Week 7 - New Year Low Carb Bootcamp - Where We Get Tough!

[BIWI]

Morning campers

Here is the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

This week sees the start of Ubercamp. This is entirely optional, by the way!

The idea is that we have three very strict days, keeping our carbs under 20g each day and consuming no dairy.

If you want to take part, I have put together three days' worth of meals as a guide - one which includes eggs and one which is an egg-free plan for those of you who don't like eggs. I'll also do one today which is purely fish-based.

As well as the meal plans, I've also written shopping lists and some recipes, where necessary, and the lovely Willie has put these on the spreadsheet - just look at the tabs at the bottom.

[MrsHerculePoirot]

B - low carb chipolatas and two poached eggs
L - few spoonfuls of carrot and coriander soup
D - salmon with pesto, served with roasted green beans with olives and anchovies and broccoli with butter.
S - smoked salmon things.

Not enough water but back on track...

[Bessie123]

I have just wanted to eat all day today, I must be pre-menstrual. I am very of all of you losing loads - I think I'm going to be fat forever.

Hope everyone has been enjoying the sunshine today. It's been so nice here.

[timidviper]

I have been good today but am not ubercamping yet as I have so much weight to lose I don't want to cut back now then find I have nothing left to cut out when I get lower down IYSWIM.

I have had:
B - 2 egg omelette with ham and a tiny sprinkle cheese (I don't like cheese so use it almost as a seasoning)
L - IPD curried cauliflower soup, leftover pork fillet pieces
T - Salmon in mayo on cucumber slices, chicken thighs, creamed leeks, spinach

Friends at work doing WW are getting hungry and fed up now. I'm watching them all cheating and feeling quite happy I have chosen to do this instead!

[mumat39]

IListen, that does sound yummy. I didn't know you could buy microwave steam bags so they sound very interesting.

Thanks so much. It sounds like such a simple meal that I'm sure even I couldn't get it wrong I hope

how long does it take to microwave a piece of chicken?

Thanks so much, again.

[Ruprekt]

Went to tesco and picked up some smoked salmon for 44p a packet reduced from £4. Got to the till and a glitch showed up that I could have ALL the sm salmon for free and they owed me 9p!

I said they could keep the 9p And I have lots of sm salmon for the week! Bargain!

[Lavenderhoney]

Still plugging away at bc, not getting nearly enough sleep what with the dc waking up at night now. And waking up so early!

Yesterday
B- fried egg, mushrooms
L- Brie and salad
D- green beans, spinach and LC sausage ( pork, hopefully)

Lots of water

Not had time to do exercises which is a pain but all the ironing is done.

I have restrained myself from weighing myself as its not helpful, the little gains/ losses.

And no one except dh has noticed I have lost 7kg since the beginning of this. My tummy clearly needs work:(

[halfthesize]

good morning campers I've sts today, off to the gym this morning, though still really hurting from Monday

viper your eve meal sounded scrummy
lavender your doing really well, I've found some people just don't comment even though very obvious you have lost weight

[BlackAffronted]

Ate an off-the-scale high carb dinner last night, and man Im paying for it :( I am so windy its unbelievable sorry if TMI I am uncomfortable, feel yuck, and didnt sleep well. I have already written off this week as I am away this weekend for a birthday treat, but planned to LC right up until then. And now Ive just realised that there are no eggs in the house :( wah, I need breakfast before Zumba at 10am!

[BlackAffronted]

Bessie, Im not losing loads either :( still havent made it to the 1st stone mark, and now this week is a write-off :(

[MrsHerculePoirot]

black!!!!!!! You were 0.5 lbs off losing a stone! In 6 weeks. That is an average of over 2 lbs a week. If you lose any faster on any diet or woe it isn't considered healthy. Look at what you have eaten and how much you have enjoyed it. I am sure you haven't Put on the weight in a matter of months or weeks so it is unlikely you will lose it in weeks either. Sorry if I sound harsh I just don't know why you often post about it not working when it clearly had been?

IMO you need to be as careful as toucan this week and weekend, even though it is your birthday and you are away. No found that dm article really useful last week that some one posted - about committing carbicide and the difference between thinking like a fat person and a thin person.

I do realise this is pot /kettle / black(affronted?!) after my weekend, but the difference is I can see that this woe works as losing a stone in 6 weeks, whilst eating delish food, is amazing and brilliant.

[Collywibbles]

BlackAffronted - try not to think about the week being a write-off otherwise is will be a mega write-off!

I know you have your birthday treat this weekend but it is only Wednesday! It is possible to LC and have birthday fun - just make sensible choices. You said in your post that a high-carb dinner made you feel yuck so choose a lower carb but equally delicious meal - you certainly don't want to feel yuck on your weekend

Drink loads of water today which will help get rid of last night's carb bloat. Have you got any yogurt you can have for breakfast. I try and have yogurt and 10g nuts before classes .... You will get there!

[BIWI]

BlackAffronted - are we going to have to have this conversation every time you step on the scales?!

This WOE is working really well for you. Stop focussing on the day-to-day and look at your overall progress.

And why write off the whole week? That's clearly not going to help with your weight loss, is it? It makes no sense whatsover - unless you are doing the 'thinking like a fat person' - to behave badly in the whole week before your planned cheat.

Don't blame the plan when it's what you are doing that's getting in the way.

[halfthesize]

Black you have been doing really well, though to write off a whole week is mad!! You will feel even worse by next Monday, as MrsHP says that article was great and very interesting re carbicide www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2278053/The-DIET-MISTAKES-making-fat.html

Why dont you try being super strict leading up to the weekend and then mindful whilst away, you can still have fun whilst sticking to this woe. I have to say I have been doing this since April last year and you really do have to get it in your head that this is not a diet, but a life style change. Dont be disheartened

[halfthesize]

www.dailymail.co.uk/home/you/article-2278053/The-DIET-MISTAKES-making-fat.html

[thenightsky]

BlackAffronted Where are you going for your birthday? Can you link is to a menu of the place?

I am out this weekend too with mates, which is normally a massive blow out with pints of lager and big junk food in Wetherspoons etc.

I have looked at the wetherspoons menu on line and already chosen my meal based on least carbs (piri piri chicken skewers at 10 carbs). I'll swerve on the lager and stick with single vodkas with soda or slimline tonic. I don't see my fun being any less than it would have been if I'd had a blow out.

[FurryDogMother]

Black - you're doing well with the weight loss, almost a stone is brilliant - but you're shooting yourself in your own foot with the cheating, and eating off plan - you're knocking yourself out of ketosis when you eat carby stuff, and therefore not experiencing the advantages of a ketogenic diet, ie less appetite, less fat-burning, more energy and fewer cravings. You're making this far more difficult for yourself than it needs to be.

I'm not saying the following to be 'holier than thou', I'm saying it because I have struggled too, and it's a mindset that works for me, and might help you - I don't cheat. Not once in 199 days have I cheated - but I have treated, many times. A treat is a low carb food that's a real luxury, either because it's expensive, or hard to get hold of, or ridiculously high in calories (though not in carbs). I'm thinking of stuff like lobster, or fillet steak drenched in garlic butter, free range chicken served with a creamy mushroom sauce, black truffles grated into my scrambled eggs (only £7 a bottle from Waitrose, haven't yet won the lottery) - that sort of thing. Those are my treats (also oysters, but I'm not expecting many people to think 'ooo!' about an oyster).

The difference between a treat and a cheat is that the former makes you feel great, the latter gives you bloating, wind, digestive discomfort, and above all sabotages your weight loss efforts. It's certainly not a 'treat' in the sense that it's something that's good for you.

If it were my birthday, I'd want to be treating myself, not cheating on a way of eating that's good for me. Worth thinking about?

Anyway, congrats on your loss to date, please don't feel discouraged - and happy birthday for the weekend, too :)

[BIWI]

That's a really great post, FurryDogMother.

[Jacaqueen]

Oh Furry I wish there was a 'like' button. Brilliant post.

BlackAffronted I want to give you a good shake girl! I really do. Please do not do it to yourself.

[thenightsky]

Oooh Furry... It never occurred to me that I could have a grating of black truffle on my eggs! Wow. I'm so calling at Waitrose on the way home from work.

[MsRinky]

Treats not cheats is my new motto, thanks Furry!

[Ruprekt]

I agree with Furry. When I went to Zizzi with the family I treated myself to the belly pork with spring greens. It was absolutely delicious and I did not feel like I was depriving myself at all.

I spoilt myself yesterday with what turned out to be free smoked salmon.

I also have not cheated once. Am still short of a stone but loving this way of eating and no plans to come off it.

[JustasmallGless]

Morning losers

Black - there are some really great posts on here and please take heed. I'm not going to add much more other than this is a support thread and we all want you to succeed in your goal. Only you can do this though- we can only help along the way.

Have just been to gym before work and realised I will need some tea there so off to shops to get myself a LC special!
Have a good day y'all

[Whippoorwhill]

Mumsnet really needs a like button so that I can 'like' FurryDogMothers post. That way of thinking is exactly why low carbing is working for me when nothing else has. When given free reign to eat what the hell I want, my preferences are for cheese, bacon, meat with creamy sauces, big prawns, avocados, fried eggs and big meaty sausages, raspberries and extra thick cream. This WOE lets me treat myself like that without going off piste.

It's my birthday in a couple of weeks and I'm going to really indulge. Scallops wrapped in bacon on a bed of rocket followed by fillet steak with herb and garlic butter and probably broccoli and green beans because they are my favourite. If I fancy pudding then raspberries and lots of cream but most likely a selection of my favourite cheeses and flax crackers. I will probably enjoy a bottle or two of extra dry prosecco and finish up with a nice cup of fresh coffee with cream and maybe a square of Green and Blacks 85% chocolate. I'm pretty damn sure I won't lose weight on that but it won't screw up my digestion, I'll feel great in the morning and I'll still be on track and by hell I'll feel treated not cheated.

[AuntieMaggie]

Well my sore throat and cough is back with a vengence :(

So whats good apart from honey and lemon and ice cream?

[BIWI]

sorry to hear that, AuntieMaggie

You can buy sugar-free Strepsils, if they are of any help.

Personally I'd avoid the honey. Just keep drinking plenty of fluids. Try gargling with dispersible aspirin.