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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Skipped breakfast then did a 2 hour walk trying to atone for yesterday's carbs.
Then ruined it by having a small portion of yesterday's chips reheated with some chorizo and cheese
D: lovely pub meal of onglet steak served with roast tomatoes mushrooms and salad. Got them to swap the chips for buttered kale, which was the nicest I've ever had.
4 mouthfuls of hubbys apricot, date and walnut pudding. Told him off for not stopping me at 2 :hungry:
 
lcarter said:
B: coffee and cream x 2

Mid morning: 2 hard boiled eggs and a chilled Starbucks oat latte (9g carbs as lactose free)

Mid afternoon: tuna Mayo salad

Then I made a low carb carrot cake and ate two small slices (8g) (one as a snack one as pudding after dinner)

Dinner: Nando’s homemade chicken salad

Cup of tea with splash of milk and 1 square of Lindt 70% dark choc.

Total carbs around 26g and my levels have finally reached 8. This is only day two of lowering carbs/aiming for keto so I’m really happy with this.
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You’re doing really well - the carrot cake looks amazing.
 
Breakfast at 1 pm: 4 small rashers of streaky bacon and 3 fried eggs

Not expecting to have another meal today but I do have a few raspberries left to finish up before they go off so I might have them with some yoghurt for supper.

Yesterday, I didn't bother hunting around for any food after breakfast. I just had a couple of Jacobs' crackers with a small piece of cheddar that was languishing in the cheese box.

It makes me wonder why, then, I put on an extra pound in weight this week.
 
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Morning. Black tea, two black coffees.
12pm. Garlicky, buttery mushrooms on 1 slice of HiLo toast.
3pm. M & S nutty wholefood salad, small fig, piece of cheese. Earl Grey tea.
Evening. Prawn egg foo yung, strawberries.
Still hungry at 8pm so 5 Ryvita rosemary and salt crispbreads with butter and cheese and a glass of pinot grigio.
 
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Thursday 16 September bed 7.6 FBG 7.9 - a wee bit behind again.
B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with ox tongue and coleslaw.
L. Nothing
D. A really weird mish mash again. A spoonful of Hubby's tuna mayo he was having with baked potato, 1/2 avocado, santini tomatoes, SLC sandwich with roast beef, mustard and tomato and mini mozzarella. I enjoyed it though.

I now have a long weekend. No school until Tuesday!

Friday bed 7.9 FBG 7.8

First day of my long weekend. Finally had the time to go visit SIL who is doing fine but still trying to tie a zillion things up. A bit of shopping on the way home then decisions, decisions again.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with Philly.
L. A SLC not cross bun at SIL's with a black tea.
D. Aubergine parmigiana. Grenade Ice cream bar.

I also had 2 orange gins with zero lemonade which was very relaxing!

Saturday bed 6.4 bed 6.9 - gin obviously had a beneficial effect!

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with coronation chicken.

L. Nothing took hubby to meet up with football mates and I went for weekly shop. Got back home, unloaded and put shopping away, about 15 mins to myself then back to town to pick hubby up after the match.

D. Cold cut selection again. Slice each ox tongue, roast pork, wafer thin beef and the mini German sausage. Lettuce, 1/2 avocado, santini tomatoes, mini mozzarella and a few walnuts. Grenade Ice cream bar.
 
DJC3 said:
@shelley262 I couldn’t agree more about the de-stressing effects of swimming, especially in the open air. Hope it helps tomorrow.
Didn’t intend to have breakfast today but the latest ‘accidental’ order of DGF cakes arrived mid morning so had one with my coffee.
Lunch: scrambled eggs on low carb marmite toast ( snap @Rachox )
Dinner: air fried pork chop and Heck sausages with broccoli. Another DGF cake with a couple of raspberries and cream.
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Sadly the 3 outdoor pools we had within reach all disappeared in the mid 90's. They were fun as well with the wave machines. One has apartments on it, the other 2 I'm not sure. I guess that's why wild swimming is so popular.
 
Hungry day today
Breakfast one sausage, slice of bacon , egg and mushroom with one slice of hm lc toast
Lunch one half slice of lc bread with cheese followed by a few raspberries from garden and 0% fage yoghurt
Mid pm four squares of 90% lindt choc - a couple of bars still left in cupboard, maybe need to not add more to my online shopping this week trouble is it’s on offer still, a real temptation !
Dinner roast chicken, green beans and one roast potato followed by DGF coffee and walnut cake. Plus two glasses of dry white wine.
 
dealing with pneumonia for past two weeks; eating is nauseating and i've lost some weight recently.

today: coffee with sugar-free creamer
 
B: ff greek with Linwoods new Crunchy Seed clusters left in overnight to see how they fared. Was OK. They taste quite honey when eaten as a topper or a snack. A recommended portion is only 20g and left overnight they made a very filling breakfast.
L: hard boiled egg, salami, mayo and salad
Then a 10k walk, further than planned due to footpath being blocked by young cows - not safe with dogs
D: an egg, cheese and salami with salad and mayo. Yog with walnuts, cream and 90% choc
One glass rose
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and phd Smart bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and DGF cake.
Tea at ILs: cold meat, cheese and salad buffet followed by one Jaffa cake!
 
Today was the first time I can remember when I actually felt miserable about myLC way of eating. Not because I am craving any carby foods, I wouldn’t eat them again in a million years, it’s just being apart from everyone else.
Granddaughters bday today so all the family were invited round for her favourite breakfast of croissants. I could have taken myself something so I could ‘join in’ but decided black coffee was a normal breakfast for me so I wouldn’t eat.
Late lunch at a roller skating rink - everyone else ate hot dogs and burgers. I’d made myself a couple of lc scotch eggs to take with me. I just felt fed up being different.
I’d cheered up by dinner- t/a curry - I had tandoori mixed grill and 2 glasses of wine.
Back to normal routine tomorrow.
 
Small piece of steak, two eggs, mucshrooms, and small portion of baked beans for breakfast.
Small tub of chobani 15% protein greek yoghurt, glss of cordial mix.
Two baked hogget shoulder chops, veggies, gravy, tub of sugar free green jelly for lunch.
Two slices of low carb cheese on toast, for supper at six.
 
DJC3 said:
Not because I am craving any carby foods, I wouldn’t eat them again in a million years, it’s just being apart from everyone else
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I hear where you are coming from. I think we feel worse because we see everyone else building up potential future health issues for themselves but we can't change the whole world and it would feel like a party pooper to even mention our fears.
There's been a similar discussion on another site tonight, and that's one where they have chosen a no sugar woe rather than having it thrust upon them as those of us with diabetes have.
I just see so many people now keto or low carbing that we won't be such a small minority for very much longer and will soon come to be more accepted. Just look at the growth of vegetarianism and gluten free. It can't be long before lc is up there too, can it?
 
DJC3 said:
Today was the first time I can remember when I actually felt miserable about myLC way of eating. Not because I am craving any carby foods, I wouldn’t eat them again in a million years, it’s just being apart from everyone else.
Granddaughters bday today so all the family were invited round for her favourite breakfast of croissants. I could have taken myself something so I could ‘join in’ but decided black coffee was a normal breakfast for me so I wouldn’t eat.
Late lunch at a roller skating rink - everyone else ate hot dogs and burgers. I’d made myself a couple of lc scotch eggs to take with me. I just felt fed up being different.
I’d cheered up by dinner- t/a curry - I had tandoori mixed grill and 2 glasses of wine.
Back to normal routine tomorrow.
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It's good to be different! I'm trying to shake myself out of a down-in-the-dumps mood. Nothing to do with LC though. Just feeling a bit overwhelmed.
 
maglil55 said:
It's good to be different! I'm trying to shake myself out of a down-in-the-dumps mood. Nothing to do with LC though. Just feeling a bit overwhelmed.
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Sorry to hear you’re down in the dumps too. I’m wondering if it’s maybe just the start of autumn and the end of summer that’s having an effect on my brain. I know I’d be feeling 10x worse if I hadn’t changed my WOE.
 
MrsA2 said:
I hear where you are coming from. I think we feel worse because we see everyone else building up potential future health issues for themselves but we can't change the whole world and it would feel like a party pooper to even mention our fears.
There's been a similar discussion on another site tonight, and that's one where they have chosen a no sugar woe rather than having it thrust upon them as those of us with diabetes have.
I just see so many people now keto or low carbing that we won't be such a small minority for very much longer and will soon come to be more accepted. Just look at the growth of vegetarianism and gluten free. It can't be long before lc is up there too, can it?
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Thank you. You’re certainly right about seeing potential health issues building up in others: Trying to gently encourage without sounding like an evangelical nutter is a fine line to tread.
I’m not sure about keto/ LC ever becoming mainstream though. I just don’t think there’s enough profit in it for the big food companies.
 
MrsA2 said:
I hear where you are coming from. I think we feel worse because we see everyone else building up potential future health issues for themselves but we can't change the whole world and it would feel like a party pooper to even mention our fears.
There's been a similar discussion on another site tonight, and that's one where they have chosen a no sugar woe rather than having it thrust upon them as those of us with diabetes have.
I just see so many people now keto or low carbing that we won't be such a small minority for very much longer and will soon come to be more accepted. Just look at the growth of vegetarianism and gluten free. It can't be long before lc is up there too, can it?
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Now that we are allowed out, I went to meet up with a friend last week and she had made a really very lovely soup to share. It was Persian and, because I was sharing it, she omitted the standard noodles, leaving in only beans and chickpeas as the bulk of the soup - the rest was herbs. I don't normally eat chickpeas or dried beans because of the carb content but she had tried so hard to get it right for me...So I had a small bowl of it. Delish! But I did manage to refuse a 2nd bowl. People are really so good in trying to help and understand, but it is so complicated and it seems churlish to tell them they got it wrong!
 
maglil55 said:
It's good to be different! I'm trying to shake myself out of a down-in-the-dumps mood. Nothing to do with LC though. Just feeling a bit overwhelmed.
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You have a lot to do @maglil55, it's no wonder you're a bit low from time to time. Maybe you should try to get a little more time to yourself. Easy to say, I know, and when we see our loved ones needing support, we just give it and ignore the damage/stress building up in ourselves.
 
Breakfast: bacon and eggs, as usual.

Neil went shopping and couldn't get any streaky bacon, so I'll have to ration what is left and hope he'll be able to get some in Tescos on Thursday.

2nd meal: he did manage to get some pork chops, though. So that and some swede, squash and carrot mash, perhaps with some lemony apple sauce (to use up fruit that has been around for a bit too long). That's if I don't get halfway through the day and decide I don't want anything else.

He's just told me that the raspberries are near their use-by date and others in the shop, dated one day earlier, were already going mouldy. So, maybe a raspberry sauce to go with the pork. Wonder if I could add apple and lemon to the mash. Might make it a bit soggy. I'll have to get on to that early, or I'll be too tired and won't bother.
 
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