Week 9 - New Year Low Carb Bootcamp - Nearly there ...

[BIWI]

So we enter the last two weeks of Bootcamp. Still time to drop another 2-4lbs!

Here's the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness for you to come and confess all.

Remember, at the bottom of the spreadsheet is a tab for Ubercamp, if you fancy three strict days.

Good luck!

And i nipped to M&S tonight. Got a beef joint for 50p!!!!!

And ham for 50p and yumyums! 50p!!!!!

Dh was impressed.

Splitthetea, I remember watching a hairy bikers episode where they cooked a lasagne using leeks instead of pasta. It looked really yummy and the people who ate it didn't miss the pasta. They opened the leeks out so that each layer was like a sheet, blanched them in hot salty water I think and then dried them on tea towels.

I nearly spilled our evening meal tonight. Luckily I managed to save it. I have recently leaned our look so would have also scooped it up and had it anyway.

Here's a link to the recipe

Oh, sorry. Just realised you said veggie lasagne. Sorry

I think on an earlier bootcamp somebody tried that and found it hard to serve the lasagne as the leek sheets didn't cut easily. I think someone suggested making it with cheese slices instead of pasta

I'm going to have to rethink my breakfasts a bit as I have bacon or sausage most mornings

I haven't found a way of making veggie lasagne yet but have done something a bit similar with slices of Edam instead of lasagne. And no cheese sauce. Or a kind of veg moussaka with swede instead of potato. And I used cream and cheese instead of a bechamel sauce.

You could make an Aubergine moussaka or lasagna by slicing Aubergine very thinly, salt and leave for a while, then rinse, making a sauce with leeks, courgettes, spinach whatever pan fried in butter til very soft and then make tomato sauce but thinly as tomatoes are if I remember rightly are not very low carb, and use sliced Mozarella in it too or melt your left over cheese into the sauce and layer - You can also use a plain yogurt as a topping with a bit of Parmesan.

Just be careful if doesn't become ratatouille:)

Right.....jut established that I cannot do the BAB (Big Arse Breakfast), at east not this time of the morning anyway. Ho hum, three rashers of bacon and a bit if fried egg were very nice though. Will monitor how long it fills me up for and if I can be bothered to do this again.

Well offer DS egg, cold sausage but fresh crispy bacon for brekkie this morning (am a good Mum lol) then see how he does today with food.

It's Mothers Day breakfast at school this morning.....am going but taking fizzy water with me. Will offer to help so will stay away from the pastries and bacon sarnies .

Cannot quite believe how I have changed my mindset. I could never do this for fat but the thought "ooh look at all those carbs" really DOES keep me away from the food in the way that "ooh look at all that fat" DIDN'T .

I mean...feck.....I actually have PERMISSION to enjoy my bacon rind and pork crackling. I have always felt so guilty eating them.....not anymore....eating them with relish and feeling full.

I've read this study and it says several times in the report that there was a statistical significance only for higher consumption of processed meat - no association of early death with non processed meat consumption - so why did the media quote say to limit red meat as well as processed meat?

the numbers are: of the 448,568 participants in the study there were 26344 deaths and of those the authors reckon 790 would have lived longer if they reduced processed meat consumption below 20g per day.

The intro to the paper states that meat "has several potential nutritional benefits but also some potential adverse effects". The 'drawback' to meat apparently is the high content of cholesterol and saturated fatty acids both of which have been shown to be "positively associated with LDL concentrations and risk of coronary heart disease."

my take on it is that the lead researcher thinks the above so she thinks to be on the safe side you should limit all meat even although her study does not support that statement.

later on in the report is mentioned the fact that there was a statistical significance in processed meat consumption and early death amongst MEN ONLY - eg in the highest processed meat category 29 women died early and 194 men died early.

there is a statistically signify association between processed meat consumption and smoking

so all my researches reveal that statistics can say many things depending on the message you want to give

NB I have read somewhere other research which says that the LDL raised by red meat of of the large fluffy variety which is good. off to see if I can find it again

ps morning all!

The study is full of confounders......but I would say it is processed meat which IS the issue and agree that the lead researcher should NOT be extrapolating this to all meat.

....anyway I weighed myself last Friday and had lost 6lbs.....this week I have lost another 6lbs........will weigh again on Monday for the spreadsheet but have gone from 237lbs to 224lbs....according to Google....which appears to make me 13lb lighter. However I know I was 16 stone 12 and three quarters on 25th Feb. I am now 15lb 13 and three quarters. Wow wow wow....rounded it up to 16 stones though.

Today as focus on fluids as am not sure I drank enough yesterday....so will buy lots of sparkling water today and keep filling my other water bottle from the tap.

Just had my BAB - 2 eggs omlette, 2 chicken thighs & a wee bowl of greek yog. Going to do this leptin reset thing for 8 weeks. It is basically eating a BAB early in the morning, leaving 4 hours between meals, eating dinner at least 3 hours before bedtime and no snacking. Oh and eating low carb, of course!

Getting my nails done today, it was a birthday present from 2 of my best friends :) Cant wait, I never treat myself to things such as nails :)

lovely post jake

Hi girls

Having a work nightmare and about to start for the day. Had egg mayo and ham on lettuce. I do eat too much processed meat so I need to cut that back.

I had lettuce with butter yesterday. God it was good. Nice and crunchy with all the buttery taste. Better than toast! Yum.

Glad to see you are well on the way Jake. Great news.

Hope everyone had a lovely day.

Jake you've come so far in such a short space of time - it's really inspiring to read your posts.

EMUZ - wow! You've solved your blood sugar problem, no medication, just a change in eating - well done, you must be so happy.

I accidentally weighed myself this morning (DH away, need to fill the time...) and I seem to have lost another pound. And another half inch from my waist. The shape change is interesting for me, as I'm losing weight but not looking 'ribby' or drawn. I treated myself to mushrooms fried in butter, fried eggs, two Black Farmer sausages and a huge coffee with cream. It fits the profile of a BAB, so I'm going to see how long it takes me to feel hungry.

Excellent post mary I was going to post some similar things but you've explained it brilliantly. This website is a fun way I show my students that you can generally make statistics show whatever you want if you have an agenda of any sort! crazy correlations

Having said that I am sure that unprocessed things will always in general be either for you - I am just not at all convinced that study shows you will die early if you eat bacon!

Forgot - thanks for advice around breakfast. I bought some chicken breasts and made up three bowls of marinade (Thai, tarragon and a garlic and sumac one), then chopped the chicken up into small chunks, split it between the bowls and bagged it up in 120g portions. I've got about 15 bags of marinading chicken in the freezer, so that should break up the ham or plain eggs nicely.

I think with this study it is important to realise there is a difference between a correlation and causality. I know they adjusted for some factors but do not know if they have absolutely proved causality. (Rather like the fat raises your cholesterol argument which I have heard is not proven)

Black Heres another evil twin moment from your older sister! I bit my nails from childhood, for my 50th some friends bought me acrylic nails and manicure to be done before my week of parties. The salon were very encouraging, I kept going and have stopped biting my nails! (I wonder if I could claim having nails has increased my weight?! )

You see, there is a reason why rule no 10 of Bootcamp is about avoiding artificial ingredients ...

I know you all think I just make these things up willy nilly

Splithetea I slice courgettes lengthways with a mandoline to make the 'pasta' for lasagne and make the bechamel sauce with cooked broccoli zapped into a sauce with Parmesan. I do a meat version of the pasta sauce, but would think that a mix of onions, peppers, mushroom and tomatoes with loads of garlic and herbs would do the trick.

Waves at everyone. Sorry I've not been around much. Still LC-ing and down to 150lbs this morning

I have a great American recipe which, rather than bechamel sauce, uses ricotta (or cottage cheese) mixed with beaten egg, layered with mozzarella and parmesan - and then the ragu sauce and pasta (or for a low carb version, the "sheets" of leeks or ribbons of courgettes).

i do a quick courgette bake (not really like lasagne but it has the flavours)

courgettes cut into strips about 2-3mm thick, roasted in oil until soft

layer courgettes with mozzarella and passata (not much needed - a spoonful or so per layer), topped with mozzarella and some grated parmesan

ilovemyteddy - well done

Well done to all the other losers too.....

I have just come from a coffee morning at DS's school and had a bacon roll because DS was desperate to have one with me. I felt bad about not joining in with him so had it.....going to see what effect the bread has now I have been eschewing it for the last two and a bit weeks. So I chewed every mouthful 20 times and out it down between bites. It was nice but not so nice I want another one......back to low Carbing again now.

I have become positively evangelical about this WOE since starting it. I can't claim to have been an absolute angel on bootcamp, the odd diet coke has been had, some peanuts and some walnuts (about seven halves) and about seven blueberries. On the whole though I have followed it or tried to do so religiously.

Morning everyone!

jake, you're doing so well!

Ilovemyteddy, you too!

My DD's school have a mother day tea that all the mums have been invited to. I'm making biscuits and cupcakes at the moment so that DD can join in and have some food to eat too. I'm going to have some too as I'd like to be like to keep DD company and eat the same food as her as everyone else tucks into the regular sandwiches, cakes and biscuits. I'll try not to go too mad and I'm hoping I'll have the will power to get back to this woe after this afternoon.

I've had a gooed week so far. My c-section pouch is actually feeling a little smaller which is amazing as 8've had it for over 5 years. :)

Hope everyone else is well and doing well. Xxx