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Throwing new fuel on the Bootcamp Camp Fire

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BIWI · 07/09/2012 21:14

Here is the new, shiny thread. Only three weeks or so to go until we swing into really strict mode!

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teaandthorazine · 15/09/2012 15:20

Plus dont forget this WOE works best if you're taking good quantities of fat - your daily menu looks like it could do with bring a bit heavier on the fat content?

AuntieMaggie · 15/09/2012 15:56

Olivia I often cook bacon eggs sausages the night before and blast them in the microwave at work.

I'm still lurking and trying to stick to woe but work is providing plenty of challenges...

Back on the wagon today though :)

EwanHoozami · 15/09/2012 16:19

Shock I've lost six pounds in just over a week Shock

I'm 11st 10lb Grin

I think I'm pretty much doing Bootcamp Proper already (the looming Very Glam Event is scaring me away from the norty stuff)

dolly I did a cream of chicken soup last night with some left-over roast chicken and it was a winner.

hazchem · 15/09/2012 16:26

dolly I had a rubbish weigh in this week and while I sort of new it I think I hadn't realised that I'd really been having a lot of carbs. So for the next 2 weeks I'm using MFP to help me track my carb intake. I wont do it long terms because it will drive me crazy but it's been great to really look at the carb content of my food to get a better idea of what I'm eating. Might something like that help?

Today has been excellent!
B: fried egg with a flaxseed pancake ( I think I have almost perfected this)
My first ever 5km run. My pace was slow very slow but I ran the whole way.
L: scrambled eggs and feta
Snacks coffee with cream and a couple of babybels.

We are going out to dinner tonight to a friends house. They know I'm LCing so hopefully should be ok but I'll probably have a wine or two :)

vnmum · 15/09/2012 16:31

welcome dolly

Looking at your food, I would say:
No berries, and go easy on the yog or cut it completely for the first 2 weeks.
Add double cream to your scrambled eggs to increase your fat and cook them in butter.
Definately cut down the peppers.
Cut out the nuts for first 2 weeks or cut them down alot, they can get very carby very quickly because they are so easy to over eat.
Make sure you are adding plenty of butter etc to your veg
Drink more water and watch the milk in tea. I find that coconut milk in the fridge section with all the other milk substitutes is ok. I know use that instead of cows milk.
Watch the booze intake.

Ideally you need to be quite strict for the first 2 weeks to get your blood sugar under control then you can start adding things like nuts and berries occasionally.

The ratio of macronutrients should be fat:protein:carb

HTH

vnmum · 15/09/2012 16:37

Breakfast today was Cream cheese pancakes with mushrooms in cream and boursin. Those pancakes are delish and went down really well with the DC too.

Lunch Tin of tuna with mayo

Tea is a BBQ. We have salad, steak, LC sausages, chicken and ribs. yummy.

I have discovered Olives today. They have not been something I had wanted to try pre LC but there was a tub in the reduced bit at tescos. Olives in lemon and garlic so bought it to try and to see if DC liked them for their lunch box. They are really nice. I am surprised. DS unfortunately didn't like them.

Well done ewan that is fab.

hazchem well done on the run. It is such a breakthrough to be able to run the whole way isn't it. I am slow too and can't seem to improve my speed on my own so am going to concentrate on increasing the distance abit.

PeoniesPlease · 15/09/2012 19:46

Hi, I hope I can join in! I've been doing this for just over a fortnight and I've lost 12lb already! Very pleased, although I do have a lot to lose, so I still feel a bit like I'm getting started.

I did Atkins induction, and I'm just now going to start the Primal Blueprint for a few weeks, to mix things up a bit. I think I'll flit between hardcore inductioning, and slightly less hardcore primalling, so would like to join in when bootcamp starts.

OrangeEyesDoMoreThanSee - your friend might find this website helpful. The interviews in the videos are with a reproductive specialist who has truly amazing results advocating a low carb diet, and he says it is totally safe to continue during pregnancy. Dr Eenfeldt's wife also ate LCHF while she was pregnant.

BIWI · 15/09/2012 19:57

Wow! Great weight loss, Peonies! You are very welcome to join us.

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OrangeEyesDoMoreThanSee · 15/09/2012 20:01

thank you peonies have sent it her way

MsRinky · 15/09/2012 20:07

I just made spiced paneer and herb fritters for dinner, they were lovely.

dollyxdaydreamer · 15/09/2012 20:15

Thanks for all the good suggestions.

The general consensus is I need to up my fat a bit. Makes me slightly uncomfortable but I will do it. scared.

Do you think the broccoli and stilton soup would work with cheddar tea? I'm not too fussed about blue cheese.

Ewan could you post your cream of chicken soup recipe? It sounds Yum.

Think I'll try MFP and check out my carb intake hazcham, what sort of level should I be looking to stick to? Similarly, vnmum, what sort of fat:protein:carb ratio should I be aiming for? Are we talking % of calories from each here? Confused Will also check out the coconut milk - didn't realise you could get it fresh?

I'm feeling a bit more optimistic about this WOE after the suggestions I've had today. I need to keep focussed on why I'm doing this. Maybe I should write my reasons down.

Right, off to top up my wine water

BIWI · 15/09/2012 20:23

dolly - how tall are you and how much do you weigh?

We certainly don't count calories when we're low carbing - or at least not until we get closer to our target weight. And you need to make sure that you are eating plenty of fat. I know it seems counter intuitive, given everything we've been told over the last 30 years!

Anyway, just to have a look at what you've been eating:

B: 2 or 3 scrambled eggs with spinach or half a punnet of raspberries (85g?) with about 125g greek yoghurt

the raspberries and the yoghurt will be pretty carby - stick to the eggs, or eat the yoghurt without the raspberries

L: is a big salad - salad leaves, half a red or yellow pepper, hunk of cucumber, then either some chicken and guacamole and feta cheese, or some tuna Mayo and a bit of cheddar cheese, or a couple of boiled eggs with Mayo and a hunk of cheese...

This looks fine - but are you putting a dressing on it? And not using balsamic vinegar!

D: last night was Thai prawn curry (coconut milk, prawns, broccoli, peppers) and cauliflower rice; night before was 2 LC sausages, broccoli, cauliflower and cabbage with a bit of gravy; Thursday was leftover chicken madras which did have chickpeas in it but I had it on it's own.

Again, fine - but avoid the chickpeas

Snacks: two large handful of walnuts/pecans/macadamias/almonds and 2 squares of 85% choc.

Not great - this also adds a lot of carbs very quickly - you should try and get out of the habit of snacking really

Drinks: not enough water, too much tea with milk, large glass of dry White or red.

Well you know what I'm going to say here ... Grin

Seriously, if you want to get the weight shifting, you really do need to get the carb levels down - and I suspect that if you added yours up, you will be eating quite a lot of carbs.

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fufulina · 15/09/2012 20:44

Dolly, raw mushrooms in a salad are delicious, and v meaty. Who knew! And I add spring onions as well for added shizzle.

Thegoddessblossom · 16/09/2012 08:29

Managed hangover day food rather well I think all thinks considered. After my huge fish and vegetable lunch I had pork scratchings as a snack and had a mixed grill at the pub. Asked them to not put the pineapple, chips, onion rings and peas on the plate and instead had extra mushrooms and a second fried egg. Drank slimline tonic. Feel like a new person this morning. Grin

SharonGless · 16/09/2012 08:32

Well done bloss, I however am frying up the bacon as we speak after last nights red wine excess!

hazchem · 16/09/2012 09:14

Dolly- The levels thing is tricky. I understand that atkins induction is about 20 g a day and I think if you were doing BWI bootcamp then that is about the level you would be aiming for. Briffa says anything from 50-a whopping 150 g would still be low carb. Looking at my own food intake I think I need to probably aim for 20-30 on a normal day and say under 50 on a special day (yesterday I went out to dinner so had 51gish)
My plan with MFP is to use it for these first couple of weeks to give me a better idea of what I'm eating then back off. As I don;t want to spend the rest of my life recording everything I eat

Thegoddessblossom · 16/09/2012 09:33

Muchos sympathy Sharon. Isn't that online bargain thread for Christmas marvellous? Saw you on there....i've got loads of stuff. Grin

3 fried eggs for breakfast, did try to have it with Boursin but left most of it, have come to the conclusion Boursin is only ok if it's on those lovely Swedish crunchy crackers, and to my deep regret these are no longer in my life.... Sad

Thegoddessblossom · 16/09/2012 09:35

I thought we had an issue with Mfp because it accurately logged calories but the carb counts were a bit arbitrary?

MrsHerculePoirot · 16/09/2012 09:48

Glad you're feeling better bloss - I think with MFP you have to be wary of who has put that info up as often it is another user so sometimes w just double check. I

SharonGless · 16/09/2012 10:01

The bacon egg and mushrooms have hit the spot along with the two pints of water!
Bloss - loving the Christmas threads. I have nearly finished Dc although i inevitably I have to buy presents for grandparents to give them too Hmm just the adults to buy for now and have got DH a couple of bits

It's homework time for DS and revision for me. I need some fresh air this afternoon.

sybilfaulty · 16/09/2012 10:48

Morning

Swam a mile and a half this morning, just de nitted the children and about to go to Tesco for the shopping. Such glamour! All this on a babybel, 2 pints water and a cup of coffee. I'm not hungry (though I am a little hungover, sympathies Sharon) and I feel very light.

It's my birthday tomorrow and I feel in better nick at 43 than since I was a teenager. Probably before that. Huge Thanks to BIWI for getting me started and to everyone for the inspiration, advice and chat. Wine for everyone (maybe not at 10.45 though).

Have a great day.

sybilfaulty · 16/09/2012 10:49

Can you point me in the direction of the Christmas threads please? Love a bargain.

BTW, how many of us are virgo here? ABout half? It's all the Christmas party babies growing up!

hazchem · 16/09/2012 10:53

Thegoddess I have found you have to look closely at MFP for the carbs. I think the issue is It's user generated so the quality of the data is hit and miss. Things like if you select one entry for red wine a glass gives you 50 g but if you select another it give you 1g. (this is a completely made up example)

Happy to use a better one if one exists. Is there? Anyone? Maybe I should make one. Is that how I finally get rich?

hazchem · 16/09/2012 10:55

Sybil Happy birthday for tomorrow. If you fill it with something sparkling I think a glass or two is fine at 10 am (not while bootcamping Wink )

SharonGless · 16/09/2012 11:02

Sybilfaulty - bargains galore
Keep checking in though as some have gone already