Ok, so I have allowed myself a little too much slack these last few weeks and I am motivated to get rid of my carb cravings.

Lil Diva posts a great plan http://www.verticalsleevetalk.com/topic/28139-the-basics-boot-camp/ that I want to implement immediately.

Anyone else in?

Rosehip dust your self off tomorrow is a new day no worries

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Rosehip dust your self off tomorrow is a new day no worries

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I agree, just start tomorrow as a new beginning & keep looking forward!

I messed up

Breakfast-protein shake & almonds

Lunch- 2oz salmon, 1/4 cucumber, 2 pieces of sushi w/ white rice

Snack-1/2 sweet & salty Clif Mojo (6 gm.'s sugar)

2 oz chicken

At this point it was 5pm & I had to go do an errand. Reese PBS cups were on my mind but I thought of all of you and said I can do this. At the health food store I looked at some homemade organic chocolate mouse and said no I can do this. I got in car to come home & all I could think of was sugar and I told myself "I don't care how much you want sugar u r not going to do it, it is day 3 & I want to see if these cravings will stop". I passed a cupcake store that I have never tried but knew I wanted to some day in my overall life. It did not have to be this year just someday. Well I parked, got out of car, bought a cupcake and sat down and ate 1/2, then got home & finished it. WHY I ask myself? It was like it was in my mind so bad I just had to do it and get it over with.

Any similar experiences? Any tools you can give me to not do this tomorrow would be appreciated. BTW, no hunger was involved in this event & it was just a regular tasting cupcake, nothing to melt your mouth around. I could have thrown away 1/2 of it but I did NOT even do THAT. I don't hate myself over this, I just feel crazy that I talked to myself for so long about not doing it and then my head said get this craving out of your system.

After I am done being nauseous I will have

i- 4 oz. chicken and kale

I love that you posted this. Such honesty and grace was displayed here. Be proud of yourself for not letting this get you down but acknowledging it as a learning opportunity. The fact that you had this conversation in your head and you can look back on it is well beyond what many people are capable of. I was in therapy for 1 1/2 years before having surgery to learn how to manage these "conversations" so that I could come back from mistakes instead of giving up and also learn how to overcome difficult situations. I've had a few setbacks myself during this bootcamp period where I had to talk myself out of driving by a cupcake store (just like you) but then ironically, came home and shoved a homemade cookie in my mouth (thank you awesome kids) but then realized what I was doing, had a mental dialogue and spit it out and drink some water. I moved on, like you and today was a new day with a scrambled egg and some soy milk calling my name.

Bravo Rosehips!! You got this!!

Update for me today:

1 egg

1 1/2 cups soy milk

1.5 string cheese stick

turkey burger with slice of cheddar

1 cup green beans

5 shrimp

Boot camp day 4...I did it!! We were out all day at a family gathering & I managed to stay on track!! :-)

Boot camp day 4...I did it!! We were out all day at a family gathering & I managed to stay on track!! :-)

That's awesome!! :-)

Oh, so excitied I forgot to post meals

Breakfast-1egg

Lunch- 1/2 turkey patty & cheese

Dinner-3 oz chicken & spinach

YAY!!

Breakfast:

Milk and cereal

Lunch:

One egg one sausage link Tablespoon of biscuit gravy 1/4 biscuit

Dinner:

Beef broth home made

Snacks:

Protein shake

Did not do well on carbs today there at 50

Calories:950

Carbs:50

Calories burned: 1000+

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OK i want to let you guys know I am trying! I have had 2 bad days and i have not got all my water in... The water part is killing me!!!!

Where I messed up was I had to eat some prunes the last few days... my system decided it didn't want to work well!

I am still here staying on track other than that.

LUCK EVERYONE!!! ONE ORE DAY TO GO!

I agree Ruffus, the water is def the hardest part!! Hang in there!

Well I was doing good on the boot camp until my doctor admitted me to the hospital on Thursday and had my gallbladder removed on Friday. Guess that is one of the downsides of losing weight. On the upside of having surgery...my kids cleaned the whole house for me!! LOL Another upside is I feel like I just had the sleeve surgery done and am back to the the liquid diet I originally started with. I am really happy to see how many of you are doing good on the boot camp!! Keep up all the great work!!

So sorry Nita, hope you feel better soon! That suks...but think how much you will prob loose back on liquids again! (just trying to turn lemons into lemon aid) lol

Breakfast:

Milk and cereal

Lunch:

One egg one sausage link Tablespoon of biscuit gravy 1/4 biscuit

Dinner:

Beef broth home made

Snacks:

Protein shake

Did not do well on carbs today there at 50

Calories:950

Carbs:50

Calories burned: 1000+

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You did well. Just think about the food you ate before the sleeve. Your carbs at 50 is still well below the threshold to stay in ketosis, which is what gets that fat burning happening - or so I am told. None of us are perfect. I ate some bacon and red pepper in my egg this morning, whatev.

Boot Camp DAY 5!!

Breakfast - 1 egg w salsa

Lunch- 2 oz chicken

Dinner - ground turkey taco meat w cheese & salsa

Yay! I did it! I can't tell you what this has done for me...not sure how much I lost (will weigh in a.m.) but just the boost from committing to something & Sticking with it!! Confidence builder! Thanks for starting this! Hope everyone else had a positive experience!

I am starting again tomorrow...PMS and a super busy weekend made me stray! I still lost 3lbs but still want to do it to make the sugar monster stay away!

Day 5!! Yeah kind of disappointed with it same 1lb I only seem to drop 1lb a week . So Monday will be all liquids for 2/5 days for me again . I hate that I can't drop more then 1 lb no matter what I seem to do what a pitfa.

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