Come and chat round the Low Carb Bootcamp Fire!

[TeamGBIWI]

Well, week 15 of Bootcamp has just ended. But the support and banter will continue! I, for one, am carrying on for the next couple of weeks until my holiday, in the hope that I can drop another pound or so before I go.

There have been some brilliant losses in the last two weeks, so I'm hoping that you'll all be sticking with it too!

It was weird wasn't it. I wasn't alone though, our low carb poster girl did it as well :)

Considering the struggle I had losing the seven pounds from 8.10 to 8.3 the next seven flew off

Badvoc - double cream is perfect!

Hopefully you will be through the worst of the carb withdrawal by now.

OK, thanks
Wish me luck guys!
I was 8st 12 when I got married 13 years ago...I wonder if thats achievable???....

I'm worried about our holiday, to be honest. Not because I don't want to go (that would be ridiculous!) but because I'm worried about staying on track. Usually holidays are times when I let myself eat what I want, but I've worked so hard to get this far (with still some way to go) that I really don't want to get into self-sabotage.

I wasa 8 stone 11 on my wedding day, Badvoc - nearly 22 years ago now. I don't dare dream I'll get there - 9 stone seems like a lifetime away at the moment.

I know what you mean BIWI...I am already worrying about my b day which is weeks away as I dont want to derail myself...but I want a slice of b day cake too :(

I was the heavyweight then on my wedding day 19 years ago at 8 stone 13

It IS achievable. My wedding dress is now far too big

Stick with it

You can allow yourself that, Badvoc!

Barbados is OK BIWI. All that fish and barbecued chicken:) I saw Plantain more than potato as well and whilst it's still carby it's much lower GI and didn't spark any issues for me.

I did OK when I was there and I went seriously off piste in an AI hotel.

vnmum lasagne with leeks sounds yummy!

BIWI I'm sure you will be fine

My target weight is 8st which feels a long way off at the moment, though feel much more motivated today for some reason! My DMIL just showed me a picture that was taken over 2yrs ago and all I can say is OMG she was trying to show me how well I had done, bless her

I was 8st 7lbs on my wedding day 12 years ago! Jins I will hunt those sausages down in tesco x

jins my target at the moment is 9 but having seen your great pics I'm thinking more like 8! Ahh, who knows I'm just going to keep going and see what looks and feels right.

B. two hard boiled eggs, coffee with cream.

S. two Babybels, celery sticks.

D. Bolognese with buttery leeks and Parmesan.

2.5l of water so far.

That lasagne that was mentioned using cheese instead of pasta (obviously) what about the white sauce part? Or is that not necessary using cheese layers?

I'm still bouncing like Tigger after my 9 this morning!

Badvoc - I know I keep recommending books to you, but there's another one that is very good in terms of the emotional/psychological side of eating/dieting, and that's The Idiot Proof Diet, by India Knight/Neris Thomas. Their view of cheating (which is forbidden in their phase one altogether! If you cheat at all you have to do the whole 14 days again!) is to plan your cheat but indulge it in a moderate way. And then have as few carbs as possible for twenty-four hours from the next meal onwards.

Singing, if you hit a target of 9 and make sure you keep to it then anything else is a bonus. It can be done!!!

WRT to lasagne with emmenthal I make a 'white sauce' by thinning philedelphia a little and adding grated cheddar. You only need a bit. The emmenthal stays quite firm and pasta like

Well, I don't look like Jessica Ennis yet, despite spending half the day on the sofa - funny that

Breakfast - protein shake, small handful of salted almonds
Lunch - out with ds and my parents: chicken, bacon and hardboiled egg salad - swapped my croutons for ds's uneaten lettuce! Two large glasses of fizzy water, no pudding!
Dinner - hmmm, have been a bit unorganised today, will probably be an omelette.

Have just had a small snackette of raw milk goat's cheese. It was... interesting! Very strong, very flavourful. It was 1.5g of carbs per 100g which is high for cheese, no? I could only manage a small piece though!

Evening all,

Interesting chat about goal weights and what is achievable. I think it's indicative of the low cal, high carb diet failure that many people assume they won't get to a weight that is as low as they've been before. I would be willing to settle for 70kg, but actually, I'd still be quite porky, and should really aim for about 65kg.

I know with me there is an enormous amount of psychology behind what i can achieve, and it's tied in with me being a 'big girl' all my life. Even when a healthy weight, I'm relatively tall and big boobed. Losing loads would challenge that identity, and I find that quite scary. Much of me is about laughing about how much I eat/cake/biscuits/how much I put on when pregnant, etc. I can't imagine being slim. Properly slim.

This is the first time I've challenged that mentality, because I think I can do this.

Anyhow. That's my musings tonight. IN other news, I put Butter on my dd's veg tonight and she wolfed it. Low fat is so engrained I had never done that for her before. Also, did my meal planning and realised that I usually decided carb, then work around that. It was exciting to decide protein and then work from there! (quite sad, I know!).

Finally, it's curry night, and so I had a chicken jalfrezi from Sainsburys, just the chicken, left most of the sauce, and piled it on lettuce leaves with a dollop of total. So so so delicious! I estimate 10g of carbs, which isn't bad for a treat?

Have fabulous weekends, all. Onwards and downwards!

I have found the best sausages to be Jimmy's - from memory they are 0.1gbper 100g? Can that be right?

Biwi I know what you mean about being worried about holiday. I am too. If I come back and I am 9 6 or higher I will be gutted. I don't think I'll go completely mad but I know there will be alcohol every day which will derail me on its own I'm sure. But my reasoning is I have lost the 4 pounds I wanted to in less than 2 weeks, so I'll just do it again when I get back. I'm not going to be superstrict, I'm going to eat healthily but will be restricted by the local shops and convenience.

Tea is going to be another packet of those chicken breasts wrapped in cheese with bacon from tescos with another big salad and mayo. Have had two baby bels as snack, and am drinking a vodka and slimline. Love Friday nights me.

Bloss

These Team GB women are amazing role models for my girls - Smart, strong and successful ... Sorry Germaine Greer moment over, never again, promise.

Just been out to Pizza Express with the kids. Checked the menu on the website before hand and saw that there were a few salads. Had the Pollo and Pancetta salad, gave the dough sticks that came with it to the children. Have to say that it was a tad disappointing, fairly bland, I make a pretty mean vinaigrette at home so I guess this was pretty average. I do so hate going out and having something that you know you could make so much better at home! Anyway the kids had a lovely meal and DS (who is also LCarbing) and I just felt self-righteous!

Oh my stomach is just like Jessica's, tea

(At least it is in my imagination/underneath the roll of blubber)

Oops that should have said DH, sons are 5&6 so they don't need to worry about LC!

fufulina - my ds is exactly the same with veg, turns his nose up until it's got a big blob of butter on it now! But no harm in that, he's small, skinny and brimming with energy, so I figure fat is still fine even though his diet is higher in carbs than mine.

Tip toe: I always have the salad if I am forced to go to PE but always order olives and almonds too to make up for its blandness....and wine

That's another question I had, about kids and low carbing. If I subscribe totally to this way of eating, and that carbs actually trigger hunger and gaining weight, should I restrict carbs for small ones?

fufulina - I don't restrict carbs for ds in the same way as I do for myself. He still has bread, pasta, rice etc a few times a week. However... we have definitely made some changes, carb-wise. Fruit is low-carb (though he does take apples into school), yoghurt is Total (with honey for him), snacks are nuts, cheese etc rather than biscuits or crisps. He'll eat the same meals as me most of the time too. He gets wholemeal wraps rather than white-bread bagels, etc. I've never bought fizzy drinks and we no longer have fruit juice so he drinks water or milk.

Of course, when he's out and about, with grandparents, at friend's houses or whatever he can eat whatever he likes! And sweets, biscuits, cakes, pizza, McDonalds etc aren't banned, they're just restricted.

This is a healthy WOE for all ages I think. But ds, being 9, very active and skinny as a rake gets a bit more leeway than I do

Looking good Jins! I can only dream of single figures at the moment, never mind overshooting my target! Singing chuffed for you seeing your precious '9' :)

I'm off on holiday tomorrow and am absolutely thrilled to say that, after stalling, I have lost 5lb this week and have now lost just over a stone - well chuffed!