What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[shelley262]

Hi all. I continue to eat for England. No idea where this appetite is coming from. Weighed this morning and have lost 0.2kg this week, so it’s not putting any weight on me and my ketones are up to 2.2 so I guess I need it.

Breakfast - none

Lunch - Lidl Deluxe Antipasto (salami, prosciutto and coppa ) supplemented with a portion of lemon zucchini cake (proving to be the more popular of the 2 with colleagues) and way too much 85% chocolate. The sooner that snack drawer is emptied the better.

Dinner - pan fried sea bass fillet with buttered cabbage. Thanks to whoever suggested frying in lard. Much better result.

On a whim went swimming for the first time in years after dinner. Had forgotten how hungry it makes me! Since return have polished off 43g salted almonds and a lazy dessert of extra thick double cream mixed with almond butter and 2 Hotel Chocolat 100% buttons.

I fry in lard it’s great and really cheap! Agree on swimming and hunger but love it and am using friends outdoor pool first thing in the morning will take flask of coffee with me as they are away..

 

[maglil55]

I popped it in the oven for about 5 mins. It makes it kind of cracker-y. I cut it into wedges to scoop the paté on.

I really don't like the high cocoa chocolate although I have it in the cupboard in case of choc emergencies I find the taste really unpleasant but was very interested in the choc mousse mentioned earlier!

Some high cocoa are better than others. I'm a fan of Lindt 90% but had to work up to it. 100% took a lot of effort! Others you will notice favour Hotel C buttons. @Goonergal I always think is the expert on the high cocoa stuff - almost a chocolate sommelier
I really should read to the end before I post.

 

[GrumpyOldPhart]

Makes shopping a lot quicker too!

I seem to spend far longer READING everything & then not buying it!

 

[Goonergal]

I fry in lard it’s great and really cheap! Agree on swimming and hunger but love it and am using friends outdoor pool first thing in the morning will take flask of coffee with me as they are away..

It was @DJC3 who inspired me to go swimming. Tonight was women only night, so made first visit to that pool a lot less intimidating. Very novel experience not being the largest person in the pool!

 

[GrumpyOldPhart]

@DJC3 glad my confirmation bias is in full working order. Your husband sounds what we chaps call sound! Vanilla custard is No 1 on the list of Mrs P's appraisal targets for 2018/19 both for pairing with lemon drizzle for a rare sweet day and for trifle which is my real goto dessert choice. ( Massive reminder of my mum)
Please say sticky toffee pudding is sponge not steamed pudding - those are right up there with coconut, *** cakes, rum butter, anchor butter in how I imagine the very inner circle of hell to be. Oh, and in that circle they would speak Welsh

Grrrr! Look you!

 

[Goonergal]

Some high cocoa are better than others. I'm a fan of Lindt 90% but had to work up to it. 100% took a lot of effort! Others you will notice favour Hotel C buttons. @Goonergal I always think is the expert on the high cocoa stuff - almost a chocolate sommelier
I really should read to the end before I post.

Given I’m teetotal chocolate is my go-to treat and over indulgence. I hated 90% at first and now anything below that tastes sweet. Found some really nice varieties during my recent US trip. Waitrose 1 90% is probably my favourite.


https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/produ...-republic-dark-chocolate/807512-524273-524274

 

[DCUKMod]

LOL. Guess I’ve got so used to eating a lot less (quantity and frequency) than in my pre diagnosis days that a day like today feels like total gluttony. Food app says 2,500 calories. Spent so long eating regular OMAD that this feels very indulgent and OMAD is now really hard....

Goonergal, I don't monitor my carbs/cals every day these days, and always rarely bothered with carbs, however, when I have totted things up, I usually find my calorie intake is between 2000-2500 - usually closer to the upper levels.

I'm 160cm tall and weigh 105lb/48kg, so pretty slight.

My OH sometimes asks where all the food goes. I just point to my tummy.

 

[ianpspurs]

Basically, Brewer's Fayre is a chain of pub/eateries all over the UK. Its not particular fancy or anything, but they do have a reasonably good menu and the prices aren't too bad.

The breakfast is an "all you can eat" buffet. Lush! Back in the day, I used to really stuff myself, but not these days, fortunately. A typical menu of theirs: https://www.brewersfayre.co.uk/pub-restaurant-menus/Devon/Exeter-Monkerton.html

Ok thanks @Derbyshire Boy found the website. None seem to be in places I am ever likely to visit on purpose but I will file away incase of Sat Nav malfunction or boys moving.

 

[Goonergal]

Goonergal, I don't monitor my carbs/cals every day these days, and always rarely bothered with carbs, however, when I have totted things up, I usually find my calorie intake is between 2000-2500 - usually closer to the upper levels.

I'm 160cm tall and weigh 105lb/48kg, so pretty slight.

My OH sometimes asks where all the food goes. I just point to my tummy.

I didn’t count anything at first. Started out of curiosity about a year ago. For most of that year I’ve hovered around the 1,000 to 1,200 calorie mark and well under 20g carbs. Just don’t seem to function on lower food intake at the moment though. Annoying that remaining excess weight is around my middle.....

 

[DJC3]

Ah yes puddings. My absolute favourite was trifle. My Mum got me started on them and I made it exactly the same way - super sherry sodden and it was even better day 2. I can do a low carb sponge, cream is fine, custard I could probable do too made properly with eggs and xylitol but the problems start with the strawberry jam and the fruit. It's a lot of faffing about.
Other favourite was clootie dumpling. This was nothing like the stuff you can buy in slices. Grandma used to make it first - laden with mixed fruit and peel a and oodles of brown sugar and treacle. It was cooked wrapped in a scalded muslin inside a pillow case. When cooked it was onto a platter and in front of the coal fire to dry and form the outer skin. I can almost taste it. As children we always asked for a dumpling rather than a birthday cake. No way I could make that low carb.

Goodness, I’d heard of clootie dumpling but I’d no idea how it was made. I thought it was just a steamed pudding. A low carb one would be a great disappointment though I imagine.

 

[Brunneria]

B: Tin of mackerel fillets in olive oil & cup of green tea with mint. (my default breakfast)
L: Coca-cola zero, Roast chicken with peas, mishrooms and side salad of lettuce tomate and onion. White coffee with saccharin. (in local restaurant).
M*: Slice of my own nutty-soul-bread, spread with with low fat cream cheese and york ham and cherry tomatoes on top.
D: Stewed bonito tuna stewed in tomato sause, with cauliflower.

* M = "merienda" customary spanish late afternoon snack.

Doug.

LOVE your name, @SaladDaze

 

[DJC3]

I knew my diet was rubbish for a while but like many people I thought I might get away with it!

That sounds familiar!

 

[maglil55]

Bed 6.7 FBG 5.2. Another unintentional OMAD but a decent meal.
B. Coffee
L. Nothing
D. 2 bits air fried chicken thighs, 1/2 avocado, 3 baby bel and 4 Santini tomatoes.
Had to give into the Halo Top again - sorry @Kingmidas still on toasted coconut.
Reason for the unintentional OMAD was No 2 grandson had to be brought back from his outing - thermonuclear meltdown. He has been mucking about at bedtime refusing to sleep. Everything has been tried (Everything legal) but today exhaustion finally hit him square in the face. His trip to the circus is hanging by a thread! I've already swapped him back to his harness car seat for bad behaviour in the car and he knows his new seat will not return until he earns it. He's going back on the wrist leash as well from tomorrow and he's going to have to prove he can be trusted before he'll be released again. Sad but action was needed as he'd gone way beyond warnings.
@Goonergal if you are having problems getting back to OMAD I can offer you No 2 for a while??

 

[Kingmidas]

That sounds familiar!

in my defence (your honour) I'd been busy caring for both parents - dad with dementia and mum with severe mental health problems. Dad died in 2014 and mum went into a care home last August so finally I'm not sole carer so I thought it was high time I took care of me

 

[ianpspurs]

Ah yes puddings. My absolute favourite was trifle. My Mum got me started on them and I made it exactly the same way - super sherry sodden and it was even better day 2. I can do a low carb sponge, cream is fine, custard I could probable do too made properly with eggs and xylitol but the problems start with the strawberry jam and the fruit. It's a lot of faffing about.

@maglil55 A woman who loves trifle is a keeper I could live without strawberry jam but I have made a chia seed version. The family birthday tradition in my tribe is a rice crispy cake in the shape of a cat - ain't a chance that could be made low carb. @Brunneria I ran your figures through a BMI calculator - jaw dropped! I was just below 21.6 at last review and was scared of slight breeze.

 

[Brunneria]

Hi All.
Been a bit AWOL lately (melted in a puddle in the corner, too heat zonked to function). So trying to catch up now.

Saturday. Can’t remember, but it might have been ribs at the pub.

Sunday: nothing til 2pm when i had an emergency mixed grill to prevent running amok with ravening hunger. Left all the veg and chips but ate steak, gammon, egg and chicken breast. No other food all day.

Monday: chunk of gloriously vintage cheddar for lunch and lamb steaks in the evening.

Today: 90g marmite cashews at 1pm (yum!) couldn’t stop once i had started. Then chicken grilled with oregano this evening. Added butter.

Drinks have been 3-4 litres of water, plus 2 large mugs of coffee substitute and cream each day.

 

[shelley262]

in my defence (your honour) I'd been busy caring for both parents - dad with dementia and mum with severe mental health problems. Dad died in 2014 and mum went into a care home last August so finally I'm not sole carer so I thought it was high time I took care of me

As a carer myself I completely understand and am with you. I also do feel that stress of caring not only contributes to cortisol and bgs raising but also can contribute to comfort food choices. Big hug from me on its way - you’re doing great and although not sole carer anymore you’re clearly still very involved. As you say it’s important to take care of you too.

 

[Goonergal]

Hi All.
Been a bit AWOL lately (melted in a puddle in the corner, too heat zonked to function). So trying to catch up now.

Saturday. Can’t remember, but it might have been ribs at the pub.

Sunday: nothing til 2pm when i had an emergency mixed grill to prevent running amok with ravening hunger. Left all the veg and chips but ate steak, gammon, egg and chicken breast. No other food all day.

Monday: chunk of gloriously vintage cheddar for lunch and lamb steaks in the evening.

Today: 90g marmite cashews at 1pm (yum!) couldn’t stop once i had started. Then chicken grilled with oregano this evening. Added butter.

Drinks have been 3-4 litres of water, plus 2 large mugs of coffee substitute and cream each day.

I love the concept of an emergency mixed grill.

 

[Brunneria]

@maglil55 A woman who loves trifle is a keeper I could live without strawberry jam but I have made a chia seed version. The family birthday tradition in my tribe is a rice crispy cake in the shape of a cat - ain't a chance that could be made low carb. @Brunneria I ran your figures through a BMI calculator - jaw dropped! I was just below 21.6 at last review and was scared of slight breeze.

Me? I’m still obese.
Did you mean to tag someone else?

 

[Kingmidas]

As a carer myself I completely understand and am with you. I also do feel that stress of caring not only contributes to cortisol and bgs raising but also can contribute to comfort food choices. Big hug from me on its way - you’re doing great and although not sole carer anymore you’re clearly still very involved. As you say it’s important to take care of you too.

I know a lot about carer burn out mentally, but there must also be a host of physical illnesses attributable to the stress of being a carer. Eating on the go, convenience foods ... treats ... comfort eating ... they all take their toll. I feel very lucky to be given the opportunity to address it before it became irreversible