The Ongoing Low Carb Bootcamp - Final Festive Fortnight

[BIWIshYouAMerryChristmas]

No spreadsheet to link to this week, as the LBD challenge is now over!

I don't know about anyone else, but I have definitely not had the greatest of weeks, and I'm keeping on keeping on until we get to Christmas.

Not quite sure yet what my own Christmas strategy is going to be, but I also guess it depends on where I've got to with my weight by then. I know that, having achieved my first major target of losing 2 stones, I still have more to go. So my next really major, very psychological target, will be to reach 9 stone. Something I have been trying (and failing) to do for the last 10 years! But now it seems so much more achieveable, especially with all you lot giving such brilliant support.

This week for me starts with a super strict day today. I'm out to dinner tomorrow, with a groups of ex colleagues, and venue is not yet chosen, but is likely to be a Chinese, which always brings its own problems. not to mention the wine

I'm also out to lunch on Friday, so it looks like Wednesday and Thursday will also have to be super strict!

I will tell you another good thing about this ketosis malarkey. It allows you to get up at the crack of dawn, quickly eat some Greek yog, get to the shops before they open, shop all day with just a coffee and some dark choc for energy and then get home and have some lovely broccoli and Stilton soup to warm you up.

BIWI, will there be a NY bootcamp? After quite a while trying to do calorie counting, I've admitted defeat. The only diet that has ever worked is the Atkins, on which I lost 3 stone. I now need to lose around 1.5 stones, and have gone vegetarian. The best part about low carbing was that I was never starving an hour after I had a meal, which I am now.

Morning all! Body clock completely out of kilter. I had some chocolate at work last night and boy did I suffer for it. Not been off the loo since
Just had ham rolled up with philly cheese for brekkie

Now ladies of Bootcamp help is needed please.

DH has come back from MIL and we are providing dessert for Xmas Day as well as the cheeseboard.

I will buy a Xmas pudding for those who eat it.
What would be a really yummy low carb pudding? Was thinking something chocolately but I would need to be able to take it with me and not faff round putting it together in MIL kitchen iyswim

Sorelip, we are regrouping on 7 Jan for Bootcamp. Come and join us.

Wine, that choc pot recipe BIWI posted on the recipe thread is delicious. You could prepare it at home then just transport it.

Wine if you wanted something non-choc then both the vodka and lemon sorbet and strawberry cheesecake from the Rose Elliot veggo book are luvverly. Cheesecake being the more transportable option I suppose.

If either appeals, shout and I'll post the recipe.

[Shuffles in]

Having been a hero and masked the hangover of the year fairly successfully by taking boys to a Christmas party all afternoon, I am now slumped in pyjamas. Vodka. What was I thinking, I can't drink it. Can't wait for tomorrow when I will hopefully feel better. Shudder at the thought of feeling like this on Christmas day, it would be ruined.

Am also having a mild panic attack that I haven't bought the boys enough Christmas presents. It's all under the tree and when it was upstairs it looked like loads, but now not so much....

Had an amazing fry up for breakfast and have had some yoghurt and a pkt of pork scratchings so far, not sure what to have for tea....

dosh it will be loads and they will love it. Ignore the last minute jitters!

DH got a slow cooker for his birthday last weekend. We LOVE it! We had planned on a take away indian tonight, but decided instead to make our own curry in slow cooker -was delish! We did have it with a small bit of naan bread and samosa and onion bhaji from supermarket, but I reckon a better choice than what rubbish we'd have got from a take away. I will post the recipe in recipe section when I get a chance but was really nice.

Hope you are all having a lovely weekend - just relaxing with Strictly!

Hi if anyone is around.... i feel tempted to eat the wrong stuff. had a stressful day with dd, she was overtired as we both got a rubbish sleep last night. she's asleep now after tantrums, im tired... and please someone tell me some reasons why i will feel rubbish if i eat rubbish...

Jangle you've been doing so well

What rubbish are you planning on eating?

It will give you stomach cramps, carb hangover and you will be cross with yourself tomorrow

Have you got any low carb treats instead, even Christmas ones? You can always replace them tomorrow
Sending big hugs- you are doing so well especially with everything exh is throwing at you

I'm here. You will feel rubbish as it won't make you feel any better, you'll then be annoyed with what was annoying you before and annoyed with yourself. If you are like me, you'll then eat even mo for being annoyed with yourself and then by bedtime feel overfill and sick and wish more than anything else you hadn't done it.

Try to remember the times you haven't eaten rubbish in this situation and how virtuous and happy you felt the next morning when you woke up for being strong.

Stay strong Jangle, you can do it. Xxxx. Big hugs instead xxxx

Waves to mrs Hp- just watched strictly too. Who do you want to win?

I don't know! Am a bit behind so just watched Kimberley do her first dance... I am torn! What about you?

Oi Jangle watch Strictly nd chat with us instead, we're much better that rubbish food

WISHyOUAMERRYCHRISTMAS I'm going to my Bro in law house for family party I know he thinks I'm fat he is such a dick sometimes. Just want to feel good and a few pounds off would help a lot!

I am wavering towards Kimberley overall but loved Louis and Flavias show dance

Jangle come and chat lovey.

Sweetie- he sounds like a right charmer

hi thank you - the temptation has passed now - even writing that i was feeling like it and kind of being accountable really helped. i have been watching strictly and am tidying up dds mess instead. she keeps waking up to be re - settled so its hard to chat... i hope tonight isn't a repeat of last night (in my bed by 11, wriggle and continual waking all night!)

i have had dark choc and coffee with cream so i do feel ive had a treat, and ive ate well today - im not even hungry its purely emotional!! but i feel a lot better now.

i loved denise's show dance, thought it was amazing! those lifts were fab, and i LOVED Kim's energy and her pink dress was gorgeous on her. oh it will be a tough one.

sweetie... thats awful about your BIL, he doesn't sound too nice. i hope you go and have a fab time and feel confident and good about yourself

yes, thats exactly what i would do, eat cos im annoyed and then it makes it worse. well its not happening tonight! going to be good to myself and look after myself so that when i have to be up half the night, and when i wake tomorrow morning ill not feel even more rubbish!! thanks for the support :)

Hi all, I have spent the day baking and getting stuff ready as we are visiting my mum tomorrow and delivering family presents. Also because DD decided to make Xmas treats for older relatives as gifts and, having got me to buy the ingredients when shopping, has gone out and not finished anything

I had a bad day yesterday so, having read a bit about intermittent fasting and the benefits of 18 hours without food, set myself a target of fasting until 2pm today so feel a bit more in control now even though my eating is still shit

Viper well done, one day at a time. I don't know why I'm sitting here doling out my tuppence worth! I am being rubbish!!!

Sweetie, you only want to lose 4/5lb? Your BIL sounds pretty unpleasant tbh. Ignore him.

Viper and MrsHP, think BIWI will be aimlessly waving the Big Stick in your direction. WHAT are you eating?!

Well, tonight after much nagging by DH, I cooked him his much drooled after/longed for potato wedges with his steak and salad. This is the man who has a whinge occasionally about low carb eating despite dropping almost two stone. He was waiting with a puppy dog expression of hopefulness. THEN said 'actually they were ok. I thought I was missing them. But you know this made me realise I'm not really.....' Argghhh. .... but ... RESULT!

Mostly mince pies, homemade, other than that I'm on track shhhhh.....

MrsHP, I am allowing myself the odd mincer as a treat. They are loaded with carbs but I figured the mini ones without their tops on is probably ok.

Lots of lovely LC food bought this morning. Feeling quite excited now. Loads to do though. Right, DVD for kids and upstairs to wrap for me.

thanks for being here last night, did feel much better this morning :)

its the TOM too no wonder i feel rubbish.

Sybil glad you have lots of LC treats in and r feeling excited, hope you are enjoying wrapping today. we will shhhhhhhh about all the mince pies!

Viper sorry to hear about your bad day yesterday but you sound so much more like you know what you are doing and in control now so hope everything goes well for you today.

think the most important thing is to try our best but not be too hard on ourselves if it goes wrong, especially since its christmas :)

hope you all having a great weekend.

hmm. It's very quiet around here. You are all off eating mince pies aren't you? Don't lie now, I can see all the crumbs down the front of your Christmas jumpers......

I am still pretty much on the wagon so far.....woke up this morning and just celebrated not being hungover anymore. Hurray. Wanted to die yesterday and had a glorious 11.5 hours sleep last night.

Have just made hazelnut rum chocolate truffles however so it may all go a bit pete tong earlier than planned.......

hi dosh. are you enjoying your time off? a good sleep always helps!

those choc truffles sound yum. i am toying with making nigellas chocolate log tomorrow. i have everything i need here to make it.