What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)

[JenniferM55]

Is there such a thing as too many fats? Did you have enough to satisfy your body so it didn't crave carbs? You might need more fats for the next couple of days while your body still clamours for its bread, but once through that you can cut down again and see what happens then.
Re the weight loss stall you might consider dropping the g&ts for a while, when ready. Alcohol affects the liver processing, and the sweeteners in the tonic will be keeping your cravings alive
Read this about "Fluffy

Reduce those carbohydrate cravings

A technique we use to stop cravings is to imagine Fluffy, the three-headed dog made famous by the Harry Potter movies. Fluffy lives inside you. He is a carb-craving, carb-eating monster. Make sure Fluffy stays asleep by keeping your carbs low.

www.rlmedicine.com

And stop being so hard in yourself.. no one said this was easy

I loved the 'Fluffy' lesson, how true is that analogy! It's a 'tool' my mind could definitely make use of. Thanks also for the tip about the alcohol and slimline tonic, something I'd not thought too much about, but it's a feasible culprit. It's worth experimenting. x

 

[MrsA2]

Woke at silly o'clock.
Cwc and 1 pastry cheese roll left from yesterday took me from waking at 6.2 to 9.3.
Yoga, followed by supermarket shop bought me down to 7.5 over 4 hours

Lunch of cheeses, 1 seedy crackers, half a small avocado. Spoon of pate, olives. 1 very small coffee ice cream. Up to 8.5

Feeling absolutely rubbish as stresses of the week are finally able to be released. Sore throat, fluey and oh so tired. A nap was not as reviving as hoped.

6.5 before dinner.
D: frozen hm lc curry with green beans. 1 glass red wine. 5.9 as I type

 

[ianpspurs]

Tea, 2 babybels
2 x Cheese Advent calendar portions, Coffee (almond milk) s/f caramel, Ceylon cinnamon, Adonis 3C bar
Scrambled egg (3 large) and Mackerel
Hot no added sugar Ribena
Pork belly slices, broccoli and sugar snap peas, celeriac chips, tomato Polpa, 2 slices of buttered H/M Pannetone (made in new air fryer using normal almond flour and in a cake tin just to try but we have now bought a Pannetone tin and will buy the defatted superfine almond flour: recipe here - definitely omitted chocolate) , water, multi vitamin #Hungry

 

[LivingLightly]

Evening all

Today:

B: Two poached eggs and scallops with parsley, asparagus spears smothered with butter, all seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.

L: Aperitif: dry white wine
Tuna steaks rolled in finely chopped celery and thyme, baked with red peppers and mushrooms, moistened with double cream and topped with extra mature Cheddar cheese.
Steamed French beans with a knob of butter.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.
Four squares, Montezuma's Absolute Black 100% cocoa chocolate.

D: Seafood salad made with king prawns and brown shrimps, avocado, baby plum tomatoes, mint, salad onions and Kalamata olives with home-made aioli for dipping and topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to swallow tablets.

 

[Antje77]

2 x Cheese Advent calendar portions

I've been wondering for at least 10 days now. Do you have two cheese advent calendars, or are you about to run out of calendar cheese to take your tablets with?

I still had a portion of runner beans and cheese sauce left from yesterday. Was going to eat it with an Aldi's 'fish fillet a lá bordelaise, but neighbour gave me four 'slavinken' ('lettuce finches') from his Christmas hamper so I ate two of those instead. One of the turkeys was badly attacked by a bird of prey yesterday, and neighbour had to put it out of his misery. Together with a lot of meat in his Christmas hamper, it was just too much to fit the freezer.

No idea what slavinken are in English, and they have nothing to do with lettuce or finches. It's minced pork wrapped in bacon. Quite tasty, but I don't have the patience for them to get done, so I halved them lengthwise and fried them like that, much quicker.
My cheese sauce didn't approve of being microwaved with the beans and separated, so nothing like yesterdays velvety goodness. Still not a bad meal, and the dogs and cats shared half a slavink, and didn't seem to mind the cheese sauce having separated when cleaning the plate.

 

[AndBreathe]

Tea, 2 babybels
2 x Cheese Advent calendar portions, Coffee (almond milk) s/f caramel, Ceylon cinnamon, Adonis 3C bar
Scrambled egg (3 large) and Mackerel
Hot no added sugar Ribena
Pork belly slices, broccoli and sugar snap peas, celeriac chips, tomato Polpa, 2 slices of buttered H/M Pannetone (made in new air fryer using normal almond flour and in a cake tin just to try but we have now bought a Pannetone tin and will buy the defatted superfine almond flour: recipe here - definitely omitted chocolate) , water, multi vitamin #Hungry

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How are you guys getting along with the new airfryer?

We're finding it quite different from it's predecessor, but we're making friends with it. We were disappointed not to be able to buy additional shelves, but when our old micro/combi oven died a couple of years ago, we had kept the shelved from the deceased beasty, because we replaced it like-for-like. Those shelves fit like a glove and are a heavier gauge.

In the spirit of the thread, dinner this evening was a home made beef curry. Very delicious.

 

[ianpspurs]

@Antje77 I only have 1 cheese Advent calendar but I don't always have a piece. I try to keep my sodium within Cronometer's guidelines without making life difficult for everyone else. If my food has babybel early on they are for tablet taking.@AndBreathe we are slowly finding things out with the air fryer. We - well, the Food Fairy - made the Panettone in it today - the ferment function was ideal. Likely to be extremely useful at Christmas giving us 3 ovens.

 

[sueh21]

Morning all,
Was a bit naughty yesterday, had two very small homemade mince pies at a carol concert eek.I do need to stop losing weight now though so hopefully they will add to my calories without too much damage.
B Coconut porridge and raspberries
L Courgette and Leek soup,Tuna mayo salad
Snack- two mince pies
D HM turkey burger,salad and coleslaw

 

[Annb]

Breakfast: chicken mayo with 2 RyVitas.

2nd meal: will be lamb Koftas with some salady things - depends on what I can find in the fridge.

There will be no phone call to my brother today - he and his wife are on their way to Southampton to pick up a cruise ship for a 10 day cruise to the Canaries and Portugal. They will celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary and Christmas on board. Back to their adventuring again!

 

[filly]

Coffee and cream x 2
Cottage cheese and tomato
2 small chicken thighs.

 

[ianpspurs]

Tea and 2 babyels - 5.30 to 8.00
35 gms? peanut butter - just rummaged around in a kg tub - and CWC 10.15
Lamb shoulder, celeriac, broccoli, cauliflower, gravy and smearing of mint jelly. KC mincemeat traybake. Multi Vits and D3 + K2, water. 2.45
Some cheese and bourbon later watching rugby and NFL

 

[DJC3]

B- smoked salmon and scrambled eggs
Lunchtime-ish gin and soda, a few nuts and a handful of Black Country unseasoned pork crunch. I’d recommend these to anyone looking for a low carb crunchy snack while everyone else is tucking into Pringles this Christmas. A carnivore friend told me about them, ingredients just pork rinds. They are puffy like Quavers not tooth breakingly hard.
Dinner- Slow roast pork belly ( with crackling) cauli cheese, green beans and wilted chard. Red wine.

 

[JenniferM55]

Late breakfast was a 2 egg cheddar omelette.

Coffee with cream

4 chipolatas, a handful of Brazils, and a handful of Walnuts

Hubby didn't feel like eating an evening meal, though he requested a couple of sausage rolls I'd made today (for the freezer) for over Christmas. I had a prawn cocktail with hm Marie Rose sauce.

Might have some 90% Lindt chocolate later.

 

[LivingLightly]

Evening all

Today:

B: Two eggs scrambled in butter with a dollop of double cream, sautéed chestnut mushrooms and baby plum tomatoes, topped with parsley and seasoned with black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.

L: Aperitif: dry white wine
Baked whole sea bass, belly stuffed with sprigs of thyme and garlic, drizzled with olive oil.
Steamed asparagus spears smothered with butter.
A medley of baked broccoli, onions, and sweet red peppers.
Water to drink.
Skipped pud.
Four squares, Montezuma's Absolute Black 100% cocoa chocolate.

D: Salad made with anchovy fillets, eggs, avocado, lettuce, Padrón chillies, salad onions, lemon verbena and a touch of lemon juice, with a dollop of home-made aioli for dipping, topped with walnut halves.

 

[shelley262]

No idea what slavinken are in English, and they have nothing to do with lettuce or finches. It's minced pork wrapped in bacon.
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Nearest thing I can think of here in UK is pigs in blankets where sausages are wrapped in bacon. Delicious and I like the idea of using pork mince rather than sausages. It's traditional in UK to have pigs in blankets with the turkey on Christmas day. We also serve stuffing with the Christmas roast - traditionally the stuffing was put into the turkey cavity a bird that had its innards removed ready for roasting. The stuffing is usually a mix of pork sausagemeat, bread crumbs and herbs bound together with an egg. I've made some stuffing using low carb breadcrumbs for xmas day but will cook it in a loaf tin and serve it in slices with the turkey - almost like a meatloaf and good cold too. A version of this is also called a haslet ( think in East of UK?) That is usually cooked and then served cold in slices.
Saturday and Sunday
Breakfast kefir and then boiled eggs
Lunch a few berries and yoghurt
Sat dinner hm curry and low carb roti tonight roast beef and carrots and glass of red wine.
Thinking of those struggling at the moment - so many tempting foods on offer, emotional memories and festive evocative smells.

 

[Antje77]

We also serve stuffing with the Christmas roast - traditionally the stuffing was put into the turkey cavity a bird that had its innards removed ready for roasting. The stuffing is usually a mix of pork sausagemeat, bread crumbs and herbs bound together with an egg. I've made some stuffing using low carb breadcrumbs for xmas day but will cook it in a loaf tin and serve it in slices with the turkey - almost like a meatloaf and good cold too.

I've been wondering about 'stuffing' for ages, as I've seen it mentioned as a christmassy thing, but in my Dutch mind you can stuff a bird with just about anything. And I did notice it was sometimes mentioned without adding what animal exactly was stuffed with this mysterious stuffing!
Your post clears up years of puzzlement, thank you!
So 'stuffing' turns out to be basically the stuff you use to make meatballs, but either put in a bird or baked as it is, makes perfect sense to me.

And speaking of turkeys, I had a nagging feeling I was forgetting something to do with my neighbour, and now I remember, too late.
One of the turkeys was attacked by a bird of prey a couple of days ago, so neighbour put it out of its misery. Yesterday he mentioned that what was salvable was currently sitting in two pots on the stove, so I planned a strategic visit today, and forgot all about it.
He'll be off for work for 4 days again at 5AM, not a chance of me having a taste of the poor bird.

Today was fish fillet a lá bordelaise (Aldi), and whatever veggies were still in my kitchen mixed with cream cheese. A small leek, a small onion and some bell pepper, not bad at all!

 

[AndBreathe]

I've been wondering about 'stuffing' for ages, as I've seen it mentioned as a christmassy thing, but in my Dutch mind you can stuff a bird with just about anything. And I did notice it was sometimes mentioned without adding what animal exactly was stuffed with this mysterious stuffing!
Your post clears up years of puzzlement, thank you!
So 'stuffing' turns out to be basically the stuff you use to make meatballs, but either put in a bird or baked as it is, makes perfect sense to me.

And speaking of turkeys, I had a nagging feeling I was forgetting something to do with my neighbour, and now I remember, too late.
One of the turkeys was attacked by a bird of prey a couple of days ago, so neighbour put it out of its misery. Yesterday he mentioned that what was salvable was currently sitting in two pots on the stove, so I planned a strategic visit today, and forgot all about it.
He'll be off for work for 4 days again at 5AM, not a chance of me having a taste of the poor bird.

Today was fish fillet a lá bordelaise (Aldi), and whatever veggies were still in my kitchen mixed with cream cheese. A small leek, a small onion and some bell pepper, not bad at all!

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Lovely plate.

 

[MrsA2]

B: ff greek with 8 blackberries and seeds
Early lunch: 2 scrambled eggs with smoked salmon. A protien chocolate pudding.
The salmon had been in the freezer since Dec 2021! It's fine, a little freezer burnt on the edges that's all.
A teeny tiny mince pie at Carol Service. Swerved the mulled wine
D: smoked salmon on cream cheese on 2 proper crackers. Roast chicken breast, green beans and spinach with cream cheese and garlic.
1 glass red wine. 1 small scoop coffee icecream

Late snack: Small chunk Brie. Cream cheese on 2 crackers

The crackers were leftovers from party Friday. A neighbour brought them and no idea which thye are.

 

[jessj]

Nearest thing I can think of here in UK is pigs in blankets where sausages are wrapped in bacon. Delicious and I like the idea of using pork mince rather than sausages. It's traditional in UK to have pigs in blankets with the turkey on Christmas day. We also serve stuffing with the Christmas roast - traditionally the stuffing was put into the turkey cavity a bird that had its innards removed ready for roasting. The stuffing is usually a mix of pork sausagemeat, bread crumbs and herbs bound together with an egg. I've made some stuffing using low carb breadcrumbs for xmas day but will cook it in a loaf tin and serve it in slices with the turkey - almost like a meatloaf and good cold too. A version of this is also called a haslet ( think in East of UK?) That is usually cooked and then served cold in slices.
Saturday and Sunday
Breakfast kefir and then boiled eggs
Lunch a few berries and yoghurt
Sat dinner hm curry and low carb roti tonight roast beef and carrots and glass of red wine.
Thinking of those struggling at the moment - so many tempting foods on offer, emotional memories and festive evocative smells.

I miss my dad's stuffing, he always stuffed the bird & did a large cake tin's worth, was ansome in a sandwich. I've done it in a cake tin only & stuffed a turkey thigh, never the same, as one ingredient is missing, his love.

For dinner I had stuffed mushrooms followed by hm lc mince pie & cream.
I actually made Delia's like usual, but with freeze dried berries & happily, it tastes okay & Christmassy. Today I decided to attempt making some pies with it & followed my mum's pastry recipe, changing out the flour to lupin & almond. Well, I've never been a pastry maker (mum's was the best, why bother), but this worked surprisingly well. They were delish, even though I say so myself.

 

[Antje77]

Lovely plate.

I miss my dad's stuffing, he always stuffed the bird & did a large cake tin's worth, was ansome in a sandwich. I've done it in a cake tin only & stuffed a turkey thigh, never the same, as one ingredient is missing, his love.

It's the small things which make us remember with bittersweet feelings.
@jessj , you're completely right, my meatballs are good, but never as good as those of my father, even though his were slightly different every time he made them.
@AndBreathe , all those veggies still don't look like they belong on this particular plate. Using it is a conscious choice every time, celebrating a loved colleague/friend, just like I sometimes choose my fathers mug for my morning coffee, or the one I associate with my old dog. Both father and dog passed away on dec 19 in different years. It's a time of year for remembering for me, and the plate fits in.