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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

I fasted for the first time from dinner last night for 18 hours. I was aiming for 36 but I couldn’t do it :shrug: desperate to bring my levels down. Still hovering around the 10-15 mark no matter what I do. I think I may need to eat in the morning to bring my levels down, oddly. Will try tomorrow.

So lunch was tuna and egg Mayo with lettuce, a handful of cashews and the final slice of carrot cake. Tried bovril—not for me—and had coffee and double cream. Chicken salad for tea.
 
lcarter said:
I fasted for the first time from dinner last night for 18 hours. I was aiming for 36 but I couldn’t do it :shrug: desperate to bring my levels down. Still hovering around the 10-15 mark no matter what I do. I think I may need to eat in the morning to bring my levels down, oddly. Will try tomorrow.

So lunch was tuna and egg Mayo with lettuce, a handful of cashews and the final slice of carrot cake. Tried bovril—not for me—and had coffee and double cream. Chicken salad for tea.
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I am insulin dependent and found that either eating early with a dose of insulin, sufficient to force BG down, or just taking a correction dose (for me quite a large dose) early, helps to bring BG down to a near normal level from anything between 12 or 15. This morning I took 60 u of Humalog and had bacon and eggs, so zero carbs and that brought my reading down to 5.9. It went up again, of course, after a couple of mugs of tea, but only to 7.4.

So, eating in the morning might help you.
 
@maglil55 and @DJC3 hugs for you both and anyone else feeling blue - must be something in the air I’ve also felt more blue moods recently probably partly the end of summer although lovely sunny day today and managed to get out there to plant some bulbs in more pots - always a good move with a reminder that spring will hopefully eventually happen. My current avatar is me sat out by my flowering spring bulbs this spring - I still remember planting last autumn and feeling happy in the spring that I had made the effort.
No breakfast just coffee as rushing out
Lunch three eggs scrambled in butter with one slice of hm lc buttered bread followed by a few raspberries from the garden and 0%fage yoghurt
Mid pm two squares of 90% lindt choc
Dinner chicken tandoori with salads followed by DGF ginger cake
Hoping weather good tomorrow as planning an half day outing to nearby NT property - if goes to plan says me madly crossing fingers - as busy rest of week Maybe I also need to buy more bulbs to plant !
 
Just had 3 pieces of lindt 100% dark chocolate and feel so guilty about it. This is after a late breakfast of egg mushroom spinach omelette, 1 whole avocado and 1/2 cup of legumes sprinkled with everything but the bagel seasoning. Some pressed cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds and cinnamon. And green tea matcha. Skipped the Low carb toast but overdid it with chocolate instead. Still need advice on how to portion control....
 
B. black tea, 2 black coffees, 1 slice of HiLo toast with trout pate and cucumber.
L. Masala dosa in restaurant, slimline tonic. Followed by slow walk for an hour - strained Achilles tendon.
Snack. Far too many nuts, tea
D. Leftover homemade vege curry and mutter paneer padded out with sauteed courgette. Strawberries.
 
Bacon, a two egg and cheese omelette, mushrooms. slice of low carb toast and vegimite for braekfast.
Chicken and salad wrap, usual glass of lemon / lime cordial osmolax mix for smoko.
Savoury liver and bacon, green veggies, spudlite potato, tub of lime jelly for lunch.
Salad and shredded cheese, small spoonful of kimchi in a low carb wrap for supper at six.
 
A very bitty day today.
B: yoghurt with seeds and walnuts. Had second small bowl as it was very tasty.
L: half a cheese and ham toasties sandwich in a Waitrose cafe. All they had on offer was this, jacket potato or porridge! I tried eating the filling and only one piece of the bread. Was away so no means to test effect. Also I don't understand those who say they miss bread, this was mass produced flabby white and tasteless. The cheese was the only good thing about it.
D1: 2 hard boiled eggs,a tomato , some salami and a couple of full sugar millionaires bites as we cleared out the fridge from our holiday.
On drive back, 2 dark chocolate Bahlsen praline wafers. Apparently only 5 g carbs per one, but tastes more.
At home: 2 more biscuits (they are too difficult to ration so won't buy any more). Half a pack Pork Golden crunch in the hope the salt will stop the sugar craving I seem to have set off.
 
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: spur of the moment coffee shop coconut cappuccino and oopsie, another phd Smart bar :wideyed: which I just happened to have in my bag!
Dinner: 2 Finest pork sausages with broccoli and Brussels followed by SF cherry jelly, chocolate chia pudding and LC nutty granola.
 
Madisons said:
Just had 3 pieces of lindt 100% dark chocolate and feel so guilty about it. This is after a late breakfast of egg mushroom spinach omelette, 1 whole avocado and 1/2 cup of legumes sprinkled with everything but the bagel seasoning. Some pressed cottage cheese with pumpkin seeds and cinnamon. And green tea matcha. Skipped the Low carb toast but overdid it with chocolate instead. Still need advice on how to portion control....
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Re the choc at least it’s 100% choc think about 8g of carb per 100g ie whole bar?
 
Annb said:
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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I did bother but Em had the raspberries. The swede, carrot and squash mash was what my mother-in-law used to call "wersch" - should have put more lemon in it. There's another chop left and about half of the mash, so I'll doctor those up tomorrow.
 
So back to Sunday.
Brekkie always slice HiLo toast, butter lots of tea.
Lunch was salad and Emmenthal. Supper was Peking Crispy Duck with a tiny drizzle Hoisin sauce and a big salad.
Monday yesterday lunch was rollitos and salad leaves.
Supper was cherry tomato (last of my home grown) and basil omelette, then too big a handful of hazelnuts. Oops!
Today lunch will be cold meat & salad. Supper will be bacon wrapped chicken breast and tenderstem broccoli.
@Rachox dont know if you are a gin drinker but I have just discovered there is a Jaffa Cake gin that has good reviews and has may turn up on my Christmas list.
@DJC3 I completely get your feelings about “joining in” with food. Mr PM and I used to go to Pizza Express sometimes on a Sunday evening but thats knocked on the head. It just wouldnt work for me to sit opposite him enjoying a classic pizza while I have salad. He is very good about not going anymore. Its not even that I miss pizza that much its just something we used to enjoy together.
 
Didn’t get round to posting yesterday
Breakfast was ham and eggs.
Lunch was 1/2 avocado, prawns, cottage cheese and a spoonful of turmeric & ginger sauerkraut.
Dinner was 2 glasses champagne and a DGF Notella blondie celebrating granddaughter’s birthday. Too late to eat when we got home.
@shelley262 I think you’re onto something re the change in seasons bringing on a blue mood. Bulb planting sounds good therapy though.
@PenguinMum yes, that’s exactly it - so many small pleasures that just aren’t worth doing anymore. Most of the time I really don’t mind, and I’m happy to find alternatives but sometimes it’s just too much effort and it seems easier not to bother.
I might add that Jaffa cake gin to my Christmas list too. Who makes it?
 
lcarter said:
I fasted for the first time from dinner last night for 18 hours. I was aiming for 36 but I couldn’t do it :shrug: desperate to bring my levels down. Still hovering around the 10-15 mark no matter what I do. I think I may need to eat in the morning to bring my levels down, oddly. Will try tomorrow.

So lunch was tuna and egg Mayo with lettuce, a handful of cashews and the final slice of carrot cake. Tried bovril—not for me—and had coffee and double cream. Chicken salad for tea.
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lcarter, Bovril is not on my favourites list either, but it is quite different with a dash or a slug, of chilli sauce in it. I like spicy foods, so I can be quite heavy handed with it, but trust me, that's different. It also works to change up chicken stocks too.

You're doing well.
 
B:
coffee and cream
Handful of walnuts

L: Philadelphia garlic soft cheese wrapped in ham, peperami stick, smoked cheese and hard boiled egg.

Coffee and cream with 2 squares of 70% Lindt chocolate

Snack: 40g cashew nuts.

D: Chilli con carne with cauliflower rice with two small glasses of red wine.

Levels still at 12 but have been at 15 all day. My c peptide test showed I’m still producing my own insulin but personally I think it’s useless insulin lol
 
Breakfast: bacon and egg - around 9 am.

Was intending to have 2nd meal of pork chop with carrot, squash and swede mash. But it's not going to happen. For no apparent reason, started vomiting about 4.30 and then went to bed to try to settle things down a bit. Just up (6.55 pm) and still feeling nauseous, so nothing more to annoy my stomach until tomorrow's bacon and egg maybe.
 
I'm going to post every day for a while as this is my yearly check on my eating habits!
Black tea, 2 black coffees
12 pm. B. 1 slice of HiLo toast topped with trout pate and cucumber.
3 pm. L. 3 Higgedy cheese and spinach muffins, salad of avocado, tomato, pepper, cucumber, grapes. Mixed nuts.
Snack. Peanuts and cashews
D. Tomato and roast sweet potato salad with Mexican spiced halloumi.
 
Lovely sunny day here and managed to get out in the sunshine for a bit -did me a lot of good and hopefully topped me up for a difficult day ahead tomorrow!
Breakfast a couple of eggs scrambled in butter with slice of hm lc toast
Lunch two cooked chicken thighs
Dinner pork shoulder served with salads and lc tortilla with glass of dry white wine with soda water followed by DGF brownie and yoghurt plus just had some 90% choc with decaff coffee.
 
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