The Ongoing Low Carb Bootcamp - Final Festive Fortnight

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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!

Merry Christmas losers!

Merry Christmas to my lovely losers- have a wonderful day whatever you are eating doing

Merry Christmas!!! I am 2 Lindor chocolates and 2 buck's fizz down and feeling no pain!! Hurrah!!!

Happy Christmas my ever-slimming losers! All going according to plan so far. Venison smells amazing and I'm eyeing up the Rioja and twiglets

Happy Christmas lovely people

Champagne is going down very nicely here. Scrambled eggs with smoked salmon for brunch, and I'm just going into the kitchen to start cooking stuff for later.

xxx

Merry Christmas everyone! I've hurt my arse falling off the wagon...

Merry Christmas losers

The salmon and parma ham went down nicely however I am still 8 parts Prosecco 2 parts food

Have a great day everyone x

I have a very sore arse, ilovemyteddy ...

Happy Christmas everybody!

The outrageous and very deliberate cheating is going well but to be honest it's not as wonderful as I'd hoped. I think I'll be quite happy to get straight back on the wagon.

Extra dry Prosecco is very, very nice though.

Happy Christmas one and all!

Good day here. I will gloss over the roast potatoes, pudding, etc. Will just say I am looking forward to Bootcamp on the 7 Jan. So full.

No DH and DS you can't both win at the board game. Arrgghhh. Will put my hat back on.

Happy christmas all!

At my parents since the 23rd and there have minimal low carb options. They even got fat free yogurt instead of full fat and managed to find double cream light from somewhere! They do know we low carb as we have discussed it with them plenty of times but they just don't accomodate us. I am expecting a big gain but we are home tomorrow night so will be back on strict bootcamp from thursday. I feel so crap from all the carbs.

The spuds were not very nice at all, my teeth are rotting from all the sugar and my guts hate me!

(Rioja was splendid however)

3 puddings, quality street, bread sauce, more chocolate, baileys, loads and loads of booze.... Am extremely full. Back on wagon tomorrow, been fun though. One day of gluttony and sugar, can't do any harm....(famous last words).....

Mince pies were amazing, chocolate cake quite nice, but both tooth-achingly sweet. Had planned to have roast potatoes but actually didn't fancy them at the time. Back to normalish tomorrow - will avoid carby things but not going to hold back on dairy with all the fab cheeses etc. I've made some flax crackers too so will have some of those.

Vnmum my mum got out some half fat extra thick cream to go with the puddings - what on earth was the point!

We have another Christmas meal with dp's parents on 27th where I might be derailed out of politeness but we'll see

Cracks Whip and drives the wagon fast

I'm now about to collect my reward for being so good the last 6 months am waiting outside next for sales and buying normal sizes which I never thought was possible

at 5am THC? wow!! Hope you get some lovely, lovely things.

Happy Boxing Day everyone, I hope everyone had a great day yesterday. We had Xmas morning here opening Santa pressies, had scrambled eggs on croissants, i opened a box of Lindt chocs and had one but it seemed really sweet after the eggs so i was quite happy with the one for a taste unheard of

Then we went to my parents and cooked traditional stuff for a late lunch: turkey and all the trimmings and Xmas pud with cream. There was so much left over we are going back today for a second lunch! I was so full I think I may have been asleep before Ds !! Really enjoyed my day

Hope today is relaxed fun for you all. Or sales madness if that is your thing, I bet there are a few people buying smaller sizes this year

Two glasses of Cava and one Hotel Chocolat choc plus a teeny weeny portion of trifle - and my guts hate me this morning! But I did eat my own greatly reduced bodyweight in parsnips so I only have myself to blame! And after the aforementioned Cava I was pissed. Lightweight!

I was a paragon of virtue all day yesterday.

Pâté, cheese and ham for brunch. Roast turkey and trimmings, all made/sourced by me and low carb, for dinner.

So far so good and a bit boring.

THEN!

The floodgates opened and the carbs flowed. I won't go into detail but suffice to say I feel so bloated. Out of curiosity I weighed myself this morning and in less than 24 hours I have managed to put on 5lbs.

I blame the Lir chocolates that I opened and consumed at 10.30 pm. Why did I not just go to bed?

IME as soon as you go back to LC any weight you have put on comes off fairly quickly Jaca so don't beat yourself up. Drink plenty of water today and give yourself a few days to flush it all out!!

catapult that is amazing! Did you find some nice things?

xmas didn't get off to a good start; xmas eve breakfst - yogurt. Then went for a drink at lunchtime and pub had no low-carb options, so didn't eat. Carried on withthe wine tho, until about 7pm, when I had a chinese.

Was a little hungover yesterday, cooking the humungous turkey, and that was the only meal on xmas day- did sneak a bit of stuffing, tiny bit xmas pud, and a lot of the fresh fruitsalad, which was yumbilious with cream! Everything else low-carb, No chocs even. Bit of sparkling wine.
Today I am finishing off the fruit salad with greek yog, then back on it. Weighed this morning and STS!

Hope you all had a great time.

Yup quite a bit trousers /jeans 14 to fit now ) and 12 which can do up but to tight to be comfy and muffin top not good but they will fit by September

And some 14/16 tops ( Largs norks)

But I never shopped for me like this today don't think anything in next would have fit me 6 /7 months ago

I was a good 22/24

I quite enjoyed the peace and quiet from dc and chance read

It's lovely to go into 'normal' shops and get clothes that fit, isn't it THC?

I've spent a fortune on clothes this year (stay away from the S&B thread if you don't want to do the same!) DH bought me a fab jumper for Christmas which I thought looked too small, but which fitted perfectly. I still think of myself as the size I was a year ago.

I donate my old clothes to the Salvation Army. They send you letters telling you how much they have made from your donations, which is cool. I need to have another wardrobe cull in the New Year. And I need to stay away from the Sales!

Hope fun is being had by all.

Ugh gut is not thanking me for the carbs yesterday. Not so muh pain, but everything is rather loose. Have eaten well today so hopefully this won't last