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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Antje77 said:
I made chocolaty nut squares some 4 days ago for the first time in months. I had been really looking forward to eating them (made a big batch to freeze in portions) but they didn't taste nearly as good as I remembered them. Very disappointing.
Blamed my cold and hoped they would taste better in a couple of days.

Until last night, right on the verge of sleeping, it suddenly dawned on me I hadn't put any butter in. :bag:
No wonder they didn't taste as good as before, leaving out 200 grams of butter from a recipe is bound to be disappointing!
So today I re-melted them, this time with the butter. :)
It will take a bit longer to cool enough to cut into squares but that's alright, I'll have a very yummy midnight snack tonight!
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Enjoy!
 
Morning, coffee with cream
Late lunch : had dragged hubby out shopping in the promise we'd have lunch out. Trouble was we were trying a recommended restaurant, Asian, that turned out to have a set lunch menu and I made poor choices. Should have gone for the curry as the rice came in the side, but I went for a noodle dish and everything was mixed together. Very tasty but sweet and sticky.
Luckily I'm currently wearing a libre and the vision of the sharp spike that is still not back to my average 6 will remain with me for a long time.
Trying to mitigate it by not eating again today... but there were some reduced profiteroles in M&S (£6 down to £1) that leapt into my basket.
Boys are helping me out by eating most of them. I'm hiding the effects of one in the high readings from the noodles...
This is exactly the Christmas situation that I'm wearing the libre for. Without it I might be tempted to compound the carb fest, but seeing the effect immediately is really motivating.
 
A day of running errands.
Brunch - packet of M&S rollitos
Early aft - tin of mackerel in olive oil with salad. Montezuma’s 100% choc
Late dinner - IP lamb and mushroom curry with cauli rice. DGF cranberry and orange blondie.

Mouth is still a bit numb after dentist but hopefully my tooth is now happy, my bank account certainly isn’t.
Good luck with yours tomorrow @shelley262
@Alexandra100 I like the sound of those cheesy fritters ( with the cheese included!) do you just mix everything together and fry dollops of it?
 
@MrsA2 opposite situation here. My Libre fell off while I was away at the weekend so I’m in blissful ignorance (denial?) about any off piste wanderings, or even excess consumption of on piste fare.

Bit of a hotch potch today. Hungry first thing (got too used to hotel breakfasts) so ate bacon, eggs and sausages. Lunch was air fried pork belly pieces plus too much Lindt 90% and Fage 0%. I may also have bought some almond butter, but miraculously most of the jar remains. No dinner as such, just some more yoghurt. And did someone mention crisps? They need to go!

Nice shoulder of lamb defrosting for a hopefully more on plan day tomorrow.
 
Must be the month for dental stuff, my socket from extraction took a long time to heal but is all good now, but hubby knocked a front tooth out at the weekend, so dentist this morning has fitted a temporary crown which looks better than the tooth looked!

Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a phd bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and a carb killa bar
Dinner: deconstructed cheese burger and salad followed by SF blackcurrant jelly and cream.

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Thanks for the hug @Antje77 , but I don’t need it at the moment, much as I love a hug, so I’ll pass it on to hubby!
 
Brunch - 2 eggs mashed up in a cup with butter. Mug of earl grey tea

Dinner (out at Toby Carvery) - 1 slice of roast pork, turkey, gammon & roast beef with cauliflower cheese, brussel sprouts, green beans & a little carrot (I had forgot to pour a little gravy over it but I didn't bother as it is probably quite carby) - although I wasn't all good as I probably had a larger portion than I should have but I did enjoy it! :hungry:
 
Two hard boiled eggs, two slices of low carb toast and vegimite for breakfast.
Just my usual lemon cordial drink for smoko.
Cold chicken legs and a mixed salad, green jelly for lunch.
Baked beans on toast for supper at six as they will not kill me. :joyful:

Let it all hang out...
 
Rachox said:
Thanks for the hug @Antje77 , but I don’t need it at the moment, much as I love a hug, so I’ll pass it on to hubby!
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Pass on a hug from me too I know how it feels having knocked both of my front teeth out as a teenager in an accident. I’m still paying after years of first temporary crowns and then supposedly permanent crowns which were replaced regularly! Now on the tooth implant route hopefully final fit in am and would hate to calculate the cost of my accident over the years. @DJC3 like you my bank balance won’t be happy but I can’t wait to have the job done!
 
Broke my fast at 12.30 with a few bits of cold lamb, left over from yesterday.

Later I will have some fish with the remaining cauliflower - might put a bit more spice with it - it was a bit bland yesterday. Have to choose between salmon and haddock - both of which Neil bought for me this morning. Quite fancy some chunky fish fingers - with some kind of low carb batter.
 
shelley262 said:
Pass on a hug from me too I know how it feels having knocked both of my front teeth out as a teenager in an accident. I’m still paying after years of first temporary crowns and then supposedly permanent crowns which were replaced regularly! Now on the tooth implant route hopefully final fit in am and would hate to calculate the cost of my accident over the years. @DJC3 like you my bank balance won’t be happy but I can’t wait to have the job done!
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The first tooth that I lost was a front one - hit in the face with a netball and it cracked the tooth, which became infected and had to come out. Had to walk around without a front tooth for a while until my first false plate was made. You can imagine what that meant to a 14 year old girl. I didn't smile for 3 weeks and even then, I was aware of the plastic tooth and developed a kind of crooked smile. Of course, over the years, wear from the false plate damaged my other teeth and extra plastic was added. I don't suppose that netball was the only cause, but it was the start!

At least I can bite, after a fashion and chew, after a fashion. But I can't get on with anything too crunchy.
 
Breakfast: low sugar granola, two slices of hi lo
Snack; one montezuma advent calendar chocolate, mocha
Lunch: 2 slices of bacon on half a bannisters cheesy skin (9g carbs). Carb killa bar
Dinner: Greek salad with chorizo crumb sprinkled on top. A tiny white roll cooked from frozen, but still a horrifying 20g carbs. eeek! Raspberries, cream and a DGF mince pie.

fasting........
 
Yay now proud owner of two front teeth I’m delighted they look so natural well worth the cost and even better didn’t need anything painful doing today it was just fitting and transformation.
Lunch three eggs scrambled in butter with half a lc hm roll followed by yoghurt and a few nuts and two squares of 90% chocolate
Mid pm - own up - who was it who alerted me to the fact that frozen DGF cookies could be eaten directly from the usually safe freezer? They were right had a straight from freezer lc lemon cookie and loved it ! I like crunchy cookies - especially as now can bite!- and it was lovely.
Dinner salmon in lemon butter with green beans and glass of dry white wine followed by DGF lc chocolate gingerbread. Well I was celebrating my new teeth!
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a phd bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and a PE bar
Dinner: Scrambled egg and Marmite on a LC toasted roll followed by SF cherry jelly and cream.
 
I had an experimental meal of runner beans and hard boiled eggs mashed with butter yesterday. Was OK, but what I really wanted was tomato soup, which I told myself was ridiculous because I'd already had tomato soup for 6 or 7 days in a row.

Anyone ever heard of a cold lasting for almost two weeks with one of the main symptoms being a sudden and very strong love of tomato soup? :wacky::hilarious:

So today I gave in again, and made another pot of tomato soup :D.
I must say, I'm getting closer and closer to making the perfect little meatballs for in the soup!
The soup made me happy again, and I'm left wondering when this sudden love of tomato soup will just as suddenly change to never wanting tomato soup again, this really is ridiculous!

Still, nothing wrong with it from a nutrients point of view, so who cares if I eat tomato soup all the time!
 
Had a hectic morning and got home in time for 11:00 brunch, which sort of extended into lunch as I tried to clear some space and use up old stuff in the fridge.
2 small chicken drumsticks. 2 hard boiled eggs and a couple of spoonfuls of lamb curry gravy ( leftover from yesterday, it wouldn’t all fit in the freezer container) finally sat down with a coffee and DGF cake.
Dinner was reverse seared ribeye with a stir fry of broccoli, asparagus, mushrooms and red pepper. Another DGF cake and Montezuma’s advent choc.
@shelley262 I was hoping to see a new avatar with your bright new smile, glad it all went so well today.
@Antje77 I’d definitely stick with your delicious sounding happy soup.
 
Usual bacon, eggs, mushrooms, tomatoes for breakfast.
Tub of greek yoghurt, lemon cordial osmolax mix for smoko.
Roast of the day at the Brothers club, pork and veggies gravy for lunch.
Bacon and egg sandwich for supper at six.

Got to ait longer for the Woollies online delivery as they have now gone green, the delivery windows have gone fro 3 hours to 5 hours.

Not %$#@%^& happy Jan!
 
Did manage to fast from yesterday lunchtime. Bg remained stubbornly high overnight and all morning.
B: 2 scrambled eggs with leftover lamb mince.
Coffee with girlfriends. Bg steadily rose.
Skipped lunch.
Ate 3 oven chips from boys dinner at 6, immediate spike.
7pm out for Xmas meal, white wine, salmon starter, salmon main, cheeseboard. Bg finally dropped.
Could one heavy carb Chinese dish actually cause bg disruption for 30 odd hours?
 
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