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!

Can we have a "carb bloat" competition?

3 days on the carbs and an impressive 8lb gain.

I weighed on Monday morning (was that Xmas eve? It's all blurring into one!) before the reins came off and had STS as last week. I may have to weigh tomorrow for the morbid curiosity value!! Had basically a full Xmas dinner again today at my folks, minus a few garnishes, as we had so much left over from yesterday. No Xmas pud, had mince pies instead. And have now just eaten a bag of salt and vinegar chip sticks things. Whoops.

Oh god I have no idea how much carbing I have done. Tomorrow I am back in the game until NYE - we have a wedding reception that night so will see how that goes and my mum's birthday on2nd jan.

I am looking forward to getting back in control though.

catapult wow! I am still size 18/20. Do you have before after pics? I bet they look amazing!

I am not weighing until nye. Weighed Xmas eve and was 9 1 which is great but after yesterday going to give myself at least a week to recover.

Today hasn't been tooooooo bad....lots and lots of bubbly but low carb food all the way apart from some peanuts. Hurray for boxing day buffets.

So nice to be home with just us catching up on Christmas tv. Have lost ds2's rabbit though.... . Haven't seen him have you? Beloved ancient toy, very well travelled, but manky....

Hey Dolomitesdonkey... Me too! 8lb up and I started at 8stone, my body weight is increasing at an exponential rate, if it's 3500 calories per lb, I can't possibly have consumed that much casually overlooks the vast quantities of hotel chocolat, wine and kettle chips devoured
Actually looking forward to a healthier day tomorrow!

Around 5lbs will be additional glycogen stores, I believe - and you can quickly jettison that with a couple of very strict, low carb days.

And, sometimes, for reasons I don't understand, a fall off the wagon can ultimately trigger more weight loss. So all is not lost mes amis!!!

The thing is, you need to enjoy your fall off the wagon. If you aren't enjoying it, then stop. But don't carry on 'cheating' because you have said to yourself that you can. Only do it if its really worth it.

Hi all. Hope you don't mind me gatecrashing. I read dr briffa's escape the diet trap (in two days!) and am sold on low carb/paleo.

I won't be starting until new year as have so much food in the house I'm not happy to waste but am really looking forward to starting.

Just a quick question, did any of you buy the supplements suggested in the book for the weeks it takes your body to adjust to the change or did you just grin and bear it? Also is it a lot more expensive? hopes not

Hello! I didn't buy the supplements in the book but do take a vitamin tablet. I think it overall ends up not being more expensive nas the extra I spend on meat for example is no longer being spent on rubbish foods and snacky carbohydrate things or fizzy drinks etc... If you have a slow cooker than cheap cuts of meat are perfect too.

Welcome along SantasHug the Briffa book was a real 'ping' moment for me too. Regarding cost, we're on a tight budget here so I've been keeping a note of the cheap low-carb recipes that have worked out well and keep threatening and thusfar failing to put them up onto a blog. for me it's also a matter of buying good meat and fish when they are on offer and freezing them. Lidl is also amazing for this way of eating if you have one near you.

Wild low-carb hypocrisy in this house yesterday. I humpfed at DH for putting onions instead of shallots in the sprout curry and then proceeded to snarf half a dozen Ferrero Rocher

Hello all hope everyone had a brilliant Christmas.
Have eaten tons of chocolate, Christmas pud and other carby treats over the last few days, all washed down with lots of fizzy pink and pints of baileys on ice.
Am apparently half a stone up this morning so will be strict for a couple of days now as feel very bloated and yuck.

Thanks :). I'm going to plan a typical weeks food and also do more research as I need to feel prepared.

Is it worth me reading through this whole thread for meal ideas or are there any threads/websites you would recommend?

Dh and I will be low carbing but my two ds won't (age 4 and 8months) but luckily there are plenty of carb snacks I don't like etc. I haven't weighed yet, that comes in the new year - I'm so nervous. Do you all say your weight here?

Hi There Santa! Just thought I'd say welcome! Don't be nervous, you only have to put your weight on the spreadsheet if you want to. Lots of people put an amount...say 100lb as their starting point and just count down from there. But we're all sorts of heights, shapes and sizes on here, so there's definitely no judging going on. I found the thread (and there's a recipe thread on here somewhere too, I'll see if I can find it) brilliant for food ideas. The first week is the most tricky but once you get in the swing of it, you really don't miss the carbs well, apart from the wine and chocolate

Hi santas welcome to the low carb world! Hope you enjoy it here with us. We have a spreadsheet where we record our weight every Monday (or whatever day suits you best) each week if you want.

docs.google.com/spreadsheet/lv?key=0AmNIskihgXotdFVPcF9zWUhIal9BbTl5SnlTM3BlWVE

You will also find veg carb counts on another tab on this spreadsheet.

We are chilling these 2 weeks on this thread but bootcamp starts again in earnest on 7 jan. there is also a specific bootcamp recipe thread too.

Here it is...

www.mumsnet.com/Recipes/type/low-carb

Am doing my usual, forgetting half my post. Meant to say, Weighed this morning too, one pound up from Monday so not too bad. But today could be evil as I slept badly and have to cope with over tired DS while DH is skiving under a desk probably playing on his new ipad at work

And waves to ewan that made me snort into my coffee!!

Oh lord, two days of eating carbs and I am
1)craving more and waking up in a bad mood that is only assuaged by carb intake
2)substantially bloated
3)anticipating carb withdrawal when I go back on the plan tomorrow

Well this morning because I wanted to torture myself further I jumped on the scales and was MESMERISED by a further nearly 2lb gain since my last post! Tbf it was pre-wee and pre-poo but even so...

I have started throwing stuff in the bin. It's not good for or my husband and I certainly don't want my children eating this crap.

I will finish the homemade Bailey's on NYE, but we will go for a paleo friendly dinner - mussels?

Thank you all, I will certainly join the spreadsheet, it will be good for me to be accountable.

I will have a read of the threads but have done my online food shop for delivery Monday, full of meat, veg and berries. Full fat milk, yogurt and actual butter. Only "carbs" (not including fruit and veg) is bread, cereal, cereal bars and biscuits which are all for ds1 and his lunch box. We have pasta and rice I can use up for accompaniments to my and dh paleo dinners for him.

I'm really looking forward to this but also so worried I won't stick to it. I'm a real chocoholic and crave sugar so badly but that's another big reason to do this.

I've added the spreadsheet to my home screen. I will be changing back to my usual username which is HugandRoll before new year. Do I add myself and my details or do I post here?

Santa welcome!

Feel free to add yourself to the spreadsheet, or hang on until next week when we'll start gearing up for the bootcamp starting 7th January and I'll take care of it

santa the "carb flu" for a few days is not nice, but if you keep on plan you will hopefully find your cravings subside quite quickly. I now crave scrambled eggs when I wake up!

A miracle, a miracle I tell you, I have only put on 1.2 lb.

Welcome Santa