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After the Lord mayor's show.......having had bed 6.7 FBG 6.7 and a pre breakfast of 7.9 I had high hopes today with a bed of 6.3 and FBG 6.9. No such luck as it hit 8.9 in the space of 20 mins. It is back down but you have to wonder what sets it off.
Brother has had his chemo and is OK. This regime he gets via IV on a Monday & Tuesday every 4 weeks. His only problem was waiting almost 6 hours for the pharmacy to dispense the chemo drugs and his take home bag. Staff are great but the pharmacy needs to get its act together. Chemo is tiring enough without twiddling your thumbs for 6 hours in isolation. He has a cold so needs to be isolated. He has 6 months on this regime and they said he'll then be put on another clinical trial. His response was so you still expect me to be about in 6 months. Oh yes - we don't expect you to go anytime soon - which cheered him up. So been cooking for bother too to make sure he eats properly.
For that reason, like @Ultramum I've been mixing my adapted recipes with DD recipes.
I have a new Libre settling down awaiting activation tomorrow. Libre1 is on its final countdown. Does it just switch off? Do I have to wait for its demise before I activate Libre2? Seems a shame it has been accurate just as it gets to the end.
Right now I am finally going to make that cake.

http://www.ditchthecarbs.com/2014/05/29/low-carb-lemon-coconut-cake/
 
maglil55 said:
After the Lord mayor's show.......having had bed 6.7 FBG 6.7 and a pre breakfast of 7.9 I had high hopes today with a bed of 6.3 and FBG 6.9. No such luck as it hit 8.9 in the space of 20 mins. It is back down but you have to wonder what sets it off.
Brother has had his chemo and is OK. This regime he gets via IV on a Monday & Tuesday every 4 weeks. His only problem was waiting almost 6 hours for the pharmacy to dispense the chemo drugs and his take home bag. Staff are great but the pharmacy needs to get its act together. Chemo is tiring enough without twiddling your thumbs for 6 hours in isolation. He has a cold so needs to be isolated. He has 6 months on this regime and they said he'll then be put on another clinical trial. His response was so you still expect me to be about in 6 months. Oh yes - we don't expect you to go anytime soon - which cheered him up. So been cooking for bother too to make sure he eats properly.
For that reason, like @Ultramum I've been mixing my adapted recipes with DD recipes.
I have a new Libre settling down awaiting activation tomorrow. Libre1 is on its final countdown. Does it just switch off? Do I have to wait for its demise before I activate Libre2? Seems a shame it has been accurate just as it gets to the end.
Right now I am finally going to make that cake.

http://www.ditchthecarbs.com/2014/05/29/low-carb-lemon-coconut-cake/
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Brother not bother - need to watch autocorrect
 
:)
Cake looks lovely.

Libre will just stop working at the appointed hour, and ask you if you want to activate another sensor.
Entirely optional whether you do, or don't. And whether you wait a day, a week or a month. :)

Useful tip: There will be a grimy grey ring of adhesive left on your arm, when you pull the dead sensor off. Nail varnish remover will get rid of this very easily. But I wouldn't use it immediately. You don't want to get acetone remover in the hole where the sensor filament used to go... OW!
 
Brunneria said:
:)
Cake looks lovely.

Libre will just stop working at the appointed hour, and ask you if you want to activate another sensor.
Entirely optional whether you do, or don't. And whether you wait a day, a week or a month. :)

Useful tip: There will be a grimy grey ring of adhesive left on your arm, when you pull the dead sensor off. Nail varnish remover will get rid of this very easily. But I wouldn't use it immediately. You don't want to get acetone remover in the hole where the sensor filament used to go... OW!
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Thanks for that. Cake is in the oven . Cream cheese icing made and ready.
 
maglil55 said:
Yum..
...very coconut. Bit more lemon I think but still .....yum
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I'm still looking for a believable recipe for hot cross buns. I've looked at lots and none of them look very nice. Easter Sunday breakfast won't be the same without them. :(

Yesterday went a bit better - ish. I still had dinner at 6 but had a small chunk of cheese at 9 - which seemed to work right up until I found I had an FBG of 7.1 this morning. :( It seems to me that ANY carbs or protein I have after dinner results in a higher FBG. So if I have a snack it must be just fat.

I'm finding it VERY complicated restricting calories and protein as well as carbs. I'm used to restricting carbs but once I've used up my carbs and protein 'allowance' I have calories left over and nothing to 'spend' them on.
 
Chook said:
I'm still looking for a believable recipe for hot cross buns. I've looked at lots and none of them look very nice. Easter Sunday breakfast won't be the same without them. :(

Yesterday went a bit better - ish. I still had dinner at 6 but had a small chunk of cheese at 9 - which seemed to work right up until I found I had an FBG of 7.1 this morning. :( It seems to me that ANY carbs or protein I have after dinner results in a higher FBG. So if I have a snack it must be just fat.

I'm finding it VERY complicated restricting calories and protein as well as carbs. I'm used to restricting carbs but once I've used up my carbs and protein 'allowance' I have calories left over and nothing to 'spend' them on.
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That cake I've made is pretty good 3.9 carbs 2.1 fibre 4.7 protein and 17.4 fat - nice way to eat fat.
I'm having the same issue. I'm putting MFP into moan mode if I can't get it to 1000 calories which is annoying for reports. Think I will email them again. I appreciate they don't want to encourage anorexia but the also have to appreciate there are a lot of people that have intermittent low days for perfectly legitimate reasons.
Having said that I thought about cake for breakfast didn't though. Had my usual omelette.
I had a bed on 7.2 FBG 6.5 and yet again pre breakfast 8.7 - is it ever going to change?
 
Yes, I've looked at those ones but, as you say, they look a bit dense and (part from the cross) not particularly hot cross bun looking.

I think I might just ignore the whole cake / chocolate Easter thing this year. I've put on enough weight while
weight while watching every calorie - heavens knows what damage I could do going on a cake / chocolate fest. I've bought Mr C some hot cross buns and chocolate and I might have a little square of that - and a glass of Prosecco of course. A girl's got to have SOME vices.... ;)
 
There's a South African one. These look like hot cross buns and they have fruit in but you'd have to get 24 out of the recipe to get to a realistic amount of carbs (our idea of low carb must be different to SA)
Based on 24
Carbs 11.8 fibre 5.5 (6.3 net carbs) sugars 4.2g protein 171 fat 13.9g

https://www.caringcandies.co.za/hotcrossbuns
 
maglil55 said:
There's a South African one. These look like hot cross buns and they have fruit in but you'd have to get 24 out of the recipe to get to a realistic amount of carbs (our idea of low carb must be different to SA)
Based on 24
Carbs 11.8 fibre 5.5 (6.3 net carbs) sugars 4.2g protein 171 fat 13.9g

https://www.caringcandies.co.za/hotcrossbuns
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Protein is 5.1 g the 171 is the calories.
 
Or make 12 and have a half? Suspect 12 would be more normal sized.
 
I think I'll stick with Plan A - buy some hot cross buns and chocolate for Mr C (and permanently borrow a square or two of the chocolate).

I'm just watching the BBC documentary about obesity / the NHS / bariatric surgery that was on TV yesterday .... its enough to put you off cake (low carb or ordinary) for life.
 
maglil55 said:
There's a South African one. These look like hot cross buns and they have fruit in but you'd have to get 24 out of the recipe to get to a realistic amount of carbs (our idea of low carb must be different to SA)
Based on 24
Carbs 11.8 fibre 5.5 (6.3 net carbs) sugars 4.2g protein 171 fat 13.9g

https://www.caringcandies.co.za/hotcrossbuns
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Some of the recipes on that South African site look nice. I particularly like the look of that Banting bread recipe. Temptation......
 
M&S do a mini Choc orange hot bun for just a few more carbs than that south African recipe. 13.5g to be exact. And they are yummy...
 
Chook said:
I'm just watching the BBC documentary about obesity / the NHS / bariatric surgery that was on TV yesterday .... its enough to put you off cake (low carb or ordinary) for life.
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Just watching now and wishing the Platell woman would suddenly gain masses of weight
 
Ultramum said:
Just watching now and wishing the Platell woman would suddenly gain masses of weight
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I am going to have to get this from the if iPlayer now. What is it called please?

PS I may pass on the cake @Chook as the taste of the celeriac chips in my mouth is wonderful. Think I've cracked them and Hubby said they even look like chips. Boiled them in salted water for 4 mins. Back in the pot with olive oil , ground mixed peppercorns , rock salt and garlic salt and gave then a turn over every so often. Yummy.
 
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