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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

badcat said:
Funny day today - the intention was to test the effect of a different foods on BS at each meal although that got a bit overtaken by events
B - ate a single portion of Oomi noodles (not nice on their own) and in 2hrs my Bs went from 6.4 - 11.3!!!
( the rest of my Oomi noodles sadly went in the bin)
snacked on smoked almonds and some goats cheese for the rest of the day, sugars now happily in the 5's so I have just eaten a piece of my home made low carb coffee and walnut cake (2g carbs)
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Just shows we're all different. Oomi noodles do nothing to me although I've only ever had them as carbonara or in a stir fry so maybe the fat does something to it.
Goonergal said:
Interesting idea with the halloumi. Will have to try that.
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B - nothing
L- scrambled egg with cheese and 2 slices smoked sausage
Tonight I am having a lamb shank - last day of zero carbing till Monday x
 
Missed yesterday as we took the boys to Dynamic Earth which went down very well
Bed 6.3 FBG 7.2 and pre breakfast was 7
B. Slice Bfree GF bread toasted with thin sliced ham and Tassimo morning coffee with cream
L. Carrot and coriander soup with literally one bite of a brown seeded roll an BG shot up. This was at Dynamic Earth.
D. Leftover air fried chicken from yesterday with lettuce, tomato, 1/2 avocado, red Leicester, 3 Walnuts and helmanns.
The food at Dynamic Earth was excellent but a real struggle for a low carbers to find anything.
Today - Aqua day
Bed 6.2 FBG 6.4 and pre breakfast was 7.4.
B. Boiled egg and slice Bfree GF bread toasted with lurpack. Tassimo morning coffee with cream.
L. Tesco prawns with a coconut and chilli dip.
D. Going out - there will be white wine involved. Lobster and mussels in black bean. Chicken and green peppers. Beef and chilli and I will probably have a tablespoon of rice.
Going to sister's favourite Chinese so will need to resist the more carby stuff. She does tend to order a set selection for everyone hence how I know there will be lobster and mussels in black bean. I've never been one for loads of rice so one spoonful will do.
 
B - Bacon egg and mushrooms
L - a piece of my low carb coffee and pecan cake with soya cream
D - 1 pkt saucy fish smoked haddock with cheese and chive
Snacks - 15 smoked almonds
Drinks - Nespresso with soya cream, sparkling water with sugar free squash
Still re- testing stuff - not done the dinner post prandial ( but given its only got 1.7g carbs dont expect anything significant) and so far the variation from starting BS has only been + or - 0. 3 mmol Steady as she goes!
 
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Evening.

Back on the 24 hour fasts today.

Breakfast - none

Lunch - none (went for a walk instead)

Dinner - bolognese with courgetti and plenty of grated cheese; 2 squares Lindt 90%

What with my holiday and skipping lunch, I've now gone over 3 weeks without a single visit to Nando's!
 
Tea
B: Two rashers of back bacon & mushrooms
L: Chicken & bacon wholemeal oat topped roll, strawberries, Activia zero yogurt
4.45: pork scratchings
T: Homemade bolognese with wholewheat spaghetti & 2 glasses of vin rouge
Tea & coffee throughout the day
 
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Goonergal said:
Evening.

Back on the 24 hour fasts today.

Breakfast - none

Lunch - none (went for a walk instead)

Dinner - bolognese with courgetti and plenty of grated cheese; 2 squares Lindt 90%

What with my holiday and skipping lunch, I've now gone over 3 weeks without a single visit to Nando's!
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Are you suffering with withdrawal symptoms??

I thought what you were having at Nando's was really good - low carb and healthy.

What do you think about fasting - does it fit in well in your life? I think I'm going back to it for two days a week.
 
Chook said:
Are you suffering with withdrawal symptoms??

I thought what you were having at Nando's was really good - low carb and healthy.

What do you think about fasting - does it fit in well in your life? I think I'm going back to it for two days a week.
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LOL! I agree, the Nando's meals are v low carb (not so sure about the more spicy options with sauces added), enjoyable and healthy. I'll definitely be back. Just tonight on a post dinner walk, I realised that there is one not far from where I was walking to, so an option would be to walk there after work, eat and then walk home...

Getting on well with the fasting. It's been a really big step for me as I've had life long migraines which I always believed were triggered by not eating on time (among other things), so the thought of skipping a meal was really scary. However as my blood sugars improved and low carb became a habit, the migraines really improved, so I gave it a try one weekend and was totally fine.

Found the fasting difficult at first and was quite hungry, but as I tried it more often it got easier. While I was on holiday it was actually quite liberating - not having a need for breakfast meant getting up and out more quickly and as I went about my activities it was easy to also skip lunch without really feeling hungry. Just kept up the fluid intake (it was also very hot). The advantage of trying this on holiday was that it was totally in my control if I found I suddenly needed to eat (I didn't).

Now I'm back at work it's still easy - just went out for a half hour walk at lunch time, but need to monitor whether I need to eat or not as I'm often in meetings so can't just pop out for an impromptu meal!

It's definitely triggered weight loss - I had a mini stall just before I went away, but lost 4.4 kg (9.7 pounds) in the 3 weeks I was away. I did also walk a lot (averaged over 20,000 steps a day, hitting 35,000 one day!), so that may have impacted too, although I don't think exercise is as important as diet for weight loss.

That's a bit of a long winded way of encouraging you to go back to fasting! Let me know how you get on.
 
Goonergal said:
That's a bit of a long winded way of encouraging you to go back to fasting! Let me know how you get on.
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Thanks for the suggestion and support - really got me thinking seriously about fasting!!!!

I've spent the last two weeks on Zero Carb and by the second week I think my body had adjusted - certainly my BG and blood pressure that had dropped in the first week remained at that lower level for the second week (with just a little blip) but didn't drop any further.

I'm thinking the way forward for me (and to stop my body keep adjusting) is to shake it up a bit - maybe two days of very low carb, two days of intermittent fasting and three days of Zero Carb. Just not sure what order yet. :)
 
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Breakfast: Mug of coffee with cream

Lunch: There's some cold cooked sausages in the fridge if I want them but I'm still not feeling hungry (a side affect of the Zero Carb)

Dinner: Chicken wings, salad and Nando's sauce (the yummy garlic one)

Drinks: a couple of litres of sparkling mineral water and a glass or two of Prosecco this evening.
 
Chook said:
I'm thinking the way forward for me (and to stop my body keep adjusting) is to shake it up a bit - maybe two days of very low carb, two days of intermittent fasting and three days of Zero Carb. Just not sure what order yet. :)
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That sounds like a great idea!
 
B - piece of low carb coffee and pecan cake with cream
L - made the diet doctor courgette fries which I had with some goats cheese and chilli mayo - the fries were nice but a bit of a faf to make - not sure they were nice enough to make again
D - got a nice organic rib eye steak waiting to be cooked the eaten with warercress and rocket salad
S - 1/2 an avocado
https://www.dietdoctor.com/recipes/zucchini-fries-spicy-tomato-mayo
 
Breakfast - none

Lunch - none

Dinner - 2 sausages; 2 rashers bacon; 1 Birds Eye burger
 
Despite my foray to the Chinese last night BG was OK. bed on 5.7 FBG 6.6 and pre breakfast 7.2. Didn't have rice - solved the problem by having Stir fried beansprouts.

B. Slice of Bfree toasted with lurpack and a boiled egg. Tassimo morning coffee and a dash of cream
L. Nothing
D. Slice each fire Smoked turkey, ox tongue, roast pork , corned beef. Lettuce, tomato, 1/2 avocado, boiled egg, coleslaw, helmanns and low carb 'potato ' salad . I used chopped up spring onion in the recipe rather than minced onion. It tastes like potato salad

http://www.wickedspatula.com/cauliflower-potato-salad/

Whey hay chocolate ice cream
 
Breakfast: Was going to skip it but the cold chipolatas in the fridge were tempting me - so I had one chipolata and a mug of coffee with cream

Lunch: Probably not

Dinner: Roast Lamb, roast parsnip, cauliflower, broccoli, chard and a few broad beans

Coffee 'n' cream with breakfast
Sparkling mineral water all day
Prosecco while cooking and sitting in the sun
Red wine with dinner
 
Chook said:
Breakfast: Was going to skip it but the cold chipolatas in the fridge were tempting me - so I had one chipolata and a mug of coffee with cream

Lunch: Probably not

Dinner: Roast Lamb, roast parsnip, cauliflower, broccoli, chard and a few broad beans

Coffee 'n' cream with breakfast
Sparkling mineral water all day
Prosecco while cooking and sitting in the sun
Red wine with dinner
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Now that's my kind of dinner with all these veggies.
 
Bed 5.2 FBG 5.6 and pre breakfast was 6.6 so figures are improving again. Looking forward to dinner tonight. I have Tesco GF Yorkshire puddings. Frozen ones from their Free From range at only 4.5 g carbs. Hope they taste good.
B. Slice Bfree GF bread toasted with thin sliced ham and boiled egg. Tassimo morning coffee with cream.
L. Nothing
D. Campari and soda and a wee prosecco.
Mussels in a white wine sauce
Rib roast with low carb GF Yorkshire pudding, sprouts, roast cauliflower and cauliflower taters. May have spinach too.
Few strawberries and raspberries with cream.
 
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