Continued - Week 1 New Year Low Carb Bootcamp Chat Thread

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Last one filled up really quickly, so here is a brand, spanking and distinctly thinner thread for you to fill up.

I know taffy and teddy! It made me and my friend chortle - we went in and asked the butchers if we could see their pork swords.

They asked if we'd like to see their venison meatballs.

Will be back in a bit to catch up with all the news when I've fed the five thousand ...

at venison meatballs.

This recipe just popped up on my twitter feed - would it be ok with a little less lemon ie. citric acid danger, do you think?

Just popping in to say helloooo

Havent been on much today as im feelin rather out of sorts today... Didnt get out of bed untill 11
Lunch- a boiled egg and a slice of salami.
Dinner- 2 small chicken breasts wrapped in bacon( with cheddar in the middle which all ran out when it was cooking!) spinach and some mashed butternut (mashed it with the chicken juices). Was yummy but im getting sooo full after eating!

I have just had the nicest dinner I've had in years! Years, I tell you.

Rump steak, fried in butter with some courgette strips. As the rump was resting on my plate, I added more butter to the juices and a spoonful of cream cheese to the pan and then poured over my steak. Some broccoli with butter as well.

B - Scrambled eggs with butter
S - Greek yoghurt
L - Salad with pate, olives and mature cheddar
S - Pepparami

Loadsa water and the usual 3 cups of tea.

Think I'll need to sit down for a while after that dinner. I've left dh dealing with the dishes and the kids.

This is the life.

I've lost two pounds since Monday. Need to 'officially' weigh in on Monday, but couldn't resist hopping on them cause I feel so good.

Headache on Wednesday was a killer, but like so many others I can't believe how much my appetite has decreased.

No breakfast this morning cause I wasn't hungry.
Home-made chilli for lunch with loads of spinach mixed in.
Peppered mackerel with salad for dinner. I mixed a handful of mint, chopped garlic and red onion into natural yoghurt and had that on the salad.

Just going to read through the recipe section and make something nice for dinner tomorrow.

L - 2 kippers in butter, a boiled egg and some green stuff.
T - Frying steak and cauliflower cheese made with cream.

I'm stuffed.

Mawbroon - I get the M&S 97% Pork Sausages. The ingredients are 97% pork, sea salt, dried coriander, white pepper, dried onions, ground nutmeg (+ flavouring / preservative & antioxidant). They come in packs of 6 or 12 chipolatas and are 2 packs for £5.

Some amazing loses here already 0 well done everyone!

I have resisted the temptation to weigh so far and have been glugging water as I have had a pounding headache for the past 2 days. Haven't done any exercise either as I thought my head was going to explode at the start of a pump class yesterday so had to leave it :-(

Still on a high from my 12lb loss! I have been like this all day > and may have converted one of my friends to the LC wol!

Menu today was ...

B - pepperami & mayo (had to eat on the hoof!)
L - fried steak strips, mushrooms & a tiny bit of onion, all fried in coconut oil & topped with mayo
S - ham slices
D- Gammon steak & cauliflower cheese

I'm not surprised, BlackAffronted!

Weighed this morning, I started on Sunday this week and I am down 6 and a bit lbs !!
Amazing...

Brilliant!

Just made the celariac chips and they were really really good!! I just sprinkled with salt and pepper and straight into the oven in hot vegetable oil. Had these with mayonaise dip yum!

I have half a peeled celariac left that I have wrapped in the fridge. Do you think it will keep til tomorrow and I might do a duphinoise for myself with it?

Next week I'm hoping to be more organised with meal plans and hopefully will be able to avoid making 2 different dishes for the kids and then me. They are ridiculously quite fussy so it may take a while before they are ready for a change in their meals. I also have to be very careful as dd has had some eating problems/anxiety so I am doing bootcamp without them knowing!!

Blimey this thread moves quickly!

I've had an ok week, a slight chocolate button related incident on Tuesday but I resisted when everyone else had chips and curry sauce for lunch at work today (and actually really enjoyed my pate, celery and cheese and chive dip).

I haven't weighed yet But think I might peak in the morning

It will keep for tomorrow. The outer surface may have gone a little brown, but it's fine to use.

Well DH has lost 6lb in 5 days and I have lost 7lb in 5 days!

Tis a miracle I tell you!

B - FF greek yog
S - bacon and 2 eggs
L - chorizo, salmon pate, celery, cucumber
D - Slow roasted belly pork with creamed spinach and celeriac with butter.

B - bacon and eggs
L - goats cheese salads
D - lamb kleftiko and broccoli
S - halloumi - OMG I has forgotten how nice it is! DD (3) couldn't eat enough of it!!!

Tomorrow we are planning a big old brunch - black farmer sausages, bacon, eggs ad mushrooms. Even though I am stuffed I am looking forward to I already! Even though I've done it before, read the science etc. I still can't quite get my head around the eating butter helps me lose weight .

ruprekt wow that is practically a stone between you. Put something that weighs a stone in a bag and carry it around for even 10 minutes - you'll be even more impressed!!!

Ruprekt and Mr Ruprekt!

I haven't read today's posts yet - will catch up in a minute - but did want to post that I have lost no weight at all this week, and I haven't cheated even once. I suppose it could be the dairy, maybe I should cut that out. But I don't eat meat, I find it tricky without dairy...

I think I will do boot camp but stop if I don't lose anything. I lost 4lb in the first 5 days but nothing in the 5 days since.

But, Bessie, that's still 4lbs! So you can't say you haven't lost anything!

How much dairy are you eating?

List out your meals over the last few days and let's see if we can spot anything

bessie weight loss isn't linear. Have you been measuring yourself too - sometimes that shows changes before the scales do. Do you feel like you have enjoyed the food an generally better for it? If so stick with it, it will come off.

I don't know about the others who have had big losses this week, but I started at nearly 17 stone. Therefore I have loads to lose and I know it will come off quick at the start for me. 4 lbs in less than 2 weeks is fab. I am sure you didn't put on any extra weight in a short period of time so it is unlikely to come off instantly if that makes sense. I have to remind myself on that a lot - these 5/6/7 stones took years to accumulate, they aren't going to go for me overnight!

BIWI Are we taking the fibre away from the carbohydrates? I have bought some olives that are carbs: 5.7 and fibre: 2.8, will these be ok to eat because they are my favourite!
Also are we allowed fruit teas? i checked today but they didn't have a carb count

Checking in with what i have eaten today.

B: cheesy scrambled eggs
S:brie square and cucumber sticks
L: 3 rashers of back bacon and 2 eggs in butter
D: Roast chicken with asparagus in garlic butter
3.5 lts of water.

I am stuffed! but feel great, have bought some salami, ribeye steak, rocket salad and blue cheese for tomorrow.

This is the best diet ever

Including fibre in the carb count is an American thing. You want to take it off, so it's net carbs we're interested in. Olives are a really good LC snack.

Not much veg going on in your menu today!