Bootcamp Campfire Interim thread!

[MrsHerculePoirot]

We could keep chatting here until someone starts a new proper thread...

Tell me no cocktail! Haven:t had alcohol for a month but trying to resist a cocktail with my syeak"

*steak

I await the little darlings to go back to school tomorrow and life to return to normal and then I am back on bootcamp!

Is there a new thread for September/October? if so, could someone link me to it/

tosses marshmallows for smores.

No new thread yet, Jax - this is it!

AuntieMaggie STEP AWAY FROM THE COCKTAIL! < practicing for Bootcamp>

Maggie, step away from the cocktails
Have a nice glass of vodka and slimline tonic or similar

Jax you found us! This is the thread and from 1st October we are having LBD Bootcamp so will be a new thread on here.

I have some great news to share. I went to the corner shop hungry after work to buy bread for DD and DH and all my favourite bags of chocolates were on offer for a £1 and I bought nothing at all

And DH has only just served up dinner. How bloody fantastic is that? My reasoning was that I want to be 10.10 by the 30th November and be maintaining by Christmas and won't manage that unless I really do stop the secret eating. No point in me being good all day to stuff it up in the evenings! I am back to taking it day by day as the carb cravings seem to be lingering. Any advice?

Stupid phone, I meant to add some personals.

maggie step.away.from.the.cocktails, they are NOT your friend! Think of the little black dress!!!

Sharon I have recently ha the exact same issue with scales, turns out mine were running out of battery and so weren't working properly, I gained four lbs in five minutes which was when I knew something was wrong!

Blimey - 4lbs in 5 minutes is serious!

Thankyou. I had the best steak prawns and salad at Miller and Carter in B'ham... they were more than happy to give me salad instead of chips but tbh it comes with a big wedge of lettuce covered in a dressing of your choice. I couldn't finish it all and I only had an 8oz steak! Pre woe I would've polished that off and more no problem!

Hmm think dinner might have been a bit carby...low carb sausages, but cooked as a casserole with 2 Tins of tomatoes, a green and a red pepper and an onion.

Ruddy lovely though.

Had some delicious ribeye steak with prawns, mushrooms in cream and boursin sauce and salad for tea. It was lush. I think the mushrooms are now DH's new fave. Breakfast was a piece of crustless quiche and lunch was 3 slices of naice ham followed by strawbs and cream.
DD starts school tomorrow, mornings only but i will be making the most of it and hitting the gym.

Today:

no breakfast - not hungry
mid-morning - 2 hardboiled eggs mashed with mayo
afternoon - yoghurt
snack - hardboiled egg mashed with butter, bit of cheese
dinner - roast chicken, cabbage with butter, roasted cauliflower in olive oil with cumin and chilli

3 litres of water and 2 cups of coffee

I have had another belly pork disaster!

As some of you know I cooked it without barbecue sauce for the first time earlier this week and it came out dry and hard. Well I always buy my belly pork at Costco but have to travel 40 miles to the nearest one so only go for a big shop and I saw some in Lidl yesterday, looked nice and very cheap.

I have cooked it tonight, according to the advice you all kindly gave me, and it has shrunk in the oven like a crisp packet would! Tomorrow night's tea has just become a mini snack-ette, it is less than half the size it went in - now I know why it was cheap!

Will have to go and rummage in the freezer now.

Was it one big piece? And what temperature did you put it in the oven at?

No, it was belly pork slices. I sprinkled them with seasoning and fennel seeds, covered them in foil and roasted at 140 for 1 1/2 hours like halfthesize suggested after I incinerated the last lot. I even did them 10 degrees lower than suggested as I have a fan oven which is a bit hot. I am stunned at how much they have shrunk though, they are honestly less than half the size they started out.

This is going to become a challenge I think. How many disasters before I get something edible? The positive is that these are not quite as rock hard as the last lot!

I grill my belly pork strips. It can get a bit smokey as the fat burns on the grill but it makes the fat on the pork lovely and crispy without drying the meat bit out

I don't trust myself with the grill! I have a new kitchen and don't want to chance setting anything on fire! I thought that doing them in the oven would make them lovely and succulent but obviously not!

It's much better to buy it and roast it in a whole piece - stays beautifully succulent. 1.5 hours was probably a very long time for individual strips.

I will try that next time! A whole piece it is next!

I've just got the John Briffa book so am reading that to try and catch up with you all a bit in understanding what we're doing and why. Interesting stuff.

I use pork belly strips in a casserole or as marinated kebabs. I wouldn't roast them but have cooked then whole wutha cream and mushroom sauce in an oven.

I'm not telling what I had to eat today, but it was my birthday so that was OK! This time next year I'll be a right skinny Minnie....

Happy birthday, MrsHP! Did you do something special?

Happy birthday Mrs HP, hope you were thoroughly spoiled and enjoyed your treats!

No I played netball then had some drinks afterwards with my team! Tomorrow I have a fun packed day though as no work - involving many activities inc. the London Eye - DD (2.9) is very excited!

Which team do you play for, MrsHP?