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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

Breakfast : full fat greek yogurt, blueberries, seeds, black coffee
Lunch: coffee with cream
Dinner: planned meal out failed. :( Had to make do with the chippy. Haddock without the batter, four chips nicked from Significant Other’s plate.Mineral water, the sparkling kind.
 
Bacon and egg and cheese omelette, two slices of toast with some ginger marmalade for breakfast.
No smoko.
Curried lamb chops and veggies for lunch.
Small mre cottage pie,for supper at six.

Fluid intake was approx 1.4 ltrs, fluid output was 1.2.
No salt on any of the foods.

Small glass of single malt before I had an early night.
 
A fishy day today!
10 am - a few spoons of hm yoghurts with my supplements and usual morning black coffee.
1 ish - tin of sardines in extra virgin olive oil mixed in with portion of kimch and splash of apple cider vinegar(an organic live one) served with m and s lc seeded crackers followed by a few berries and hm yoghurts
5ish - salmon in lemon butter with cauliflower mash and local asparagus with small glass of dry white wine followed by choc chia pudding made using @DJC3 s recipe but made with hm yoghurts and also chopped up a few squares of 100% chocolate and mixed them in - delicious.
Lovely sunny day today so off to water my garden - not had to do it very often so far this growing season.
 
PenguinMum said:
Yesterday and today usual brekkie of slice LC toast and copious tea.
Lunch yesterday was small bit of quiche, spoon coleslaw.
Supper was chicken, chorizo, red pepper and paprika stir fry with green beans.
Lunch today was two slices of ham, spoon coleslaw, cherry tomo and cucumber.
Supper is my fave of the week though not the most LC giant cod fish fingers with the remainder of the green beans from last night.
Eldest son working from home with us tomo and has offered to buy me lunch but tbh there’s no where LC ish that I can think of. The farm shop used to be helpful but they have changed their menu for the season and local pubs are useless at lunchtimes.
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Despite the Eye Pavilion assuring me my eyes were doing just fine, I read that as "octopus tea!"
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and an Aldi protein bar.
Dinner: coronation chicken, coleslaw, baby toms and leafy salad followed by DGF blueberry crumble and cream.
 
Tuesday 7 June - bed 7.6 FBG 7 1. The replacement Libre is arriving today I'll be claiming fir this one too! It's even worse that the one that has just been replaced.

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with ox tongue and coleslaw.

L. Nothing - eldest grandson is now ill so had to bring him home from school at midday. He was feeling very sorry from himself.

D. After depositing both grandsons back home, M&S Chicken katsu burger with Emmental cheese slice, 1/2 avocado, santini tomatoes, port salut, walnuts, coleslaw and a little mayo.

Wednesday 8 June - bed 7.7 FBG 7.2

B. TAG and 2 M&S Crispy cheese crackers with whipped cheese. Eldest grandson still off school so just youngest being transported.

L. Nothing

D. My fishy mix of scallops, prawns, squid, mussels, spinach, santini tomatoes, exotic mushrooms.

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Thursday 9 June bed 8.7 FBG 7 2 Both boys back to school. I had to be harsh with eldest as he was whinging about going back but I had a lot to do today before getting to tge Eye Pavilion.

B. TAG and 2 M&S crispy cheese crackers with whipped cheese.

L Another TAG before tackling Eye Pavilion.

D. 3 egg omelette with chicken, onion, mushroom. Strawberries and cream. Gin truffle

Dr said eyes are doing fine No change in long or short vision and field tests fine. Nothing sinister in photos or scans. Pressure was rising though so they've changed my drops for the glaucoma. A new combination. I told her about the conversation with the booking dept wanting me to make 5 six hour trips regarding the cataracts, and she's reassured me that there's no rush and to ignore the pressure. Just wait until they take me here. She was pretty angry about the way they treated me
 
shelley262 said:
A fishy day today!
10 am - a few spoons of hm yoghurts with my supplements and usual morning black coffee.
1 ish - tin of sardines in extra virgin olive oil mixed in with portion of kimch and splash of apple cider vinegar(an organic live one) served with m and s lc seeded crackers followed by a few berries and hm yoghurts
5ish - salmon in lemon butter with cauliflower mash and local asparagus with small glass of dry white wine followed by choc chia pudding made using @DJC3 s recipe but made with hm yoghurts and also chopped up a few squares of 100% chocolate and mixed them in - delicious.
Lovely sunny day today so off to water my garden - not had to do it very often so far this growing season.
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That 5ish meal sounds delicious.
 
Breakfast: an odd idea I had which turned out allright - a banana frittata made with mashed very ripe banana mixed with eggs and a few slices of fresh banana.

2nd meal: smoked haddock poached in milk with some spring onions and (very risky this) some slices of parboiled potato finished in the oven with butter. BG is still allright and it was really good. Still have most of the poaching milk and will make some kind of sauce with cheese tomorrow to have with some unsmoked haddock.
 
Very carby day today, back on the straight and narrow tomorrow.

My friend and neighbour (not the one in the garden, thankfully but the next closest one) unexpectedly died last saturday, and this morning at 10:30 was the cremation.
We had a somewhat informal get together after the official part, so breakfast at noon consisted of 3 bitterballen and a beer to drink on him for the last time.

Once I'd stabilised my bg at around 4 pm I had a sensible slice of low carb bread with cheese, tomatoes and mayo.
But for my evening meal I joined neighbour-in-the-garden and another neighbour for Chinese take-away at around 9 and more beer, no sensible choices to be had as it was simply the menu of the month for two. Decided to go all out for once so I even had a large piece of the deep fried banana in a thick layer of dough and covered in icing sugar.

Five hours on now and it looks like I'll need some more insulin still.

Wildly fluctuating BG is perfectly acceptable in my book on a day you have to say goodbye to a friend, it was a good day.
 
Hello again
Brekkie as always slice LC toast and octopus no copious tea!
Yesterday lunch with son at pub in next village worked out well. When we checked in they told us fish of the day was haddock and I said its the batter that doesnt suit me. They said we can use the very minimum and let it drip off the fish before going in the fryer. That actually worked out well and they gave me a lovely fresh side salad so happy me. We sat in their pretty garden and it was a lovely treat. I didnt test when I got back but felt ok about that. Supper was salmon and asparagus baked in the oven.
Today lunch will be the last corner of quiche and cherry toms, cucumber & lettuce.
Indian t/a tonight so Tandoori King Prawns and cauli bhajee.
@Antje77 I think you did right to park the eating plan for one day in such circumstances and I hope you are soon back on track. @Annb a banana frittata sounds so decadent, when I was a child banana ice cream was a thing but I doubt it ever involved an actual banana. I’m not a pud person but in my previous life I used to love bananas baked with brown sugar and a dash of rum.
 
Antje77 said:
Very carby day today, back on the straight and narrow tomorrow.

My friend and neighbour (not the one in the garden, thankfully but the next closest one) unexpectedly died last saturday, and this morning at 10:30 was the cremation.
We had a somewhat informal get together after the official part, so breakfast at noon consisted of 3 bitterballen and a beer to drink on him for the last time.

Once I'd stabilised my bg at around 4 pm I had a sensible slice of low carb bread with cheese, tomatoes and mayo.
But for my evening meal I joined neighbour-in-the-garden and another neighbour for Chinese take-away at around 9 and more beer, no sensible choices to be had as it was simply the menu of the month for two. Decided to go all out for once so I even had a large piece of the deep fried banana in a thick layer of dough and covered in icing sugar.

Five hours on now and it looks like I'll need some more insulin still.

Wildly fluctuating BG is perfectly acceptable in my book on a day you have to say goodbye to a friend, it was a good day.
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Sorry to hear about your friend and the fluctuations in your bg but, as you know yourself, once in a while a day like that isn't so bad, especially in the sad circumstances. You'll soon have it back under control.
 
Banana frittata was more successful than I expected. I am not a great fan of bananas really but I buy them for Em - she's very fond of banana smoothie, especially if it is frozen in "lollies". But she and her family are all down with covid this week, so I am left with some fresh bananas, having used the over-ripe ones.

Breakfast will be the 2nd half of the frittata (in a while).

2nd meal will be haddock in cheese sauce with some cauliflower mash.
 
Breakfast: my usual low carb coconut ‘porridge’ with strawberries washed down with a black coffee.
Late morning: black coffee and a Food Dr bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Dinner: coronation chicken, baby toms and coleslaw followed by SF blackcurrant jelly and cream.
 
Been away, in Italy!
Just caught up on all your posts, some lovely meals and ideas. Hugs to the poor schoolboy with the broken arm @maglil55 How is he?

Can't remember all the details of all my meals.
Breakfast was always scrambled egg with ham and cheese. One day I did have a small chocolate croissant.
One evening meal was mixed fish starter and mixed fish main, in a lovely light batter. Extra spinach in butter.
Special meal at a world renowned fish trattoria on Burano (think Rick Stein and Angela Hartnett TV reviews) Scallop starter, then risotto (superb but it will be my last as kept me too high for too long), then fresh, perfect John Dory. I chose cheese for pud, asked for a little, got about 300g, so that did extra breakfast and lunch the next day too..
Last lunch I did go for pizza, but didn't really enjoy it and sure enough kept me too high for over 4 hours.
Quite a lot of wine was drunk, mostly as a "spritz" with sparkling water.
I did have some gelati, only once a scoop all to myself, mostly shared.

All in all a good break. I didn't feel deprived, managed to maintain a balance, and did make my last ever risotto a 5 star best ever! In future I'll just revert to trying bites of my husband's choices
 
@Antje77 I’m glad you decided to have a day off to celebrate your friend’s life, sometimes we have to follow our heart.

Todays food started with cheese on lc toast topped with a fried egg
Lunch was cold beef, Turkey, h/b egg, sauerkraut, olives and a handful of leaves. Followed by strained h/m yoghurt and served with a few raspberries. Next batch of yoghurt incubating for 30hrs now, and Following recommendation from @shelley262 this one includes scalded cream too.
Dinner was spatchcock chicken and roast veg, then a mini bar of Montezuma’s absolute black.
 
DJC3 said:
@Antje77 I’m glad you decided to have a day off to celebrate your friend’s life, sometimes we have to follow our heart.

Todays food started with cheese on lc toast topped with a fried egg
Lunch was cold beef, Turkey, h/b egg, sauerkraut, olives and a handful of leaves. Followed by strained h/m yoghurt and served with a few raspberries. Next batch of yoghurt incubating for 30hrs now, and Following recommendation from @shelley262 this one includes scalded cream too.
Dinner was spatchcock chicken and roast veg, then a mini bar of Montezuma’s absolute black.
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Pleased you are getting on well with your hm yoghurt making and Hope cream and longer fermentation produces a thicker result.
10ish two boiled eggs with lc buttered roll.
Nothing during day as out at a friends 60th birthday surprise party and,as expected, as lots of grandchildren there the food was very carby and buffet finger food. It’s easier often in that situation for me to swerve the buffet table. It was all casual in the garden so easy to avoid without offending I’m sure no one noticed I stuck to soda water.more time to socialise on a lovely sunny day and lots of fun was had.
6ish when back hm chicken curry with cauliflower rice I left curry in slow cooker so could eat as soon as back as knew would be hungry by then plus gin with soda water followed by a few berries from garden with hm yoghurts.
 
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