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.

By the way the Cauliflower Rice was lovely. Even dd who is 7 and hates most veg wolfed hers down and asked for more. I may have called it 'Special Rice' and omitted to tell her what it was made from.

Ruprekt - I'm sure I saw the cabbage recipe here.

Thesandstonecat - I'm not a very inspirational example I'm afraid as I have lost exactly 5 pounds. But it is the 5 pounds that crept on and stayed there despite me being really "good" on a low fat way of eating and exercising madly. Now I eat twice as much, am never hungry, love what I am eating, exercise less and only to keep toned and stay at my ideal weight of 9 1 or 2. I used to panic if I missed a gym or swim session, and I have a history of bulimia, and disordered eating. I LOVE this woe and am on it for life.

Despite feeling like crap with a cold, I manfully walked the boys round a local beauty spot and took them to the cinema. I had a decaf black coffee and some turkey slices which I obviously took with me (before you shout which enlightened low carb cinema was this).

Have had an amazing tea of roast pork, loads of crackling, mashed buttery swede, and red cabbage. AND NO BOOZE. despite being on these threads for a year or so, this will actually be the first time I properly BOOTCAMP as I have never stopped the alcohol (and have the dents in me from biwi's big stick to prove it).

Well before Christmas I had lost 50 lbs, but I know I will have found a few again when I weigh in tomorrow. I'm going to lose another 50 this year and will be slim for the first time for about 20 years.

Bloody hell MsRinky - that is truly amazing. Wow, wow, wow - well done.

Evening all... Tea sounds nice doshus!
starfish well done on the loss, great!!

Tea for me tonight was a stew made with chicken breasts.. Think i might go and grab a boiled egg now as im peckish :) hope were all ready for tomorrow... Id better dig out a bottle for the water.

msrinky wow... Thats brill!

Just had a skim through the thread and looking forward to the off tomorrow. DH is joining me but refuses to tell me what he ways or to be added to the spreadsheet. He will, however, persistently ask me questions about what is/isn't allowed but will not find out information for himself! Anyway, his main concern is that he tends to get lunch from somewhere like Eat. They advertise all their soups as low fat and I have had a look today and can't see much which would be suitable really. Does anyone know of any places in central London (chains preferably) that do suitable lunches that he can pick up during the day?

I have offered to make him packed lunches (I do my own anyway) but he likes the ritual of getting out of the office etc.

Plan for tomorrow:
B: eggs and butter
L: Veg soup and I have a snack box with some cheese, meat balls and cucumber
D: Chicken done in a marinade based on the satay thing posted earlier, with creamed broccoli.

I now I need to make dinners really really interesting to keep DH interested and it is crucial for me that he stays on the wagon as otherwise we will end up having WINE open in the house in the evening, and that will be my downfall. He's motivated to lose weight at the moment so fingers crossed this will work well together.

Can I just say that the spreadsheet is AMAZING. Well done to whoever is responsible.

We are spending this evening emptying the fridge of all the leftover booze and chocolate

p.s. would anyone be willing to post their shopping list, with a rough cost. We are a bit under the financial kosh at the moment and really need to reduce cost of the weekly shop and like others am finding this a bit £££. If anyone has tips please let me know. Thank you.

My story is that I have struggled with my weight and emotional eating for around 25 years.

I was hitting 40 and considering joining WW again which I did to lose weight when I was 30. The thought of restricting myself for months on end to lose weight in the knowledge I would probably put it back on again depressed me. Well, everything depressed me. I had been on anti D's for nearly 5 years.

In April I found BIWI's first bootcamp thread and read around the subject. Everything I read just clicked so I thought I would give it a go, never knowing that it would change my life. I can't stress that enough - the ladies who have been on the journey with me for the last 8 months.

This WOE has improved my mental health where I am finally off the tablets. My rosacea is under control and for the first time in a long time my skin looks GOOD! I have lost 2 stone with this WOE but more importantly my shape has changed for the better.
I don't feel a slave to food like I have done for years. When I have done Ww or SW previously I was constantly thinking about food and what I could eat when.
This WOE has freed me from that.

I plan what I will eat (isn) for the week - then thats it.
If I'm not hungry (which happens quite a lot) then I don't eat. Although that isn't advised on bootcamp when you are starting off.

I had a month off the booze in November and generally don't drink Mon - Wedalthough it depends on my shifts if I drink at the weekend.

My marriage was pretty much on the rocks this time last year and I was seriously looking at splitting up.

BIWI and the support everyone has given on the threads plus the WOE has completely turned my life around.

I can't thank them enough

Savoir - I head for POD, Pret (egg and tuna salads) or an m&s for prawns/pkt of ham, cheese etc when I am in London.

My tip for budget shops would be lidl.

i am about 4st lighter than i was this time last year, though i have to admit only about a stone of that has been lost since april 2012 (should have been 5st since this time last year, but managed to put on 13lb over christmas/new year!)

i was doing proper low carbing from february 2012 and lost a good couple of stone prior to the first bootcamp in april 2012

before february 2012 i was doing my own version which involved low carb and low fat, but i was still eating fruit etc and was continuing cycles of disordered eating (starving/binging). it worked in terms of weight loss but was not sustainable and i was still battling with food really

SavoirFaire - if I am in London for the day and am stuck I will go to M&S/Sainsbury's/Tesco and pick up some lamb koftas, some chicken of some description or some cheese sticks or a packet of prawns, a small packet of walnuts, a packet of the crispy bacon strips - It is expensive buying all the packets and only having a bit out of each BUT I usually either bring home what's left or have it for the next couple of days and leave it in the office fridge. Also might pick up a ham salad or edame bean salad or go to Pret and get their crayfish and rocket salad, or the chicken with pesto, almonds, sun dried tomatoes (I don't eat the tomatoes). Or he could probably go to any of the soup places and have a creamy chicken or chicken soup but try not to have anything with noodles or potato in it.

Sandstone basically last March we had a weekend at Centerparcs (for the bumsex natch) and I felt like a big blobby blob. I was size 14, at 5'2 with a tiny frame this was worse than it might sound. I swore to my DD that the next time we visited I would be slim. Once home I read and started the Idiot Proof Diet after seeing recommendations on here. That just happened to coincide with the first (I think?) Bootcamp thread on here.

In mid -July I had got down to a size 8 ( still am, despite my Xmas gain. Ok bit of a squeeze). And in August we had another week at Centerparcs

I've recommended this WOE to all my family and friends and converted loads

Aw gless....very touching and uplifting. I know I speak for all of us when I say that we have been very happy to be on the journey with you, and that you are so much happier than you were. Hugs!!!!!!

You have made me all teary Gless. AGAIN!

You see a lot of you newbies ( I use that term affectionately) think this is just going to be another weight loss thread but it is going to change much more than your weight.

Gless, what a lovely post! You sound so happy and very inspiring.

Yes gless your posts are always inspiring

i agree with it turning my life around - i have had over ten years of disordered eating (since mid-teens), and while i still have some of the mental health aspects to work through, this woe has sorted out the physical eating aspects and made a positive impact on the mental health side

i look after myself, i eat things that make me feel good, i don't eat (or not eat) to punish myself, i look healthy, i am alert during the day and sleep well at night, i have a genuine enthusiasm for good food (previously it was so stressful)

Where can you buy those keto stick s from? I love a bit of POAS me

Thanks all for kind words - just want to spread the word!

Gless, that's lovely!

My story is that I started off after DD2 at 11 stone 11, at 5'2". I began low-carbing in June and got down to 9 stone 8 by October. I was/am bf, which might have contributed, but then again, it might not. Anyway, for anyone who is wondering, it is perfectly possible to bf and low-carb, although I often felt like I was eating more (low-carb) snacks than others seemed to be. And then I fell off the wagon and put 6 lbs back on, sigh. DD is now 10 months and has finally started sleeping through the night (FX) in the last few weeks so I'm feeding her a lot less than I was. I remember that feeling that I had 2 stone to lose before I was even a BMI of 25 - it was awful, but Bootcamping helped so much!

Here goes SavoirFaire:

From Aldi:
Coffee
Tomatoes/cucumber x2/lettuce/spring onion
Leeks/courgettes/Cauliflower
Red onions/Carrots
Beef mince (big)
Turkey mince
Chicken breast
Chicken thighs x 2
Pork chops
Sausages
Pate
Olives/hummus
Salad boxes
Cheese - medium and mature
Parmesan
Butter
Frozen broccoli/cauli/onions/peppers
Water + small bottles
About £65 but we may have bought other items not on the list.

From Sainsbury:
Coconut oil
Mayo
Garlic
Lacto milk
Celeriac
Tetra pack toms
Don't know cost and we definitely bought other items like ham from the deli.
Oh, and we already had the massive tub of Greek yoghurt from Lidl and a few other bits and pieces.

Awww gless lovely post :)

Re: cheaper shopping... I go to aldi's its very good(like lidl) for meat and veggies! I shop for the family which is 2 adults abs 2 boys and we spend around 70 pounds a wk... I think thats quite good x

skandi - some of the bigger boots sell ketostix and my local chemist orders them in for me. However they are much cheaper to buy online I believe - a lot of pharmacists look a bit blank when you ask for them