New Year Low Carb Bootcamp interim thread!

[MrsHerculePoirot]

To continue chatting and preparing for the official start on 7th.

Rules and veg info can be found on the tabs on the old spreadsheet here.

Does anyone know the carb value of Linda Mc Cartney veg sausages? They are the only vege ones i can get here. Am struggling with ideas as seem to be eating a ton of dairy.
B yoghurt
s celery with philadelphia
L to be decided prob salad or a yoghurt not feeling so hungry

D Cream of veg soup - recipe from here and salad
need to get more organised and prepare in advance i think. Have a shopping list prepared and going to try to find iceberg lettuce here and make sandwiches

Must also say this is such great source of support, I'm not a frequent poster but love to read everyone elses and its really helping me to stay focused!! Thank you!

Bessie Ot will past 6 months in and can honestly say no sweet tooth cravings when I had few days of I mangersd less than 1/2 portion of cheesecake as to sweet

I really don't miss it or even chocolate or whispers quietly alcohol

Oh and Princess I been LC for 6 months with couple days of and allowed myself some diet coke over Xmas .

So I won't see the losses you ladies will at first but I'm happy sticking day after day

Weighed in this morning at 10 stone 0.5. That's 6lbs on since early Dec. Stupid me! Still, it's all starting today - new WOE and Shredding. Here goes!

Frenchfries - 8.3g of carbs per 100g

Tooimmature - I'm not weighing till Monday, to give myself a chance to undo some of the damage, but I'm dreading it

Morning lovelies

My headache has gone at a last, huzzah!

Hopefully not too much damage was done last night with Chinese nosh, was difficult going out with friends like that and worrying about what to eat, but I had duck in lettuce wraps and a few bean sprouts. Missed the gin though.

Not weighing in either until Monday, and even then I'm not sure I shall want to share it!

well done piste
I've woken up with stinking headache and cold, the joys!
weighed myself and its bad I am 9st 5lbs up 9lbs from my lowest in December. I am with myself, because honestly the carbs were not that good..... enjoyed the alcohol though, perhaps a little too much

Thank you hurricanewyn

CA some one please add me. Hazchem to the list on phone at moment and computer is hard to get due to solar power. I'm very excited about starting proper on Monday.

HOORAY!!!

Am 4 lbs down from my starting weight (probably more, because I didn't dare weigh myself until day 3). Now on Day 11.

Feeling SO much better. A little bit sick of eggs (already!) but having yog for breakfast today as a change.

Am starting SHred tonight.

Oooo the shred, good luck! I found her two helpers a bit weird and plastic, but I did it all and felt a lot better for it.

Bandersnatch - welcome! Just be prepared for the fact that you might feel pretty shit for the first 2-3 days, which may make serious training difficult for you. It might be a good idea not to plan too much by way of exercise in the first week. Once you get through the first couple of weeks your body will be fat-burning rather than carb-burning, and then you should be able to revert to a more intensive training regime.

Bessie - well done on resisting the sugar! It will definitely sabotage you, whereas cheese is very much less likely to.

FrenchFries - depends which Linda McCartney sausages you're talking about. The Original sausages are 4.1g carbs per sausage, which is quite high.

Morning! Day 4 and 2lbs down YAY!

See you later LOSERS!!

See! Brilliant.

And I'm liking Olivia's work - she snuck on to the last thread and used her MN privileges to link to this thread!

Morning, well done losers.

I havent lost any more , I have been good but even my fingers feel puffy again. I have ben having double cream but will knock it on the head. I feel a bit snotty (sorry!) and think it is possibly this.

I was told it can take a year yo lose the fluid and swelling form my hysterectomy operation. do you think it (fluid) could still be there even if I low carb? It might not all be diet related?

Morning all- well done to those who have lost already,
I'm a daily weigher to keep on track but if you do this you should use your weekly average to plot weight loss. And remember to measure!

Cocolepew- do you have issues with dairy? I can't answer your question but found this low carb forum with this thread they may answer question better?

Morning lovely losers

Starting day 5 and hopped onto the scales and I'm 5lb down even with TOTM, even did a little dance round the bathroom.

DH has just cooked me a lovely breakfast he's being really supportive!

2 x poached eggs
1 x large flat mushroom with a bit of butter
2 x rashes of bacon
1 x mug of tea
1 x pint of water

Picked up some ketostix yesterday just to check out of curiosity really and it said a trace (about 3rd option on label). Does these mean full or part ketose

The other thing to do, which was something we used to on the Carblife forum, if you're weighing daily, is to take the lowest weight you achieve during the week and put that down as your weight for the week. Psychologically it makes it easier to deal with the seemingly-random gains that happen day-by-day.

coco - I don't know enough to be able to comment on that, sadly. But if you're snotty, it would suggest that dairy might be an issue for you. (Unless you just have a cold, of course!)

Well done style

ooh I forgot I have some of those pee sticks somewhere (from when I was pregnant and watching for pre-eclampsia).

I always found it quite satisfying seeing ketones show up (midwife was less impressed though!).

scrambled eggs and bacon for breakfast.

making celeriac soup for lunch do y'all know the recipe it's very complicate

celeriac
stock
more butter and salt than you would think possible

simmer and blitz.

ta daaaaaaaa!