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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

shelley262 said:
Just sending you a hug for having a lurgy it happens and it does make it harder but well done you for sticking with it. You've got the right idea -things that we used to regard as naughty or a treat to be avoided because of the low fat diet rubbish are usually low carb and when feeling not brilliant it's great to be able to indulge in them without guilt as not increasing your carbs just your fats so yes to extra cream in your coffee, a good olive oil dressing with lemon juice or apple cider vinegar on your salads, butter on your veggies, lots of eggs mashed with butter or mayo just remember though if not making own mayo to check as especially those low fat or vegan ones can be packed with carbs so check.scrambled eggs in butter is an easy one to eat too if you are feeling under the weather. You will also feel loads better if you've indulged in low or no carb foods like fats as your blood sugar should thank you for it.
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Naww, so kind, and for all those ideas, :0) I have all those items in now as it goes.

The worst bit of it I think is, that the other night I suffered sleeping on the living room floor and left the window open when my spouse came down with it first, woke up frozen and achey. Irony was I managed to catch it anyway, and now I'm full of snot and coughs AND I'm as stiff as a board. Climbed back into bed last night though.

Seeing though we will all be hauled up in the house for a bit longer. I just took a sensibly distanced delivery of lots of veges, eggs, yoghurt and meats for the week or so. You are right I reckon, I think I'd probably be feeling a lot worse now if I'd been filling myself with carbs. Or if I'd have caved in (though I know nothing or no-one is ever perfect going to try and not think catastrophically and feel I've failed or thrown in the towel if I did have a bit of a wobble)

Will check the mayo, funnily I hadn't even thought it would be low carb, but I guess its oil eggs and vinegar? maybe. or should be, not sure what's in the Hellman's in the fridge but shall look first, imagined it might be full of sugar for some reason even though not 'sweet'
 
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ravensmitten said:
Naww, so kind, and for all those ideas, :0) I have all those items in now as it goes.

The worst bit of it I think is, that the other night I suffered sleeping on the living room floor and left the window open when my spouse came down with it first, woke up frozen and achey. Irony was I managed to catch it anyway, and now I'm full of snot and coughs AND I'm as stiff as a board. Climbed back into bed last night though.

Seeing though we will all be hauled up in the house for a bit longer. I just took a sensibly distanced delivery of lots of veges, eggs, yoghurt and meats for the week or so. You are right I reckon, I think I'd probably be feeling a lot worse now if I'd been filling myself with carbs. Or if I'd have caved in (though I know nothing or no-one is ever perfect going to try and not think catastrophically and feel I've failed or thrown in the towel if I did have a bit of a wobble)

Will check the mayo, funnily I hadn't even thought it would be low carb, but I guess its oil eggs and vinegar? maybe. or should be, not sure what's in the Hellman's in the fridge but shall look first, imagined it might be full of sugar for some reason even though not 'sweet'
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Hunter and gather mayo their classic olive oil one is one of the best if you don't want to make your own but it's pricey as are a lot of real ingredients foods! Having said this if you are only having a small bit of Hellman's full fat version it's probably not a concern it's amount that makes the difference to the carb impact.
 
Thank you, yes was just the usual Hellman's, That does look really nice though, might try some. I might also try my hand at making a small amount of mayonnaise the next time my daughter has eggs as she doesn't like the yolks unless they are scrambled so I often separate them and have them myself, (the mind boggles but it might be a texture/sensory thing for her.)
 
shelley262 said:
if you are only having a small bit of Hellman's full fat version it's probably not a concern it's amount that makes the difference to the carb impact.
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This particular mayo has only 1.3 grams of carbs per 100 ml.
So you could eat a kilo of it and still be on keto levels of low carb. To my thinking it's impossible to eat so much of this mayonnaise to make a difference in carb impact.
 
Wednesday 8 February - bed 6.7 FBG 5.9 Boys here for dinner, so I was debating what to have myself.

B. TAG - that's it!

L. CC Little chocolate pot

D. I eventually opted for a mug of tomato soup and a LC wrap with prawn Marie Rose, smashed avocado, lettuce, and sliced tomato. Hubby found an interesting way to make the wrap. Fold in half, then half again - no cuts, it's just to get a light mark on the wrap. Open up and cut along one of the lines just to the centre, i.e., a radius of your circular wrap. On the quarter beside the cut, I spread on smashed avocado, then fold it onto the next quarter. On the folded quarter, I put prawns and Marie Rose and folded them again. Continue with the last 2 quarters with shredded lettuce and tomato slices. The lettuce needed some mayo to keep it in place. I'll see if I can find the video link for it.

Thursday 9 February - bed 7.1 FBG 7.7

B. TAG and 2 slices of SLC toast with pate

L. Nothing - went to an Aqua fit class. Got a lovely welcome back for everyone, but I fear it might just be a few weeks before I'm off again for the second operation.

D. GF Haggis - at least I thought it was! My BGs shot up to 10.7 before dropping again. I suspect I took the wrong haggis from the freezer as that doesn't happen with the butcher's GF haggis. I did have 6 of Hubby's chips, but that usually isn't a problem either.
 
Coffee only until 1ish then fried some mushrooms in butter then added two whisked eggs to make omelette served with salad then small portion of kefir some nuts and one baton of 100% chocolate
5ish on own so treated myself to the new to me lamb shawarma from Waitrose I've put photo below of packaging it's quite spicy which I like and served it with a small salad some coleslaw and olives and a hm raita as mint just sprouting in garden again and a Deliciously Guilt Free yummy low carb wrap also drinking a small glass of red. Will move onto a LC brownie in a bit as enjoying my wine.would mention that lamb dish says serves 2 but for me it was just one slightly generous portion.
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Had visitors overnight so up earlier than usual
B: 2 hard boiled eggs with mayo. Coffee (with caffeine) and cream

Yoga class, then errands

L: hm lc brocoli soup, with added garlic sausage and a tiny hit of camembert (yes, I know it's cheese but I have resisted it all week)

D: handful pork scratchings while cooking. 2 chicken thighs (no skin), 2 portobello mushrooms. Quite a bit of no sugar ginger ale. Don't like the taste of sweeteners, but reckon its better than alcohol, maybe? I know which I'd prefer
 
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Just put some chicken with spinach, avocado, lettuce, with a little sesame oil and lime juice on the side instead of rice.

Chicken was marinated in tomato, scotch bonnet, onion, garlic, rosemary, thyme, olive oil, red pepper, hot paprika, sweet paprika, pepper, salt and curry leaf.

I miss the rice with this dish, would have been made with the same ingredients and seasonings as the chicken + stock
 
ravensmitten said:
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Just put some chicken with spinach, avocado, lettuce, with a little sesame oil and lime juice on the side instead of rice.

Chicken was marinated in tomato, scotch bonnet, onion, garlic, rosemary, thyme, olive oil, red pepper, hot paprika, sweet paprika, pepper, salt and curry leaf.

I miss the rice with this dish, would have been made with the same ingredients and seasonings as the chicken + stock
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If you find you are still hungry, next time add another leg. There's no need to be hungry, and the carb cravings will soon disappear
 
MrsA2 said:
If you find you are still hungry, next time add another leg. There's no need to be hungry, and the carb cravings will soon disappear
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Thanks. I have two left over in the fridge. I think I'm pretty good after that one for tonight.

I meant more I momentarily missed the rice as in the emotional aspect as the rest of the family had it and it's usually is the most highly flavoured part of that meal usually when we've cooked it before. I suppose I could have ladled over a lot more of the "sauce" and got more of those lovely flavours too.

Am def getting to a point now for the most part that I don't want to eat a lot of carby stuff, and def been less hungry when eating real food. Aside from the odd wobble like I mentioned earlier, which I've managed to wave on by. I think I'm getting getting there, slowly and steadily and adjusting to this way of life isn't it.

This site helps a lot, along with all the support and how helpful people are here, thank you.

Looking at all the lovely stuff people have posted over time in this thread, has given me lots of ideas for different meals for instance.
 
BG still irritatingly high so decided to have breakfast to stop my liver panicking and chucking out even more glucose - scrambled eggs with grated parmesan.
L- SLC open sandwich with cream cheese, smoked salmon h/b egg and prawns.
D- wild boar loin steak with celeriac a la @Antje77 ( a thick slice baked and topped with cheese - loved it!) and sautéed courgettes, red pepper and spinach. Couple of glasses of wine and some nuts a bit later. IMG_1865.jpg
 
tonydiabetes123 said:
out of curiosity, what is everyone's favorite snack
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Pork scratchings (dipped in aioli); chicory leaves with hummus; 85 or 90% cocoa chocolate; chocolate truffles made with very dark chocolate; cheese crisps (grated or thinly sliced cheese popped in the microwave for a few minutes, they get as crispy as potato crisps when cooled); nuts; any salami like sausage; a cheese platter with different cheeses; nuts.
 
ravensmitten said:
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Just put some chicken with spinach, avocado, lettuce, with a little sesame oil and lime juice on the side instead of rice.

Chicken was marinated in tomato, scotch bonnet, onion, garlic, rosemary, thyme, olive oil, red pepper, hot paprika, sweet paprika, pepper, salt and curry leaf.

I miss the rice with this dish, would have been made with the same ingredients and seasonings as the chicken + stock
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If you miss the rice,you could do a cauliflower rice with it? I find it most successful stir fried with the spices and a bit of any sauce, but don’t forget your cauliflower won’t absorb fluid as normal rice would.

using that method we have Pretendy Paella, Kidding Kedgeree and various Fried Rice concoctions. It’s not identical, but it’s worth it sometimes for the mouth-feel of a meal.
 
AndBreathe said:
If you miss the rice,you could do a cauliflower rice with it? I find it most successful stir fried with the spices and a bit of any sauce, but don’t forget your cauliflower won’t absorb fluid as normal rice would.

using that method we have Pretendy Paella, Kidding Kedgeree and various Fried Rice concoctions. It’s not identical, but it’s worth it sometimes for the mouth-feel of a meal.
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Haha, the names

Haven’t tried that yet but up for an experiment.

Could also bulk out the base with more liquid and chunky veg and have it more as a stew on its own in a one pot. Was kinda like a west African Jolof dish before being that the rice was the main part and the chicken or another meat would be served with it, so that’s what the family is sorta expecting as is a ‘family favourite’

It’s one of those that I will need to adjust, even though I don’t expect everyone in the house to “have it my way” we can always be flexible as it’s cooking. We just separated the pots last night. They also, might like it just as much done differently too, it’s mainly in the seasoning I think, but realise there is more to it than that.

I guess there’s no requirement to have to have it with anything else really. The chicken and salad was still good on its own so I wonder if I miss the rice less than I think I do - a comfort food which I need to assess what that comfort is, and why if I don’t have it exactly the same it becomes less of a comfort, if that makes sense?

I don’t think I was really that disappointed so it’s probably nothing to do with the food itself.
 
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