7lb
Bettybathroom - current weight 61.7kg
Onthecouch - current weight 182 lbs
MNP - current weight 15st 12lbs
Pistey - current weight 10st 7
cardoon - current weight 10st 12
Renaldo - 78.5 kgs - eventual goal 65 Kgs but 75 in two weeks would be fab
JaxTeller - 14st 13lbs, eventual goal 12 stone.
WillieWaggledagger - current weight 11st 4lb
Moonmother 10st 8 lbs goal 8st 7lbs
NotMostPeople - 12st 0lbs - 11st 7lbs first goal
noddyholder - 9st 9lbs - wants to be 9
MariaCallous - 9st 10 and want to get to 9st.
MariaCallous' DH is 14st 8 and wants to be 14
SharonGless - 13st 4lbs
BIWI - 10st 6lbs - would like to be in the 9s as soon as possible, please!
Wohmum - 10 st 14, aiming to get to 10 eventually. Would live to lose 6lb these 2 weeks
FiddleDeFat - 15st 2lbs

alienreflux · 16/04/2012 08:22

am i on the right thread?? Hmm didnt do a lo carb shop, as only saw this yest, so am finding the cupboards a challenge already, have a massive bit of lamb neck fillet in the freezer, and loads of beef skirt!! any ideas??!! need to be slow cooked don't they and am clueless as to what to cook them in. any advice is really appreciated!

lemniscate · 16/04/2012 08:22

Morning all - Hope everyone is excited and raring to go! Eating my breakfast here - slice of nice ham :o, 2 fried eggs and a sprinkling of crumbly goats cheese on top. Pint of water and some multivits, and a cuppa. I've tried the cream in tea before and it's disgusting not for me, so I'm restricting myself to 2 cups with normal milk per day and then the rest of my hot drinks are camomile or peppermint.

noddyholder · 16/04/2012 08:29

3 rashers bacon and a black coffee

BIWI · 16/04/2012 08:32

alienreflux - Here's the initial thread

And here are some recipes you might be interested in

OP posts:
lemniscate · 16/04/2012 08:32

Re-adding myself as got lost in cross post :)

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs
Schnarkle - current weight 157lbs
GreenEyesandHam - current weight 9st 12lbs
Fourthousandholes - current weight 100
LoopingLizards - current weight 130 lbs
Custardoguiltybyassociation- current weight 9st 7lb
Bettybathroom - current weight 61.7kg
Onthecouch - current weight 182 lbs
MNP - current weight 15st 12lbs
Pistey - current weight 10st 7
cardoon - current weight 10st 12
Renaldo - 78.5 kgs - eventual goal 65 Kgs but 75 in two weeks would be fab
JaxTeller - 14st 13lbs, eventual goal 12 stone.
WillieWaggledagger - current weight 11st 4lb
Moonmother 10st 8 lbs goal 8st 7lbs
NotMostPeople - 12st 0lbs - 11st 7lbs first goal
noddyholder - 9st 9lbs - wants to be 9
MariaCallous - 9st 10 and want to get to 9st.
MariaCallous' DH is 14st 8 and wants to be 14
SharonGless - 13st 4lbs
BIWI - 10st 6lbs - would like to be in the 9s as soon as possible, please!
Wohmum - 10 st 14, aiming to get to 10 eventually. Would live to lose 6lb these 2 weeks
FiddleDeFat - 15st 2lbs
lemniscate - 12st 5lbs, would like to get into the 11s

alienreflux · 16/04/2012 08:37

having a posh sausage and a pile of broccoli with black pepper and mayo for breakfast!!! kids think i've finally lost it, but its LUSH!!!!!

GreenEyesAndHam · 16/04/2012 08:39

Not a great start for me this morning, managed to force down a boiled egg, then nearly threw it up again in the car Grin

I really do struggle with eating first thing in a morning but I know that eating a breakfast is key to losing?

Do you think it would still work if I ate breakfast at my desk, when i've been up and about a while?

ilovemyteddy · 16/04/2012 08:39

I'm signing in, although I've got this stomach bug that seems to be doing the rounds so I may not start boot-camping until what i eat stays down for more than five minutes I am eating normally again.

I've lost 31.8lb by low-carbing since mid-January so I promise you, it does work. Top tips - drink LOADS of water, and get yourself organised, particularly if you work full-time, like me, and you need to replace the usual sandwich+crisps+bar of choc eaten at your desk Blush

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs
Schnarkle - current weight 157lbs
GreenEyesandHam - current weight 9st 12lbs
Fourthousandholes - current weight 100
LoopingLizards - current weight 130 lbs
Custardoguiltybyassociation- current weight 9st 7lb
Bettybathroom - current weight 61.7kg
Onthecouch - current weight 182 lbs
MNP - current weight 15st 12lbs
Pistey - current weight 10st 7
cardoon - current weight 10st 12
Renaldo - 78.5 kgs - eventual goal 65 Kgs but 75 in two weeks would be fab
JaxTeller - 14st 13lbs, eventual goal 12 stone.
WillieWaggledagger - current weight 11st 4lb
Moonmother 10st 8 lbs goal 8st 7lbs
NotMostPeople - 12st 0lbs - 11st 7lbs first goal
noddyholder - 9st 9lbs - wants to be 9
MariaCallous - 9st 10 and want to get to 9st.
MariaCallous' DH is 14st 8 and wants to be 14
SharonGless - 13st 4lbs
BIWI - 10st 6lbs - would like to be in the 9s as soon as possible, please!
Wohmum - 10 st 14, aiming to get to 10 eventually. Would live to lose 6lb these 2 weeks
FiddleDeFat - 15st 2lbs
ilovemyteddy - started at 224.4lb currently 192.6lb target 147lb (not in two weeks though Grin )

TherapeuticVino · 16/04/2012 08:41

Feeling really good about this - started day 1 with an omelette and a positive attitude!

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs
Schnarkle - current weight 157lbs
GreenEyesandHam - current weight 9st 12lbs
Fourthousandholes - current weight 100
LoopingLizards - current weight 130 lbs
Custardoguiltybyassociation- current weight 9st 7lb
Bettybathroom - current weight 61.7kg
Onthecouch - current weight 182 lbs
MNP - current weight 15st 12lbs
Pistey - current weight 10st 7
cardoon - current weight 10st 12
Renaldo - 78.5 kgs - eventual goal 65 Kgs but 75 in two weeks would be fab
JaxTeller - 14st 13lbs, eventual goal 12 stone.
WillieWaggledagger - current weight 11st 4lb
Moonmother 10st 8 lbs goal 8st 7lbs
NotMostPeople - 12st 0lbs - 11st 7lbs first goal
noddyholder - 9st 9lbs - wants to be 9
MariaCallous - 9st 10 and want to get to 9st.
MariaCallous' DH is 14st 8 and wants to be 14
SharonGless - 13st 4lbs
BIWI - 10st 6lbs - would like to be in the 9s as soon as possible, please!
Wohmum - 10 st 14, aiming to get to 10 eventually. Would live to lose 6lb these 2 weeks
FiddleDeFat - 15st 2lbs
lemniscate - 12st 5lbs, would like to get into the 11s
TherapeuticVino - 12s 1lb, aiming for 10st 7lbs

BIWI · 16/04/2012 08:44

GreenEyes - if it's making you want to throw up, then yes definitely eat later in the morning!

OP posts:
mammya · 16/04/2012 08:48

Hello, I'd like to join the bootcamp too! I lost quite a bit of weight with low-carbing last year but bad habits slowly crept back and so did the weight... That wasn't help by an injury that prevented me from exercising for a few months!

So this morning I started as I mean to go on, with 2 boiled eggs and some black coffee (unsweetened): I can't do without my black coffee I'm afraid! No cheese and no fruit is hard too, but hey, needs must!

I am not going to post my weight, I haven't any specific goal other than losing as much weight as possible! The fit of my clothes will tell...

I wanted to ask: does tinned fish (i.e sardines or mackerel in oil) count as processed and so not allowed, or is it allowed during bootcamp?

Happy LC bootcamping everyone! :)

alienreflux · 16/04/2012 08:48

cheers biwi, you are in fact a star!!

TherapeuticVino · 16/04/2012 08:49

Sorry - cut off ilovemyteddy in x-post - added here.

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs
Schnarkle - current weight 157lbs
GreenEyesandHam - current weight 9st 12lbs
Fourthousandholes - current weight 100
LoopingLizards - current weight 130 lbs
Custardoguiltybyassociation- current weight 9st 7lb
Bettybathroom - current weight 61.7kg
Onthecouch - current weight 182 lbs
MNP - current weight 15st 12lbs
Pistey - current weight 10st 7
cardoon - current weight 10st 12
Renaldo - 78.5 kgs - eventual goal 65 Kgs but 75 in two weeks would be fab
JaxTeller - 14st 13lbs, eventual goal 12 stone.
WillieWaggledagger - current weight 11st 4lb
Moonmother 10st 8 lbs goal 8st 7lbs
NotMostPeople - 12st 0lbs - 11st 7lbs first goal
noddyholder - 9st 9lbs - wants to be 9
MariaCallous - 9st 10 and want to get to 9st.
MariaCallous' DH is 14st 8 and wants to be 14
SharonGless - 13st 4lbs
BIWI - 10st 6lbs - would like to be in the 9s as soon as possible, please!
Wohmum - 10 st 14, aiming to get to 10 eventually. Would live to lose 6lb these 2 weeks
FiddleDeFat - 15st 2lbs
lemniscate - 12st 5lbs, would like to get into the 11s
TherapeuticVino - 12s 1lb, aiming for 10st 7lbs
ilovemyteddy - started at 224.4lb currently 192.6lb target 147lb (not in two weeks though )

noddyholder · 16/04/2012 08:52

Is canned tuna ok?

Thisisformatilda · 16/04/2012 08:57

I've made a yummy omelette for breakfast
Does sound like the right sort of thing I should be eating ?

Mushrooms fried in butter
2 eggs
Ham & cheese

I'm going to get some nice salad and chicken for lunch

RadioSilence · 16/04/2012 08:58

Hello,
I would love to join in too please. Current weight is 10 stone 7 lbs and I am aiming for 9 stone 12.

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs
Schnarkle - current weight 157lbs
GreenEyesandHam - current weight 9st 12lbs
Fourthousandholes - current weight 100
LoopingLizards - current weight 130 lbs
Custardoguiltybyassociation- current weight 9st 7lb
Bettybathroom - current weight 61.7kg
Onthecouch - current weight 182 lbs
MNP - current weight 15st 12lbs
Pistey - current weight 10st 7
cardoon - current weight 10st 12
Renaldo - 78.5 kgs - eventual goal 65 Kgs but 75 in two weeks would be fab
JaxTeller - 14st 13lbs, eventual goal 12 stone.
WillieWaggledagger - current weight 11st 4lb
Moonmother 10st 8 lbs goal 8st 7lbs
NotMostPeople - 12st 0lbs - 11st 7lbs first goal
noddyholder - 9st 9lbs - wants to be 9
MariaCallous - 9st 10 and want to get to 9st.
MariaCallous' DH is 14st 8 and wants to be 14
SharonGless - 13st 4lbs
BIWI - 10st 6lbs - would like to be in the 9s as soon as possible, please!
Wohmum - 10 st 14, aiming to get to 10 eventually. Would live to lose 6lb these 2 weeks
FiddleDeFat - 15st 2lbs
lemniscate - 12st 5lbs, would like to get into the 11s
TherapeuticVino - 12s 1lb, aiming for 10st 7lbs
ilovemyteddy - started at 224.4lb currently 192.6lb target 147lb (not in two weeks though )
Radio Silence - 10st 7 lbs and aiming for 9st 12lbs

Nagoo · 16/04/2012 08:58

Thanks for the links BIWI :)

Catsmamma · 16/04/2012 09:00

slowburner - current weight 12st 4lbs
KeepOrfThemCarbs - current weight 10st 8lbs
Thisisformatilda - current weight 13st 8lbs
Schnarkle - current weight 157lbs
GreenEyesandHam - current weight 9st 12lbs
Fourthousandholes - current weight 100
LoopingLizards - current weight 130 lbs
Custardoguiltybyassociation- current weight 9st 7lb
Bettybathroom - current weight 61.7kg
Onthecouch - current weight 182 lbs
MNP - current weight 15st 12lbs
Pistey - current weight 10st 7
cardoon - current weight 10st 12
Renaldo - 78.5 kgs - eventual goal 65 Kgs but 75 in two weeks would be fab
JaxTeller - 14st 13lbs, eventual goal 12 stone.
WillieWaggledagger - current weight 11st 4lb
Moonmother 10st 8 lbs goal 8st 7lbs
NotMostPeople - 12st 0lbs - 11st 7lbs first goal
noddyholder - 9st 9lbs - wants to be 9
MariaCallous - 9st 10 and want to get to 9st.
MariaCallous' DH is 14st 8 and wants to be 14
SharonGless - 13st 4lbs
BIWI - 10st 6lbs - would like to be in the 9s as soon as possible, please!
Wohmum - 10 st 14, aiming to get to 10 eventually. Would live to lose 6lb these 2 weeks
FiddleDeFat - 15st 2lbs
lemniscate - 12st 5lbs, would like to get into the 11s
TherapeuticVino - 12s 1lb, aiming for 10st 7lbs
ilovemyteddy - started at 224.4lb currently 192.6lb target 147lb (not in two weeks though )
Radio Silence - 10st 7 lbs and aiming for 9st 12lbs
Catsmamma - waist 36 Shock