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!

fab ilove!

i bought a size 10 coast dress in a charity shop today for £20, and it fits perfectly, i was thrilled

Oh forgot to mention this gem from Xmas. At my parents, standing serving out food at the table, enjoying the festivities. My dad says "have you lost some weight?" Tell him proudly that I lost 20lbs since 1st October.

He says "well done, you look very well. Very slim from the side" (where he was sitting)

Mum says "20lbs? Ah shame it wasn't one more, a stone and a half sounds more impressive doesn't it?" thanks Mum! Shake those pompoms why dontcha?

I. Can't. Stop. Eating.

Spoon of red cabbage here, spoon of cream there, hunk of cheese, leftover prawns from boy's tea.

All low carb but still, don't need all this food.

KNow what you mean Doshu - had pork chop and half a braised-in-cream cabbage for dinner, but still looking for a chocolate or something sweet - after days of having carbs my body is looking for them now.

Well done to all those who lost or sts.

Toomuch - mums have a tendancy to do that, I've found. I'm sure you look great.

Ilove - I tried on a pair of black size 8 jeans I couldn;t get into (nicely) before, and I wore them to work today !!!(only me and a 60YO in today but I felt good!)

I'm going to turn into chocolate soon. 3 days until my starting weight weigh in and my starting waist measurement. Think I may need two tape measures....

Today's intake...

Bowl of lidl Greek yog
Chunk of cheese, small piece of smoked salmon, turkey in gravy with leftover red cabbage, spoon of creme fraiche, 2 spoons peanut butter
More chunks of cheese, more peanut butter
Red cabbage, celery with cheese, celery with pâté
Walnuts and Brazil nuts
2 glasses of red wine

If you see what I mean....

And leftover prawns

But Dosh that's not too bad! Little bits of this and that but mainly low carb is fine. Try living in this house at the minute. Why oh why do they all want hot buttery toast for breakfast ...... . I had two croissants with butter and jam this morning

Well done ilove that must have felt so good.

Roll on Jan 7. Honestly need to get back on the wagon.

Waves to all.

My line keeps getting rubbed out and drawn again, I need a permanent marker NOW!

Look it's ok. Jan 7th. Re-group. We'll be chunky fine honestly.

Feckin hell- what is WRONG with me?
I need to get a grip.
Stollen, chocolate and crips today

Sweet baby Jesus

Well, since I joined this thread I've eaten a disgusting amount of chocolate products. I'm lying in bed feeling sick due to what I've eaten. I want and need to stop but its like a compulsion.

I know I'm new and annoying but ill really need help to cut out the chocolate.

HugandRoll, sorry we are being a bit lapse on here at the minute. We've all been Bootcamping/light for a while now. Jan the 7th BIWI will be yielding the stick. You will need to be strict Bootcamp to rid yourself of the carb/sugar cravings but it will be worthwhile honestly.

Hello everyone! Belated Merry Xmas and Happy New Year!

I fell off the wagon on the 25 and 26 but been good since. I am still around the 113lb mark so not too much damage done! Have been very strict since and doing Hot Yoga and P90X so am back on track.

I said I would load up my Day 60 photos but am having web connection problems, so might just leave it until my final photo now on Day 90.

However, can someone indulge me and find me a killer dress for my party in Feb? I live in Kenya and we're going back to the UK at end of Jan and people won't have seen my new figure, so want an amazing dress to surprise everyone, but not sure what to go for. Anyone bought a killer dress over the Xmas period they would like to share?

Carbs are awful - they really do make you feel sluggish and "horrible" like you've taken a low-grade poison - and I definitely include alcohol in that - yet at the same time they're utterly addictive and I totally get the lady who cannot walk past any food at all!

Well since I climbed back on the wagon I've shed 2.9kg - which is an awful lot in 48 hours but I'm not arguing!

morning all - will try not to eat quite so much today but at least it's not chocolate and cake.

Very windy here (outside that is ) - hoping for a nice long walk later, we will see.

Have booked boys into holiday camp Weds, Thurs, Fri next week - hadn't planned to, but I when I suggested it yesterday to them they both said "YES PLEASE MUMMY!!"

I climbed on the scales this morning. I have gained 5 or 6lb in just over a week. I am now 8lb up on my lowest ever bootcamp weight .

so I am not waiting. I have started the zoe harcombe 5 day detox and am jumping on the wagon with both feet. if I carry on as I am I could be a lot heavier by 7th Jan. I feel so stupid for letting myself eat so much shit

Hi all,

Wanted to pop in to thank you all for this thread - been lurking and interested for a while now - but began low carbing 4 days ago.

I have put on nearly 5 stone in the past 2 years - and almost all the time I have been trying to LOSE weight by eating high-carb, low-fat stuff. I have PCOS and Insulin resistance - I can't believe I didn't realise before that it was my 'diet' that was making me put on the weight!

After 4 days I feel SOOOO much better. I am now 18 stone 1lb. I don't know how much I have lost do far - didn't dare weigh myself at the start, but I have looked 6 months PG for the last few months - and suddenly I don't!! A HUGE bonus!

I had scrambled eggs and tomatoes for brekkie. I haven't felt hungry at all.

Loving low-carb. I don't eat meat though - hoping this will still be ok.

Boobz, have a look here. I found my LBD on this thread.

Welcome Scilly.

A wet, wild and windy morning here not sure what we're going to do today.

Am up 3lb so bad but not as disastrous as feared.

Scilly, just noticed you're veggie. Pretty sure on one of these threads someone has mentioned a low carb vegetarian book by Rose Elliot I think it was. Maybe worth a look.

Hi singing

Same here - wet and windy. I think we're going to start with some loud pop music and a half hour blitz on the house (hoping DH and the three year old DTs will be keen on a bit of cleaning!)

Last weekend of carbs. I can't wait for my food delivery to arrive so I can get on it.

morning all, still feeling sluggish and bloated, however just had crisps, what is wrong with me!!!!
off to my Diss for 2 days then new year. what will I wear, a tent at this rate

Hey everyone. just checking in to say hi... haven't been able to catch up on thread but been thinking of you all. i haven't really 'cheated' as such over the hols, but at times ive just ate more than ive needed, and i think im getting into a bad habit of dark chocolate. it was funny on christmas day, the rest of the family were having turkey and i had salmon as usual. (i feel i have this dark secret that im not a vegetarian anymore lol ... i never let on)

i hope you all had a great time over the hols and are still relaxing. and for those who have had difficult Christmases i hope you are finding some way to get through it and are keeping busy. my house is a complete STATE and today is the first chance i have to get it sorted, its not been this bad in months, toys everywhere, rubbish overflowing as stupid me missed the bin collection! once my house is organised, then I feel better and in control.

im already thinking of new years resolutions.... im not really one for loads of resolutions just to be broken, but i'd like to start going for runs when dh has dd. this will get me out of the house, stop me lazing around and help me sleep at night not to mention the fitness and feel good factor. i used to be a hardcore runner i don't know what happened - now it feels impossible to get motivated lol

Well so much for yesterday's grand gestures of drawing a line in the sand. It did not work.

I really don't know if I should just forget about trying to get back on the wagon until the 7th, or at least until after New Year. I am worried though if I don't make some attempt to curb the carbs I am going to be back at square one. And the longer I leave it the harder it will be to get back on track.

There is just far too much contraband food in this house. Trouble is I have also been eating a lot of low carb high fat food too. Oh dear.