New Year Low Carb Bootcamp

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Hope you all had a lovely Christmas, and that Santa brought you everything that you deserved!

By now, I'm guessing that many of us will be rather tired of chocolates and stodgy food. Mince pie anyone?

So. The next low carb Bootcamp will be starting on 7 January. It will run for 10 weeks, which will take us to mid-March. The idea of Bootcamp is that we have an initial strict fortnight, which will see a significant amount of weight loss, followed by a more relaxed 8 weeks.

Overall, if you follow the rules, you can expect to lose anything up to 20lbs in this time period.

So who is in?

If you want to join us, add your name to the list and tell us what your aims/objectives are.

I will start ...

MFP?

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I put the ham in cold water with an onion and carrot and then bring to boil, then simmer for a good couple of hours.

Once I've done that I take it out and then some mustard/honey paste on top after removing the rind and roast for about 25 minutes

I didn't know about different butters either. I just try and get grass fed when i can.

On day 4 of harcombe phase 1 and although i had major carb cravings last night, today they have gone. Woo hoo.

Someone brought in fresh donuts to work and they just didn't interest me. MYbe zoe harcombe is right about the candida etc because since eating lots of natural live yog the cravings have lessened.

Now just to motivate myself to get back to the gym.

My fitness pal jules . Website you join as a member (free) where you can track your food intake and exercise.

Prettypirate -dh quite oftems roasts a big ham on a Sunday and we eat the meat cold with salads or as snacks for days, delish.

jules

Thanks Style! My shopping list just grows and grows. Getting very excited about the bootcamp! Roll on Monday!!

Thanks for the MFP adds woohooo!

D- was chicken breast with aloooad of savoy cabbage and half a carrott! Not really felling hungry TBH! I know though that by 10o/c the choccies will b calling again! swines!

I have had a really bad headache all day

I posted too soon there... No bread today or biscuits or cake...

Agree with you, BlackAffronted, that's a really good site.

Stylelostinlabour - of course, we won't be using honey on our ham in Bootcamp, will we? Sadly, apart from the aubergine I think, those veg are all a bit carby. Certainly as a combination that will add up to a fair number of carbs. Better to roast cauliflower, courgettes, leeks or broccoli.

McKayz - I can't see why low carbing would be bad for you when you're breast feeding. After all, the days before man learnt how to grow/harvest grains, our diets would have been low carb anyway! But make sure you are eating well, and that your carbs are coming from veg/salad.

No honey of course not :)

Well I failed on my healthy tea but that's all the veg used up so can add the right stuff to my shopping list

I've never roasted Colli what do you do with it?

So if I roasted Cali,leeks, Aubergine and ? Would that be OK

Cut cauliflower into florets, sprinkle generously with olive oil and season with salt and pepper. It's lovely with ground cumin or chilli flakes sprinkled over it as well. (It roasts quite quickly - takes around 15-20 mins)

With leeks and aubergine would also be fine! Just remember plenty of oil, especially for the aubergine.

Mckayz - try making cauliflower rice. Grate a raw cauli, microwave till done. It's the same texture as rice, and I don't thhink it tastes like cauli.

Same with mash - I love mash, it's a real comfort food to me. Cook cauli, drain well. Whizz with butter. It's fab, jsut like mashed potatoes, same texture, no taste, low-carb!

For pasta, try making courgette ribbons.

For chips, use celeriac or swede.

Mashed swede is also lush, lots of melted butter in it, yum

cocolepew - I'm not sure why you would feel nauseous. Is it time to POAS?

Style - second cauli roast! It's lovely. Also try courgette cut into chunks, shallots whole, new carrots.

Apologies if I have missed anyone's questions - there are so many of us now, and the thread is moving so quickly, it's easy to miss them!

style broccoli and/or cauli is amazing roasted from raw tossed in oil (I like groundnut) chilli flakes and sea salt. Aubergine and leeks sound good too!

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No, I had everthing took out in August

Going to heat up a cup of my soup, my head is banging.

Weighed myself and I'm at least 5lbs down since sunday, this is different scales so I'm not sure if that is accurate.

I logged onto MFP but can't be bothered to work it out atm, I'm on as this name

maybe folks could underline questions for the time being so they don't get missed?

I've never used underline before, such fun!

Turnip/swede is lovely mashed with loads of black pepper.

All of you who are using MFP - apart from the fact I feel I'm missing out on all your chat - the whole point of Bootcamp is to take the need to weigh/count out of the equation! If you focus on the list of allowed veg that is on the spreadsheet then there is no need to weigh/count anything. Honestly!

cocolepew - hope you're feeling better tomorrow. Take some paracetamol, drink plenty of water. Make sure your salt levels are kept up.

And as so many of you appear not to know about the allowed veg list, here it is, c+p for you:

Allowed veg

Don?t eat any veg unless it?s on this list, and try and focus on eating those that are under 3g carbs per 100g:

Veg (raw)Carbs per 100g
Mushrooms0.4
Watercress0.4
Spinach0.8
Celery0.9
Broccoli1.1
Asparagus 1.4
Cucumber1.5
Lettuce1.7
Fennel1.8
Courgettes1.8
Cauliflower1.9
Avocado flesh1.9
Turnip2
Pumpkin2.2
Runner beans2.3
Swede2.3
Celeriac2.3
Bean sprouts2.5
Green pepper2.6
Baby sweetcorn2.7 (there is some debate about this - carb counts seem to vary according to variety and where you buy from - check the packet to be sure)
Aubergine2.8
Leeks2.9
Okra3
Tomato3.1
Mangetout3.3
Shallots3.3
Brussels sprouts3.5
French beans4.7
Cabbage5
Yellow pepper5.3
Carrots6
Orange or red pepper6.4
Ginger (peeled)7.2
Butternut squash7.5
Onions7.9

Thanks,I'm drinking a lot but think it might not be enough. I'll stick a ton of salt in my soup, I'm a total salt fiend.

Can I have water with juice in it? I absolutely hate water.