Week 10 - New Year Low Carb Bootcamp - The End is Nigh!

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So we start our final week!

Here is the Spreadsheet of Fabulousness

We will have one last weigh-in next Monday.

Hope you all have a good week!

jake I know what set you off, it did the same for me too. I hope you are ok.

BIWI help. I can't stop eating, although I am not tempted by carbs. I feel tired and very hormonal, I am really irritable and short tempered. Although I wouldn't say I have the sweetest, most patient nature in the world, this is definitely out of character. Help me stop eating everything in sight.

Evening everyone.

After not being sick since about 12pm, dd has just been sick on the stairs. I really feel for her. She begged and pleaded all evening to go back to school tomorrow saying she was recovered.

I just hope ds doesn't catch it. He's not a good patient.

Lavender - how is your ds fairing?

Ds2 been off school today too (6). He is desperate to go to school tomorrow - Red Nose Day, mufti, cake sale, and school trip!! He is fast asleep, not eaten much all day, and still feels quite hot....we will see.

All my carbs are coming from veg. Mfp has 6 sprouts at 9 carbs!!!! 100g of broccoli at 7 carbs!

Bessie - try drinking a large glass of water. Go and have a lovely hot bath with a good book, and then have an early night.

I have been feeling a bit under par, tummy a bit sensitive (almost as though I'm over-hungry), some stomach ache and being permanently hungry. I have realised that the only thing I have changed is that I have had 2tsp of Benefibre each morning. I thought that a bit of extra fibre couldn't hurt but maybe it can. I will stop it and see what happens.

I've also had my reverse whoosh and gone up about 3lbs despite being good. I wonder if extra fibre could really be to blame?

Evening all.

((Hugs)) and manly punches on shoulder to those having bad days.

Dosh I'm seriously starting to worry about your giganto-veg

Been very good this evening, went to local restaurant and had lamb rump with broccoli and spinach, and a cheeseboard without the fruit and biscuits. Two glasses of water and a double espresso to finish

had lovely post swim snack tonight - tin tuna + mayo + spring onion on romaine leaves

my work skirt I wear once a week felt tight today, will weigh tomorrow, best nip any increase in the bud. have been going ott with cream of late

jake well done for not letting today totally derail you, you have done so well to date

sorry to hear of poorly dcs, hope the night is not too disrupted - since being lc, have you noticed an improved ability to deal with less sleep? I have found it so - ds2 wakes 3-5 times a night and I am able to work all day and not feel tired even in the afternoon.

bessie thanks for the tip on frying shirataki noodles, might try that this weekend

I know Noel!! I seem to be finding freakishly large mutant vegetables!!!!

hello everyone, here so i can get some advice from people who know LCing.

I have been LCing for three years very successfully, i put on a stone just after xmas, i was very ill and therefore did not LC for weeks.

I am now losing the will to live, i swear to god, i've been back on plan for 3 weeks and lost 8lb - that sounds great, but as you all know - when LCing its not actually amazing - i lost 5 lbs the first week and naff all since. particularly upsetting is that for the past two weeks ive been killing myself at the gym too, and ive I am very rigid in what i do, i keep to 20 carbs a day.

whats going on? DH follows the plan and he is insisting that i am eating too many veg - im not at 20 carbs per day i dont think - and i can't contemplate lowering this as ...believe it or not i am not the greatest meat lover ha ha!

this has dramatically changed my life - ive lost nearly 4st in total - then put one back on - i love LCing, but i'm losing faith - i am on the edge of trying out calorie counting i swear to god.

what am i doing wrong?

todays food

i dont do breakfast - ever - i know your metabolism starts working yadda yadda , but if i ate in the mornings i would vomit. i hate it.

breakfast = coffee
lunch = tuna salad - small can - no mayo or anything, added to simple leaves
dinner= what i call 'no spag bol' this is a lower carb variation than i usually make
mince, 1 bell pepper green. 1 leek, 1 tin tomatos, chili powder, garlic powder.

cooked it - halved it and froze one half.
I drink loads of water too

any advice ?

Even though I am a "new" LCer lost one pound short of 2 stone since 7 January :) I would suggest that there is not enough fat in your diet.

Custy - I would say not enough fat too

Am off to bed but will have a proper read/think in the morning

Yes another vote for not enough fat.

Also remember that muscle weighs more than fat and serious exercise causes micro tears in the muscles which lead to inflammation and fluid retention so you often lose less weight when exercising hard.

I have my own unproven theories too:

1. It is a bad time of year to lose weight. I might be wrong but it seems to me as though this bootcamp has been harder work for everybody than previous ones
2. It is harder to lose weight second time around. I have given up on both WW and SW in the past when have done well pre-Xmas then struggled to lose Xmas weight. I am only just getting back to my pre-Xmas weight and I know quite a few others struggling to get there too

Btw Custy Keep the faith! You were one of the people who inspired me to try low carb and I am now almost 2.5 stone lighter

Custy i agree with timid. I read your blog years ago and was really impressed but too scared to try low carb as it went against WW in every way possible.

Could you skip breakfast but then have a Big Ass Breakfast at 12 pm instead?

Mushrooms cooked in butter celeriac chips, bacon, 2 eggs?

You are definitely not eating enough.

Am glad you joined the thread.

Another more terrifying night with ds who had such a high temp he was delirious. Twice. He went to bed low temp, kept down dry toast. 30 mins later all hell let loose. Waited for dh to come home, to watch dd who thankfully slept through the drama- he works double shifts, ( ate 2 chocolates) and in the dead of night rushed to a doctor. Strep throat. I thought he had meningitis:(

Anyone who has sick dc, I feel for you. And anyone with troubles:(

The big thing I notice with this woe is I don't want a glass of wine after the dc are in bed. I think about it, as its a long habit:) but I don't as I just don't want it!

Bab for lunch is really better for me too, I struggle with breakfast - but I have a cafe creme instead for breakfast and early lunch now.

Oh Lavender that sounds terrifying. I hope your DS gets better soon. I can remember way way back when my brother was a child with whooping cough and him seeing things due to his high temperature. It's so so scary when they are that unwell.

Thank you to you all for your kind words yesterday..yes Bessie you were right about the specifics. Today is a whole new day and I am having coffee with cream for breakfast and an early BAB/lunch. I am also seeing my counsellor today and I will pick yesterday apart with her.

I am strong, I have survived and I go on with this WOE and won't look back at yesterday anymore.

Golly lavender how scary, hope both you and ds are ok

I can't get into the spreadsheet.. Could someone add me as 138 please? 1 off and6lbs in all, but delighted for all the inches I have lost and generally feeling less head- foggy.

Ladies real life has taken over this week... Forgive long thread but am panicking rather.. Don't know whether to laugh or cry... As a struggling to find work freelancer I went after a short term local contract... They offered me the job on tues... Bt it's full time and its a 12 month contract... But holy cow i start next week

V pleased with myself that despite falling into wine every night while DH and I hash out practicalities... There have been no other carborific crutches... Never mind how the family will cope... Eek... My first thought was How do I lo carb in an office? Much help needed for easy packed lunch and breakfast ideas...not to mention how to cope with big change without Big Gin Reward which will throw me off track

Phew!! Gotta run and find the circus themed clothes for school I totally forgot to do last night.. Looking forward to baking some of that shortbread and catching up on this thread... I will be back later...

And I won't be going away! Love this thread, this woe, looking forward to much good LC chat in the coming weeks

Oh Lavender how awful... Been there too many times with my DS1... Always seems more hideous in the night and strep throat can give such a terrifying sounding cough...

Wishing you a quiet day of cuddles today, be gentle on yourself after such a rough night, have some and some

good morning
thekitchenfairy congratulations on the new job

Lavender hope you have a better day and ds gets better soon x

Custy, Id agree with not enough fat. Also, in just 3 weeks you have lost more than half of your stone? Sounds perfectly fine to me! Especially as this isnt your first LC attempt. Could you do a BAS (big ass salad/soup/stew) at lunchtime? With lots of fat added (mayo, oil dressing etc). Fry everything in butter or coconut oil.

LH, how scary :( hope your DS makes a full recovery quickly

TKF - good luck with the new job! Is it doing something you love? Im panicking about college this summer, so no idea how panicky you must be feeling right now! Im sure there will be lots of LC food you can eat in the office :)

Just had my BAB. Definitely noticing the rise in my sex drive, as the leptin reset protocol suggests would happen

Also, I read that coconut oil does not affect insulin levels - a spoonful is perfect between meals if you are hungry. It is used by the liver straight away as energy.

ATTENTION BOOTCAMPERS

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bravo all!

Well done all of you xx

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