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!

Okay got it up to 16 with mushrooms, broccoli and five cherry tomatoes plus a snack of mixed olives

That sounds better!

Bessie - if you haven't read her book, it really is worth a read. I suffered with candida problems for years - used to get thrush every month - and I didn't realise how many other conditions it has been linked to (quite apart from weight gain).

black 3lbs down - whoop whoop - we all told you the whoosh would come, I am very glad it did.

I too have been fully back on track and have lost since Monday 4 lbs!!!!

Midnight so glad dd is back home.

Black so pleased you've lost 3 pounds!!

I'm feeling poorly today and very sorry for myself. Was supposed to be going to London for some shopping, all my trousers are too big. Instead I am in my old joggers lying on the sofa feeling nauseous.

Guy - I'm feeling cold all the time too (apart from the occasional hot flush!) - DH said 'just wear layers' - I pointed out that I'm already wearing 3 layers on top and 2 on the bottom, including thermals - if I wear any more I'll look like the Michelin man! I keep telling myself that warmer weather is on its way - I just wish it would hurry up and get here!

Black on another low carb forum I frequent, many people are in favour of what they call a BAB (Big Ass Breakfast), and I kind of agree with them. Every day I have something like 3 fried eggs, 3 or 4 grilled rashers of bacon (yeah, I know it's not Bootcamp friendly, being processed and all that), plus some mushrooms cooked in butter. I find that I don't get hungry until the evening after that lot, I never feel the need to snack, and even dinner can be quite a small affair, because I'm just not wanting more. Congrats on the 3lb loss - but if you stall again, maybe give the BAB approach a try?

It's Day 213 for me today - still at home in Ireland so can't weigh (which is why I'm on the spreadsheet as STS for the past 3 weeks), but am comfortably into size 14s now (started at size 24), with some 12/14 jeggings also fitting. My travel date back to the UK is now March 22nd, so I may manage to get a final weigh in for the last week of Bootcamp :)

furrydogmother it sounds like you have lost plenty and black I am so pleased for you that you're losing too.

biwi I have always had that lower tummy shelf that can be indicative of candida but I definitely feel like it's going on this WOE.

Furry - you're counting the days? You've done amazingly well to drop from size 24 to 14. Will be interested to know how much you've lost in your 213 days.

And how's the non-smoking going?

Quick, hope you feel better soon :(

MrsHP the whoosh fairy has been busy this week, eh?

Furry, my Ds eats like that naturally (and incidently, is the skinniest one of us all!). He will eat a huge breakfast then just nibble the rest of the day. Might try eating that way from now on, I usually have time to make a large breakfast after the school run. Wow at getting into 12/14 after being a 24! Thats what I currently am, and cant even start to imagine wearing a 14 again - last time I was aged 13 :(

I went into work today and one of our ladies asked me when I was going to get some new trousers as mine look like clown pants! A very nice (if somewhat backhanded) compliment!

Problem is I think I have changed shape as one size down still feels too tight on me and makes me look like I have a gunt if you'll pardon the term.

Also spoke to a friend today who used to be a size 16-18, then a good few years ago lost weight to be a size 10 and has stayed there ever since. She told me that she initially started dieting on her own doing Atkins then, when she got near her goal weight and stuck, went to SW for the support but did all "red days" (low carb days) until maintenance when she brought some carbs back in. She says her way of eating is now just normal for her and she has no problem maintaining at all. What a great example she is!
She also told me that she found her portion sizes reduced naturally as she went along. When she first started breakfast was 3 eggs, then 2, then eventually 1 was enough.

Black So glad you feel you have made a step in the right direction.

I realised a while ago that I responded to feeling hungry almost in the same way as I would to pain. I know it sounds daft, and that feeling wasn't logical at all, but subconsciously I felt quite anxious at the thought of it so tended to overeat to avoid it. Realising that was a big step for me as I have been able to preempt some of my own sabotage.

Midnight, glad your dd is out of hospital and black, well done for the weight loss.
I am hovering at 65 kg and can't seem to move down. I already have smaller portion sizes!

My dd is poorly again, very sick, can't keep down her medicine and I even had to hose down the buggy. Another night of nursing coming up. She is asleep now but is very hot, headachy and usual ear/ throat nightmare, plus tummy ache. We spent all day at home with a visit to school to get ds and then doctors. I'm never away from the place:( ds wasnt hungry either so I am fully expecting him to get it.

Am having a pastis.

captainmummy yes, I keep a food diary, so I always know the number of days I've been doing this! I didn't have a starting weight (no scales) but I estimate it as around 16 stone - last time I weighed (about 4 weeks ago?) I was down to 11.5 stone, and I've definitely shrunk since then! My original goal was 11 stone, but I'm thinking I'll just keep going, because I'm quite happy with what I'm eating, and can't see a reason to change it. At age 53 I don't want to get too small (ha! never thought I'd say that!) because I have enough wrinkles already, thanksverymuch! Hopefully the weight loss will just naturally tail off as my smaller body needs less food to sustain it. We'll see!

The not smoking is going really well - I've taken up 'vaping' instead (like an e-cig, but a proper bit of kit that you can buy flavoured juices for) - I'm currently vaping chocolate flavoured juice - carb free! I'll be gradually cutting down on the nicotine content, and am hoping to be down to 0% nicotine by my birthday in June. Not had a single craving so far, I never thought it could be this easy. I've ordered some chocolate donut [sic] and vanilla custard flavoured juices too - if I can't eat them, I can at least vape them!

Black - do stick with this WOE - it may take time (213 days is around 7 months) but if I can do it, you can too. My way of thinking is that I know low carbing works, I know it's healthy, and I know I had to change what I was eating, because I was beginning to get ill because of my weight - breathless, heart palpitations, couldn't walk far without back pain etc. I didn't have scales, and so I didn't weigh myself, I just went with the flow, ate low carb, and carried on with life. Because of the not weighing, I was never disappointed in my weight loss, I was never frustrated by stalls, I never got hung up on small deviations (I do like my vodka and wine!) - I just ate the good stuff, and over time the weight has come off. It's been quite a while since I was this size, too!

Lavender sorry to hear your DD is sick again - hoping she feels better soon

Eve

viper dont you just love those type of comments, so when is the shopping trip?

Black I am so pleased to hear you are loosing again

Glad to hear your DD is home Ishall and I hope your DD gets well soon Lavender

Biwi - i have cut out cream and cheese completely and just have 2 sploshes ss milk in tea! That cannot be too bad!

B 3 slices thin bacon, fried egg

L chicken breast with butter, bag watercress, gem lettuce, mayo

D lamb, celeriac mash, swiss chard cooked in butter

S 1 pck pork scratchings

2 teas with ss milk
1 coffee with ss milk

How does this look?

I absolutely love celeriac. ...its fab

Well done to everyone who is so inspiring! I am so hungry today, I can't think why! I've had:
B - 150g Lidl yog L- smoked salmon trimmings mixed with two big spoons of ff cream cheese mushed into little gem leaves and D - will be pork chop, red cabbage and creamy leeks/kale. But, in addition have snacked on a few cocktail sausages, a little pack of pork scratchings, two pick and mix cheeses and a slice of ham. Oh, and two cups of tea with a tiny bit of milk, and gallons of water.

This is too much snacks, right??

Starvibg....at unexpected children's party. DS came out of school clutching an invite he'd had for two weeks

Starvibg.....and there are crisps in my bag Save me!

Water, water, water!!! Any cocktail sausages?

BLACK I didn't see your earlier post! WOO HOO!

You must be really pleased!

Hey Biwi!

Could you look at what I am eating to check please.
Am going caffeine therefore milk free tomorrow.

Ruprekt:

B 3 slices thin bacon, fried egg

Potentially not much food here if the bacon is really thin. I'd also be inclined to have two eggs

L chicken breast with butter, bag watercress, gem lettuce, mayo

Chicken breast is very low in fat - but I assume that hyou are frying in butter? I would actually consider an oily dressing on your watercress/lettuce, so you up the fat a little

D lamb, celeriac mash, swiss chard cooked in butter

Looks fine - assume there's some fat in the celeriac mash?

S 1 pck pork scratchings

I'm not wild about this, because they are highly processed (and you've already had bacon today

Overall it's not too bad, just keep an eye on your fat levels. And how much water?

Thanks biwi.

2 eggs and bacon with fried mushrooms tomorrow then.

Chicken was precooked so I added a knob of butter to the top before I heated in the microwave. Had mayo with salad. Full fat.

Celeriac mash will have butter but no cream though I love cream!

Is chard good for LC? Have blanched it and will fry in butter.

I weighed out 100g savoy cabbage (5g carb) and was surprised how little it was! I must've had double which means 10g carb without noticing!

I resisted the crisps but I the absence of water had my first diet coke to keep me from touching the crisps (it worked) and even better I feel no other diet come cravings......eating omelette, bacon, mushrooms, salad etc.

It was the party from hell though.....on roller skates and DS is autistic and Dyspraxic and hysterical. By 4:45pm I was close to tears so I did really really well NOT to touch the crisps.

Wow FurryDog that's fabulastic, well done!

Great news Black on the arrival of the Whoosh Fairy! She's not made an appearance here yet.

Great news that your DD is home Midnight.

I've been soso today, not as achy or tired.

Menu Chez Nell

B: lidl yoghurt
L: tuna with mayo, shredded lettuce and cucumber
D: half a salmon fillet, roasted cauli and broccoli
S: lidl yoghurt and linseed

I love that yoghurt but think I might be overindulging in it BIWI. Likewise the pork scratchings.