New Year Low Carb Bootcamp - The Final Weigh-In!

[BIWI]

So here it is - come and weigh in for the last time and tell us how much you've lost in Bootcamp.

The Spreadsheet of Fabulousness is here

Ugh, having been so smug about this week's loss have fallen face first into the biscuit tin this afternoon - stupid work meetings where they have the good biscuits out! Lots and lots of water plus spinning tomorrow morning to try and minimise the damage I think!

AuntieMaggie..... You are in luck!

Peterborough has a Prezzo and a Carluccio's both of which are good for low carbing options.

I have the KTC coconut oil - £2.25 for 500ml from my local asian supermarket.

black those summer eggs are lovely aren't they? I had them for breakfast a week or two ago. Between them and chachouka my eyes have been opened as to how many things you can fry up and then make wells in and cook eggs in the mix . Current fave is diced veg (courgette, green pepper, bit of onion) with chorizo and a finely diced HOT chilli. Then the eggs in the middle. Delicious. Guess what I'm having tomorrow?!

Dinner tonight was inspired by this Italian broccoli and salmon bake though obv sans the pasta. I added a load of sliced leeks too. The sauce is basically a white sauce enriched with marscapone so the old LC cream/cream cheese mix is perfect. Then stir a few chopped sundried toms, couple of tsps capers and some torn up basil into the sauce. Mix with the parcooked leeks and broccoli and tip all of that ontop of the salmon fillets in an oven dish. Top with grated cheese and bake for 20-30 mins. Serve with green veg, fried courgettes were perfect. If you want extra crunch on top try a sprinkling of seeds. Very yum. Better than the sum of its parts!

hi again, I finally started bootcamp again yesterday 15/04 - dear god I weighed myself. I knew that due to my back, the tablets, not able to walk etc that I had put on weight. Bloody stone and a half since November.

Im not promising I can do full on BC, but I am trying very hard to get into the swing of LC WOE again.

Check out my chart on my profile!

Thanks Ruprekt I'll have a look at menus. Is there a nice Indian?

Now I just need to find a low carb salad in central Bristol for when I forget my lunch :)

Been very good today.

Breakfast: Lidl yoghurt with cream, blueberries and cinnamon
Lunch: avocado and bacon salad (with nice oily dressing)
Dinner: griddled flattened turkey steaks (with some olive oil), neep chips (in olive oil and Parmesan) and buttery spring greens
Snacks: 3 cheese triangles, couple of slivers of parmesan and 2 brazil nuts
One small glass of wine

Also had a good day on that I applied for my first job since I was made redundant a few years ago (have done some consultancy in between times but need to get some money coming in to the house). It's a start!

That's v interesting beryl, which diets are the other colours?

(I do like a bit of data)

Thanks BIWI for the link!

Just quickly posting my meals:

Breakfast: boiled eggs
Lunch: chicken avocado mayo salad
Supper - garlic butter chicken with spinach
Snack: Brie

Thanks for the reminder on the summer eggs - had meant to try them when spilt first posted!

Day 3 of ubercamping and 4lbs down

So tonight is roast pork... how do I make sure the crackling isn't soggy?

Difficult question auntiemaggie - the only way it works for me is to score a lot with a Stanley knife then cover in salt then just roast forever and ever...!

Lol MrsHP. Never seems to work for me! Its the best bit about this woe too!

Feeling a bit dazed today but AF due so probably that and staring at a screen all morning!

Spotted strips of pork skin (to make your own crackling) in Morrisons for 25-35p a pack. Haven't bought one yet but mentally logged it for future reference!

Am on Day 3 of being strict again - going well although I have a stonking headache and can only manage 12/13 hours of being awake! This will pass.

Yay to day 3 carbalanche

I've just had my chicken salad and it was yummy!

I'm also on Day 3 of being strict again carbablanche - keep on making myself drink water every time I feel like snacking.

Just about to go and make the Guardian cauliflower pizza for lunch. :)

Yay prettybird too!

Conclusion after 3 days of eggs for breakfast is just having eggs does not agree with metformin

I had a headache and was wiped yesterday but its hard to know whats carb flu and whats hormonal...

I'm at another office tomorrow so going to bootcamp light it and might do it til the next bootcamp depending on whats in the cupboard.

Interesting piece here about sugar

Willie Red is Bootcamp 2012, purple is Harcombe in 2010 and green was Reductil in 2008.

Your link to the diet doctor was very interesting reading. I quite like the idea of measuring ketones, as this time round I am doing quite a bit of 2 steps forward, 1 step back, and I suspect there is a bit of carb creep. I only realised the other day that my favourite coleslaw is about 6g carb per 100g. The diet doctor talked about an electronic blood measuring device, but it just seemed to a normal blood glucose monitor - I may look into this.

The trick to crisp crackling is to make sure the skin is completely dry. You need to lift the joint out of the fridge a good half hour before cooking, and wipe off any condensation with kitchen roll. Score and cover in salt, and let it sit for 1/2 hour. The salt will draw out any excess moisture. Wipe off the moisture and salt, than add a bit of nice sea salt before popping in the oven. Higher temperatures generally give a better result.

Thanks Beryl - I got DP to do it and it was great!

I would like a catheter now please - fed up with going to the look every two bloody minutes!

day 3, still going well. just checking in.

auntmaggie

make sure your skin on pork is dry, cook pork as usual, once pork is cooked remove from oven, take off crackling put on a baking rack and cook for a further 15 mins or so. Meanwhile make sure meat is covered in foil to keep hot and rest. You should have perfect crackling.

By the way as a humorous aside did anyone else catch Steve on Corrie talking about thinking of doing a low carb diet?! Now, that's mainstream!

B: boiled eggs and babybel (one the go attempt at BAB)
L: Asian tuna salad bought by my boss from takeaway - no idea exactly what was in it - seemed ok but willing to bet being Asian was too much sugar
S: Brie and olives
D: aubergine paiagana and too much wine.

Have lost my easter weight but struggling again with the wine so need to get on too of it again, being on the Bootcamp!!