Week 8 - New Year Low Carb Bootcamp - We're Running Out Of Time!

[BIWI]

The Spreadsheet of Fabulousness is here

Three weeks to go!

How are you all doing?

Anyone Ubercamping this week?

Good luck. Still time to shed almost half a stone if you really stick to your knitting!

Thanks BIWI everyone is so inspiring if I get to 10st I will be happy, this is the lightest I've been in about 5 years !

(By the way I wasn't meaning to be dismissive of everyone struggling with their sugary twats - more philosophising that we all have different struggles and triggers)

Good luck MsRinky lovely dress

jake why don't you try some teapigs liquorice tea? It's very sweet. You have to practise with it though, it's yucky the first time you try it.

marybeardfanclub I look at a few blogs for inspiration, I will try to link to some. I also eat quorn sometimes but it does have a few carbs in. Quorn bacon is nice, especially cooked with veg. And stir fries are yum - loads of veg with a v little bit of garlic and ginger and some tamari. Add marinated tofu towards the end. Or Broccoli and tofu bake. Cauliflower cheese. Frittata. Um.... I will have a think.

Thankyou all for your very kind messages. You are lovely and very supportive. My grandmother is ok for now. I still have no job. Bastards.

Sugar diabetes link story on Newsnight NOW!

Doc from Stanford, saying that new research shows that 'a calorie is a calorie' is too simplistic. The type of calories is pertinent to your diabetes risk and sugar calories are more concerning that some other calories. Missed his name dammit.

Report on news night now about link between sugar and diabetes not linked to obesity. This woe seems to be getting closer to being more mainstream, just as I fall off the wagon into a massive ditch!

Ooh, cross posted with savoire.

Dr Sanjay Basu.

Hi mumat

Just checking in to say I had fillet steak (Lidl's finest!) for dinner tonight, and could now eat at least another 2 of them (thank gawd we don't have any!). Served with a lump of garlic and parsley butter on top, mushrooms in cream, cheese and peppercorn sauce, lettuce and a tomato. Still off the smokes, and have not compromised my way of eating at all - no cravings for nibbles or sweet things :D

Off to bed now - grocery shopping tomorrow, my favouite day of the week!

Ms Rinky - GOOD LUCK!!! Knock 'em dead.

Bessie - I am on a massive job hunt - do you want me to look for you too?

Breakfast: buttery scrambled eggs and chives (very quick!)
Lunch: none - out and about
Snack: cucumber sticks, mini babybel
Tea: chicken breasts cooked in butter, tarragon with leeks, garlic and shallots. It was a bit strange! We also had broccoli and cauliflower buttery mash - very nice.

A better day for me today - just run of the mill loneliness is my problem at the mo. Had some nice company and that helped,

Pls send some positive energy my way if you can - I'd really appreciate it.

Anybody watch the Oscars?

I am sending you LOTS of positive energy. And yes please, find me a job

Ps valdeeves why are you lonely?

Hello everyone. I've messed up today, and I'm so cross with myself. DD3 emailed me from Uni to say she has an exam scheduled for the same SATURDAY as DD1 is getting married!
Now this wedding has dominated our lives for 2 years, it's going to be a big one, DD3 is a bridesmaid, and is the reason I am trying to lose weight!

I reached for a massive flapjack, I was teaching at the time, and DD3 asked me if she should lie to Uni. I left her a message saying just tell the truth, as I'm sure they can sort it. I mean, for goodness sake, who has exams on a Saturday?

My DH also had an interview which would mean he could live at home again, so I have a lot invested in it, as he lives away 3 nights a week at the moment. He thought it went well, and he'll know by the end of the week, but the wait is awful. So I ate a fairy cake. And had a glass of wine tonight.

DD3 thinks they might let her take the exam in August when the resit is, instead of the original exam, which would be brilliant, but this has not been confirmed yet, so waiting for that info as well. Her lecturer said it was an unprecedented situation! Don't suppose any of you have any suggestions we could try? I don't mind talking to the lecturers/ Vice Chancellor if this would help?

So, I know it's been stressful, but I'm annoyed that I thought I'd cracked the 'emotional' eating, and I obviously haven't. For weeks I've avoided all the lovely cakes I make, sweets, puddings etc, and then in one day I'm back to how I always was. As I STS last week I was going to be really strict this week, and i have all the right food in, but my default was 'eat sugar'.

So, back on the wagon tomorrow, and I'll take a look at the book mentioned in the thread. Thank you everyone for all your support, even if I lurk more than I post.

Thank you for the recommendation of Liquorice Tea. I be never tried it but am up for a challenge . Am sure even diet coke etc must be yucky the first time it's ever tasted. Just a matter of educating my palate.

Best wishes to everyone who struggled for whatever reason yesterday ...hope things settle for you all soon. It does sound like you have loads of stress to contend with too.

Haven't been back to the scales since Tuesday but will weigh in on Saturday.....I know I am losing though.

Drinking tea with a splash of milk at the m as no cream in the house and cannot now have coffee without cream. Can't do tea black or with cream but it has to have something. It will be the on,y aberration today though.

BIWI, can we use stock cubes in Bootcamp? DS wants bolognese tomorrow night and I need to cook something we can both eat. I was planning to use a beef stock cube, 100g (so a quarter of a 400 g can of chopped tomatoes), add some olive oil, plus garlic, shallots and mushrooms. I will have mine on shredded cabbage but DS can have some whole wheat pasta. Ta in advance......:)

Tis okay...I am in heaven.....just found the Low Carb recipe index here . Going to make my own gravy to base the bolognese on :)

I haven't had a chance to catch up with this thread yet I've started uni this week.

Black I think in a previous thread you were thinking of stopping. I'm so pleased your here. I've found your determination really inspiration.

And I'm telling you all this here because I can't tell anyone in really life. I might be getting married in 8 weeks! We are already engaged are completely broke and our housing situation isn't great but maybe. So I've decided I'm going to eat like I am getting married in weeks. So come what may in 8 weeks time I'll be slimmer even if not married. In total I'd like to loose another 22 pounds.

hazchem .... In the absence of champagne ...some very non low carb .

Congratulations....hope it all happens for you. X

Oh wow Hazchem, how fab fingers crossed it all goes to plan!

Have had Total yoghurt this morning and am now eating chicken breast with mayonnaise. ...and it's yummy.

Congratulations, hazchem! Lovely news

Jake - yes, you can use stock cubes (they do have carbs, but given that you will only use one which would be in a recipe for up to four people, what they add is pretty negligible)

Womenandchickensfirst - I'm not surprised you were a bit derailed! I can't understand why universities do that. DS1 had a Saturday exam too, and it seems so impractical as well as unreasonable. Don't beat yourself up about it. This is real life, and these things happen. Just dust yourself off and get back on the wagon, and it will all be fine.

Hello campers

Not had time to catch up on here for ageees.

I haven't updated the spreadsheet either sorry

Well after my wineathon on Saturday I have been SUPER strict.

Today, I am below 11st.

Well done to all you losers

Well done, catinboots! Lovely to see the scales starting with a lower number, isn't it?

Treated myself to a square and a half of dark choc for my birthday, but apart from that Ive been super good this week. Loved the asparagus & chicken thing I made yesterday, so going to make more of that for lunch today.