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.

Morning all,

Are tomatoes really that bad? I love them. I've only just realised how many I eat and how many of my sauces are tomato based. I prefer them to cream :(

Traditionally, weekends are my downfall. This one's okay because it's just after Christmas, but normally I feel the need to 'reward' myself at the weekend. Does anyone have any tips to overcome this?

Morning fellow losers!

I did promise myself not to weigh until Monday but it's been difficult to resist - this morning I'm down 2 kg! That's in five days. It feels really good!!

I will start proper bootcamp on Monday, so far I have allowed myself a glass of wine and yesterday I had bit of cake, friend was over and she'd made some. Today DH is going to make his famous risotto, so I'm so having some of that! I'm sort of living like I would after the bootcamp I will be good from Monday, promise!!

Celeriac makes lovely soup - it has a fabulous texture.

Re the ketostix - if you're drinking plenty of water then you will only ever see 'trace' showing up. If they go dark pink/purple, it actually indicates that you're not drinking enough!

I know I'll be missing cakes!! I really enjoy baking, so that's going to be hard...

That's good plan! I do enjoy eating cakes though. Too much.

LucyVFood - it depends what you mean by 'bad'! They can be quite carby, but they are also, of course, very good for us. Like everything else, as long as you're mindful about what you're eating, then you can still eat them/eat tomato-based sauces.

Perhaps it might be a good idea for you to work out the carb count of your meals one day, and just check how many carbs the tomatoes are contributing?

Also, a tip - I have found that Sainsbury's Basics cartons of chopped tomatoes are lower in carbs than their tinned alternative - they are 12g carbs per 400g carton, compared with 16g carbs per 400g tin.

Ah i think i have made a mistake and eaten quite a few chewing gum today - is this really bad? If so will have to bring a tooth brush to work cannot stand the fuzzy mouth feeling and not so lovely breath!

Ok, a couple of things

Chicken breast stuffed with Philly and wrapped in Parma ham.
Broccoli soup made with broccoli,stock,garlic and a blob of ff Greek yogurt (for a snack)

Both of these are ok aren't they?

Is there a list anywhere of all the foods we can eat rather than just the veg?

Bill - there is a tab on the spreadsheet of allowed foods (link in OP). Shout if you get stuck.

Also your food sounds fab!

ok now need help just put my days food into MFP and it say 97g of carbs I have eaten the following
B - yoghurt
Snack Celery and philadelphia
Lunch - baby cucumber wrapped in lettuce with mayonaise and a greek yoghurt
snack babybel
Dinner will be veg soup and cauliflower rice

I'm still struggling with the dairy but am I on the right track with this?

Thank you MrsHerculePoirot! I'm going to try and meal plan for 5 days, then I know where I'm at!

I bought some scales yesterday so I can keep motivated by tracking my progress. OH SHIT, how the fuck did I get to 201lb. Please help me do this, I really want to.

I guess the good thing is I'll see progress quickly as I have so much to lose!

Thanks BIWI, I'll check how they add up today.

Ok, well I've done my meal plan for 5 days, does anybody want to share theirs so we can Pool ideas?

Breakfast - bacon and scrambled eggs. (I have this every morning, I stay at home so easy for me to do)

Lunches - feta and avocado salad
- tuna Nicoise salad
- grilled chicken salad
- tuna and tzatziki salad
- chicken satay salad

Dinners - chicken stuffed with Philly and wrapped in Parma ham with celeriac
Dauphinois
- soy,ginger,chilli salmon with buttered spinach and broccoli
- pork chops in a Dijon cream sauce with buttered cabbage and leeks
- salmon stir fry
- grilled chicken and avocado salad

Snacks - babybel/ham/yogurt/broccoli soup/curried cauliflower soup.

Can anybody spot any glaring carb errors or is that ok?

That looks gorgeous Bill and seems low carb to me...
I'm coming round to yours

Lol at cross post with coldethyl
Bill you'd better get cooking!

Thing I like about this, it's all pretty easy and quick to cook!

Looks delish Bill, and much more exciting than mine!

Dinners for us will be:

• lamb steaks, green beans and broccoli
• roast beef, cabbage, carrots, turnip gratin
• a casserole from freezer (no idea which one as we forgot to label them!)
• stir fry (let over beef from roast, plus story fry veg)
• pork steaks, cauliflower, sprouts

frenchfries - 97g sounds enormous for what you have listed. What's in the soup? The food all sounds fine - can't understand why your carb count is so high.

MFP lists the carbs for each part of your meal - does anything seem especially high?

lucyvfood what is "reward"? Eating healthy, clean, LC food that will do your body, skin, nails good and help you lose weight, have more energy and enjoy long term health benefits?

Or "reward" yourself with processed crap that is full of sugar, chemicals, additives that will leave you hungry, bloated, tired, grumpy, craving more crap? Is that a reward? I don't think so.

Try to change your thinking about food as a reward. Can you treat yourself with some time to yourself, a nice bath, a book, a walk, getting your nails done, whatever floats your boat really, but is not connected to food?

frenchfries that count seems absurdly high for what you have listed? I don't use MFP so not much help but def seems wrong. Hope someone more knowledgable about MFP will be along soon. Or just chuck MFP and stick to the bootcamp rules and trust it will be fine!

Completely off topic, but what's heuch toomuch?