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.

Wooooowwww.... 9lb in 10 days!!!

Strangely my waistbands are as tight as they were before I started, but my jeans are a bit baggier around the bum and my huge swollen ankles seem to have gone down.

I'm having panic attacks at the thought of this weekend though... eating out at a vegetarian Indian restaurant!!! What the hell am I going to choose that's not going to wreck things??

Marking my place as ive had to spend the day actually working rather than pretending to!

Me too thekitchenfairy it's been hellish

Who's being a sugary twat nell

Because I will take them DOWN.

To Chinatown.

Should read: who's being a sugary twat nell? Soz.

the black farmer himself was on 'a good read' on r4 a few weeks ago

saag paneer thenightsky?

Evening all, so many messages I can't keep up!

Am definitely feeling more human today. Had fried egg with some spinach for breakfast, chicken salad for lunch and steak and mushrooms for dinner. Have drunk so much water and herbal tea that I am literally sloshing!

Keep up the good work everyone, some seriously impressive results. Am tentatively looking forward to weighing in next week.

Hmm... Saag Paneer appears to be a side dish only.

Evening all. Sounds like people are doing really well. I am feeling decidedly greasy to be honest. I bloody love butter normally but I can't face the sight of it right now! Think I may need to eat more green veg.

Anyway, eggs for breakfast, ham & philly & carrots for lunch (poss too carby?) and a salmon fillet cooked in a mushroomy creamy sauce for dinner. Ate very early for me this evening, so am going to spend 20 minutes sorting out house and then go to bed early with a book and a large glass of water to try and avoid me snacking this evening which is what I ordinarily do when I eat early.

Annoyingly DH is feeling brilliant - he is out tonight, avoiding alcohol and feeling virtuous after 3 lb weight loss so far - and I'm just feeling a bit bleurgh and like my arteries are furring up as I type. (I know that's unlikely!)

Okay, I'll avoid dairy and see how it goes. I'n not really a massive cheese fan (apart from a cheese board) so I'd been using the Philly instead of butter or cream on veg.

Thanks again :)

Guys, I made THE cabbage tonight - oh my word, was good! Had it with two nice sausages and was not for one second jealous of DP's mash as it was so tasty. Burnt the arse out of my nice pan though...

Yes, Savoir - ditch the carrots in place of some salad. You haven't eaten nearly enough veg/salad.

And you don't have to eat cream! Salad with an oily dressing, butter on vegetables, tuna in oil....

thenightsky - vegetarian indian isn't going to be easy. Go for dishes with the lowest carb count - cauliflower, mushroom, spinach are all good in curries. Have a good look at the allowed veg list before you go! And please avoid the rice/naan, poppadom, chappattis!

Well, today I had:

B: Two scrambled eggs with butter
L: Salad, prawns and cottage cheese
D: Mackerel and a spinach and mushroom omelette

An eggy day!

Thanks BIWI that's helpful. I did have lettuce with my salmon this evening, forgot to write that down, and today was the first day with cream on anything, but I have been eating a fair bit of cheese. Will make more use of the olive oil!

I've got to say, I'm concerned my cholesterol is going to be sky high after this 10 weeks. All this butter/oily stuff/fat is surely clogging my arteries?

That said, I'm not the brightest bulb in the tanning bed. I took my passport to Wales. On a work trip. So... Y'know. There isn't much going on upstairs.

Thanks blackaffronted goodness knows what's up with my cycle!

BIWI and slatternly

Sugary Twat aka sugar cravings - I am sitting here, really, really wanting something sweet.

Greek yog here I come ...

BIWI - please can you see if you can find the carb content of sainsbury's own superior dark rum. I cannot. Panicking as, I am very ashamed to say, I have fallen off the wagon into two of them. [realise I have let the thread down, the school down, myself down, etc etc - will get over it]

Don't worry slatternly - I didn't realise Canada was attached to America till I was about 18.....[overshare?]

Doshusallie - I can't find one, but dark rum is 0g carbs, so I'm sure you will be fine!

slatternlymother - don't worry your pretty little head about it.

... and as long as these words aren't too long for you you might find this interesting/reassuring

Slatternly don't worry about your cholesterol. I've been doing this for almost a year and have had my cholesterol checked twice and it's been fine (and I was obese when I started this WOE)

So why do the so-called experts bang on about high cholesterol and fat being bad for us?

I feel like I have been cheated for years!

Hooray and hello!!!

Well done everyone, especially those of us who are feeling grotty.

I was hardly hungry today but am afraid of BIWI's stick so I had:

4 spoons greek yog
prawns and mayo
Stir fry

Am another 2 lbs down today! 8lbs in 2 weeks

Oh Dosh you are so naughty.

I really really want a drink.

I always have a drink on a Thursday.

Thankfully I did not but any rum today.

I do have vodka,gin,whiskey and brandy.

But I will soldier on and not give in.

Pass me another fizzy water and cucumber.

Jacaqueen I bow to your superior staying power. Seriously. What can I say, I am totally shit. Managed 10 days. The world just seems an easier place to be in when I am allowed a couple of bevvies. Will aim to have a few nights off a week. And all that.

Whilst in no way trying to justify it:

I don't smoke
I don't eat chocolate, cake, crisps, pasta, potatoes, rice.....etc
I try to be a nice person/good mother/wife/sister/daughter
I reached "bored" in my job sometime in September 2011, and am now exploring all kinds of levels of extreme ennui......
DH is sitting next to me thoroughly enjoying a tipple

Lemme have a drink goddamit!!!!!