Starting low carb two week induction type thing - tomorrow - anyone in??

[mrsmalumbas]

Have just bought and read the India Knight book and have been reinspired to restart my low carb ways - Anyone care to join me?

I do know this way of eating suits me, I have done it before, I don't get hungry after the first few days and I do lose weight. I was "sort of" doing this for a couple of weeks before easter and lost about 4lbs, felt good but fell off the wagon over the weekend with easter eggs, wine, simnel cake etc!

Am planning a 2 week induction type event starting tomorrow morning (I am loathe to call it a "diet") to get me back into the swing of things. It would be good to have a buddy or two.

Oh dearie dearie...

What's brisket Oggsfrog??

Am i being ignorant??

I'm having half a quiche tonight (inside only no crust) and broccoli.

Drinking a massive Venti coffee at the moment with a touch of cream

Also weighed myself this morning and apparently lost another 2lb but I'm this is just a fluctuation...

I'm sure this is just a fluctuation....

Last night went a bit better, managed to get past the 5.30 watershed without opening a bottle of wine - drank diet ginger beer instead, which was OK. Went out later on and had a couple of glasses, but resisted most of the carby snacks on offer, and didnt have any of the various home made cakes, so I am losing desire for carbs.

Bfast - egg/baccon/tomate
Lunch - tuna mayo with lettuce
Dinner - good sausages with onion sauce

I've got a supermarket delivery coming on Thursday, and have chosen the stuff very carefully.

No scales so no idea how I'm doing in lbs and oz (or kgs if you prefer). But I'm an inch down on the waist and hips.

This happens almost straightaway with me and I know it can't be fat, has to be water retention. Which begs the question ...what do I normally eat that makes me bloat? I've come to the conclusion it's wheat which is a bugger as I love bread and pasta under normal circumstances. I find when I come off lc, I get stomach cramps and other symptoms too horrible to mention when I eat pasta and bread again.

What a coincidence...I tripped and fell mouth first onto a huge plate of curry with cous cous and naan bread

Doing well and having a wine-free night, but did have a few chips with dinner, and had to have a couple of bites of the biscuits DS2 just made (fortunately not too nice, so no temptation to eat any more )

Today I've cycled 8 miles, and run for 20 minutes, so feeling good (with wobbly legs)

Inspired by SS I'm going to get some water

OK - brekkie was big coffee and atkins cereal bar
lunch was bacon salad
tea was salmon & spinach / ricotta parcels and salad

Also had two mini babybel and have drunk 1.5ltr water.

Unfortunately drank a beer during th football

other than the beer twas a good day!

Breakfast - Cheese Omlette
Lunch - Tuna salad (again) - taking it to friends house, so I'm not tempted to eat bread with her
Dinner - No idea, will drop into Waitrose this afternoon.

I'm out tonight, so wine and nibbles temptations again

Have got a cycle ride this morning, then cycling and swimming later on with DS this evening.

Chuck 'em Strawb, so you haven't got 'em in the house. (The Blue Ribands. not the DCs)

But you just said they were for the others. So if you are going to eat them (ie the others don't get them) then chucking them would have the same result, ie they are gone, only this way is better for your diet!

Or...make DH eat them.

Logical, captain.

DON'T get your DH to hide them, whatever you do. On sunday I got my dh to hide the gin, the crisps, the beer and the chocolate buttons.

DD hit the roof after nursery today cos I promised her buttons and then couldn't find them

had to phone DH and get him out of a meeting to find out where they were x 5

and then I ate 5.

Label each one with a DCs name and let them see them - then hopefully guilt at stealing candy from babies will stop you.

They aren't all that nice anyway. Get yourself some 70% dark choc instead.

Morning all - today is a new day, I'm going to put yesterday's mishaps behind me.

Breakfast - Cheese Omlette
Lunch - Tuna salad probably
Dinner - going out tonight, probably Nandos, which is pretty good, if I take it easy on the beer

Will go out for a run later.

I have an awards ceremony tonight - a 4 course meal and shed loads of wine.

I think i might have a bad day.

Any tips anyone?

Had some (a v little bit of) baked fruit pudding at my mum's last night. I turned down the roast potatoes but the pud was too lovely. She always trips me up. If I admit I'm on a 'that stupid diet' again she gets worried and at 76 I can't really expect her to cater specially for me. Now can I?