Continued - Week 1 New Year Low Carb Bootcamp Chat Thread

[BigStickBIWI]

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

[slatternlymother]

We'll I haven't had any alcohol

GibbsGirl I have mushrooms, cheese and mayonnaise. Things are not looking good. The shop is due tomorrow.

I'm going to have to venture out, aren't I?

[clare8allthepies]

Hi all, made a massive pan of coconut and spinach soup (was Nigella's recipe of the day the other day) and was not very impressed, think I should have not gone so easy with the thai curry paste! Having bacon and cheese omelette instead for lunch

[gloriafloria]

Thanks for the new thread I couldn't keep up with the last one as been working. Well day 4 for me and I can feel I've lost weight from my clothes - yay! I've gone from a diet of prob 80% carbs, too much vino, high sugar and bucketfuls of caffeine and zero water to zero alcohol, 1 coffee a day, 2 ltrs water, lots of salad, veg, meat and cheese. I am shocked at how not hungry I am but my body does seem to have gone into shock. Quite shaky and achey. Mornings are a real prob for me though. On day 2 I had bacon, egg and black coffee plus glass of water and within minutes threw the whole lot up, but was fine after and for the rest of the day. Yesterday day3 I just had a baby bel and water and the same thing chucked it all up (sorry tmi). This morning I just couldn't eat so had black coffee and even then felt dodgy but just had chicken Caesar salad and was fine. Do you all think I should just skip breakfast or try again. I've got an active job so although I don't feel hungry I do kind of think I should have. My poor body is missing the round of toast with butter and jam I used to breakfast on. Thanks and looking forward to my weigh in on Monday

[skandi1]

Marking place

[thatgirlsevil]

Just had my yummiest lunch of the week so far...

Salad made up of half bag of rocket, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, 2 spring onions, 2 radishes, 5 garlic stuffed olives, small chunk of crumbled feta. Chicken breast chopped up with a spoonful of mayo and black pepper, a boiled egg and a small avocado.
Homemade dressing of white wine vinegar, olive oil, black pepper and garlic clove.

I went to Tesco before and frozen chicken livers are 25p A PORTION! So tonight I'm going to fry them off with a little bacon and cream and have them with the rest of the bag of rocket...mmmmm.

Still pissing like a racehorse, hey ho.

[PrincessSparkle86]

Please could someone answer my question on the question thread :-/ confuuuused x

[PrincessSparkle86]

thatgirl wow that is one mega salad!!

[newpencilcase]

ooh, I've just posted on the last one and now have found this!

This is the first time I've found time all week and it's filled up already!

[thatgirlsevil]

PrincessSparkle86 It was pretty hefty but I'm trying to allocate most of my eating to lunchtime as I'm generally struggling to find my appetite in the morning and we tend to sit down for tea a bit later than I would like. It seems to be working well for me at the moment though...

[DharmaBumpkin]

Afternoon all thanks for the link to the new thread Biwi.

Accidentally had my first 'lunch on the go' today, quite tough in the middle of nowhere! All I could find was sliced ham & cheese, which I made into roll-ups. Did the job!

[Vagndidit]

Nursing myself through a cold when I'd otherwise be sat on the sofa with hot chocolate...
But just had a lush lunch of homemade eggdrop soup with a sprinkling of spring onion has worked like a charm. Even made it to the shop for turkey mince for tonight's dinner.

[Jacaqueen]

Oh thank goodness I have found you. Had a panic when the thread was full.

Well you will be relieved to know that I am back from Lidl with loads of yoghurt and leeks. Do you know slatternlymother you could be onto something with the yog and leeks together. I bet that would make a lovely sauce/dip for fish.

[Prolificmincepiebreeder]

Thank you slatterny :)
I do have more energy with this WOE, if anything I just have more motivation to get up and do things even with sleep deprivation!
I never realised how stodgy I felt with carbs.

[GibbsGirl]

mmm Slatternly you have made it tricky! Fry the mushrooms in butter and melt in the cheese... but if you had cream you could fry the mushrooms and some herbs (thyme is good) for 2 mins. Stir in 100ml double cream and 1 tsp wholegrain mustard. Bubble for 1 min, season, then spoon over the steak, but that doesn't help if no cream. Could also fry a shallot with the mushrooms too. oh and add juices from the steak

[Doshusallie]

I think i've gone off pork scratchings. Had a gross one last night that was all soft, nearly puked....

Lunch was a salad the size of thatgirlsevil's - grated cheese, 3 boiled eggs, lettuce leaves, cucumber, coleslaw and olives with added mayo.

[Prolificmincepiebreeder]

I reckon if you cooked the leeks separately then added them to warmed yogurt, careful not to split it. Added to chicken or fish, sounds yum to me!
I'm going to make a chicken tikka to be served with salad during the week.
Also I saw last night Nigel Slater made mackerel and bacon salad. Sounds good to me.
I'm finding it easier than I thought to adapt recipes.

[Doshusallie]

BTW my friend who tried Low Carb and immediately lost half a stone has gone to the dark side and started Slimming World. She feels that Low Carbing leaves her feeling deprived and would not be a life long WOE for her. She says she needs to stop losing and putting on the same half stone. She missed her daily treat size curly wurly and Alpen too much she said. Apparently SW (have never done it myself) allows you unlimited veg, pasta, rice, potatoes, 35g of cereal a day, and "syns" in the form of butter, or cheese or oil.

I didn't even bother expanding on all the reasons I low carb, she has heard them all before - she just doesn't want to give up the sugar she eats, so what can you do? I resisted saying that she has done SW before and yo-yo'ed constantly.

[HumphreyCobbler]

LucyVFood - I have had a strange thing before when I actually put weight ON when I started doing shred. Do you think this could have happened to you? I think it made me retain water for some reason.

Whatever you do, don't stop now. I am the queen of stalling and I am still thinner now than I have been in the last ten years.

[GinotPrigio]

Gloria Its strange that your body was ok with toast with butter but is rejecting a teeny tiny babybel. Not to freak you out or anything but are you sure you're not pregnant?!!

Doshusallie Unlimited pasta and potatoes? Thats how I got into this situation to begin with! She'll come crawling back when she sees the pounds melt off you!

[Lifeisontheup]

I stir yoghurt into soup, the full fat one is much harder to split. Makes soups nice and creamy which they can lack without potato or other carby evils.

[mawbroon]

I have lost a couple of pounds but I'm not even trying for weight loss! I am deliberately eating big portions of veg and some nuts/seeds but have still lost. Oh well, so be it.

Today I have had two scrambled eggs for breakfast and a handful of almonds for lunch. Tea will be chicken breast wrapped in bacon and some creamy veg.

DH is alarmed at how into this WoE I am, and he worries that I might be going psychotic again. I seem unable to explain to him that I feel so excited that this WoE may possibly banish my MH probs for good and that it's great to have this thread for support, or rather he seems unable or unwilling to understand.

The depression I was feeling about 10 days ago has vanished and I feel alive

[Lifeisontheup]

My DH has lost half a stone on this WOE! He's not as strict as I am but loves being able to eat meat and have dressing on his salads, he looks much less bloated and has more energy too.
I feel fizzing with energy today, bit like the duracel bunny. . Haven't weighed yet since Monday but clothes feel looser and tummy flatter.

[BigStickBIWI]

Turn the heating up?!

[BigStickBIWI]

Something I do (also work from home) is fill a hot water bottle and put that underneath my feet.