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What have you eaten today? (Low carb forum)
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shelley262
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More of an eating day today woke up to a snowfall and although it turned to rain made me feel more like a cooking and mainly indoors day.
Breakfast kefir then two boiled eggs and one lc roll
Lunchtime spoon of rhubarb with a few spoons of hm yoghurt
Dinner hm chicken curry with mint raita, fresh coriander and LC roti
Pudding a slice of my delicious LC lemon cheesecake with spoon of clotted cream. @DJC3 can't believe how delicious it is but feel lemon probably enhanced it - would recommend adding lemon. I just pureed one cooked lemon and added to mix and also added four slices of cooked lemon for decoration. Lots left for next few days plus may freeze some too.
Breakfast kefir then two boiled eggs and one lc roll
Lunchtime spoon of rhubarb with a few spoons of hm yoghurt
Dinner hm chicken curry with mint raita, fresh coriander and LC roti
Pudding a slice of my delicious LC lemon cheesecake with spoon of clotted cream. @DJC3 can't believe how delicious it is but feel lemon probably enhanced it - would recommend adding lemon. I just pureed one cooked lemon and added to mix and also added four slices of cooked lemon for decoration. Lots left for next few days plus may freeze some too.
MrsA2
Expert
Yes, I've tried several times to promote low carb, but get the answers "but I couldn't give up bread" or "but you're too skinny on it" (I'm not!) or " my doctor says eat healthy".
This person is in need of hip replacement surgery but they won't do the op because sugars too high, so they just keep upping or changing insulin.
I find it sad and frustrating.
Just glad I found what works for me, and this support tribe to go with it.
jpscloud
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Hello all, good day today - 18 hour fast then small glass kefi and the second half of the harissa chicken with savoy cabbage.
Tea is heck sausages, cauliflower and buttered fine green beans.
Treat is a small square of creamed coconut, then I'll have greek yog with kefir and a few frozen blackberries.
Kept moving doing some house clearing (there's a lot to do) and numbers were really good today.
Tea is heck sausages, cauliflower and buttered fine green beans.
Treat is a small square of creamed coconut, then I'll have greek yog with kefir and a few frozen blackberries.
Kept moving doing some house clearing (there's a lot to do) and numbers were really good today.
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 another carb killa bar.
Dinner: the other half of yesterday’s LC pizza with a leafy salad.
Late morning: black coffee and a carb killa bar.
Skipped lunch.
Mid afternoon: black coffee and another carb killa bar.
Dinner: the other half of yesterday’s LC pizza with a leafy salad.
LivingLightly
Expert
Well done @Antje77 for tackling a delicate situation with care. You obviously handled the matter in exemplary fashion and, as a result, you and your neighbour are that much closer.My adventures with my neighbour-in-the-garden (https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-have-you-eaten-today-low-carb-forum.75781/post-2682287) were a week ago yesterday. All week I've been contemplating. I wanted him to now what a special experience it was for me, and how I've never felt as safe sharing a bed and cuddling with anyone as I did with him that night, despite us not being sexually or amourously attracted to eachother.
Not an easy talk, giving compliments isn't a straight forward thing, especially not if it touches on such intimate subjects, and I wanted to talk without alcohol, which would have been the easy way out.
He also got back in touch with a mutual friend he's been completely in love with for years (mutual), and who is now in the middle of a slow separation with her husband, which adds to the complicated situation.
So I picked up my courage and went. And it went well!
I think our relationship has changed from being neighbours who much appreciate each other (technically I'm his landlord, if somewhat illegally) to true friends.
We also discussed his meal plans, and mine, and decided neither of us wanted to cook. So we ordered food. There is only one place delivering where we live, so I went with a Turkish pizza, extra döner to reduce the carbs to meat ratio, and ate half of it with a wild guess at insulin dose. Looks like it was my lucky day! Still, my carbs over the day stayed well below 150, so still on topic in this thread.
We parted with a very good long hug.
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True friendship is precious and well worth cultivating.
LivingLightly
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Dear me @MrsA2, does s/he regard a large slice of Victoria sponge between meals healthy?
Oh well, you tried. Overcoming the habits of a lifetime takes effort and it's not going to happen unless the individual concerned is willing to consider some changes.
LivingLightly
Expert
Evening all
Today:
B: Two poached eggs and scallops, asparagus spears smothered with butter, all seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.
L: Aperitif: dry white wine.
Tuna steaks rolled in finely chopped celery and sage, baked with sweet red peppers and aubergines, moistened with double cream and topped with extra mature Cheddar cheese.
Steamed French beans and mangetout with a knob of butter and toasted pine nuts.
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, salad onions and Kalamata olives with home-made aioli for dipping and topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to wash down tablets.
Today:
B: Two poached eggs and scallops, asparagus spears smothered with butter, all seasoned with a good grinding of black pepper.
Water to swallow tablet.
Espresso.
L: Aperitif: dry white wine.
Tuna steaks rolled in finely chopped celery and sage, baked with sweet red peppers and aubergines, moistened with double cream and topped with extra mature Cheddar cheese.
Steamed French beans and mangetout with a knob of butter and toasted pine nuts.
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, salad onions and Kalamata olives with home-made aioli for dipping and topped with roasted macadamia nuts.
Water to wash down tablets.
LivingLightly
Expert
Wow @IanBish! That sounds delish!
Runner beans, this time with butter and salt, and the rest of yesterdays Turkish pizza.
Let's hope my wild guess at dosing works out as well as it did yesterday!
I also wanted to say that I'm feeling more welcome and accepted than ever in this odd little corner on the internet.
Everyone who has given me an emoji rating or a reaction to my posts about the happenings between my neighbour and myself, thank you so much!
Those reactions have brought me to tears with their warmth and understanding.
Sharing with you (a bunch of people I like a lot but don't know, many of you being a generation or more above me, and from a country with a slightly different culture than mine of which I don't have a complete grasp) how I drunkenly ended up in my neighbour's bed was a risk.
It's become very clear my neighbour's bed isn't the only safe place I found, right here is another one!
Will try to reduce the derailing though, there's still the parallel thread and I should use it more.
I wanted this very heartfelt thank you for your apparently unconditional support and wanting me to be happy to be on the main thread though.
Thank you!
Let's hope my wild guess at dosing works out as well as it did yesterday!
I also wanted to say that I'm feeling more welcome and accepted than ever in this odd little corner on the internet.
Everyone who has given me an emoji rating or a reaction to my posts about the happenings between my neighbour and myself, thank you so much!
Those reactions have brought me to tears with their warmth and understanding.
Sharing with you (a bunch of people I like a lot but don't know, many of you being a generation or more above me, and from a country with a slightly different culture than mine of which I don't have a complete grasp) how I drunkenly ended up in my neighbour's bed was a risk.
It's become very clear my neighbour's bed isn't the only safe place I found, right here is another one!
Will try to reduce the derailing though, there's still the parallel thread and I should use it more.
I wanted this very heartfelt thank you for your apparently unconditional support and wanting me to be happy to be on the main thread though.
Thank you!
IanBish
Well-Known Member
Thanks. It wasn't bad.
LivingLightly
Expert
Speaking of salmon, the Orkney salmon fillets I regularly buy were not available recently, so decided to try Alaskan wild salmon.
ISTR TV cook Nigella Lawson talking enthusiastically about its striking red colour, but it was the flavour and texture that made an instant impression with me. I could definitely get used to Alaskan wild salmon!
ISTR TV cook Nigella Lawson talking enthusiastically about its striking red colour, but it was the flavour and texture that made an instant impression with me. I could definitely get used to Alaskan wild salmon!
jpscloud
Well-Known Member
I agree completely - this little corner of the internet is a life saver, literally! So heart warming in the face of all the chaos and negativity on most social media. It was lovely to hear about your neighbourly adventures!
IanBish
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Mine was farmed, I think. The texture wasn't all that great. I think I'd have to go to the fishmongers in town for wild salmon. I might get distracted as they have all sorts of weird and wonderful fish there.
DJC3
Master
@shelley262 your cheesecake looks heavenly, so glad it was a success and the lemon enhanced it.
@MrsA2 couldn’t agree more - it is sad and frustrating to see people so resistant to the idea of low carb. Even my GP said she couldn’t give up bread!
It dawned on me tonight that the last day or two vertigo symptoms weren’t vertigo at all, but side effects of the vertigo meds which can cause dizziness! I didn’t take any this evening and already feeling a bit more like me, with any luck I’ll be able to go outside tomorrow, don’t care if it rains.
Back on topic…
B- scrambled eggs
L- h/m fishfingers ( cod fillet cut into oblongs and coated with pork panko) salad of rocket with some of my sprouting seeds. I’m growing radish, broccoli and cabbage cress for their powerhouse nutrient value. H/m mayo.
D- bacon cheeseburger with more salad. H/m yoghurt with raspberries and seeds and some Montezuma’s Absolute black a bit later with a cup of tea.
@MrsA2 couldn’t agree more - it is sad and frustrating to see people so resistant to the idea of low carb. Even my GP said she couldn’t give up bread!
It dawned on me tonight that the last day or two vertigo symptoms weren’t vertigo at all, but side effects of the vertigo meds which can cause dizziness! I didn’t take any this evening and already feeling a bit more like me, with any luck I’ll be able to go outside tomorrow, don’t care if it rains.
Back on topic…
B- scrambled eggs
L- h/m fishfingers ( cod fillet cut into oblongs and coated with pork panko) salad of rocket with some of my sprouting seeds. I’m growing radish, broccoli and cabbage cress for their powerhouse nutrient value. H/m mayo.
D- bacon cheeseburger with more salad. H/m yoghurt with raspberries and seeds and some Montezuma’s Absolute black a bit later with a cup of tea.
Vertigo meds causing dizzyness, you couldn't make it up!
Very happy you're feeling a bit better, fingers crossed for going outside tomorrow!
I've been stuck in the high 7's and 8ths for hours.
Not bad, but I wouldn't mind dropping a little before bed.
Oh well, I guess Turkish pizza won't be a regular feature on my menu after all.
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A mixed bag kind of day. Some fun bike riding, pickleball and lovely swim but also starting to pack up and clean out for the end of our trip.
Breakfast, scrambled egg with cheese and onion.
Snack of pork rinds with truffle and parmesan seasoning
Lunch, the second half of last nights burger
Dinner, picked up from a favourite restaurant, shrimp tacos “ but no rice or beans please and no taco shell could you just put everything on some mixed lettuce.” Not only is it delicious they reduce the bill. Also had a taste of the most delicious key lime pie.
Breakfast, scrambled egg with cheese and onion.
Snack of pork rinds with truffle and parmesan seasoning
Lunch, the second half of last nights burger
Dinner, picked up from a favourite restaurant, shrimp tacos “ but no rice or beans please and no taco shell could you just put everything on some mixed lettuce.” Not only is it delicious they reduce the bill. Also had a taste of the most delicious key lime pie.
ravensmitten
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Been rearranging the house a little as wanted to make life easier with a few things, been a bit upside down and only been popping on and off the internet and not posting much. Anyway, hope all you lovely people are good.
Not going to update all the food I've had since last on. Tonight I put something which probably exists in some form anyway but it was a bit of a "makey-uppy." on the spot thing, while others had takeaway pizza (I wasn't fussed). I blitzed up some cauliflower, threw in the pan with some olive oil, chilli, onion salt, and pepper, then threw in 4 different cheeses, emmental, mozzarella, cheddar and another one which was a mystery in the fridge, poss Gran Padano or something was really old , but seemed like parmesan, until it sorta was squidgy and had burnt bits from the pan folded into it, like you would with bubble. Anyway cooked a small red onion chopped coasley in another pan, and threw that with it.
Going to do it again, I feel some peppers or small cherry tomatoes would go well with it.
Not going to update all the food I've had since last on. Tonight I put something which probably exists in some form anyway but it was a bit of a "makey-uppy." on the spot thing, while others had takeaway pizza (I wasn't fussed). I blitzed up some cauliflower, threw in the pan with some olive oil, chilli, onion salt, and pepper, then threw in 4 different cheeses, emmental, mozzarella, cheddar and another one which was a mystery in the fridge, poss Gran Padano or something was really old
, but seemed like parmesan, until it sorta was squidgy and had burnt bits from the pan folded into it, like you would with bubble. Anyway cooked a small red onion chopped coasley in another pan, and threw that with it.Going to do it again, I feel some peppers or small cherry tomatoes would go well with it.
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