Bootcamp Week 11 - Two Thin Ladies!

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Well some of you are, clearly!

And I notice more talk about maintenance, which is evidently a very good sign.

I think the best way for maintenance is to gradually increase your carbs until weight loss either stops or you find that you're putting weight back on.

Don't rush out and fall face first into a plate of pasta, though! Start with fruit and veg (be careful with which fruits and how much), and possibly some legumes - e.g. lentils, or beans - i.e. we're looking to add 'good' carbs into the diet, rather than rush straight into 'accessible' carbs which have an immediate impact on your blood sugars.

Today is Day 1 of Week 1 in my 'let's get that last half stone off' before I go on holiday. (Except that last night's meal, plus a bit of 'eye off the ball' time, means it's more than half a stone now ...)

I've just had an eek moment. Went to put some babycorn in the steamer and happened to glance at the carb count which was 7.1g. This made me check all of the supermarkets and they have massively different counts:

Asda, Ocado & Tesco - 2.7g
M&S - 7.1g
Sainsburys - 17g!!!!!!!!!!

Waitrose has 3 different types, one has no info listed, another says 2.7g and a third says 17g.

I've been eating loads of the stuff thinking it was less than 3g of carbs per hundred. Might go some of the way towards explaining why I've been gaining weight I thought it was just from drinking too much vodka.

I always thought baby sweetcorn was low in carbs as well!

AngieAir - why did people do that to you?! I hate it when people try and sabotage your diet - it's often because they are jealous of your achievement and/or feel bad about their own weight/diet. But you do have to find a way, if you can, to stop them doing it to you. I know it's difficult - and sometimes there isn't a way - but we owe it to ourselves.

FiddledeFat for technical wizardry with the Spreadsheet of Marvellousness!

Weightlossresources also give it as low carb

I think it might be down to there being lots of different varieties used so some of them will be 2.7g and others will be as high as 17g. I'm not sure we can safely assume that the nutritional info on the packet is accurate since supermarkets buy veg from many different sources.

Reading Jin's posts about maintaining has made me realise that I could be doing better as I regularly eat cherry tomatoes in my salads and am drinking a fair few G&t's/glasses of wine over a week. I've also become very fond of green and blacks dark chocolate. I'm still loosing about one pound a week, but I'm going to try to ditch the booze, tomatoes and choc and see what happens this week.

There's a reason they're not allowed in Bootcamp, NMP ...

Hello to all Newbies and welcome.

Shimbo - I too heart porridge. I have it every morning for breakfast, and I am a pound lighter than my usual maintenance weight. All other meals are low carb. I make it with hot water. Not everyone likes this though, I love it. Harcombe says that if you are having a carb meal, you should have it with skimmed milk so as not to make it a fat/carb combo meal.

Re maintenance, Harcombe views this as Phase 3:

the rules for phase 3 are:

don't cheat too much
don't cheat too often
be alert and stay in control

Your natural weight will be the weight you can maintain easily - going above it takes some overeating and going below it happens when you are ill or under stress. Be open minded about your natural weight and for this to be slightly above or below your current thinking on your ideal weight.

AngieAir - I went to a friend's birthday barbecue yesterday. I am known for my love of cake and sweet things so they had an array of chocolate cakey things ready for me. Of course I had some.

The only thing I can think of to do differently is to warn friends and family in advance next time that I won't be eating the cakes. Then all I have to do is resist them.

On the positive side, my friend did comment enthusiastically on how slim I was looking but then went on to say 'but you were fairly huge before.' I'm 5'1" and have lost 2 stone over the past two years and he is someone with extreme views who says exactly what he thinks without any understanding of the meaning of the word 'tact'. He almost got the rest of his birthday cake in his lap!

You won't be wanting my low carb cake recipe then

Nobody should have the low carb cake recipe by the way - I shouldn't have mentioned it

Jins - ......a recipe for low carb cake....?? I could take some with me when I know other people are going to be scoffing cake!

Jins!! You can't do this. Go on. I have all sorts of lowe carb baking bits in my cupboards, please spill the beans. I NEED a treat.

Oh please Jins, my whisk is at the ready! And please don't say eggs + flax = yummy cake.

Hi interesting thing (or at least I think it is). So this week I have regained 7.5llb since fri am. I had gone of piste as it were but hadn't thought that badly. Anyway have been back boot camping today and just done ketostick I am obsessed with them just out of interest and I wa swell into ketosis. I assumed that it would take me three days again given damage will be interested to weigh tomorrow am.

Lunch: packet of chicken and some cheese on m25.

Tea: cold leftover roast lamb and veggies with coleslaw, Greek yog with Blueberries and strawberries

B 2 sausages, 2 bacon, 1 fried egg
L Slice of roast turkey, boiled egg, mayonnaise
D bolognaise sauce, fried leeks and mushrooms
3 coffees with cream
2l water

Today is day one of the first week of 7 before I go on holiday. We have two weeks in Barbados to look forward to, and this is one of the main reasons I was finally galvanised to start losing weight and going to the gym, at the beginning of the year.

The last few weeks have seen me take my eye off the ball somewhat, and I'm a cross with myself that I've been maintaining my weight rather than losing any more. And after last night's Chinese debacle, I'm even crosser that I've put weight back on!

So I am now really focussing my efforts to make sure that I get back on track and shed a few more pounds before we go away.

Today I have had:

B - 2 hard-boiled eggs, mashed with mayo
L - mushroom omelette with chilli
D - savoury mince (mince with leeks and celery), with red cabbage braised with onion and raspberry vinegar
snacks - some cold roast lamb, a celery stick with some peanut butter
drinks - 2 cups of coffee (was supposed to be only one ) and 4 litres of water

B yog plus flax
L tuna salad with coleslaw
D cinnamon chicken mushrooms green beans roast aubergine

I can't remember who mentioned about hairless on the week 10 thread but my hair has tome from needing washing every 36-48 hrs to doing 3+ days :o

HairLOSS

Day 2, and start with the scales back down to 10 stones and 3/4 pounds, which is very pleasing! And so off to the gym ...

Had a couple of glasses of wine the night before last and I think it made me crave carbs all day yesterday. So I am going to try not to have any alcohol for as long as possible.
Thanks for putting me on the spreadsheet FiddleDeFat, great motivation for me
Off to figure out what to have for breakfast with no eggs in the house.

Just as a reminder for myself - today is day 2/47 until my holiday. This, hopefully, will keep me focused, as a reminder that there aren't that many days left to get into shape!

Where are you going to be staying BIWI. I love Barbados but t will be a year or two before we go again I think :(

eggs and flax does not make a yummy cake btw :(